“Le Champion” Chris Jericho recently took to his Talk Is Jericho podcast, where he brought referee Aubrey Edwards to talk about a number of topics. Including wanting to have Edwards ref the World Title Match at All Out. So that she could become the first-ever female referee in a world heavyweight title match.
This is what Chris Jericho said:
“It’s kind of funny because, once again, coming here, there’s a lot of people I don’t know.” “So, I’m sitting and just watching the matches and seeing this vibe, and I said to Cody, ‘She’s really a ref.’ That’s when I was thinking, okay, we’re doing this title match with with Hangman. I want to have Aubrey, the first ever female ref in a world heavyweight title match.”
Referee Aubrey Edwards herself then talked about being worried, terrified, nervous and scared while refereeing the match. She also said that she was happy with her performance and that she could have done a couple of things differently, but she was nerve-racked.
This is what referee Aubrey Edwards said:
“Which is terrifying. I’m not going lie, I was scared in that match.” “People ask me my favorite matches and they assume it’s that one. Oh, no. I was all in my head. I was so worried. It’s my first time working with Chris. Turns out you’re cool, great guy, and super easy to work with, but I’m like, oh god. I’m so nervous. I’m worried I’m just going to drop the belt because it’s 40 pounds. I was so in my head about that whole thing that I don’t think I enjoyed it in the moment. And watching it back after, I’m like, okay, this was good. I’m happy with my performance. I could have done a couple things differently, but I was nerve-racked.”
Jericho then talked about having a main event female referee as a pretty big deal, but he said that they wouldn’t shove it down people’s throats just like the WWE would do.
This is what Chris Jericho said:
“I mean I thought that was a pretty big deal'” “If it was WWE, [they] would shove it down people’s throats to where it’s like, oh my gosh, but we didn’t have to. We made a point of it, and once again, now we have another main event ref because that is a thing, a main event ref that works the main event.”
Referee Aubrey Edwards herself then talked about the timing of everything and having to know the in-and-out of commercials because their ad partners want them to be at a certain time as they don’t want a huge move taking place during a commercial break.
This is what referee Aubrey Edwards said:
“I think the timing of everything.” “It’s the whole commercial, the in-and-out of commercials and knowing we have to go to commercial because the ad partners want us to be at a certain time. We can’t be in commercials during the hour change over because we don’t people to change the channels, but like you don’t want to miss out on the awesome part of the match.”
“You don’t want a big move happening in a picture-in-picture, and with all of the changes happening, if someone runs long early on ,and I’m in a match and suddenly I find out right as the bell rings, oh, we lost two minutes, okay, now we have to figure it out and communicate.”
