Referees should not seek to draw attention to themselves and should aim to blend into the match, unless their specific role calls for being a heel character.

“you're not there to get yourself over you're there to get them over and if there's a little spot that gets you over then that little spot is yours and that's fine and you don't have to keep shining that that you've got your spot on you've got to the rest is for them you know”

A professional wrestling referee should be reactive and visible in the ring rather than invisible.

“Referee shouldn't be seen. That's not my philosophy. I don't act like it's hurting me. I'm just reacting to the situation.”

Mick Foley maintains that professional wrestlers should be allowed to perform death match styles if they choose, as long as they go all out and avoid standing in the middle of the road.

“some of the best wrestlers in the history of the, you know, our business are not going to do that stuff and that's that's fine. some of, you know, a lot of them look down on it. And there's nothing wrong with going all out, you know, which is really what you have to do. Uh, but if you stand in the m”

He views hardcore and deathmatch wrestling as his chosen path and remains committed to the style.

“i wanted to be an extreme wrestler hardcore wrestler i wanted to be ecw style wrestler yeah you know what i mean yeah that's what i wanted to be”