The Anatomy Of A Pro Wrestling Referee

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

So what exactly does it take to be a great pro wrestling referee? Former WWE ref Marty Elias has a few thoughts about that. Marty breaks down the skills and knowledge needed to be a top ref in the biz, how he learned and who he learned from, the importance of in-ring chemistry, and what he instills in the students he trains at Rocky Mountain ProWrestling in Colorado. Marty talks about the worst bumps he’s taken in the ring both accidentally and by design, some of his favorite matches (Jericho vs Steamboat in Japan, Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25), how being a jack-of-all-trades at WWE helped his career, and what it was like being the Great Khali’s talent handler for a year. Marty also details his big return to the ring as referee for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Mexico.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Talkies Jericho Baby Talkies Jericho
0:07.0	Talkies Jericho Mama Talkies Baby
0:13.0	Hey, welcome to Talkies Jericho. It is the part of Thunder and Rock and Roll and today the anatomy of a pro wrestling referee.
0:20.0	Marty Elias returns to talkies Jericho and he's going to discuss what it takes to be a great pro wrestling referee and
0:27.0	he's got stories about those who trained and helped him along the way.
0:32.0	How he finally made it to WWE and why chemistry is so important in the ring with the guys that he's working with.
0:39.0	That's why Marty was one of only a couple of referees that I worked with in WWE.
0:43.0	I always enjoyed being in the ring with him. He was always in the right place at the right time.
0:47.0	And that's one of the reasons why Aubrey Edwards is basically my personal referee in AW.
0:52.0	Chemistry is everything. Marty's got more details about Undertaker and Shawn Michaels legendary match at Russ Manny 25.
0:59.0	If you remember, he refs that match. We need to watch along on Talkies Jericho a few years ago.
1:03.0	He's also talking with some of the bumps he's taken in the ring, both planned and not planned.
1:07.0	He's telling stories about some of his favorite matches, including one between myself and Ricky Steamboat that took place in Tokyo.
1:14.0	Marty's also working with Rocky Mountain pro wrestling in Colorado.
1:18.0	He's training refs and working with some of the younger talent and he's getting back in the ring to ref matches.
1:23.0	For Lucho Libre, Triplet out worldwide in Mexico, he's going to tell us what he's doing for them.
1:29.0	Great conversation with my old pal Marty Alliance coming up.
1:32.0	And we thank everybody who was a part of the Save the World tour.
1:38.0	We had so many great shows, thousands and thousands and thousands of people, 10,000 people actually.
1:43.0	Game and Soft Foszy over the last few months. Thanks to everyone who came to the show.
1:48.0	Thanks to everyone who came to be a part of VIP.
1:50.0	Thanks to our great opening bands, GFM, who were amazing.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1049 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Jericho, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Jericho and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.