AEW referee Stephon Smith has already amassed quite a bump card in the AEW ring, and reveals what Anthony Bowens, Jay Lethal, and Austin Gunn had to say after their respective contributions to that card. Stephon recounts his journey to AEW, meeting Tony Khan for the first time, and how one match at AEW Dark changed his life. He discusses the referee’s number one job in the ring, the differences between refereeing tag matches and singles matches, where he did his ref training, and the legendary referees in the business who’ve inspired him. Plus, he reveals the most stressful part of being a ref, some of his favorite matches and who gives him the most smack talk in the ring.

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