I well remember the first wrestling match I refereed - it was at the KO Corral fighting club.  The KO Corral is a unique fight venue; it consists of an indoor ring, but instead of canvas, the floor is covered with sawdust, and instead of the typical ropes and turnbuckles, the ring is surrounded by split rail fence, wrapped with thin foam pads, but the wooden corner posts are just bare wood.

Most fights at the Corral are fought under rules similar to extreme fighting, but occasionally they have special fights that are fought under other conditions.  This was the case for the fight I refereed there in the fall of 2001.

Two of the members of the KO Corral club had a dispute to settle and they had opted to do it in the Corral ring in a topless wrestling match.  The Corral offered this "dispute resolution" facility under strict rules:
1.  The combatants were to fight anonymously under the pseudonyms of "Red" and "Blue".
2.  There was no time limit or rounds to the fights.
3.  Combatants should not attempt to permanently disfigure or seriously injure their opponent
4.  The fight would be determined by a KO or by one of the combatants submitting to her opponent and agreeing to stop or withdraw from the dispute.

The match I was asked to referee was to be fought to settle a dispute over a man!  One of the KO Corral members had been fucking another member's husband and the wife had found out.  They had tried to sort it out in the usual fashion, but when the "guilty party" had refused to stop, the wife decided to challenge her to wrestling match in the Corral.

So at 7:00 pm I stepped into the KO Corral ring dressed in my new referee kit and called the small audience to silence......