| Term |
Definition |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| card |
the series of matches in one location at
one time. |
| cleans house |
when a wrestler eliminates every other man
in the ring |
| draw |
to attract fans. the popularity of a
wrestler, the ability to bring in fans. |
| dud |
aparticularly 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. |
| garbage |
matches or promotions that have no
wrestling but pure violence. |
| green |
not good due to inexperience in the ring. |
| hardway juice |
real blood produced by means other than
blading, 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 pinfall or submission without resort to
illegalities. |
| jobber |
an unpushed wrestler who does jobs for
pushed wrestlers. usually on a losing streak. |
| juice |
blood. |
| kayfabe |
of or related to inside information about
the business, especially by fans. it can also be called
"to act the part" |
| 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |