Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) is a professional wrestling referee, commentator and broadcaster known for his 22-year tenure with WWE from 1987 to 2009. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about how he got started in the pro wrestling industry by accident, getting a job with WWE, going from setting up the ring to being a referee, some of his favorite people to work with, the biggest mistakes he sees referees make now, being in the ring the day Owen Hart died at Over The Edge 1999 and much more! 00:00 Intro/Being Canadian 01:24 Pat Patterson 05:39 Not being noticed as a referee 07:12 Referees having names 09:10 Goals before being a referee 12:44 First Big WWF Break 14:49 Ref Bumps 18:29 Injuries 19:38 False Finishes 21:34 What refs need to work on 22:30 Wrestlemania 4 23:40 Bam Bam Bigelow 24:22 Planning a match 25:22 Ring Crew 28:28 Different eras of WWE 30:20 Referees in the WWE HOF 31:39 Best Workers 35:18 Triple H regime 36:48 AEW 38:50 MJF 40:34 Wrestlemania 24 42:31 Owen Hart 51:07 Edge 51:44 ReffinRANTS 53:58 Gratitude Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Subscribe to my podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling