Photo by Diamond Don Perry

April 13, 2013, Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada

Azrael vs. Chris Steele; officiating the match... well... Yours Truly.

This was the second of two matches I reffed in the Eston Show, which was my debut as a referee. I was very honoured to be reffing the penultimate match of the evening (and am honestly glad they left the main event in the hands of a veteran ref) and am very grateful to six wrestlers (my earlier match was a tag match) who helped a newbie ref through their respective matches.

And yes, I really did wear my glasses in the ring; I admitted my eyesight was very poor and I was vaguely nervous about contacts. The glasses I wore are of an old style that stay on VERY well and I have a string attached to them so even if they are knocked off, they don't go far. Besides... there's just something funny about a referee really needing glasses.

By the way, before you ask, neither of them won. That's what you get when you shove the ref on his ass.