As a young adult, Chioda lived close to the Marellas (Gorilla Monsoon and his son Joey), who helped him break into the wrestling business.

[2] Being trained as a referee, Chioda first began to appear in WWE in 1989, when it was known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), most notably at Survivor Series 1989.

On January 18, 1998, at Royal Rumble, Chioda was the referee for the Intercontinental Championship match between Ken Shamrock and The Rock.

Chioda actually scored the pinfall victory after delivering his version of "The People's Elbow" to Nick Patrick.

in 2004, he told an inquiring Josh Mathews that he did not like the old-style "button-up and bow-tie" referee attire, preferring, at the time, the SmackDown!

[8] On April 1, 2012, Chioda refereed the main event match of WrestleMania XXVIII between John Cena and The Rock.

He refereed the main event of WrestleMania 31 between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, turning the scheduled singles match into a triple threat match midway through after Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract mid-match, in which he won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

The next year at Money in the Bank 2016, Chioda was the referee for the matches on the night when all three members of The Shield were WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

On November 7, 2020, Chioda returned to referee the TNT Championship match between Cody Rhodes and Darby Allin at Full Gear.

[12] However, he later recanted his position and stated he is not retired and still has “a few good years left” in his career and expressed interest in a return officiating for WWE.