Mike Chioda
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| Birth name | Michael Joseph Chioda |
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August 1, 1966 Willingboro Township, New Jersey, United States |
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| Ring name(s) | Mike Chioda |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Trained by | Joey Marella |
| Debut | 1989 |
Michael Joseph "Mike" Chioda (born August 1, 1966) is an American senior referee who is currently signed to WWE.
As a young man, Chioda lived close to the Marellas (Gorilla Monsoon and his son Joey), who helped him break into the wrestling business. Being trained as a referee, Chioda first began to appear in WWE in 1989, when it was known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), most notably at Survivor Series 1989. After taking a hiatus from refereeing following WrestleMania VII, he began to reappear on camera around 1992.
He refereed the match where The 1-2-3 Kid (on that night he was the Kid) as a jobber scored a huge upset over Razor Ramon.
In May 1996, Chioda was involved in a controversial ending of a WWF title match at In Your House 8: Beware of Dog, during the match between Shawn Michaels and the British Bulldog, referee for the match Earl Hebner got injured and knocked out of the ring during the match and Chioda came to the ring as a replacement, when Michaels performed a German suplex, Chioda counted Michaels' shoulders down and awarded the match to the Bulldog, but at the same time Chioda counted Michaels down, Hebner came back in the ring and counted Bulldog's shoulders down and awarded the match to Shawn Michaels, then (on screen) President Gorilla Monsoon came to ring and declared the match a draw.
On July 3, 1999 on Shotgun, Chioda got an Implant DDT from Gangrel following his loss against Test which Chioda officiated.
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