Former WWE referee Mike Chioda was a recent guest on “Busted Open Radio” to discuss his time in WWE and briefly refereeing an AEW match at the 2022 Double or Nothing pay-per-view event.
During the podcast, Chioda revealed that prior to his departure from the company, Cody Rhodes wanted to bring him in to help train AEW’s referees.
Chioda was released by WWE in April 2020.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Rhodes reaching out to him for AEW: “Cody was trying to get me in it at one point a couple of years [ago], and they brought me down two or three times. Cody was really high on bringing me in to train referees and do some matches … I said, ‘Hey, I can do TVs and pay-per-views, I don’t want to do part-time,’ and they called me back for the Owen match, and the tournament and stuff like that. I appreciate it very much, and they’re still thinking about me.”
On having a conversation with former WWE ring announcer Tony Chimel at Double or Nothing: “Tony Chimel is down there too. We were in Vegas the night before [Double or Nothing], and Chimel is like sitting there going, ‘Jesus, I never thought I’d be running the indies at this day and age of my career.’ I said, ‘Yeah, f*cking me too, Chimel … He’s still a little butt hurt, I think, just that they didn’t let him go out on our own terms.”
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(h/t – Wrestling Inc)
