There are three match officials&colon; a referee, and two assistant referees. This resulted in the referee ejecting Roode from ringside. The officials included a referee and timekeeper. Afterwards, Shamrock was eliminated via disqualification as a result of attacking the referee. The final decision rests with the referee. Shields also followed with a kick which the referee blocked. Ryu, and an Australian National Kumite Referee and Kata Judge. Trish Stratus was the Special Guest Referee for this match. The match referee was Lothar Schmid. Ross is also a qualified football referee. However, he continued as a wrestling referee until 1972. As a result of using the referee, Vader was disqualified. Atherton was accused of lying to Peter Burge, the match referee. All disqualifications are subject to the decision and discretion of the referee. The term "referee" originated in association football.