Mike Chioda: Difference between revisions

He refereed the match where [[Sean Waltman|The 1-2-3 Kid]] (on that night he was simply known as "The Kid") as a [[job (professional wrestling)|job]]ber scored a huge upset over [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]]. In May 1996 Chioda was involved in a controversial ending of a WWF Championship match at [[In Your House 8: Beware of Dog]]. During the match between [[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Davey Boy Smith|the British Bulldog]], the referee for the match [[Earl Hebner]] got injured and knocked out of the ring during the match and Chioda came to the ring as a replacement, when Michaels performed a German suplex, Chioda counted Michaels's shoulders down and awarded the match to the Bulldog, but at the same time Chioda counted Michaels' down, Hebner came back in the ring and counted Bulldog's shoulders down and awarded the match to Shawn Michaels, then (on-screen) President [[Gorilla Monsoon]] came to ring and declared the match a draw. On January 18, 1998, at [[Royal Rumble (1998)|Royal Rumble]], Chioda was the referee for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] match between [[Ken Shamrock]] and [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]. During a match, Chioda was distracted by The Rock's team [[Nation of Domination]] when The Rock's teammate [[D'Lo Brown]]'s foot gets stuck with the ropes, before The Rock used a [[brass knuckles]] to hit Shamrock and then disposed of the knuckleduster inside Shamrock's trunks behind of his back. By the time, Chioda looked back to the ring, he could only make a two count and Shamrock pulled off a [[Suplex#Belly to belly suplex|belly to belly suplex slam]], winning the match. However, as Shamrock celebrated, Rock appealed to him who, upon discovering the foreign object, reversed the decision and took the belt from a bemused Shamrock. Chioda gave it back to The Rock, making him the winner via disqualification. A furious Shamrock attacked him for stripping him of the title. On July 3, 1999, on ''[[WWF Shotgun Saturday Night|Shotgun]]'', Chioda got an [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Lifting DDT|Implant DDT]] from [[Gangrel (wrestler)|Gangrel]] following his loss against [[Test (wrestler)|Test]] which Chioda officiated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gangrel vs Test WWF Shotgun July 3, 1999|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gku059M6uqM|access-date=September 4, 2012|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>