Mike Chioda On Refereeing The Rock vs Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 18!

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Mike Chioda sat down with Alex McCarthy to talk WrestleMania memories and in this clip discusses refereeing the epic match with Hulk Hogan and The Rock at WrestleMania 18. Hear Mike's take on the atmosphere, the crowd and much more. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
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@InsideTheRopes 3 года назад

@TPM4594 3 года назад

Mike Chioda is a real unsung hero of the WWE

@pierrelemagnifique205 3 года назад

Now he‘s Elite. All Elite.

@sampeterson2941 3 года назад

Every WWE event I’ve gone to since ‘04 I’ve tried to start a “Mike Chioda clap clap - clap clap clap“ chant.

@vonrip7599 3 года назад

and Charles Robinson too

@bwburksiii15 3 года назад

Its True!

@moontart5536 3 года назад

Yeah, I can’t believe WWE released him.

@fizzyfuzz5878 3 года назад

This match is professional wrestling defined. It's not all about super complex moves and workrate. It's about making every move matter, telling a story and taking the crowd for a ride.

@victorarredondo304 3 года назад

It also marked the end of the attitude era. NWO breaking up. Biggest WCW & WWF star coming together. A glimpse of what the invasion angle should have been.

@theworldisimmense 3 года назад

@@victorarredondo304 lol what are you talking about. The attitude era concluded after wrestlemania 17 in 2001

@chris2423 3 года назад

Well said Markus. It was such a performance art, not just a sport spectacle.

@LivinhItUp 3 года назад

And it's a match that was truly the result of the body of work both had done leading up to the match. When you're a top guy, when you're over... and when you know how to work the crowd better than anyone... You can do less and still say so much more like how this match was.

@TheBlindEye90 2 года назад

@@victorarredondo304 if you're going to act like a know it all, why dont you get your history correct at least.

@butchvito 3 года назад

It's crazy to think The Rock had only been in the business 6 years and was already considered an Icon in such a short timespan.

@matthewalkman386 3 года назад

Dude he was considered that in 1999. 3 years in.

@butchvito 3 года назад

@@matthewalkman386 - What, an Icon in '99? He starting getting over huge in '99, but he wasn't considered an "Icon" at that point. The first part of the year he was working heel putting Austin over. Rock's popularity got bigger in '00, '01, '02.

@matthewalkman386 2 года назад

@@butchvito you weren’t alive in 1999 were you? The entire high school America were quoting rock quotes in 1999, a household name already. I lived it, don’t tell me who was an icon in 1999, we all know the rock was. You and your likes were all either not born yet or know nothing

@shoeplayisbad1 2 года назад

@@matthewalkman386 quoting him doesn't make him an icon yet.

@RedShogun13 2 года назад

@@matthewalkman386 I was just about to say this. Showing my age here but Rock was already on the cusp of being a household name around that time. People at the grocery store, our teachers, hell our *parents* knew about The Rock. People forget/weren’t alive to remember that he was on birthday cards lol. He was a star already getting bigger than the business. The world ate him and his character right up like no other.

@gregthornton5694 3 года назад

I had floor seats at wrestlemania 18 and without sounding over dramatic. It might have been the Loudest thing I've ever experienced. Louder than any concert I can remember. When Hogan kicked out of the Rock Bottom and Hulked up...that place exploded.

@charlesdavall4474 2 года назад

Him Hulking up after that kick out is my favourite Wrestlemania moment of all time.

@JK-hu4lu 3 года назад

Possibly the best match of all time. People sometimes say it was only because of the crowd, but the crowd was only possible because of who Rock and Hogan were. Rock is the greatest of all time

@dirkh1733 3 года назад

Hulk vs Andre and hulk vs rock are the only matches to have the crowd that loud for the whole match.

@ZombifiedBuizel 3 года назад

"The Rock did not make The Rock. Vince McMahon did not make The Rock. The Rock's Parent's genitalia did not make The Rock. It was The People who made The Rock"

@outerspaceman7534 10 месяцев назад

Hogan is the greatest pro wrestler of all time

@AvgJRetro 7 месяцев назад

i still get goosebumps when i watch it. So glad i was there to watch it live, greatest sports or entertainment of my life

@TheBigChad Год назад

I man cried when I was there in attendance. My brother had just deployed, before that we had planned on going to mania for the first time. We saved up so much to be able to go and he wasn’t able to make it. He didn’t make it back from Iraq so that made mania more special for me. I was cheering like everyone else and then I looked around at near 70,000 people screaming for hogan and the atmosphere made me emotional. Maybe 6 months later is when we lost my bro so I’ll always remember that day for the both of us

@feebypeels2883 3 года назад

I was never a big Rock or Hogan fan, but this match was a clinic. Anyone that doesn't think Hogan can work needs to watch this match.

@StephenThe3rd 3 года назад

Definitely i liked Piper and Macho Man more but I definitely became a hulkamaniac after this.

@feebypeels2883 3 года назад

@@StephenThe3rd Piper and Hart at Wrestlemania 8 is one of my favorite matches. I was there as a kid! Roddy Piper is a fucking legend.

@dyynvmic7807 3 года назад

Chioda and Hebner are my two GOAT refs of all time. My whole childhood they was always in there

@thomasgunther5604 3 года назад

I think Charles Robinson is also great

@vonrip7599 3 года назад

Charles Robinson too

@vonrip7599 3 года назад

I cant forgive Hebner for the Montreal Screwjob

@dyynvmic7807 3 года назад

@@vonrip7599 he’s taking his fair share of licks in the ring since then I think he‘s since paid for his sins! Lol Anybody remember who the ref was in the Brock vs Undertaker at No Mercy for their Hell in a Cell match? That ref deserves a metal too for how bloody he got.

@AD-ur1fk 3 года назад

@@vonrip7599 get over it

@Awakening_Dan 3 года назад

Mike Chioda needs to be in the WWE Hall of Fame

@Compy90 3 года назад

I was there that night. Right after the match, I turned to my friend sitting next to me and said, "We'll never see that again."

@mohammedqakhan2773 2 года назад

Yeah I was right behind you. I heard you say it.

@MegaBadseed 8 месяцев назад

@@mohammedqakhan2773Same here, I watched you listen in while he said that.

@pearljam619 Год назад

He should write a book about his top 10 matches that he refereed. Bet he has a ton stories to tell. Hogan vs Rock was an insane match every single fan in that arena was on their feet, and was with them for every single step of the way.

@JasonBlackYT1 3 года назад

To me Chioda is more legendary than Hebner. There, i said it.

@jammiedodger 2 года назад

From Mania 6, Hogan v Warrior right up to present day. Unmatched.

@philb6133 3 года назад

I did not expect Chioda to have an RVD voice.

@PremierTraveler Год назад

I met Mike during Wrestlemania 23 weekend in Detroit, an awesome, friendly guy. With his vast experience in the business I hope we hear more of him in interviews

@user-su1xk3mv2b 2 года назад

Best match of all time. The roar of a crowd

@SinbadSausage 2 года назад

Mike looks healthier than when he was working until recently in WWE

@1alsturgeon 3 года назад

He beat Andre the Giant with that move!!

@TRIT_RAM 3 года назад

That is the only commentary call In the history of sports or wrestling that genuinely gave me chills. The way JR delivered that specific line was something special.

@MrItzreal 2 года назад

"THE LEG IS HOOKED!!!!"

@Blackmachismoo 3 года назад

The Rock vs Hogan was the best match ever in Wrestling history.

@hsthatzo8063 3 года назад

It had everything.

@captainjaber5610 3 года назад

Arguable but for me, I would pick Austin-Bret or Austin-Rock. No question that Hogan-Rock had the loudest crowd reaction of any match though.

@ericbastiaanse6221 3 года назад

Disagreed. Taker vs hbk 1 and 2

@josephmills619 2 года назад

Considering Hogan's age ,he put it all out there in the fight

@marvellis6762 2 года назад

Just laughable!!... no such thing as a good Hogan match anyway as the man simply could not remotely wrestle

@bronxmade8710 3 года назад

Jericho was probably saying that to Vince and HHH and HHH big ego got in the way and politic it to keeping the match as the main event. We all knew including Jericho himself and maybe Vince himself what was the true main event of WM18....

@norbertschnurrbart936 2 года назад

Right next to the Submission Match from WrestleMania 13 this is my favorite match ever! Hands down!

@jackwoods9604 Год назад

Wrestling Entertainment Fans Know How LEGENDARY This Match Was...Judgmental Technical Wrestling Fans are Missing Out on Something Really Special

@ama9389 2 года назад

He beat Andre the Giant with that move!

@cg7487 7 месяцев назад

2 of the top 3 of all time but in a one off match, probably the best ever.

@victorarredondo304 3 года назад

It's a shame it didn't main event. This match marked the end of the attitude era.

@2486juicebox 3 года назад

No it didn’t. Again the official end of the attitude era was when the wwf turned into wwe. Period. May not have been edgy toward the end but it was still officially part of there attitude programming.

@d_dizzie_druck5753 3 года назад

Jericho & Triple H: "F*DGE!"

@louclarkson6098 3 года назад

@@2486juicebox thats when this was though. Im pretty sure the change was that same month. This was the last wwf ppv.

@comeatmebr0o 7 месяцев назад

@@2486juiceboxit was weeks after, hulk won the belt from triple h for this. He was the last WWF champion and first WWE champion

@nicholasbryant1753 7 месяцев назад

When that crowd backed Hogan, you could see the surprise on his face. I think that's why he Hulked up. No way he'd have done that as a heel.

@StephenThe3rd 3 года назад

I was never a massive Hogan fan I was more of a Piper and Macho man fan but this match made me definitely become a hulkamaniac

@TakerKaneanite619 3 года назад

Triple H just keeps getting shafted at Mania. Main Events the show that has Rock vs Hogan, then Main Events the show that had Michaels vs Undertaker at 25. He stood no chance following either of them.

@NewPatek_ 3 года назад

And Main Events the WM that has Kurt vs HBK & The Inaugural Money In The Bank match.

@chris2423 3 года назад

Him and his wife should not have insisted that he go last at 18. The title doesn’t have to last. Bigalow and LT, hogan and Sid Justice, and there’s more. Triple H wanted the visual of him holding up the belts with the fireworks even though the majority of the fans didn’t care about him and still dint care. Glorified mid-carder who married the boss’s wife. Pffffff.

@parkender1833 3 года назад

Yeah the same guy who wanted to be in the main event no matter what. Jericho said to him Rock Hogan was the main event, Triple H wouldn't budge. Only cared about himself

@wrightyy 2 года назад

The highest praise I can praise Mike here is: I didn't remember you being there. So he must have done a great job.

@d_dizzie_druck5753 3 года назад

so like, this match, & Hogans match with The Warrior took place in Canada. both clean pins against Hogan. Is there some kinda of "thing"? where Hogan would only loose clean in Canada???🤔

@gordonirvine726 3 года назад

Love this!

@andrewmcintyre9279 3 года назад

Mike is the best ref ever!

@josephmills619 2 года назад

I love that fight

@MrNigeriaboy 2 года назад

Hogan v Warrior set the trend for a match of that ilk.

@tommyworth5030 3 года назад

Mike chioda for the warrior award

@davidthomson9747 3 года назад

Rock Hogan is the best wrestlers name to have never wrestled

@ollieduracell Год назад

Legend right there

@Dakshohri 2 года назад

He is one of my favorite refree of all time.

@Makminah_ Год назад

If you watched it closely, Mike cried when hogan extended his hand to the rock.

@yoholmes273 2 года назад

Mike is one the best to ever do his craft. This dude took so many sick bumps his shoulder is hanging on by a thread.

@ben8447 2 года назад

Hogan made The Rock look like a jobber throughout that whole match. People like to say the reaction it was "mixed" but in actual fact everyone wanted Hogan to whip his ass and he did. The end was just a technicality. The match I watched was Dwayne getting the shit kicked out of him.

@crangel8623 3 года назад

#1 earl Hebner #2 Mike chioda #3 Tim white

@lloydlyall8120 2 года назад

Nick Patrick

@miracleboyboxing 3 года назад

The best referee WWE had

@manovanbenthem8035 Год назад

Without a doubt the best match ever.

@FuzzyWuzzy75 Год назад

I was really expecting Hogan to do a hurricanrana personally, maybe a swanton dive off the top rope or two, a 619 maybe. I was shocked that he didn't do at least one or two of these moves.

@LRM5195 6 месяцев назад

Fun fact; Hogan actually trained Rey Mysterio how to do the 619. He created the move and let Rey move it.

@Prank-Calling-Radio-Stations Год назад

Nice

@tyronjasonhuff 3 года назад

One the GOAT REFS!!!!!!!!!

@silent.reaper.4429 3 года назад

CHOIDA IS THE 🐐 GOAT OF REFEREES

@taker201 Год назад

One of My favorites matchs of all time i got only this fight in ares and i watch it 10000 times loved the Crowd and hogan and rock it was perfect but i want hogan to win tbh jajajaj

@TalkTopicscity29 Год назад

I think it would have been the perfect time for The Rock to turn heel the fact that most of the crowd was against him there were even Rocky suck chant. You can see the Rocks reaction I think he was surprised by that after match Scott Hall and Kevin Nash attacked Hulk Hogan The Rock comes to his aid. Helps him clean house and then it's just rock and Hogan in the ring together again and Rock insists that Hogan does poses. The crowd is on fire cheering for Hogan if the rock would have did The Rock Bottom on Hogan and that exchange my goodness he be booed out the arena. I think that would have been perfect missed opportunity there because I think even some of the members in the crowd expected The Rock to turn. This is a year before the rock turn heel and after his match against Brock Lesnar when he lost the championship. He did a heel turn and this was still back in 2002 at Summerslam when Rock was a face but the crowd was against him. Because they knew he was leaving to pursue a acting career and then the Rock got on the mic sung along with the rock IS OVER!!!.

@tylersauls3557 3 года назад

Lol this new gen be like hogan sucks he cant wrestle but non wrestler today gets this type of reaction in their match lmfaoooo

@zinniaq3020 3 года назад

@J D Ricochet seems to be the epitome of this

@HV2K 11 месяцев назад

yh but we're not saying anything about crowd reaction. we're 'talking about wrestling ability, and they're correct. however ofcourse hogan got a reaction like not many can, but we're not talking about that

@tylersauls3557 11 месяцев назад

@helmuts2k804 yeah but who cares if you can do a million moves 🤣🤣🤣 gotta entertain

@HV2K 11 месяцев назад

@@tylersauls3557 i didn't say that u can do a million moves, i said hogan can't wrestle that well. thats all i said. i didnt say anything else

@HV2K 11 месяцев назад

@@tylersauls3557 however, i pretty much agree with what ur sayin

@gohan3914 3 года назад

Everytime when he counted 2 he sounded like he said tuba 😂😂

@chancekuzma7481 3 года назад

Oh is WWE giving refs their names back? We also need Charles Robinson stories

@MrFoxxx47 3 года назад

Never knew Mike had such a deep ass voice lol.

@Vinnymanvinny1 3 года назад

lol same here

@digknight4455 2 года назад

Ironically the top two mega wrestlemania matches where the crowd was crazy, Hogan vs andre and rock vs Hogan, had a wrestler who could barely move. Andre in mania 3 and Hogan in mania 18, yet the crowd was louder than any modern athletic high flying match. Dont work hard work smart is the phrase.

@HV2K 11 месяцев назад

why u gotta take a dig at high flyin mann

@digknight4455 11 месяцев назад

@@HV2K it's boring, no crowd psychology.

@HV2K 11 месяцев назад

@@digknight4455 you're getting confused with a spot monkey. a high flying wrestler is different. also, each to its own

@digknight4455 11 месяцев назад

@helmuts2k804 I agree. A card should have a variety type of matches. Every match now is trying to be macho vs steamboat. There is no disparity.

@PaulFMillen 3 года назад

Toronto has probably best wrestling fans in world then again I'm bias :-D

@ash80510 3 года назад

Brett hart voted

@marvellis6762 2 года назад

No atmosphere tops that glass shattering then Steve Austin stomping down the aisle... next level roof raising!

@Facade953 2 года назад

Imagine the crowd reaction had it been Austin VS Hogan!

@stephenoffredi6273 3 года назад

Your welcome.

@niallsheen470 3 года назад

For what???

@stephenoffredi6273 3 года назад

I was in the crowd.

@GSwoll100 Год назад

Something tells Me Triple H played a factor in having His match against Chris Jericho for the Undisputed championship with Stephanie McMahon by Chris’s side to be the last match on the Wrestlemania card especially when that was around His return from His leg injury thinking due to that His match would be bigger than The Rock vs Hollywood Hulk Hogan 😏

@LRM5195 6 месяцев назад

No I don’t think so

@bradycurtis2129 3 года назад

He definitely smokes cigarettes hahaha

@stryker9816 3 года назад

He sounds like Voight from Chicago P.D.

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. Год назад

@@stryker9816 exactly. Was just waiting for him to say *"Keep digging"* 💀💀

@mattuk56 3 года назад

Where is EARL HEBNER!!!!!

@kevinwright5106 3 года назад

Luka? That you?

@akuma4u 3 года назад

I was there live and they made a huge mistake not putting this match on last! I mean the event was done after this match. No one cared for the hhh jericho match. Everyone was still buzzing and hyped up after the hogan match. The 2nd mistake they made was making hogan job out to rock. Hogan def shouldve went over. OMG..the roof wouldve exploded is that happened.

@matthewalkman386 3 года назад

If you wafch him at the beginning of this match you can tell he is marking out. He loses his mind and flails his arms all over the place and yells too loud, way nervous