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b'Episode 72 is with former WWE referee and author, Jimmy Korderas. Jimmy was with WWE from 1987 to 2009, which basically encompasses nearly all eras! We talk about his youth, attending shows at the Maple Leaf Gardens, and how selling photos of the wrestlers led him to the path of becoming a referee! He tells us about his "on the job training," and what it was like to work with guys like Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. We cover the rumors of Randy Savage and his overprotectiveness of his wife Elizabeth. We touch on Hogan passing the torch to The Ultimate Warrior, and how the locker room felt about it. I ask him about Ric Flair\'s arrival in 1991, and what his thoughts were on Ric\'s chances for success. We go over the first championship reign of Bret Hart, and how important he was to Canadians, which segue ways into the Montreal Screwjob, and what Korderas would\'ve done in the same position as Earl Hebner. We also talk about The Undertaker, and his evolution over the years, and how Mankind\'s arrival helped Taker. Jimmy was one of the officials who ran down to the ring at Hell In the Cell 1998, and he tells us about his thoughts on Mick Foley\'s bumps that night, and the condition he was in afterwards. He also tells us about the time Vince McMahon caught him smoking (a big Vince no no!) We cover the tragedy that was Owen Hart\'s death, as Jimmy was actually in the ring when Owen tragically fell to his death. We also talk about the "referee strike" storyline in Fall 1999, the WWF scandals in 1992, the arrival of the Radicalz (Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko, Saturn,) and how he felt about the WCW referees coming over in the WCW purchase of 2001. Part 2 is coming, as we barely scratched the surface of Jimmy\'s career! You can find Jimmy\'s book "The Three Count" on Amazon, and Jimmy is on Twitter @jimmykorderas.

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