CONCORD, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A Virginia man will have to turn himself into Cabarrus County authorities after he was videoed allegedly shoving a referee at a wrestling match in Concord.
Court documents detail that the incident happened on June 22nd, at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord.
The referee in the video, Sean, told Queen City News that he believed the shove happened after the man seen in the video did not approve of a call he made during a match.
In a video posted on TikTok , now viewed more than 23 million times, Sean explained that he was attempting to stop an illegal move.
“You can hear me say, ‘Let go of the leg, let go of the leg,’” Sean explained to Queen City News Friday afternoon.
Sean, who has worked as a referee for years, said he’s never had anything like this happen before.
“Parents yell, and that’s normal, but they don’t normally come on the mat. . . .You know, I wasn’t expecting that at all,” he said.
At the beginning of the match on Saturday, the man, later identified as Joshua Hammond, had reportedly complained to Sean that the wrestler he was with had been poked in the eye during the match.