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7. The Ref Restarted A Count For No Reason

Damian Priest Elias Bad Bunny Referee
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Ad breaks during WWE matches are pretty common. They happen on every single TV broadcast, and you'd think that refs would be well-accustomed to how they work. The same goes for simple match rules like five counts on rope breaks and count outs when workers leave the ring.

Apparently not.

The official during Damian Priest vs. Elias started counting the latter out right before WWE went to commercial. He reached the count of five, reminded Eli to get back inside and then...restarted the count even though the heel didn't re-enter the ring to break it.

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