| Term |
Definition |
| A-Show |
a
wrestling event where the big stars wrestle like RAW. |
| A-Team
|
a
group of wrestlers on an A-Show. |
| 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. |
| B-Show |
a
Wrestling event where the jobbers and mid carders wrestle
like Shotgun and Worldwide. |
| B-Team |
group
of wrestlers on a B-Show. |
| Baby
Face |
the
good guy or the fan favorite. |
| 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. |
| Blow
up |
to
become fatigued or exhausted. |
| Booker |
the
individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing
in a promotion. |
| Bootleg |
an
item that is illegally sold or traded. |
| 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. |
| Bury |
to
lower somebody by saying bad things about them. |
| Card |
the
series of matches in one location at one time. |
| Call
a Match |
to
do play by play and commentary in the match like Jim Ross
etc. |
| Cleans
House |
when
a wrestler eliminates every other man in the ring |
| Card |
the
matches on a show. |
| Cut
a Promo |
to
do an interview or come out and start talking like McMahon
does. |
| Dark
Match |
a
match on a TV show that is not shown on TV. |
| Draw |
to
attract fans. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to
bring in fans. |
| Dud |
a
particularly bad and totally uninteresting match. |
| Face |
a
good guy. |
| Fall |
a
referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the
mat. |
| 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. |
| Finisher |
the
finishing move. i.e. The Stunner or the choke slam |
| Foreign
Object |
an
illegal object in the match like a chair or brass knuckles. |
| Garbage |
matches
or promotions that have no wrestling but pure violence. |
| Gimmick |
the
personality of the wrestler. Val Venis's gimmick is a porno
star. |
| Green |
not
good due to inexperience in the ring. |
| Gold |
championship
belt |
| Hard
Way Juice |
real
blood produced by means other than bleeding, i.e. the hard
way. |
| 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 pin fall
or submission without resort to illegalities. |
| Jobber |
an
unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. usually
on a losing streak. |
| Jobroni |
slang
for the word jobber. |
| Juice |
blood. |
| Kayfabe |
of
or related to inside information about the business, especially
by fans. it can also be called "to act the part" |
| Main
Eventer |
a
wrestler that is in contention for the world title, and usually
wrestles in main events. |
| Mark |
a
member of the audience, presumed gullible and moronic. fans
who do not know anything about wrestling. |
| Mark
Out |
to
become very excited when something happens in wrestling. |
| Mid
Carder |
a
wrestler that is not a main eventer, but not quite a jobber. |
| No
Show |
when
a wrestler doesn't show up for a scheduled appearance. |
| Over |
to
be popular with the audience. |
| 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 ring post. |
| 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. |
| Shoot |
the
real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is really attempting
to hurt another. the opposite of work or fake. |
| 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. |
| Squash |
a
totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates
another. |
| Stable |
a
group of wrestler's united to watch each other's backs. |
| Stiff |
a
wrestler who cannot maneuver around the ring very swiftly.
he doesn't have much flexibility or stamina |
| Strap |
championship
belt. |
| Stretch |
a
form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures
the other as a proof of personal superiority. |
| Submission
Hold |
A
move that makes an opponent give up or tap out. i.e. Ankle
Lock |
| Tap
Out |
to
give into a submission maneuver |
| Turn |
change
in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa. |
| Tweener |
a
wrestler who is part heel and part face |
| 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. |
