Charles joined TNA shortly after its inception in June 2002, and was quickly named senior referee.

He is currently the promotion's senior referee.

Zbyszko eventually was about to give in to Johnson's incessant requests when Johnson suddenly withdrew his request to become a senior referee.

Crawford said he expected the league to assign a senior referee and to send a senior supervisor to oversee the situation.

He later served as a high school, college and senior amateur referee from 1946-1973.

He is a senior referee who is to be put in retirement.

This allowed the senior referees to relax more with their refereeing and the games flowed accordingly.

A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.

Also during the season he worked a number of important games as the league's most senior referee including the Winter Classic.

He went on to officiate 1,026 games before his retirement in 1975, as the league's senior referee.