6 referees who had a match in WWE

#2 WCW's Nick Patrick squared off against WWE's Earl Hebner

Earl Hebner returned to the WWE ring a little more than a year after his first experience. As part of the Invasion storyline, Hebner represented WWE to take on WCW's official Nick Patrick with Mick Foley as a special guest referee for the match.

As tensions rose between WWE and WCW officials in the locker room, the two senior figures had several confrontations and their feud started to get physical. A match was booked between the two officials at Invasion 2001.

Both referees were accompanied by their colleagues who stood at ringside. As the match started, Hebner and Patrick exchanged blows while Foley tried to block any interference from the outside.

However, Foley could not stop WCW's referees from ganging on Hebner, who was thrown outside the ring. The special guest referee decided to expel them from ringside as an immediate punishment.

Nick Patrick protested the decision, giving the WWE referee time to recover. Hebner took Patrick down with a bizarre running shoulder block and pinned him for the win.

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