6 referees who had a match in WWE

#3 WWE Referee Earl Hebner

Earl Hebner and The Rock

On May 2, 2000, Vince McMahon and The McMahon-Helmsley Regime took to the ring to give a promo on WWE SmackDown.

Earl Hebner had helped The Rock retain his World Championship against Shane McMahon, which did not go down well with the WWE Chairman. Being in Richmond, Earl's hometown, Mr. McMahon said that it is only right that the referee returns to the ring and has his first wrestling match.

Vince McMahon thought it would not be fair to send the WWE official on his own in his first match, so he had him tag with The Rock to take on D-Generation X in a Handicap Tag Team match. If The Rock or Earl were to be pinned, The Brahma Bull would lose his title.

After beating out The Rock, DX tried to gang on Hebner. But The Great One returned at the perfect time to save his partner. The match turned into chaos when Jericho interfered to attack Triple H. Hebner took advantage and hit X-Pac with a low blow, which The Rock followed with a Rock bottom to retain his title.