WWE legend ‘couldn’t remember WrestleMania main event’ after head injury

WWE fable Mike Chioda has claimed The Miz ‘got his doorbell rung’ and forgot parts of his lone WrestleMania main event.

The seasoned referee, who volition beryllium portion of the For The Love of Wrestling normal astatine the BEC successful Manchester connected February 15 and 16, has reflected connected however helium helped usher the A-Lister done the bout.

Back successful 2011, Miz took connected John Cena astatine the apical of the measure for that year’s Showcase of the Immortals successful a No Disqualification match, but aft taking a nasty knock, helium couldn’t retrieve everything that went down.

‘I did a WrestleMania lucifer with Miz, and I was calling him spots, calling him spots, calling him spots. And I knew helium got his doorbell rung, but I didn’t cognize helium didn’t retrieve the full match,’ helium exclusively told Metro.

‘He remembered a small spot here, a small spot there, a small spot there. When I got back, I was like, “Congratulations, man, congratulations”. I was like, “You okay, brother?”

‘He’s like, “I don’t retrieve anything, really. I retrieve you telling maine immoderate spots”. And past I was like, helium was listening to everything I was doing.’

Chioda explained that contempt the scary situation, Miz was gladsome to person made it done the lucifer successful specified a peculiar position,

He said: ‘He was conscionable precise thankful for getting him done that, due to the fact that if helium doesn’t get done that, you ne'er cognize if there’s different infinitesimal similar that for Miz down the road, you know?’

The 58-year-old fable – who has refereed matches with the biggest stars successful wrestling history – besides noted however the manufacture has changed, with regulations stopping them from continuing successful the lawsuit of a caput injury.

‘In the 80s and 90s and 2000s it was a antithetic vibe,’ helium said. ‘Nowadays, it’s concussion protocol and, and it’s a superior thing.’

Chioda suffered a concussion of his ain astatine WrestleMania 15 successful 1999, erstwhile The Rock and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin faced disconnected successful the main event, and the Texas Rattlesnake cracked him successful the caput with a alloy chair.

‘I was blessed to instrumentality the shot,’ the authoritative recalled, pointing retired that the lawsuit successful Philadelphia was efficaciously a hometown amusement aft helium grew up successful South Jersey.

He besides pointed to the punishment the likes of Rock, Mick Foley and others enactment themselves done successful the ring, and it felt similar a no-brainer.

‘When you’re called upon to bump arsenic a ref, what are you going to do, accidental no? You can’t beryllium determination and go, “Oh no, I’m disquieted astir getting a scar present successful my head.” Every wrestler’s got scars similar each which mode each implicit his forehead, right, and truthful galore injuries,’ helium said.

Chioda felt ‘psyched’, and adjacent insisted connected the spot contempt Stone Cold telling him to enactment his manus up to support himself from the seat shot.

‘I was like, “no, conscionable bring it, Steve, bring it. Just marque it look good, due to the fact that I don’t privation it to look like, if you miss, if it doesn’t dependable good, if it doesn’t look good, it’s going to it’s going to beryllium the s**ts,”‘ helium recalled.

‘Man, my cervix was sidesplitting maine for similar a week oregon two, stiff, and my ears were ringing for similar 2 oregon 3 days. I had a concussion, but I conscionable said, “I got my doorbell rung” backmost then. No, I had a concussion, that’s for sure.

‘But, yeah, it was awesome. I mean, I felt large astir it. It was awesome. You know, we executed the spot right, and we were blessed astir it. And past I got a [$2,500] bonus from Jim Ross, that was adjacent better.’

Chioda volition beryllium backmost successful the UK astatine For The Love of Wrestling this month, and helium has fond memories from his clip connected these shores, including referee a 56-minute lucifer connected Raw betwixt Cena and Shawn Michaels astatine The O2 successful London.

‘I retrieve we were partying truthful hard for like, 10 days successful a row, we’re successful the UK, and past we’re finishing disconnected astatine London,’ helium said, admitting helium was acceptable to get connected the formation backmost home.

‘Cena goes, “Hey, Chioda, you acceptable for tonight?” I said, “For what? What bash you mean?” He’s like, maine and Shawn Michaels person a 1 hr marathon match,’ helium laughed.

‘I’m like, get the f**k outta here!” I was thinking, “Let’s get this TV with we got a agelong formation backmost home. I got a fewer days off.”

‘But we had a blast. No substance however bushed you are, and you entertain the people. Because successful England, the fans successful the UK, they had truthful overmuch f**king energy!’

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