10 Bizarre Wrestling Facts We Just Accept
5. Every Referee Has A Glass Jaw
If a WWE referee gets bumped but isn't rendered unconscious for at least 30 seconds, did it even happen? Say it with us, ThunderDome: hell no!
Although you might think a sport as physical as professional wrestling would lend itself to jacked officials capable of meting out and taking punishment, WWE begs to differ.
In what easily ranks among wrestling's most well-worn facts, WWE officials are human crystal, breaking at even the slightest contact. With God as my witness, they are broken in half. Every last one of them.
And yet after so many years of being hosed with this trope like a Stone Cold beer bath, we eagerly knock it back and await the next round. Sometimes being a wrestling fan is tough. And by sometimes we mean constantly.
But when done right, a good ref bump can play an important storytelling role, by protecting a fallen babyface or elevating a dastardly heel. The only problem is we've been trained to roll our eyes and tacitly accept whenever a ref succumbs to the latest glancing blow. Shocking how nothing shocks anymore, are we right? Sigh.
We don't know what to tell you, Vince. Maybe less is more, buddy.