Nick Patrick (referee) out Hebner to take over as referee during the "Winner Take All" elimination tag match. After he gave a normal "slow count" for The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin became enraged, knocked Patrick out, and brought Hebner back in as referee. After the Alliance angle ended, Patrick became an official WWF referee. At first he was a heel referee, refusing to count to three for face wrestlers as Steve Austin and Rock, and favoring wrestlers like Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle. After Wrestlemania, Patrick started portraying a down-the-middle, neutral referee once again. After the brand extension, Patrick was used as
You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee a 1.9 rating and was watched by a total of 3.91 million people, making it the second most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating "Bob's Burgers" and "American Dad!" but losing to "Family Guy" with 4.17 million. In May 2015, after a corruption scandal at FIFA, the real-life world governing body of soccer, the episode received attention over social media, a phenomenon reported on by media such as the BBC. You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" is the sixteenth episode of the 25th season of the American animated