|
Term |
Definition |
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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. |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
heel |
a bad guy,
rule-breaker. |
|
house |
the wrestling
audience in the building |
|
house show |
a wrestling event
un-televised. |
|
international
object |
foreign object,
something now allowed in the ring. |
|
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. |
|
paper |
complimentary
tickets, given to fans to make the arena
look as if it sold out. |
|
pop |
sudden heat from a
house as a response to a wrestler's
entry or hot move. |
|
post |
to run or be run into the ringpost. |
|
potato |
to injure a
wrestler by hitting him on the head or
causing him to hit his head on
something. |
|
push |
when a wrestler
starts to go on a winning streak and
gets title shots. also gets more
interview time. |
|
run-in |
interference by a
non-participant in a match. |
|
save |
a run-in to
protect a wrestler from being beat up
after a match is over. |
|
screw-job |
a match or ending
which is not clean due to factors
outside the "rules" of wrestling. |
|
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. |
|
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 |
|
stretch |
a form of shoot
where one wrestler dominates rather than
injures the other as a proof of personal
superiority. |
|
tap out |
to give into a submission manuever |
|
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. |
|
workrate |
the approximate
ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in
a match or in a wrestler's performance. |
