Jim Korderas

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Jim Korderas


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Ring name(s)	Jim Korderas
Billed height	5 ft 11 in
Billed weight	210 lb
Born	March 19, 1962 East York, Ontario
Debut	1985

Jim "Jimmy" Korderas (born March 19, 1962) is a Canadian professional wrestling referee currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, officiating on the SmackDown! brand.

In one notable match at WrestleMania IV, Korderas was legitimately knocked unconscious by Jimmy Hart after Hart decked him too hard with his trademark megaphone. As a result, he had to be physically assisted from the ring.

During a kayfabe strike by the WWF referees in late 1999, Korderas was the only regular referee who did not join the strike. This lead to him being attacked by the striking refs at Unforgiven 1999.

At Insurextion 2002 in a "Kiss my Bottom Match" with Rikishi vs. Albert he made Albert kiss Rikishi's buttocks as Albert was running out of the arena.

Korderas played a minor part in JBL's last appearance as a wrestler on SmackDown!. Originally giving JBL the win on the May 26, 2006 edition as JBL was taking the World Heavyweight Championship belt, Korderas spotted Rey Mysterio's foot on the bottom rope and restarted the match which Mysterio would win after JBL threw Mysterio into Korderas who was retying a turnbuckle that he had caught JBL untying, knocking Korderas out. He came to in time to see Mysterio pin JBL after an exchange of illegal objects and moves, thus ending JBL's Smackdown career. Earlier that night, Korderas had also been assigned to the JBL vs. Lashley match for the WWE United States Championship which Lashley would win. JBL as a color commentator has begun to bash Korderas for being Canadian and claim that he was screwed out of the Championship by Korderas.

In 2006, the WWE had pulled Korderas off the road briefly due to health reasons, but is back to work now.