Jimmy Korderas
Korderas at an independent wrestling show in January 2013
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| Birth name | Demetrius Korderas |
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| Born |
March 19, 1962 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Jim Korderas Jimmy Korderas |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Billed from | East York, Ontario |
| Trained by |
Billy Red Lyons Terry Yorkston John Bonello |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | 2012 |
Demetrius Korderas (born March 19, 1962), better known by his referee name, Jim "Jimmy" Korderas is a Canadian professional wrestling referee, commentator and television personality who is best known for his 22-year tenure in WWE.
Korderas began working as a professional wrestling referee in 1985 at Maple Leaf Gardens. At first he was hired as a driver by his friend Elio Zarlenga. At the time Zarlenga was second in command only to Jack Tunney, and suggested making Korderas a referee. His first match was between Special Delivery Jones and Red Demon.
At WrestleMania IV, Korderas was legitimately knocked unconscious after Jimmy Hart hit him with Hart's trademark megaphone. As a result, Korderas had to be physically assisted out of the ring.
On May 23, 1999, Korderas was the referee at Over the Edge for the match between "Blue Blazer" Owen Hart and The Godfather. He was in the ring when Hart fell 75 feet from a harness tethered above the ring and died. According to reports, Hart yelled to Korderas to move because Hart did not want to land on Korderas, but Hart`s foot still made contact Korderas` shoulder.
During a kayfabe strike by the WWF referees in late 1999, Korderas was the only regular referee who did not join the strike, which led to him being attacked by the striking refs at Unforgiven in 1999.
At Rebellion in 2002, in a "Kiss my Ass Match" between Rikishi and Albert, Korderas forced Albert to kiss Rikishi's buttocks while Albert was trying to escape from the ring.
On November 4, 2004, episode of SmackDown!, taped in St. Louis, Missouri, during an unscripted segment of Tough Enough, Kurt Angle, a former American amateur wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist, challenged the finalists through a squat thrust competition. Chris Nawrocki won the competition, and the prize Nawrocki won was a match against Angle. Angle quickly took Nawrocki down, legitimately breaking his ribs, then made him submit with a neck crank. After Angle defeated Nawrocki, Angle challenged the other finalists to a legitimate (shoot) wrestling match .Daniel Puder, an American professional mixed martial artist, accepted Angle's challenge. Angle and Puder wrestled for position, with Angle taking Puder down, however, in the process, Puder locked Angle in a kimura lock. With Puder on his back and Angle's arm locked in the kimura, Angle attempted a pin, one of two referees in the ring, Korderas quickly counted three to end the bout, despite the fact that Puder's shoulders weren't fully down on the mat, bridging up at two. Puder later claimed he would have snapped Angle's arm, thus making Angle submit on national television, if Korderas had not ended the match.Dave Meltzer and Dave Scherer gave these following comments:
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