>>15157835That's the old school way everyone did it in the territories.
Referees were basically at the bottom of the barrel, they didn't get paid as much as the undercard got paid and they absolutely were not informed of who's going over or what the finish is going to be, because that's not their job.
It also babyfaces the ref when things go wrong. If the wrestlers fuck up, the wrestlers fuck up. It's the referee's duty to maintain suspense of disbelief and a sense of reality by calling everything as a shoot.
It's not a Vince-ism, it's one of the fundamental cornerstones of the entire business of pro wrestling.
Ref's a shoot. Always and forever.
But because the WWE now involves them in production meetings, they know the finish, have the finish on their mind and can't call it as a shoot.
And if they desperately do need to know that for example Drew is cashing in and Punk comes to screw him, the referees have earpieces. Gorilla position's in constant communication with the ref.
Tell him when to intervene and when to back off and let talent work the angle. Knowing it in advance in completely unnecessary.
