- Surprising cuts are being made as former WWE referee Tim White was also one of the casualties of the layoffs after being employed by the company for well over twenty years. White served as a referee till 2002 when a Hell In A Cell match bump practically ended his career. After his work as a referee, White moved to the Smackdown! brand where he served as a producer/agent. White is probably remembered the most for having several attempts to kill himself on WWE.COM with Josh Matthews following a stunt that was played out at the Armageddon 2005 PPV where he took a shotgon from his bar 'The Friendly Tap' and attempted suicide. Rhode Island police received over 1,000 calls that night from people who didn't realize it was all an angle. White was a big friend of Andre The Giant as is featured a lot in the just-released Andre biography.