Brian Hebner Criticises AEW Referee Bryce Remsburg For “Taking Away The Story” From Matches

Brian Hebner goes into detail on what he believes Bryce Remsburg does wrong.

AEW referee’s have been put under the microscope a lot since the company began. Most recently, it has played a part of on screen storylines as referee’s have been told to be better by Tony Khan.

On his “Refin’ It Up with Brian Hebner,” Brian Hebner said that he laughs at times while watching Bryce call the match down the middle. He called Remsburg a good guy, but the professional approach was missing on some occasions.

I have to call the elephant in the room. I have met this guy several times. He’s a very nice guy. It has nothing to do with him as an individual or a human being. Bryce Remsburg, and once again, a very, very nice guy. It’s time for someone to let this guy know he is killing matches, and taking away the power, and taking away the show, and taking away the story because it’s not about him. He’s over dramatic with too many things. Sometimes I see some things that make me just sit here and really laugh because it actually is funny because that’s how outlandish it’s become and nobody’s even seeing it, it seems like that works for that company.

I think the guy’s a good referee, but he’s not when he does all these things. So if somebody gets slapped, he’s grabbing his face. If somebody gets kicked in the back, he’s holding his back. He’s jumping up and down. He’s just over the top. I understand being involved in caring about what’s going on in the ring and showing natural and when I say natural, I’ll explain that if you’d like, but natural expressions. I’ve never once watched an MMA match and watched the guy and the referee sell everybody that gets knocked out. They don’t do anything. They do their fu**ing job and that’s what we need to do. It’s okay if it’s a spot where you’re supposed to show emotion or you’re supposed to show something, but not every time someone does something. Like I say the guy’s a good referee if you take that out. Yeah, I love his count. I love his cadence. I like how he tries to stick to rules. But this has got to stop. He’s taking away from talent, and I think that’s unfair.

Brian Hebner on his podcast

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H/T to RingsideNews for transcription

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