Mike Chioda

Mike Chioda is a name only the genuinely devoted know, and that's exactly why he deserves attention. As WWE's longest-serving referee, officiating from 1989 to 2020, he spent three decades doing a job whose highest praise is invisibility. The best referee is the one you never notice, yet he counted the falls in countless main events involving the company's biggest stars. There's a quiet mastery in that, an instinct for timing and trust that no statistic captures. I'm drawn to the people who hold a spectacle together from the margins. Without Chioda's hand on the mat, those iconic three-counts simply don't land.

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Name (English)

Mike Chioda

Name (Japanese)

マイク・キオーダ

Reading

まいく・きおーだ

Born

August 1, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Willingboro, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

referee

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Chioda
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924934

Tags

• New Jersey
• referee

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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