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Referees have held up ladders before sure. But it was done with more tact than this. You had one official, really just put his hands in place around the side rails, and he would look up at the guy shouting something along the lines of "HEY GET DOWN THERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS" so he looks like he's doing something actually pertaining to his kayfabe job instead of just making sure the wrestler doesn't fall on his ass. And the camera never focused on them.
Here the camera has them front and center, fucking THREE of them, concentrating furiously on keeping the ladder upright going so far as to kneel to get more leverage. They are doing their best to help Hobbs win and are not trying to hide it. That is the difference and why it looks phony. B-BUT WWE DID IT. They did it better. Shawn Michaels did the thigh slap first. Didn't mean those NXT shitters spamming it in clear view of the audience were in the right.
