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       The Five; Referees
       By: SheriffLonestar Date: November 22, 2013, 1:08 am
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       A new occasional series where I will put up five things for
       discussion. This is a not a best of list, its just five related
       things and is no way borrowed/stolen/plagiarized from The
       Guardian's Joy of Six Blog which is awesome;
  HTML http://www.theguardian.com/sport/series/joyofsix
       Ah the ref. The person in stripes, or golf shirt, or bow tie,
       depending on the promotion and time. The person who receives the
       most ire when it comes to the fans, and in some cases the most
       respect. today we highlight five different referees from around
       the world.
       1. Nikkan Lee
       Nikkan Lee is the senior official of Big Japan Pro Wrestling,
       the blood and guts group from predictably enough Japan. She is
       also very female. When you see Big Japan, which has some of the
       most deathly death matches ever, there is a weird balance to it
       brought by the graceful, and usually heavily gloved South
       Korean. In an alpha male world, Lee has a surprising amount of
       respect, she is never intimidated or even touched by the Big
       Japan talent her job is to count three, there really aren't many
       other rules in Big Japan. Her pre match routine of crossing
       herself and saying a prayer matches up with Big Japan's scary
       aesthetic as you can see for yourself in the match below. She
       has performed at a high level for 17 years now and is the most
       high profile female ref in Japan. Arguably the world as no one
       else (with the exceptions of Taryn Tyrell and ODB who am damn
       skippy won't be refffing a razor board match anytime soon) has
       manged to make the simple job of reffing female friendly.
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ectj-nST_0
       2. Tommy Young
       Speaking of well respected referees Tommy Young the NWA senior
       official from the Mid Atlantic region. He refereed more world
       title matches than anyone else and became. He became an icon and
       his joshing with Ric Flair became one of the key elements of the
       early success of WCW. Here he explains his career in a long
       shoot interview and well worth a listen as to what the referees
       job is all about;
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBFepdR20E
       3. Sachiko Ito
       Most ref's work for one company, with the exception The Hebner
       Clan who we shall leave out of this conversation, but Sachiko
       Ito is the go to woman when it comes to reffing Joshi in Japan.
       Oz Academy, Ice Ribbon and JWP all utilize her talents. Getting
       her start in the iconic era of All Japan Women, Ito has been a
       mainstay ever since and with so many companies now she is in hot
       demand. Here she refs her some Pro Wrestling Wave using her
       signature style of getting out of the way and letting people get
       on with it. Which is what you really want in a referee;
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4390ITxn4U
       4. Bryce Remsburg
       The northern indies go to guy, senior official for Chikara and
       Shimmer, and a damn entertaining guy as showcased here;
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MmADIPEH38
       5. Bill Alfonso
       And some guys start out as referees . . . Bill Alfonso was a
       referee in WWE, WCW, ECW, Florida Championship Wrestling pretty
       much everywhere. He caught on though as the gapped toothed
       manager of champions in ECW. His personal feud with Beulah
       McGuilicutty went above and beyond the call of reason and in the
       one match they had they split more blood than any ECW performers
       ever had (and that is saying something). Just remember he
       started as a referee :).
  HTML http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcziwx_beulah-mcgillicutty-vs-bill-alfonso_sport
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