Jimmy Korderas On Owen Hart's Fall, His Problem With Some Current Referees, Friendship With Edge

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Sports, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) is a professional wrestling referee, commentator and broadcaster known for his 22-year tenure with WWE from 1987 to 2009. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about how he got started in the pro wrestling industry by accident, getting a job with WWE, going from setting up the ring to being a referee, some of his favorite people to work with, the biggest mistakes he sees referees make now, being in the ring the day Owen Hart died at Over The Edge 1999 and much more! For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.
0:07.8	So good to see you, my friends.
0:09.6	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:13.1	It's your friendly neighborhood, CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:15.9	Thank you so much for being with us.
0:17.8	And thank you for making Insight one of the top podcasts in the world. I took a little
0:23.6	peek the other day, a little peek ski at the wrestling podcast charts. And all I can say is thank you.
0:31.6	So cool to see us up there as one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world. I know that we don't just talk to wrestlers
0:39.1	on the show. I mean, it's been a pretty crazy year talking to literally everyone from all
0:45.6	kinds of different walks of life, but just really, really grateful for all of the support,
0:50.9	not just this week or this month or this year, but ever since the podcast
0:55.8	started in 2019. And also ever since the YouTube channel started back in, man, back in 2011,
1:03.4	just really, really grateful for you. And today's guest is someone that I've wanted to have on
1:09.0	the show for a long time.
1:11.6	Jimmy Cordera's is a fellow Canadian, and I mean, think of the career that he had in
1:16.5	WWE for 20 plus years.
1:18.8	He has seen it all, refereeing matches with some of the biggest names in the business.
1:24.9	And I just got to say, if you love this conversation, and I'm sure you will,
1:28.5	make sure to check out Jimmy's book called The Three Count, My Life and Stripes as a
1:33.4	WWE referee. He released it almost 10 years ago. He released it in 2013, but it's just full of
1:39.1	so many great stories. And the foreword there was written by Edge. So I know you're going to love this
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