Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy set to officiate in professional wrestling promotion - CBSSports.com
Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy set to officiate in professional wrestling promotion
Infamous Old NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who was Eager in a gambling scandal during his time as an official, will be executive his return to officiating. According to Sports Illustrated, Donaghy is set to Go as a referee for Major League Wrestling for an upcoming storyline.
"Pro wrestling is entertainment, and I always joked the NBA was a form of entertainment and I compared it a minor bit to pro wrestling behind the scenes," Donaghy said. "When I was growing up, I always enjoyed pro wrestling, guys like Hulk Hogan and Ivan Putski. I notion it would be fun to get fervent and see where it goes."
According to the picture, Donaghy is expected to be involved in a storyline in which he serves as the personal referee for Richard Holliday for multiple upcoming matches. Holliday is one of the promotion's biggest stars and MLW is set to in backward in early November after recently beginning taping matches in contradiction of due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It's unclear how long Donaghy's appearances with MLW will last, but it could be time-consuming if the response to his storyline is a sure one.
"If there is a good response, who knows where it can go from here," Donaghy added. "I'm willing to do whatever I can to make the show though-provoking and fun for everyone watching, and I'm enraged to be a part of it."
Donaghy was an NBA official for 13 seasons from 1994 pending 2007 before resigning as an official in July 2007. He was fervent in a gambling ring in which he was betting on games that he officiated and had a hand in deciding the outcomes. Donaghy above up serving 15 months in prison as a extremity of the scandal and the NBA has distanced themselves from him ever since.
Given his past, Donaghy isn't precisely an upstanding official, but that's not really needed in the world of professional wrestling. After all, many high-profile wrestlers have had their own personal referees over the years.
Charles Robinson, also famed as "Little Naitch," served as the personal referee for Ric Flair during his World Championship Wrestling days. In instant, Robinson was the personal referee for the "Four Horsemen" faulty that included Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and Flair.
While Donaghy isn't precisely officiating anything of huge importance, it's serene going to be quite interesting to see him put back on a striped uniform for the agreeable time in 13 years.
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