Being a professional wrestling referee must be one of the most confusing careers to enter. I’m not talking about the actual sport of wrestling, I’m talking WWE, AEW, TNA all the big acts you’d see on TV.
Many of you have likely seen an act like Real Canadian Wrestling here in Lloydminster.
All the high-flying action with the acrobatics and storylines that long-time wrestling fans come to love. It’s become a guilty pleasure of mine to indulge in the antics and story of live wrestling.
One of the key features of wrestling that has me cracking up whenever I tune in is the role of the referee. I was watching a clip that appeared in my social media feed, of a moment in WWE that was almost comical when I realized a ref was present.
They were out of the ring, with someone running around hitting people with a sledgehammer, burying another guy alive before being attacked by someone driving an ambulance.
Of course, it’s important to note these are professionals doing this and of course, it’s all acting, or fake, if you will.
But when the camera panned over to the top of the mound of dirt, I saw a ref standing there holding a shovel, clearly trying to tell the people to not bury anyone alive because that’s against the rules of wrestling.
Obviously, refs are in on the whole action, and in some matches, have hilarious parts to play themselves. Wrestlers often attack the ref to give themselves some time to cheat, or in the case of one of my favourite wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero, he would often frame his opponent for an in-ring crime. The antics that wrestlers get up to can be so extreme sometimes I wonder, what exactly will a referee do?
That’s why I’ve decided to make a career shift to being a wrestling referee, I never thought I’d find a career where looking lost and confused would actually pay off!
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