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Interview Highlights

Former WWE referee Mike Chioda on a bonus he received for taking a chair shot to the head, getting thumbtacks stuck in his hand during a Mick Foley vs. Randy Orton match, the worst bump he took

August 28, 2025

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor…

Interview Highlights

Former WWE referee Mike Chioda recalls Vince McMahon trying to call off Kurt Angle throwing Shane McMahon through glass, what went wrong during Undertaker vs. Goldberg

November 14, 2023

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor…

Interview Highlights

Former WWE referee Mike Chioda on Brock Lesnar selling for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 31, the Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling referees, things that happened in WWE’s past that the company wouldn’t get away with doing today

June 7, 2023

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor…

Interview Highlights

Former WWE referee Mike Chioda on Vince McMahon, breaking into WWE, being released after 35 years, the wrestlers who wanted him to return to call a match, looks back on The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan

July 26, 2022

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor…

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McGuire’s Mondays: “Dark Side of the Ring” reintroduces the Plane Ride From Hell discussion — and how far wrestling still has to go to clean itself up

September 20, 2021

By Colin McGuire, ProWrestling.net Staffer…

Free Dot Net Podcasts

08/19 Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast With Jason Powell (Episode 123): Referee Rob Page on the difficulty of reffing tag matches in the modern era, making three counts if a wrestler’s shoulders are down even if it wasn’t the planned finish, the growth of F1rst Wrestling, and more

August 19, 2020

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor…

04/16 Dot Net Weekly audio show: Jason Powell and Jake Barnett on WWE cuts, Howard Finkel’s death, nationally broadcast pro wrestling deemed essential business in Florida, XFL bankruptcy, AEW Dynamite and NXT TV

April 16, 2020

By Jason Powell (@prowrestlingnet) and Jake…