DEFINED TERMS - Wrestling - http://maxpages.com/jbiwrestling/WWF_WRESTLING_DEFINED

1)angle- n. 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. 2)blade- v.i & v.t. [razor 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. 3)blow up- v.i. to become fatigued or exhausted. The Ultimate Warrior was said to be one of a number of wrestlers who blows up on the entry ramp. 4)booker- n. the individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion. 5)bump- n. 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. 6)card- n. the series of matches in one location at one time. 7)draw- v.t. To attract marks. n. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in marks. 8)DUD- n. A particularly bad and totally uninteresting match. 9)face- n. & adj. [babyface] a good guy. 10)fall- n. [pinfall] a referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat. 11)feud- n. a seRies of matches between two wrestlers or two tag teams, usually face vs. heel though face feuds and heel feuds are not unknown. 12)finish- n. the event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match. 13)green- adj. Not good due to inexperience. 14)hardway juice- n. real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way. One of the possible outcomes of a shoot. 15)heat- n. enthusiasm, a positive response. The WWF uses a heat machine for its televised shows which make them somewhat of a work. 16)heel- n. & adj. a bad guy, rule-breaker. 17)house- n. The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks. 18)international object- n. Foreign object, something now allowed in the ring. Derived from an order not to use the world "foreign" by the Turner Broadcasting Company. 19)job- n. a staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities. v.i. To do a job. Sometimes combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights job.) 20)jobber- n. an unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. Barry Horowitz is probably the best known of these. Sometimes known as fish, redshirts PLs (professional losers,) or 'ham-and-eggers.' Steve Lombardi (Brooklyn Brawler) is also a well known jobber. 21)juice- n. blood. v.i to bleed, usually as a result of blading. 22)kayfabe- n. adj. of or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans. Origin is carny jargon talk for "fake." 23)kill- v.t. diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power. There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs. A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings. 24)mark- n. A member of the audience, presumed gullible. 25)paper- n. complimentary tickets v.t. to give lots of complimentary tickets to make a house look good, particularly for a television taping. 26)pop- n, v.i. sudden heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move. 27)post- v.t. To run or be run into the ringpost. 28)potato- v.t. To injure a wrestler by hitting him on the head or causing him to hit his head on something. 29)run-in- n. interference by a non-participant in a match. 30)save- n. a run-in to protect a wrestler from being beat up after a match is over. 31)screw-job- n. adj. a match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling. 32)shoot- n. the real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is really attempting to hurt another. The opposite of work or fake. 33)spot- n. An event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a high-point of a match. 34)squash- n. a totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. v.t. to win a squash match. 35)stiff- adj. chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent.) Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker. Not a shoot, but almost. 36)stretch- n. a form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority. 37)turn- n., v.i. change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa. 38)work- n. a deception or sham, the opposite of a shoot. 39)workrate- n. the approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a match or in a wrestler's performance.

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