Jack Daniel Doan (born June 12, 1972) is an American veteran

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who worked with

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from 1991 to 2013.

Career

Doan joined WWE in October 1991 as a truck driver. From there, he took robes from Superstars at ringside, played music at shows, worked as part of the ring crew, and continued to drive the company's trucks from town to town. After a while, he became a part-time

, immediately taking advantage of several opportunities to fill in whenever he could. Shortly after, Doan's referee status changed to full-time.WWE.com profile
/ref> One of the more notable incidents in Doan's career came when he participated in an

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on the January 22, 1996 episode of ''Raw'', where Vader made his

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(WWF) television debut following his debut at the

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the prior night. Vader punched Doan twice in the face, picked him up and power-bombed him to the mat. When on-screen WWF president

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intervened, Monsoon picked Doan up off the mat and placed him in the corner. While Monsoon tended to the wounded official, Vader avalanched both of them,

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knocking Doan into unconsciousness. He was out of action for several weeks,

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the injuries he received at the hands of Vader, but eventually reappeared at

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, refereeing another Vader match. Doan was out of action for about a month with

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stretched

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s in his knee after Gigolo Jimmy Del Ray, one half of The Heavenly Bodies, accidentally clipped him during a tag match. Doan also suffered a

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at the 1998 Royal Rumble when Phineas Godwinn was thrown over the top rope and inadvertently kicked him in the back of the head. The

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performed a

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on Doan at In Your House: Unforgiven 1998. During The Invasion, he bickered with

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referee

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. During the 24/7 ruling of the

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where anyone could challenge the champion any time and anywhere, Doan attempted to beat

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in an impromptu match to win the belt, and went as far as to remove his referee's shirt and persuade fellow referee

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to count the fall. His attempt, however, was unsuccessful. On a July 2007 episode of ''Raw'', Doan took the microphone from

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and made a match between him and Umaga, who had just made his entrance during a promo being cut by Marella. Doan is also known for refereeing more diva matches than any other ref on '' Raw''. He was taken off the road in mid-summer 2007 with a shoulder injury that required surgery. He returned to television on January 21, 2008, officiating a Divas match. He reinjured the shoulder a few months later and returned to officiate Victoria's last match against

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on January 16, 2009, episode of ''

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''. Doan was released by WWE in March 2013 and was the second longest tenured referee on the WWE roster at that time behind Mike Chioda.

References

External links

WWE Profile
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