WWE has released one of its most long standing Senior Officials Jack Doan, according to a report by PWInsider published today. Doan has been a regular face on WWE programming for a number of years and in fact first worked for the company back in 1991 as a truck driver. Within no time he was promoted to collecting wrestlers robes from ringside and eventually began training as a referee. Within a year of driving equipment and rings from venue to venue Doan was a full time member of the WWE's referee crew. Over the years Doan has appeared in many a WWE storyline including being the first official attacked by Vader when he made his debut on RAW back in 1996 as well as trying to defeat Crash Holly in an impromptu match for the Hardcore Championship during the title's dubious 24/7 rule. Doan has also perhaps been involved in more physical altercations than most of WWE's officials suffering concussions after being accidentally kicked in the head by Phineas I Godwinn (aka Mideon), as well as being hurt when Gigalo Jimmy Del Ray of The Heavenly Bodies accidentally clipped him during a match. Doan is famously the only WWE referee to be given the Doomsday Device by The Legion of Doom, a move that perhaps led to his shoulder surgery back in 2007/2008. Since then Doan has been a big part of the Divas division, officiating more matches than any other WWE official. WWE lists March 23rd 2013 as his final date of employment thus bringing to an end over 2 decades of loyal service. His release has come as somewhat of a surprise given how close Wrestlemania 29 is and how important Doan would have been to the preparations for the PPV.