The Strange Case of Adam Mercer (NXT's JTG)

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So, this guy got signed back in 2012 at the age of 19. He was a former high school wrestler and is billed at 6'5'' and 250. He popped up on the FCW television show in mid 2012 right before they started the transition to the new NXT format.

Afterwards, he made 1 job appearance against Big E. Langston on NXT TV.



According to this website, his last match was on March 2013 in a house show triple threat loss to "Totally Dominant" Rick Victor.


Now, for a quick analysis of his Twitter (https://twitter.com/MercerWWE)- he tweeted a picture from SummerSlam Axxess in 2013, so I guess he was still with NXT despite not being used.

These next few Tweets that I've cherrypicked seem to indicate that he was injured:

11/10/2013

Getting built like a machine, Ready to make my return to @wwenxt . It'll be soon.

12/1/2013

Must visit the WWE Performance Center soon again. Need to get a good workout in. wwe IS MY LIFE. Live my job.

12/22/2013

Got back in the ring finally!!!

So, it seems he is healthy enough to work out at the PC by the end of 2013. Here's where things seem to get kinda bizarre:

6/1/2014

Been upset lately on how wwe has not even contacted me lately..

His last two Tweets included a Retweet of Triple H from months prior, and a comment on how Reigns is going to get the world title from Brock (spoilers or just supporting him buddy in kayfabe?)



There have been plenty of developmental cuts over the last year (Dante Dash , Knuckles Madsen, Travis Tyler, Slate Randall, etc), but it seems this Mercer fella is still employed.


Did WWE just forget that he exists? Why are they ignoring him? IS he still on the payroll?  Seems like the poor guy just wants to be a wrassler but he has become completely forgotten by management.

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a comment on how Reigns is going to get the world title from Brock (spoilers or just supporting him buddy in kayfabe?)

Because a ing developmental guy is going to be given that kind of information...

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Aug 28, 2014 18:51:56 GMT -5 @wakigatame said:

a comment on how Reigns is going to get the world title from Brock (spoilers or just supporting him buddy in kayfabe?)

Because a ing developmental guy is going to be given that kind of information...

(Shrug) people talk backstage.

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Aug 28, 2014 18:54:24 GMT -5 @jwanderson said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:51:56 GMT -5 @wakigatame said:

Because a ing developmental guy is going to be given that kind of information...

(Shrug) people talk backstage.

If he's a developmental guy who's not being used, he's probably not going to be backstage, now is he?

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Aug 28, 2014 18:57:54 GMT -5 @wakigatame said:

Aug 28, 2014 18:54:24 GMT -5 @jwanderson said:

(Shrug) people talk backstage.

If he's a developmental guy who's not being used, he's probably not going to be backstage, now is he?

He still would have friends/connections to people backstage, now wouldn't he?

[Sleazyness]

I'm confused.

That is all.

[rustyy]

So they fire slate Randall and keep this scrub? Wonderful WWE.

[Colter]

Odd. He's got a good look, obviously haven't seen much of his ring work.

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Are you sure that's him in the gif? That guy had greasy hair and a chinstrap, this guys shaven and also how's he JTG, jtg did stuff for years and then barely did anything. This guy was just forgotten

[Yambag Jones]

Sounds like a guy who wants to be fired.

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Aug 28, 2014 19:58:18 GMT -5 @captaincharisma08 said:

Are you sure that's him in the gif? That guy had greasy hair and a chinstrap, this guys shaven and also how's he JTG, jtg did stuff for years and then barely did anything. This guy was just forgotten

1. Very sure. Hair grows.
vbox7.com/play:c6ae50e8d7


2. It was just a lame attempt at a joke. The whole "JTG only survived so many firing sprees because noone remembered he's still employed" thing.

[JC Motors]

WWE probably forgot he was still on payroll

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I wish they'd forget that Kevin Dunn was on the payroll...and then trim the f**k outta that fat.