Wrestling Term |
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Angle |
A wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a turn.
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Blade |
The practice of cutting oneself or being cut with a part of a razor blade hidden in tights, hair or wrappings in order to produce juice.
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Blow Up |
To become fatigued or exhausted.
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Booker |
The individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion.
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Bump |
A fall or hit done as a spot (see spot) which takes the wrestler (or other participant, i.e. referee, manager) out of the ring or out of action.
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Card |
The series of matches in one location at one time.
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Cleans House |
When a wrestler eliminates every other man in the ring
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Draw |
To attract fans. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in fans.
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Dud |
Aparticularly bad and totally uninteresting match.
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Face |
A good guy.
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Fall |
A referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat.
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Feud |
A series of matches between two wrestlers or two tag teams. many times they will interview and bad mouth the other wrestler.
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Finish |
The event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match.
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Garbage |
Matches or promotions that have no wrestling but pure violence.
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Green |
Not good due to inexperience in the ring.
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Hardway Juice |
Real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way.
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Heat |
Enthusiasm, a positive response from fans.
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Heel |
A bad guy, rule-breaker.
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House |
The wrestling audience in the building
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House Show |
A wrestling event un-televised.
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International Object |
Foreign object, something now allowed in the ring.
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Job |
A staged loss. a clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities.
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Jobber |
An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. usually on a losing streak.
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Juice |
Blood.
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Kayfabe |
Of or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans. it can also be called "to act the part"
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Mark |
A member of the audience, presumed gullible and moronic. fans who do not know anything about wrestling.
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Paper |
Complimentary tickets, given to fans to make the arena look as if it sold out.
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Pop |
Sudden heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move.
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Post |
To run or be run into the ringpost.
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Potato |
To injure a wrestler by hitting him on the head or causing him to hit his head on something.
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Push |
When a wrestler starts to go on a winning streak and gets title shots. also gets more interview time.
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Run-In |
Interference by a non-participant in a match.
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Save |
A run-in to protect a wrestler from being beat up after a match is over.
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Screw-Job |
A match or ending which is not clean due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling.
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Sell |
"To sell a move", meaning to act hurt when a move has been applied.
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Shoot |
The real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is really attempting to hurt another. the opposite of work or fake.
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Smark |
A smart mark. a guy who thinks he knows everything there is to know about wrestling. doesn't care much for gimmicks or angles. just likes good wrestling.
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Spot |
An event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a high-point of a match.
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Squash |
A totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another.
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Stable |
A group of wrestler's united to watch each other's backs.
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Stiff |
A wrestler who cannot manuever around the ring very swiftly. he doesn't have much flexibility or stamina
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Stretch |
A form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority.
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Tap Out |
To give into a submission manuever
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Turn |
Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa.
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Tweener |
A wrestler who is part heel and part face
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Work |
A deception or fraud, the opposite of a shoot.
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Workrate |
The approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a match or in a wrestler's performance.
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