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*****Coming Soon - Friday May 11th. Hebner's Turnbuckle - Wrestling Merchandise Store. Only Official Licensed Merchandise. Shirts, DVD's, Masks, Belts, Figures, Standups, Posters, and Much Much More. Visit Them Starting Friday May 11th at the Virginia Center Commons. For more information, call at 804-262-6565 or go to the Virginia Center Commons Website for More information. Check Us Out.*****Dave: Dave Hebner (born May 17, 1949 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American professional wrestling authority figure, promoter, road agent and referee.Hebner, who was an amateur wrestler in high school, debuted as a professional wrestling referee in the late 1970s in the Richmond, Virginia area. In the 1980s he began working for the World Wrestling Federation, where he refereed many historic matches such as Randy Savage versus Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III and Randy Savage versus Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V. Perhaps his most memorable appearance came on the February 5, 1988 episode of The Main Event, when he was assigned to referee a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant. André defeated Hogan after Hebner's twin brother Earl had switched places as Dibiase had locked Dave in a closet and quickly counted to three as Andre pinned Hogan, despite Hogan clearly kicking out of the pin attempt. The match and the WWF Championship were awarded to Andre as a result. Both Hebners received a $2,500 USD bonus for the match, however, in an interview with the WWF RAW Magazine in 2001, Dave claimed he suffered broken ribs as a result of the kicks Earl put to him as part of the angle, which kept him out of action until after WrestleMania IV.After retiring as a referee following knee replacement surgery, Hebner became a WWF road agent. He worked as a road agent until July 2002, when he was sidelined for several months with a badly injured knee.Hebner And WWE Parted Ways In July 2005.After leaving WWE, Hebner debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the December 17, 2005 episode of TNA iMPACT!, appearing on the stage during a match between Team 3D and the Diamonds in the Rough. The audience, assuming at first that he was Earl Hebner, began chanting "You screwed Bret!", a reference to the Montreal Screwjob that Earl was a part of in 1997. The chant was largely censored when the taped episode was aired. Hebner reappeared several times over the following weeks, with commentator Mike Tenay identifying him as a "management consultant" on December 31, 2005.In addition to appearing with TNA, Hebner opened his own professional wrestling promotion, the United Wrestling Federation, in Virginia. In addition to owning the promotion, he is also the promotion's storyline general manager. Many members of the UWF roster are under contract to TNA. In March 2006, the UWF announced that it had signed a deal to promote TNA-branded house shows in the Mid-Atlantic States, with the first shows being promoted in conjunction with NASCAR's April 2006 race in Martinsville, Virginia.*****Earl: Earl W. Hebner (born May 17, 1949, in Richmond, Virginia) is a professional referee currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was best known as the senior referee for the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment and later on in the same role on its Monday Night RAW brand from 2002-2005. As Senior Referee, Hebner officiated most main events, including the infamous "Montréal Screwjob" during the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series. All in all, his WWF/WWE career lasted from 1988-2005Hebner officiated matches for Jim Crockett Promotions during much of the 1980s. He was the referee during the famous "I Quit" match at StarrCade 1985 between Tully Blanchard and Magnum T.A. as well as the final match of the Bunkhouse Stampede tournament in January 1988. Just days after that match, Hebner debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as a referee during a WWF Championship match pitting champion Hulk Hogan against challenger André the Giant, which aired live on February 5, 1988, on NBC's The Main Event. In the storyline, Hebner's twin brother Dave was the assigned official, but unbeknownst to Hogan, André's manager Ted DiBiase had bribed Earl to take his brother's place. Earl then counted André's pin against Hogan, even though Hogan's shoulders were clearly off the mat. As André and DiBiase were celebrating (with André quickly "selling" his title to an overjoyed DiBiase), Dave (whom DiBiase had locked in a closet prior to the match) ran to the ring and confronted Earl. The two brothers argued, and then Earl knocked his brother down. Hulk Hogan, figuring out that Dave's "evil twin" had jobbed him out, picked Earl up and gorilla press slammed him over the ropes and onto DiBiase in the aisleway. This match helped set up a fourteen-man elimination tournament at WrestleMania IV, since WWF President Jack Tunney declared the title "vacant" a week after The Main Event match as the WWF Championship "cannot be bought or sold," where the winner would win the WWF Championship. Vince McMahon paid both Hebners a bonus of $2,500 USD for participating in the angle and Earl quickly became a regular WWF referee, where he counted Randy Savage to victory and the Federation championship at WrestleMania IV.The Montréal Screwjob Perhaps the most well known image of the Montreal Screwjob-Earl Hebner calls for the bell (on orders from Vince McMahon)Perhaps the most infamous event in Hebner's career -- and, possibly, in the history of professional wrestling in North America -- came during the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series in what has since been dubbed the "Montréal Screwjob." During a match for the WWF Championship between then-champion Bret Hart and challenger Shawn Michaels, Hebner signaled for the timekeeper to ring the bell (signifying the end of the match) while Michaels had Hart in a Sharpshooter hold -- Hart's long-established signature move -- even though Hart visibly had not submitted. Michaels had thus "won" the WWF Championship. This was not the match ending that Hart had asked for. Hebner had, at the behest of Vince McMahon, "screwed" Hart out of the title. The reason for the "screwjob" was that Hart, who would be leaving the company a day later to join rival promotion World Championship Wrestling, was unwilling to lose the title to Michaels in Montréal -- Montréal is, in many estimations, one of the richest venues in Canadian wrestling history, aside from Calgary, Alberta. Though Hart claimed that he was willing to lose to anyone but Michaels the next night on RAW, McMahon feared that Hart would leave the company with the title, take the belt to WCW, and disrespect it as Madusa had done in 1996 with the WWF Women's Championship, throwing the belt into a garbage can during a live Nitro show. He therefore decided to forcibly remove the title from Hart by instructing Hebner (who had previously promised Hart "on his children's lives" that he would not betray him) to signal an end to the bout when Michaels had Hart in a submission hold. The fallout of the screwjob led to a large degree of antagonism towards Hebner, McMahon, and Michaels, especially in Canada, where fans often chant "You screwed Bret!" at the offending parties. In the same vein, Earl's son Brian, a former WWE referee on the SmackDown! brand, received chants of "Your dad screwed Bret!" at shows in Canada.Later WWE Career Hebner had several health episodes during his WWE career. Hebner was hospitalized with a heart problem shortly before WrestleMania XII. Then, prior to the WrestleMania XIV pay-per-view, Hebner was in a hotel lobby in British Columbia when he felt sharp pains in his neck. Once he returned to his room, he looked in the mirror and found his eyes bloodshot. He hurriedly called his brother Dave, who came up to help him. He was then taken to a British Columbia hospital where he remained until after the event.Hebner was involved in several storylines. He spearheaded the (kayfabe) referee's strike in 1999, resulting in referees being given the authority to defend themselves if physically provoked by wrestlers. In early 2000, he cost Triple H his WWF Championship by quick-counting during a match between Triple H and Chris Jericho following weeks of abuse by Triple H. Triple H eventually forced Hebner to reverse the decision, promising never to lay his hands on Hebner as long as Hebner was a WWF employee. After Hebner took the title from Jericho and gave it back to Triple H, Triple H "fired" Hebner and promptly Pedigreed him and beat him unconscious. Hebner was reinstated by Linda McMahon thirteen days later, replacing corrupt guest referee Shane McMahon during a title match between Triple H and The Rock at Backlash 2000 and counting the fall when the Rock covered Triple H for the pin. In late 2001, during the Invasion, Hebner feuded with WCW Head Referee Nick Patrick.Hebner and WWE Parted Ways on July 18, 2005Total Nonstop Action Wrestling On February 12, 2006, Hebner debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at the TNA Against All Odds 2006 pay-per-view. He officiated the main event, which saw the Canadian Christian Cage defeat Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, commentators Mike Tenay and Don West alluded to the Montréal Screwjob on several occasions, urging Hebner not to call for the bell when Jarrett placed Cage in a sharpshooter. Despite the concerns of the commentators, Hebner was an impartial referee. However, he once again caused controversy based on his actions at the TNA Slammiversary 2006 pay-per-view. During the King of the Mountain match, he assisted Jeff Jarrett in winning the match by pushing a ladder over with Sting and then-champion Christian Cage on it. This led to the new head of management Jim Cornette taking the belt from Jarrett as the show ended, leaving the status of the belt in question as to who would be the champion. On the June 22 episode of TNA iMPACT!, Cornette vacated the title. On the June 30 episode, he awarded the title to Jarrett, but fired (kayfabe) Hebner. Hebner was then reinstated by Cornette due to Jarrett's polygraph test saying that Hebner was not involved. Earl recently competed in a Hair vs Hair match against his son Brian Hebner.Outside of wrestling Hebner played himself in the episode "Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred Pound Men" of Boy Meets World. Stock footage of one of his WWF matches was also featured in the motion picture Encino Man.*****Coming Soon, Official Merchandise of Dave and Earl Hebner. Autographs 8x10s, and Famous Ref TShirts