“Why is the ref on the floor with the two guys for a minute before he even climbs back in the ring, walks around for a little bit, and then decides to get to a count? There are more creative ways to do this,” Ray continued. “Forget about the creativity, there are more ways to do this that keeps the credibility on the referee. I’m actually trying to protect the referee.”

Ray suggested that the ref could’ve checked on both and then returned to the ring to start the count. One of the wrestlers could’ve rolled back into the ring at the count of nine before continuing to sell it by falling out again or doing a forearm strike to the other competitor to knock each other down.

“Then we get to the table spot. They go to the outside. The ref is not counting. They do the table spot. Referee comes back outside, talking to them, talking to them, talking to them, talking to them. Then the referee decides to roll back into the ring, and once MJF gets back in the ring, [the ref] starts counting Adam Cole only. How does that make sense? I’ll take the silence as you agree. It makes zero sense,” Ray stated.