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Pro Wrestling mass exodus">2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable promotions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre" title="Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre">Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DDT_Pro-Wrestling" title="DDT Pro-Wrestling">DDT Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_Ladies_of_Wrestling" title="Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling">Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_Ground_Wrestling" title="Soft Ground Wrestling">Soft Ground Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWF International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Wrestling" title="Women of Wrestling">Women of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolve_(WWE_brand)" title="Evolve (WWE brand)">Evolve</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Others</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable people</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;">Early 20th Century <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Assirati" title="Bert Assirati">Bert Assirati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Riley" title="Billy Riley">Billy Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sandow" title="Billy Sandow">Billy Sandow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gama" title="The Great Gama">The Great Gama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfefer" title="Jack Pfefer">Jack Pfefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stecher" title="Joe Stecher">Joe Stecher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li></ul> Mid 20th Century <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Demon" title="Blue Demon">Blue Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li></ul> 1970s and 1980s <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Robinson" title="Billy Robinson">Billy Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Signo" title="El Signo">El Signo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Texano" title="El Texano">El Texano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Jr." title="Jim Crockett Jr.">Jim Crockett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_Navarro" title="Negro Navarro">Negro Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru "Tiger Mask" Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Hansen" title="Stan Hansen">Stan Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></li></ul> 1990s <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Taue" title="Akira Taue">Akira Taue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Antonio Peña">Antonio Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji "The Great Muta" Muto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jushin_Liger" title="Jushin Liger">Jushin Liger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manami_Toyota" title="Manami Toyota">Manami Toyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa" title="Mitsuharu Misawa">Mitsuharu Misawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a></li></ul> 2000s <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADstico" title="Místico">Místico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li></ul> 2010s and 2020s <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossy_Ogawa" title="Rossy Ogawa">Rossy Ogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By region</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cholitas" title="Fighting Cholitas">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Canada" title="Professional wrestling in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_China" title="Professional wrestling in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_India" title="Professional wrestling in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_New_Zealand" title="Professional wrestling in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Professional wrestling in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Russia" title="Professional wrestling in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States" title="Professional wrestling in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Styles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="British wrestling">British wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Mountevans rules</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">Cruiserweight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">French catch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergender_wrestling" title="Intergender wrestling">Intergender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestling" title="Midget wrestling">Midget</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mini-Estrella" title="Mini-Estrella">Mini-Estrella</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U-Kei_(martial_arts)" title="U-Kei (martial arts)">U-Kei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Attire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_mask" title="Wrestling mask">Masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_singlet" title="Wrestling singlet">Wrestling singlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_shoe" title="Wrestling shoe">Wrestling shoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_heavyweight_wrestling_championships" title="Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships">World Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Glossary of terms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">Heel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">Shoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" title="Push (professional wrestling)">Push</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types" title="Professional wrestling match types">Match types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling" title="Music in professional wrestling">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" title="Sports entertainment">Sports entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">Tag team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_weight_classes" title="Category:Professional wrestling weight classes">Weight classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">Wrestling ring</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Culture</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">Backyard wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_Alley_Club" title="Cauliflower Alley Club">Cauliflower Alley Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_ear" title="Cauliflower ear">Cauliflower ear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wrestling-based_comic_books" title="List of wrestling-based comic books">Comic books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_wrestling" title="Fantasy wrestling">Fantasy wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_films" title="Category:Professional wrestling films">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lucha_libre_films" title="Category:Lucha libre films">Luchador films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_magazines" title="List of professional wrestling magazines">Magazines</a></li> <li>Paintings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Courbet)" title="The Wrestlers (Courbet)">Gustave Courbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestlers_(Eakins)" title="Wrestlers (Eakins)">Thomas Eakins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Etty)" title="The Wrestlers (Etty)">William Etty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Luks)" title="The Wrestlers (Luks)">George Luks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rib_(professional_wrestling)" title="Rib (professional wrestling)">Rib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribera_Steakhouse" title="Ribera Steakhouse">Ribera Steakhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten-bell_salute" title="Ten-bell salute">Ten-bell salute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_video_games" title="List of professional wrestling video games">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_personalities_in_politics" title="Professional wrestling personalities in politics">Wrestling personalities in politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubaz" title="Zubaz">Zubaz</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Media outlets</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Botchamania" title="Botchamania">Botchamania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_y_Lucha" title="Box y Lucha">Box y Lucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Ring" title="Dark Side of the Ring">Dark Side of the Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Spirit_Magazine" title="Fighting Spirit Magazine">Fighting Spirit Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Audio_Wrestling" title="Live Audio Wrestling">Live Audio Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSW_Review" title="OSW Review">OSW Review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_Slam" title="Power Slam">Power Slam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solowrestling.com" title="Solowrestling.com">Solowrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BAper_Luchas" title="Súper Luchas">Súper Luchas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WrestleCrap" title="WrestleCrap">WrestleCrap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Controversies</div><div 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Not necessarily the same as the top champion. Examples of aces include <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="New Japan Pro Wrestling">New Japan Pro Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kento_Miyahara" title="Kento Miyahara">Kento Miyahara</a> in <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayabusa_(wrestler)" title="Hayabusa (wrestler)">Hayabusa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaito_Kiyomiya" title="Kaito Kiyomiya">Kaito Kiyomiya</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mayu_Iwatani" title="Mayu Iwatani">Mayu Iwatani</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></dd> <dt id="agent"><dfn>agent</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also road agent, producer and coach. A management employee, often a former wrestler (though it can be a current wrestler or even a non-wrestler), who helps wrestlers set up matches, plan storylines, give criticisms on matches, and relay instructions from the <a href="#book">bookers</a>. Agents often act as a liaison between wrestlers and higher-level management and sometimes may also help in training younger wrestlers. They are referred to by <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> as "producers" and by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">AEW</a> as "coaches".</dd> <dt id="alliance"><dfn>alliance</dfn></dt> <dd>A cooperative relationship developed between two or more wrestlers, whether wrestling as a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> or in individual matches. An alliance is different from (but can eventually develop into) a <a href="#stable">stable</a> or a <a href="#faction">faction</a>, as wrestlers in an alliance are not packaged together but presented as a group of individuals working together for a common short-term goal. Alliances are often formed for the specific purpose of retaining titles between the members of the alliance, or to counter a specific foe or group of foes. The formation of an alliance can be a storyline of its own.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></dd> <dt id="andre_shot"><dfn>Andre shot</dfn></dt> <dd>A camera trick by which a wrestler is made to appear larger by placing the camera below the wrestler and shooting upward. Named for <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a>, a frequent subject of such camera shots.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="angle"><dfn>angle</dfn></dt> <dd>A storyline. An angle usually begins when one wrestler attacks another (physically or verbally), which results in revenge.<a href="#cite_note-amspeech-3">[3]</a> An angle may be as small as a single match or a vendetta that lasts for years. It is not uncommon to see an angle become <a href="/wiki/Retroactive_continuity" title="Retroactive continuity">retconned</a> due to it not getting <a href="#over">over</a> with the fans, or if one of the wrestlers currently involved in the angle is fired.</dd> <dt id="apter_mag"><dfn>Apter mag</dfn></dt> <dd>An old-style professional wrestling magazine that sticks to <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a> articles.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> The term refers to the magazines at one time connected to journalist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Apter" title="Bill Apter">Bill Apter</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="audible"><dfn>audible</dfn></dt> <dd>A message delivered from backstage, either to the referee (using their earpiece) or the commentary team (using their headsets) instructing the wrestlers and other on-screen talent on what to do, usually in order to work around a botch by changing the match on the fly.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="B">B</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: B">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="b-show"><dfn>B-show</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestling event featuring the middle and lower-level talent of a wrestling promotion. Sometimes includes well-known wrestlers making a return or finishing up their career.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Compare <a href="#a-show">A-show</a> and <a href="#c-show">C-show</a>.</dd> <dt id="b-team"><dfn>B-team</dfn></dt> <dd>The group of wrestlers on a <a href="#b-show">B-show</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Frequently, the B-team will wrestle at a venue the same night wrestlers on the <a href="#a-team">A-team</a> are wrestling in a different event, although a promotion will sometimes schedule an event with B-team wrestlers to test a new market. Compare <a href="#a-team">A-team</a>.</dd> <dt id="babyface"><dfn>babyface</dfn></dt> <dd>See <a href="#face">face</a>.</dd> <dt id="beat_down"><dfn>beat down</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg/220px-The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg/330px-The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg/440px-The_Shield_Teamwork.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1244" data-file-height="829" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Shield_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Shield (professional wrestling)">The Shield</a> performing a <a href="#beat_down">beat down</a> on <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></figcaption></figure> An <a href="#angle">angle</a> in which a wrestler or other performer is the recipient of a one-sided beating (sometimes with brief <a href="#false_comeback">false comeback</a>s), usually by a group of wrestlers or after being lured into a compromising position.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="bicycling"><dfn>bicycling</dfn></dt> <dd>A now-obsolete practice used in the territorial era in which television tapes were distributed to stations within a promoter's territory.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="blading"><dfn>blading </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading (professional wrestling)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also juicing, gigging, getting color, and running the razor. A wrestler intentionally cutting themselves (or, more rarely, allowing themselves to be cut by the opponent or referee) to provoke bleeding to <a href="#sell">sell</a> the opponent's offense.</dd> <dt id="blind_tag"><dfn>blind tag</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  A tag made in a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> match where the wrestler on the apron tags their partner unbeknownst to them or without their consent.</dd> <dd>2.  A tag where the tagger's opponent is unaware a tag has occurred, leaving them open to a blindside attack as they attempt to attack the wrestler who has been tagged out. Most often occurs when the partner in the ring is thrown against the ropes or backed into their own corner.</dd> <dt id="blowjob"><dfn>blowjob</dfn></dt> <dd>An attractive male wrestler, used to attract <a href="/wiki/Groupie" title="Groupie">groupies</a> to events.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></dd> <dt id="blown_spot"><dfn>blown spot</dfn></dt> <dd>See <a href="#missed_spot">missed spot</a>.</dd> <dt id="blow_off"><dfn>blow off</dfn></dt> <dd>The final match in a <a href="#feud">feud</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> While the involved wrestlers often move onto new feuds, sometimes it is the final match in the promotion for one or more of the wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="blow_up"><dfn>blow up</dfn></dt> <dd>To become exhausted during a match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="bonzo_gonzo"><dfn>bonzo gonzo</dfn></dt> <dd>An <a href="#finish">ending</a> used in tag team and other multi-party matches in which all wrestlers are in the ring and the referee cannot restore order.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="book"><dfn>book</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also booker and booking. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Booker (professional wrestling)" redirects here. For the wrestler, see <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T (wrestler)</a>.</div> To determine and schedule the events of a wrestling <a href="#card">card</a>. The person in charge of setting up matches and writing <a href="#angle">angles</a> is a "booker".<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> It is the wrestling equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a>. A booker can also be described as someone who recruits and hires talent to work in a particular promotion. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Iowa" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa">United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa</a> defined a booker in 1956 as "[...] any person who, for a fee or commission, arranges with a promoter or promoters for the performance of wrestlers in professional wrestling exhibitions".<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Booking is also the term a wrestler uses to describe a scheduled match or appearance on a wrestling show (i.e., "a booked match").<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="boom_boom_boom"><dfn>boom boom boom</dfn></dt> <dd>A match segment, often near the end of tag team or multi-party matches, when competitors perform their signature moves in quick succession.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="botch"><dfn>botch</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Botch_(professional_wrestling)" title="Botch (professional wrestling)">Botch (professional wrestling)</a></div> Something (usually a scripted move or spoken line) which does not go as planned due to a mistake.</dd> <dt id="bret's_rope"><dfn>Bret's rope</dfn></dt> <dd>The second rope of a <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">wrestling ring</a>, the middle rope, often considered the most dangerous rope.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Named after wrestler <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>, who frequently struck from this rope.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> The term was coined by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay Hunter">Jay Hunter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></dd> <dt id="broadway"><dfn>broadway</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also going broadway. A match that ends in a time limit draw.</dd> <dt id="bump"><dfn>bump</dfn></dt> <dd>To fall on the mat or ground.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> A flat back bump is a bump in which a wrestler lands solidly on their back with high impact, spread over as much surface as possible.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> A "phantom bump" occurs when a wrestler or referee takes a bump without a plausible reason (usually due to a <a href="#botch">botch</a> or other mistake).<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="burial"><dfn>burial</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also bury and buried. The <a href="#work">worked</a> lowering (relegation) of a wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans. The opposite of a <a href="#push">push</a>, it is the act of a promoter or <a href="#booker">booker</a> causing a wrestler to lose popularity, momentum and/or credibility, or damaging their gimmick through means such as forcing them to lose in <a href="#squash">squash</a> matches, losing continuously, allowing opponents to no-<a href="#sell">sell</a> or <a href="#kick_out">kick out</a> of said wrestler's <a href="#finisher">finisher</a>, or forcing them to participate in unentertaining or degrading storylines, or not using them at all. A burial is often used a form of punishment due to real-life backstage disagreements between the wrestler and the booker, the wrestler falling out of favor with the company, or sometimes to demote an unpopular performer or <a href="#gimmick">gimmick</a>.</dd> <dt id="business"><dfn>business</dfn></dt> <dd>Professional wrestling; instead of "profession" or "sport".<a href="#cite_note-amspeech-3">[3]</a></dd> <dt id="bust_open"><dfn>bust open</dfn></dt> <dd>To start to bleed, usually from the head after being hit with something like a chair, and typically (but not always) after <a href="#blading">blading</a>.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="C">C</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: C">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="c-show"><dfn>C-show</dfn></dt> <dd>An event featuring the lowest level of talent in a promotion, most notably rookies and entry-level talent. Often used as a derogatory adjective. Compare <a href="#a-show">A-show</a> and <a href="#b-show">B-show</a>.</dd> <dt id="call"><dfn>call</dfn></dt> <dd>To instruct the other wrestler of what is going to happen in the match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Also refers to commentators detailing what is happening during a match.</dd> <dt id="call_it_in_the_ring"><dfn>call it in the ring</dfn></dt> <dd>To make up moves and storytelling in a match on the fly, rather than rehearse them in advance. It is essentially the wrestling equivalent of <a href="/wiki/Improvisational_theatre" title="Improvisational theatre">improvisational theatre</a>.</dd> <dt id="camera_kills"><dfn>camera kills</dfn></dt> <dd>Empty seats that are not sold due to being right behind a permanent camera location which would result in an obstructed view.</dd> <dt id="card"><dfn>card</dfn></dt> <dd>The lineup of the matches that will be staged at a given venue for a given performance.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> The card is generally performed in a roughly inverse order to the way in which it might be printed for posters or other promotional materials. The major matches between well-known opponents are said to be "top of the card" or the <a href="#main_event">main event</a> and generally go on last, while the preliminary matches between lesser-known opponents are said to be the "undercard".</dd> <dt id="carpenter"><dfn>carpenter</dfn></dt> <dd>A term for a wrestler whose purpose is to use their in-ring abilities to make their opponents look as good and strong as possible. This is different from an <a href="#jobber">enhancement talent</a> in that a wrestler is used as a carpenter because they are recognized as having great in-ring abilities and experience. Often (but not always) a carpenter is an older, more experienced wrestler, tasked with making less experienced wrestlers (often in the beginning stages of receiving a <a href="#push">push</a>) look like a credible threat going into their next <a href="#program">program</a>. In modern times, a carpenter is also used when a company is preparing to present a recent signee who may not be familiar to the audience, in an effort to help the wrestler best showcase their abilities. Because of their skill and role in building up talent, carpenters are regarded with a great deal of respect.</dd> <dt id="carry"><dfn>carry</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of one wrestler guiding a typically less experienced or skilled performer through a match. A "carry job" refers to a match or <a href="#angle">angle</a> in which a particularly skilled performer is able to make an inferior wrestler look good or is perceived to be doing all the work.</dd> <dt id="chain_wrestling"><dfn>chain wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd>A sequence of traditional grappling moves usually employed near the start of a match. More common in Japan, the UK and Mexico than in the US.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="champion's_advantage"><dfn>champion's advantage</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also championship advantage. The rule that a reigning champion, should they lose during a title defense by <a href="/wiki/Countout" class="mw-redirect" title="Countout">countout</a> or <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Disqualification" title="Professional wrestling">disqualification</a> rather than by the traditional means of pinfall or submission, would retain their title despite losing the match; it can sometimes be revoked as part of a storyline.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></dd> <dt id="cheap_heat"><dfn>cheap heat</dfn></dt> <dd>The incitement of a negative crowd reaction by insulting the crowd en-masse, typically by bringing up something unrelated to the wrestling business (such as mocking a local town or sports team), usually used in a negative light. Foreign heel wrestlers, like Iron Sheik, often get this by insulting whatever country they're performing in.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-amspeech-3">[3]</a> Compare <a href="#cheap_pop">cheap pop</a>.</dd> <dt id="cheap_pop"><dfn>cheap pop</dfn></dt> <dd>The incitement of a positive crowd reaction by "kissing up" to the crowd. Mick Foley would often do this by saying "It's great to be here in (insert name of city and state)!" While The Rock would begin many promos by saying “Finally, The Rock has come back to (insert name of city or state)!”, <a href="#heel">heels</a> often follow the same principle, but in reverse to get booed. Compare <a href="#cheap_heat">cheap heat</a>.</dd> <dt id="clean_finish"><dfn>clean finish</dfn></dt> <dd>A match ending without cheating at all, (including low blows and being hit with weapons).</dd> <dt id="clean_wrestling"><dfn>clean wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd>Matches pitting two <a href="#face">faces</a> with no storyline animosity against each other, both obeying the rules throughout. Such matches are characterized by an emphasis on displaying <a href="#technical_wrestling">technical wrestling</a> skill instead of <a href="#work">working</a> the audience and a general air of sportsmanship. Although a staple of British and Japanese wrestling, it is uncommon in North America.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> One notable "clean" match which took place in North America is <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_VI" title="WrestleMania VI">WrestleMania VI</a> in 1990.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</dd> <dt id="closet_champion"><dfn>closet champion</dfn></dt> <dd>A titleholder (usually a <a href="#heel">heel</a>) who ducks top-flight matches, cheats to win (often by managerial interference), and—when forced to wrestle good opponents—deliberately causes themself to be disqualified (since titles often do not change hands by <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Disqualification" title="Professional wrestling">disqualification</a>) to retain the title.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="color"><dfn>color</dfn></dt> <dd>The amount of bloodshed in a match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-race106-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin_p.90-20">[20]</a></dd> <dt id="comeback"><dfn>comeback</dfn></dt> <dd>A moment in which a wrestler is being dominated and then manages to turn things around and fight back successfully. Usually done by <a href="#face">faces</a> to earn sympathy and support from the audience. The expression "feeding a comeback" refers to behavior by <a href="#heel">heels</a> to increase the dramatic impact of a comeback. See also <a href="#hulking_up">Hulking up</a>.</dd> <dt id="crimson_mask"><dfn>crimson mask</dfn></dt> <dd>A face covered in blood, comparable to a mask.</dd> <dt id="cross-promotion"><dfn>cross-promotion</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also forbidden door. An event which occurs when two or more rival promotions put together one <a href="#card">card</a> or wrestling event. Some promoters have used cross-promotion style <a href="#angle">angles</a> to further interest. Cross-promotion dates back to the early days of wrestling as challenges between rival promoters in the same area often occurred.</dd> <dt id="curtain_jerker"><dfn>curtain jerker</dfn></dt> <dd>See <a href="#jerk_the_curtain">jerk the curtain</a></dd> <dt id="cutoff"><dfn>cutoff</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also getting the <a href="#heat">heat</a>. A point in a match in which the heel stops the face's attack or comeback and goes on the offensive.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="D">D</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: D">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="dark_match"><dfn>dark match</dfn></dt> <dd>A non-televised match at a televised show (compare <a href="#house_show">house show</a>).<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> A dark match before the show is often used to test new talent or warm up the crowd.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> A dark match after the show typically features <a href="#main_event">main event</a> level wrestlers, in order to sell more tickets and send the crowd home happy, without affecting TV storylines. Some promotions may broadcast the dark matches, such as <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>, which showed the dark matches on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> as <a href="/wiki/AEW_Dark" title="AEW Dark">AEW Dark</a> and <a href="/wiki/AEW_Dark:_Elevation" title="AEW Dark: Elevation">AEW Dark: Elevation</a>. Both programs were cancelled in April 2023 with the introduction of <a href="/wiki/AEW_Collision" title="AEW Collision">AEW Collision</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></dd> <dt id="deathmatch_wrestling"><dfn>deathmatch wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore wrestling</a></div> The bloodiest and most violent form of <a href="#hardcore_wrestling">hardcore wrestling</a>, popular in Japan, Mexico, and some parts of the United States. In deathmatch wrestling, many of the traditional rules of professional wrestling are not enforced and the usage of objects such as barbed wire, panes of glass, fluorescent light tubes, and weed whackers occurs. Deathmatches are typically much bloodier and more violent than typical wrestling contests.</dd> <dt id="dirt_sheet"><dfn>dirt sheet</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></div> An insider newsletter (or website) in the professional wrestling business. Sometimes written in a negative tone or as a means to "get dirt".<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></dd> <dt id="double_down"><dfn>double down</dfn></dt> <dd>A point in the match in which both wrestlers are prone in the ring.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="double_shot"><dfn>double shot</dfn></dt> <dd>Where a wrestler competes twice in one day.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="double_team"><dfn>double team</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg/220px-Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg/330px-Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg/440px-Rougeau_Brothers%27_Finishing_Move.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1566" data-file-height="1549" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Rougeaus" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fabulous Rougeaus">The Fabulous Rougeaus</a> performing a <a href="#double_team">double team</a> <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_double-team_maneuvers" title="Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers">maneuver</a> (March 1989)</figcaption></figure> A tactic used in a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> match when both members of a tag team gang up on one of the opponents, or a move that involves two wrestlers working in unison.</dd> <dt id="double_turn"><dfn>double turn</dfn></dt> <dd>The occurrence when both the <a href="#face">face</a> and the <a href="#heel">heel</a> switch roles during an <a href="#angle">angle</a> or a match. Arguably the most famous example is that of <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_13" title="WrestleMania 13">WrestleMania 13</a>, where Austin entered as a heel and Hart entered as a face, but due to Austin fighting on through blood and passing out to a move by Hart, and Hart's post-match <a href="#beat_down">beat down</a>, the two switched roles to end the match.</dd> <dt id="draw"><dfn>draw</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler or <a href="#program">program</a> that attracts the attention of the audience; someone fans are willing to pay to see. Derived from the term "drawing money", meaning the wrestler makes money for the promotion.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="drop"><dfn>drop</dfn></dt> <dd>To lose a match or championship (the loser agreed to drop the match to the winner).</dd> <dt id="dusty_finish"><dfn>Dusty finish</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#finish">finish</a> in which the <a href="#face">face</a> appears to win a big match, but the decision is later reversed due to some sort of technicality, such as <a href="#interference">interference</a> by other <a href="#heel">heels</a> to save the heel champion, as, in most federations, the title could not change hands on such a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Disqualification" title="Professional wrestling">disqualification</a>. It can also refer to an ambiguous finish to a match where neither wrestler can claim to be the winner.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Named after <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a>, who <a href="#book">booked</a> many such finishes in the <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (NWA) and later in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW).<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="E">E</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: E">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="enforcer"><dfn>enforcer</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg/220px-The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg/330px-The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg/440px-The_Authority_plus_Kane_and_Randy_Orton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3371" data-file-height="2041" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> (second left) as <a href="#enforcer">enforcer</a> for <a href="/wiki/The_Authority_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Authority (professional wrestling)">The Authority</a></figcaption></figure> Also lackey or heavy A (typically larger) wrestler who accompanies another wrestler as a <a href="#second">second</a> to matches and acts as a bodyguard.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dd>2.  An individual who acts in a "<a href="/wiki/Special_guest_referee" class="mw-redirect" title="Special guest referee">special guest referee</a>" capacity from outside the ring, ostensibly to maintain order.</dd> <dt id="enhancement_talent"><dfn>enhancement talent</dfn></dt> <dd>See <a href="#jobber">jobber</a>.</dd> <dt id="exótico"><dfn>exótico</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ex%C3%B3tico" title="Exótico">Exótico</a></div> A wrestler (typically a Mexican luchador) who competes in drag. Examples of exóticos include Mexico's <a href="/wiki/Pimpinela_Escarlata" title="Pimpinela Escarlata">Pimpinela Escarlata</a>, America's <a href="/wiki/Goldust" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldust">Goldust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vito_Lograsso" class="mw-redirect" title="Vito Lograsso">Vito</a>, Wales' <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Street" title="Adrian Street">Adrian Street</a>, and Japan's <a href="/wiki/Yosuke_Santa_Maria" title="Yosuke Santa Maria">Yosuke Santa Maria</a>.</dd> <dt id="extra"><dfn>extra</dfn></dt><dd>See <a href="#jobber">jobber</a>.</dd><dt id="extreme_wrestling"><dfn>extreme wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore wrestling</a></div> A style of professional wrestling that makes frequent use of <a href="#highspot">highspots</a> and weapons. <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">Combat Zone Wrestling</a> are known for using this style.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="F">F</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: F">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="face"><dfn>face</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">Face (professional wrestling)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also babyface, blue-eye (England), or técnico (Mexico). A wrestler who is heroic, who is <a href="#book">booked</a> to be cheered by fans.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> <a href="#heel">Heels</a> are the opposite of faces and faces commonly perform against heels.</dd> <dt id="face-in-peril"><dfn>face-in-peril</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also playing Ricky Morton. In a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> match, the member of a <a href="#face">face</a> team who is dominated by the <a href="#heel">heel</a> team for an extended period of the match. The tactic can be used to help get the crowd behind the face tag team and is usually followed up with a <a href="#hot_tag">hot tag</a>. During the 1980s, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Morton" title="Ricky Morton">Ricky Morton</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Express" title="Rock 'n' Roll Express">Rock 'n' Roll Express</a> was typically in this position while teaming with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibson_(wrestler)" title="Robert Gibson (wrestler)">Robert Gibson</a>; so much so that "playing Ricky Morton" has become synonymous with the term.</dd> <dt id="faction"><dfn>faction</dfn></dt> <dd>A group of several wrestlers who band together and protect each other during matches. Different from a <a href="#stable">stable</a> in that stables have a leader or <a href="/wiki/Spokesperson" title="Spokesperson">spokesperson</a>. Factions are also generally larger than stables.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></dd> <dt id="fall"><dfn>fall</dfn></dt> <dd>The ending of a match. A fall is obtained by gaining a decision in any manner, normally consisting of a <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission (professional wrestling)">submission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Countout" class="mw-redirect" title="Countout">countout</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Disqualification" title="Professional wrestling">disqualification</a>. In a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Two_out_of_Three_falls_match" title="Professional wrestling match types">two out of three falls match</a>, or a Mountevans Rules match, a wrestler must gain two decisions to win instead of only one. See also <a href="#near-fall">near-fall</a>.</dd> <dt id="fallout_show"><dfn>fallout show</dfn></dt> <dd>The first televised show after a <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a>. Often new storylines are introduced in these episodes, and the consequences of the pay-per-view are explained. Contrast with <a href="#go-home_show">go-home show</a>.</dd> <dt id="false_comeback"><dfn>false comeback </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also hope spot.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a> A brief offensive flurry by a <a href="#face">face</a>, before losing momentum back to a <a href="#heel">heel</a> after being dominated for several minutes.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Usually, it occurs before the actual <a href="#comeback">comeback</a>.</dd> <dt id="false_finish"><dfn>false finish</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a> attempt which is kicked out of, usually after a <a href="#finisher">finisher</a> or series of high-impact moves, and usually kicked out of just before the referee counts to three. This builds crowd anticipation toward the actual finish.</dd> <dt id="feud"><dfn>feud</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">Feud (professional wrestling)</a></div> A <a href="#work">staged</a> rivalry between multiple wrestlers or groups of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised. Feuds may last for months or even years or be resolved with implausible speed, perhaps during the course of a single match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="fighting_champion"><dfn>fighting champion</dfn></dt> <dd>A champion who defends their title often, and with most or all of the outcomes being victory by pinfall or submission.</dd> <dt id="finish"><dfn>finish</dfn></dt> <dd>The planned end of a match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> See <a href="#clean_finish">clean finish</a>, <a href="#dusty_finish">Dusty finish</a>, and <a href="#screwjob">screwjob</a>.</dd> <dt id="finisher"><dfn>finisher</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler's signature move that usually leads to the <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a> or <a href="/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission (professional wrestling)">submission</a>. An example is <a href="/wiki/Steve_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Austin">Steve Austin</a> and his Stunner.</dd> <dt id="five_moves_of_doom"><dfn>five moves of doom</dfn></dt> <dd>A particular combination of moves that a certain wrestler tends to use in every match, often in the same sequence, usually ending with their <a href="#finisher">finisher</a>. This term is usually used pejoratively, though it was not originally intended so by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Meltzer" title="Dave Meltzer">Dave Meltzer</a>, who coined the term in the 1990s to describe the finishing sequence of <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>, and later used by fans to describe that of <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>.</dd> <dt id="forbidden_door"><dfn>forbidden door</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also cross-promotion.The imagined barrier between competing wrestling promotions; wrestlers who are signed to one promotion but make appearances for another as part of a talent exchange agreement are said to have entered or passed through the Forbidden Door. The term was coined in January 2020 by New Japan Pro-Wrestling's <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> when speaking of his desire to challenge <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> for the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The term was further popularized by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">AEW</a> general manager <a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a> during an appearance on <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a> television during AEW wrestler <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega's</a> concurrent reign as both AEW World Champion and <a href="/wiki/TNA_World_Championship" title="TNA World Championship">Impact World Champion</a> in 2021, and further codified in 2022 with AEW and NJPW announcing a <a href="/wiki/AEW_x_NJPW:_Forbidden_Door" title="AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door">joint pay-per-view</a> with that title, which became <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Door_(2022)" title="Forbidden Door (2022)">the first</a> of an annual series.</dd> <dt id="foreign_object"><dfn>foreign object</dfn></dt> <dd>A weapon that is not allowed to be used in the match. Usually found under the ring or ringside, in a wrestler's tights, or handed to wrestlers by <a href="#manager">managers</a>, interfering wrestlers, or (less commonly) audience members. If a foreign object is used behind the referee's back, it usually leads to a <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a>. The same object is typically less effective in a match where it is legal. At one point in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW)'s history, this was referred to as "international objects" by commentators due to a misunderstanding of WCW owner <a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a>'s objections to the use of the word "foreign" applied throughout his media empire, when he intended only to restrict the word's use on his news networks.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</dd> <dt id="freebird_rule"><dfn>Freebird rule</dfn></dt> <dd>A "rule" that allows a three-wrestler stable to challenge for and defend a tag-team championship with any two of its members. Named for <a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Freebirds" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fabulous Freebirds">The Fabulous Freebirds</a>, who popularized this concept.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="full_package"><dfn>full package</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who can perform well in their wrestling technique, promotional/speaking skills on the microphone, and have an appearance that backs their skillset up. Sometimes calls a 'complete package'.</dd> <dt id="future_endeavored"><dfn>future endeavored</dfn></dt> <dd>Fired or leaving a promotion. Inspired by WWE's announcement of a wrestler's release, typically wishing the subject "all the best in their future endeavors."<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="G">G</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: G">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="garbage_wrestling"><dfn>garbage wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  Unscientific, violent wrestling, incorporating props such as explosives, thumbtacks, barbed wire, and fire.<a href="#cite_note-Solomon2015-25">[25]</a></dd> <dt id="gas"><dfn>gas</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  Steroids.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dd>2.  Stamina, as in "out of <a href="/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline">gas</a>".</dd> <dt id="gassed"><dfn>gassed</dfn></dt> <dd>Exhausted or out of breath during a match.</dd> <dt id="gig"><dfn>gig</dfn></dt> <dd>The blade a wrestler uses to cut themselves. The act of cutting oneself with a gig is sometimes referred to as gigging.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> See <a href="#blading">blading</a>.</dd> <dt id="gimmick"><dfn>gimmick</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MikeRotunda1994Cropped.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/MikeRotunda1994Cropped.png" decoding="async" width="197" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rotunda" title="Mike Rotunda">Mike Rotunda</a> used a <a href="/wiki/Tax_collector" title="Tax collector">tax collector</a> <a href="#gimmick">gimmick</a> as Irwin R. Schyster</figcaption></figure></dd> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick (professional wrestling)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also persona. <dd>1.  The character portrayed by a wrestler. Can be used to refer specifically to the motif or theme evoked by a character, as indicated by their name, costume or other paraphernalia, or to refer to any aspect of the <a href="#work">work</a>ed presentation, sometimes negatively (e.g., a gimmick match, which can also have an event based on it, such as <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hell_in_a_Cell" title="WWE Hell in a Cell">WWE Hell in a Cell</a>, referred to as a gimmick event/PPV).</dd> <dd>2.  A wrestler's <a href="#finisher">finisher</a>.</dd> <dt id="glorified_jobber"><dfn>glorified jobber</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also jobber to the stars. A <a href="#jobber">jobber</a> who defeats "pure jobbers" as well as mid-card wrestlers in matches, but consistently loses to <a href="#main_event">main event</a> level wrestlers.</dd> <dt id="go_away_heat"><dfn>go away heat</dfn></dt> <dd>When a wrestler, <a href="#heel">heel</a> or <a href="#face">face</a>, evokes a negative reaction not through their <a href="#work">working</a> of the audience but because the audience are not entertained by the wrestler and do not want to watch them perform. Compare <a href="#x-pac_heat">X-Pac heat</a>.</dd> <dt id="go_home"><dfn>go home</dfn></dt> <dd>To finish a match. One wrestler would tell the other to "go home" when it is time for them to execute the planned ending for their match. Referees may also tell the wrestlers to go home (usually after receiving word to do so from a producer backstage).</dd> <dt id="go-home_show"><dfn>go-home show</dfn></dt> <dd>The final televised show before a <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> event. So named because the promotion will often have no <a href="#house_show">house shows</a> in the next few days before the pay-per-view, in order to give the wrestlers a chance to literally go home and rest up so they may bring their A-game at the pay-per-view. Contrast with <a href="#fallout_show">fallout show</a>.</dd> <dt id="going_into_business_for_him/herself"><dfn>going into business for him/herself</dfn></dt> <dd>When a wrestler starts working for their own benefit rather than the mutual benefit of themselves and their opponents or partners, typically by refusing to <a href="#sell">sell</a> or by saying something not agreed to in a <a href="#promo">promo</a>. A type of <a href="#shoot">shoot</a>.</dd> <dt id="gold"><dfn>gold</dfn></dt> <dd>A championship belt.</dd> <dt id="good_hand"><dfn>good hand</dfn></dt> <dd>A decent, skilled, dependable performer, that gels with the wrestlers he or she works with and consistently puts on a good show.</dd> <dt id="go_over"><dfn>go over</dfn></dt> <dd>To win in a wrestling match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="goozle"><dfn>goozle</dfn></dt><dd>The act of forcefully grabbing an opponent by their neck with a single arm, usually precedes a <a href="/wiki/Chokeslam" title="Chokeslam">chokeslam</a>.</dd><dt id="gorilla_position"><dfn>Gorilla position</dfn></dt> <dd>The staging area just behind the curtain where wrestlers come out to the ring, named after <a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Monsoon" title="Gorilla Monsoon">Gorilla Monsoon</a>, who could often be seen standing there during WWF/WWE PPVs. The Gorilla Position in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> was named after <a href="/wiki/Jody_Hamilton" title="Jody Hamilton">Jody Hamilton</a> and was commonly referred to as the "Jody Position." In <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>, the "go position" is named the "Dusty Position" after <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></dd> <dt id="green"><dfn>green</dfn></dt> <dd>Refers to a wrestler who is in the early stages of their career and, as a result, may be prone to making mistakes because of their inexperience.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="gusher"><dfn>gusher</dfn></dt> <dd>A deep cut that bleeds a lot,<a href="#cite_note-Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin_p.90-20">[20]</a> usually caused by a mistake while <a href="#blading">blading</a>, but can be intentional. An example happened at the <a href="/wiki/Judgment_Day_(2004)" title="Judgment Day (2004)">Judgment Day</a> PPV in 2004, when <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a> accidentally hit a blood vessel when blading.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="H">H</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: H">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="hard_camera"><dfn>hard camera</dfn></dt> <dd>The main camera(s) that shoots the ring from the crowd. These are positioned in the first level of permanent seats usually at about the center court/center ice area of a venue.</dd> <dt id="hardcore_wrestling"><dfn>hardcore wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore wrestling</a></div> A style of wrestling that emphasizes brutality and real violence with matches typically involving minimal <a href="#technical_wrestling">technical wrestling</a>, instead focusing on moderate brawling techniques and the use of weapons.</dd> <dt id="hardway"><dfn>hardway</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler drawing blood by any means other than blading, typically from a legitimate strike or <a href="#potato">potato</a>.</dd> <dt id="head_drop"><dfn>head drop</dfn></dt> <dd>A move which, as a result of a <a href="#botch">botch</a> or otherwise, causes the receiver to be dropped on their head, often resulting in a <a href="#legit">legit</a> concussion or other injury such as a broken neck. Also, especially in <a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">puroresu</a>, the term can refer to a <a href="#bump">bump</a> which is intended to make a move appear as if the receiver landed on their head. In reality, the full force of the move is intended to be taken on the upper back and shoulders, though such moves still carry a high degree of legitimate risk with them. Some wrestlers have used moves where the receiver lands on their head as their <a href="#finisher">finisher</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a>, who used the highly dangerous <a href="/wiki/Inverted_Death_Valley_driver" class="mw-redirect" title="Inverted Death Valley driver">Burning Hammer</a> as his finisher.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></dd> <dt id="heat"><dfn>heat</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">Heat (professional wrestling)</a></div> 1.  Negative reactions (such as booing) from fans. When the heat is directed at a <a href="#heel">heel</a>, this is seen as a good thing, as it means fans are reacting in the desired way.</dd> <dd>2.  Real-life tension or ill will between two wrestlers, or a wrestler and the promotion.</dd> <dt id="heater"><dfn>heater</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler; usually a <a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">jobber</a> who is used against a more valued opponent to "heat them up" perhaps after a recent loss or succession of losses.</dd> <dt id="heel"><dfn>heel</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">Heel (professional wrestling)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also rudo (Mexico). A wrestler who is villainous, who is <a href="#book">booked</a> to be booed by fans.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> <a href="#face">Faces</a> are the opposite of heels, and heels commonly perform against faces.</dd> <dt id="hide"><dfn>hide</dfn></dt> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also smoke and mirrors. <dd>To choreograph a match (or series thereof) to cover up a wrestler's injury, inexperience, or lack of ability.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="highspot"><dfn>highspot</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lesnarbotch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lesnarbotch.jpg/220px-Lesnarbotch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lesnarbotch.jpg/330px-Lesnarbotch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lesnarbotch.jpg/440px-Lesnarbotch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> performing a <a href="#highspot">highspot</a>; a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Shooting_star_press" title="Professional wrestling aerial techniques">shooting star press</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XIX" title="WrestleMania XIX">WrestleMania XIX</a></figcaption></figure> A high-stakes move which is perceived to be risky and very dangerous, often legitimately.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="hollywood"><dfn>Hollywood</dfn></dt> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick (professional wrestling)</a></div> <dd>A popular <a href="#heel">heel</a>/<a href="#face">face</a> persona based on the idea of a performer having real-world success and fame which transcends the wrestling business. Used by wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a>.</dd> <dt id="hooker"><dfn>hooker</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler with strong legitimate mat-wrestling abilities and an array of match-ending (or in extreme cases, career ending) holds known as "hooks", hence the name.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Primarily a holdover from the days where professional wrestling had to maintain <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a>, a hooker would be used against a local non-wrestler brawler to enhance the belief that professional wrestling was "real". Additionally, the champion would most often be a hooker in order to avoid his opponents trying to <a href="#shoot">shoot</a> on him. One of the most famous hookers in wrestling history was world champion <a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a>.</dd> <dt id="hoss"><dfn>hoss</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who is physically large, but lacks other skills. A match between two large men who use plenty of <a href="#stiff">stiff</a> strikes is sometimes known as a "hossfest".</dd> <dt id="hotshot"><dfn>hotshot</dfn></dt> <dd>A rushed <a href="#feud">feud</a>, climax of a feud, or big match on television instead of at a <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> in order to get a short-term boost for business.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Also applies to <a href="#angle">angles</a> or <a href="#turn">turns</a> that are done for shock value rather than acting as a part of an ongoing storyline.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="hot_tag"><dfn>hot tag</dfn></dt> <dd>In a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> match, the <a href="#face">face</a>'s tag to a fresh partner after several minutes of being dominated by both <a href="#heel">heels</a>, usually immediately followed by the freshly tagged partner getting in a quick burst of offense.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Often the hot tag happens after several teases (where the other face is enticed into the ring, only to be stopped by the referee and the heels getting away with illegal tactics, or a legal tag being made while the referee is distracted, resulting in the referee forcing the fresh partner out of the ring because "he was not tagged in").</dd> <dt id="house"><dfn>house</dfn></dt> <dd>The amount of money drawn at a particular event. Also, a term denoting how many fans are in attendance for an event (e.g., "that looks like a packed house tonight").<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="house_show"><dfn>house show </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also live event. An untelevised event.</dd> <dt id="hulking_up"><dfn>Hulking up</dfn></dt> <dd>A type of <a href="#comeback">comeback</a> spot that involves the face suddenly start to <a href="#no-sell">no-sell</a> their opponent's offense, recovering more strength with every blow before finally striking back. Named after <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>, who regularly used this as a part of his matches.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="I">I</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: I">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="idol_wrestler"><dfn>idol wrestler</dfn></dt> <dd>A Japanese term for <a href="#joshi">joshi</a> wrestlers who are known for their attractive appearance and may be involved in the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_idol" title="Japanese idol">Japanese idol industry</a>. Idol wrestlers often sing songs and model in <a href="/wiki/Photo-book" class="mw-redirect" title="Photo-book">photo-books</a> and/or on various video releases. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Takako_Inoue" title="Takako Inoue">Takako Inoue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cutie_Suzuki" title="Cutie Suzuki">Cutie Suzuki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Riho" title="Riho">Riho</a>.</dd> <dt id="iggy"><dfn>iggy</dfn></dt> <dd>Insider information; the truth about something</dd> <dt id="impromptu_match"><dfn>impromptu match</dfn></dt> <dd>A match that takes place, specifically on <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-views</a>, that was not advertised on the <a href="#card">card</a> before the event.</dd> <dt id="independent_promotion"><dfn>independent promotion</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">Independent circuit</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also indie promotion. A smaller wrestling company that operates at a local (rather than national) level and typically employs freelance wrestlers, as opposed to signing wrestlers to exclusive contracts.</dd> <dt id="insurance_policy"><dfn>insurance policy</dfn></dt> <dd>An “insurance policy” refers to a valet (typically a person with a large physical presence) or a wrestler who serves on behalf of a villainous character or faction to achieve or to ensure a specific target. The term was especially popular in <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> dubbed <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wight" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Wight">Paul Wight</a> his “insurance policy” for <a href="/wiki/The_Corporation_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Corporation (professional wrestling)">The Corporation</a> upon his inaugural materialization for the company at <a href="/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre:_In_Your_House" title="St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House">St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House</a>, ensuring that <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">“Stone Cold” Steve Austin</a> would not make it to <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XV" title="WrestleMania XV">WrestleMania XV</a>.</dd> <dt id="interbrand"><dfn>interbrand</dfn></dt> <dd>A term used by <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> during <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">their brand extension</a> to reference a match between talent from the <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a>, <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>, <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW</a>, or <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brands.</dd> <dt id="interpromotional"><dfn>interpromotional</dfn></dt> <dd>Also known as <a href="#cross-promotion">cross-promotion</a>. A match or event involving wrestlers from two or more different promotions wrestling, usually against each other, on the same <a href="#card">card</a>.</dd> <dt id="interference"><dfn>interference</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of someone who is not part of the match (including a <a href="#second">second</a>) getting involved; this may involve distracting or assaulting one or more of the participants in the match.</dd> <dt id="invasion_storyline"><dfn>invasion storyline</dfn></dt> <dd>A storyline in which a group of wrestlers from one promotion appear in another promotion. In some cases, this happens suddenly without advance warning or notice, and usually involves the invaders attempting to take the promotion over.</dd> <dt id="iwc"><dfn>IWC</dfn></dt> <dd>An initialism for "Internet Wrestling Community"; it is a term used to describe a community of <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a> users (some of them <a href="#smark">smarks</a> on <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>) who engage in discourse about professional wrestling online.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="J">J</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: J">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="jerk_the_curtain"><dfn>jerk the curtain</dfn></dt> <dd>To wrestle the first match of the <a href="#card">card</a>. Refers to the curtain separating the entranceway from backstage. A wrestler commonly booked in this position is a "curtain jerker". In recent years, this term has become much less pejorative, with many main event level wrestlers choosing to have the first match of the show, as a way to "set the tone".</dd> <dt id="job"><dfn>job</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job (professional wrestling)</a></div> To lose in a wrestling match.</dd> <dt id="jobber"><dfn>jobber</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)#Jobbers" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job (professional wrestling) § Jobbers</a></div></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also enhancement talent. A wrestler who routinely loses in order to build the credibility of other wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="''joshi''"><dfn>joshi</dfn></dt> <dd>Shorthand for joshi puroresu; Japanese women's professional wrestling.</dd> <dt id="juice"><dfn>juice</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  Steroids.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Same as <a href="#gas">gas</a>.</dd> <dd>2.  Blood,<a href="#cite_note-amspeech-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-race106-19">[19]</a> usually from the forehead.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> See also <a href="#blading">blading</a>.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="K">K</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: K">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="kayfabe"><dfn>kayfabe</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></div> The presentation of professional wrestling as being entirely legitimate or unscripted. Prior to the mid-1980s, this was universally maintained across all wrestling territories and promotions.</dd> <dd> used by some in the industry as a verb- to hide or keep something a secret.</dd> <dt id="kick-out"><dfn>kick-out</dfn></dt> <dd>To use the legs to kick or power out of a pin by using the force made to lift the shoulders off the mat.</dd> <dd>To escape a pin by one's own power- by any means except rope break or interference</dd> <dt id="king's_road"><dfn>king's road</dfn></dt> <dd>This term describes the style of wrestling <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a> uses. It is a fusion of the Japanese <a href="#strong_style">strong style</a> and a more American style of professional wrestling. King's road practitioners incorporated increasingly more <a href="#stiff">stiff</a> strikes and <a href="#head_drop">head drops</a> during the 1990s.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="L">L</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: L">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="legit"><dfn>legit</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Short-form of "legitimate". 1.  Refers to <a href="/wiki/Real_life" title="Real life">real-life</a> incidents or events that have not been <a href="#book">booked</a> or scripted and are therefore not part of the fictional and <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> presentation. It is often used to describe a genuine injury to a wrestler, as opposed to one scripted as part of a storyline.</dd> <dd>2.  Used to describe a wrestler who has a genuine background in another combat sport (typically boxing, other wrestling codes, or mixed martial arts) and so has proven "real" fighting skills.</dd> <dt id="lights_out"><dfn>lights out</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#spot">spot</a> in which the house lights are suddenly turned down to allow for a surprise of some kind.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="local_competitor"><dfn>local competitor</dfn></dt> <dd>An unsigned wrestler that is usually put into <a href="#squash">squash</a> matches with company wrestlers to build the other's momentum. Often used so known wrestlers from the promotion do not have to <a href="#job">job</a>.</dd> <dt id="local_medical_facility"><dfn>local medical facility</dfn></dt> <dd>WWE's term for 'hospital'. Used in kayfabe scenarios when a wrestler is injured and was coined to prevent fans from calling an actual hospital during the time in which kayfabe was not yet broken.</dd> <dt id="lock_up"><dfn>lock up </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also link up. A portion of a match, usually the very start of the match, where two wrestlers join together in a collar-and-elbow tie up.</dd> <dt id="low-carder"><dfn>low-carder</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who typically wrestles near the beginning of a show and does not participate in major storylines or matches. Often seen as being at the bottom of a promotion's hierarchy.</dd> <dt id="lumberjack"><dfn>lumberjack (m)</dfn></dt> <dt id="lumberjill"><dfn>lumberjill (f)</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler, typically, who stands close to the ring, usually in a <a href="/wiki/Lumberjack_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumberjack match">lumberjack match</a>, in which he or she (and others similarly called upon) are to forcibly return to the ring any wrestler who attempts to leave or is expelled therefrom. Usually, in the case of a <a href="#heel">heel</a>, he or she is actually helping one or more (rarely all) wrestlers.</dd> <dt id="lucha_libre"><dfn>lucha libre</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></div> Mexican professional wrestling. Translates to "free fight" and is sometimes shortened to simply lucha, the Mexican style of professional wrestling is characterized by high-flying aerial moves, colored masks, and the rapid series of holds, strikes, and maneuvers.</dd> <dt id="lucharesu"><dfn>lucharesu</dfn></dt> <dd>The specific fusion style of professional wrestling that could involve the high-flying acrobatic moves of lucha libre and the suplexes, strong martial arts strikes, physicality, and psychology of puroresu or strong-style wrestling.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="M">M</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: M">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="main_event"><dfn>main event</dfn></dt> <dd>The headline or marquee match of a show. Almost always the last match of the show, although some exceptions exist. The penultimate match on a card is sometimes referred to as the semi main-event.</dd> <dt id="main_eventer"><dfn>main eventer</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who is seen as on the highest level in a promotion and typically headlines shows. Often wrestling for the world title of a promotion.</dd> <dt id="manager"><dfn>manager</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg/220px-Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg/330px-Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg/440px-Brock_Lesnar_and_Paul_Heyman_April_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> (right) as <a href="#manager">manager</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">Manager (professional wrestling)</a></div> A performer (usually a non-wrestler) who is paired with one or more wrestlers in order to help them get <a href="#over">over</a>, often by acting as a <a href="#mouthpiece">mouthpiece</a> or interfering in matches on their behalf. Typically, managers are seen accompanying their wrestlers to the ring and are presented as having some sort of influence or sway over their wrestlers.</dd> <dt id="mark"><dfn>mark</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  A wrestling fan who enthusiastically believes or behaves as though they believe professional wrestling is not staged, or loses sight of the staged nature of the business while supporting their favorite wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-Grantland-28">[28]</a> The term is often used pejoratively, for example to refer to people who have little or no knowledge about the business, which to an insider can refer to all wrestling fans.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></dd> <dd>2.  Used by some industry insiders to describe a participant in the wrestling industry whom they think believes that any <a href="#work">worked</a> aspect of the industry is more important than the money they can earn; for example, being preoccupied with holding a title belt rather than being paid more will often see a wrestler described as a "mark for him/herself."<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="married"><dfn>married</dfn></dt> <dd>To be paired with another wrestler (or tag team) in a long series of matches.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg/220px-The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg/330px-The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg/440px-The_Rockers_-_Michaels_and_Jannetty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1471" data-file-height="1444" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a> (front) during his time in <a href="/wiki/The_Rockers" title="The Rockers">The Rockers</a> with <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></figcaption></figure> <dt id="marty_jannetty"><dfn>Marty Jannetty</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also simply Jannetty. Derisive term given to a member of a tag team who, upon the breakup of the team, achieves markedly less success than their partner. Coined in reference to <a href="/wiki/Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a>, who teamed with <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> to form <a href="/wiki/The_Rockers" title="The Rockers">The Rockers</a>. While Michaels went to become a four-time world champion and two-time <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Famer</a>, Jannetty was released from the WWF two months after the team's breakup and would repeatedly be hired and fired from the promotion (and other promotions) over the next twenty years, almost always participating in storylines which related to his status as Michaels's former partner. Other wrestlers often seen as a Jannetty of a team include <a href="/wiki/Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Steiner_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Steiner Brothers">The Steiner Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray" title="Stevie Ray">Stevie Ray</a> of <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Heat" title="Harlem Heat">Harlem Heat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Neidhart" title="Jim Neidhart">Jim Neidhart</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hart Foundation">The Hart Foundation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></dd> <dt id="mechanic"><dfn>mechanic</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler whose job it is to <a href="#feud">feud</a> with the future <a href="#main_event">main event</a> performers and help get them ready for the position. Other times, mechanics are the in-ring teachers helping younger wrestlers gain experience and ability.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></dd> <dt id="mic_work"><dfn>mic work</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also microphone work. The ability to generate reaction from the audience using words, and generally by speaking using a microphone.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></dd> <dt id="mid-carder"><dfn>mid-carder</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who is seen as higher than a <a href="#low-carder">low-carder</a>, but below a <a href="#main_event">main eventer</a>, typically performing in the middle of a show. Often wrestling for the secondary title of a federation.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="missed_spot"><dfn>missed spot</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also blown spot and mis-selling. A move or series of moves which are mistimed.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="money_mark"><dfn>money mark</dfn></dt> <dd>Someone who founds or invests in a wrestling promotion mainly to associate with wrestlers, often willfully or ignorantly disregarding financial risks a profit-focused investor would avoid.</dd> <dt id="money_match"><dfn>money match</dfn></dt> <dd>A highly promoted non-title match at or near the end of a <a href="#card">card</a>, which is a main selling point for an event.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="monster"><dfn>monster</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg/220px-Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg/330px-Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg/440px-Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_in_the_late_%2780s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2094" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a> was a notable <a href="#monster">monster</a> <a href="#heel">heel</a> late in his career</figcaption></figure> An extremely powerful, seemingly unbeatable wrestler, either <a href="#face">face</a> or <a href="#heel">heel</a>, who often wins matches in a quick, one-sided manner.</dd> <dt id="mouthpiece"><dfn>mouthpiece</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#manager">manager</a> who does the <a href="#promo">promos</a>, or all the talking, for a wrestler possessing poor oration skills.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="muta_scale"><dfn>Muta scale</dfn></dt> <dd>An informal measure among some fans of the amount of blood lost by a wrestler during a match. The scale begins at 0.0 Muta (no blood), with 1.0 Muta being equivalent to the blood loss of <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Great Muta</a> during an infamous 1992 <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> match with <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="N">N</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: N">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="near-fall"><dfn>near-fall</dfn></dt> <dd>An occurrence in which a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before the referee's hand hits the mat a third time, which would signify a <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a>. "Two-and-a-half count" or other fractions used to denote even closer "counts", such as "two-and-three-quarters", are often used many times in matches to build excitement.</dd> <dt id="night_off"><dfn>night off</dfn></dt> <dd>To be paired for a match with a wrestler who is typically easy to work with.</dd> <dt id="no_contest"><dfn>no contest</dfn></dt> <dd>A match that ends in a draw without any clear resolution. This is often due to unforeseen circumstances such as an injury, a major <a href="#spot">spot</a> or <a href="#angle">angle</a> which overshadows proceedings, or the referee being presented as having lost control of the match.</dd> <dt id="no-sell"><dfn>no-sell</dfn></dt> <dd>To show no reaction to an opponent's offensive moves; a way to demonstrate endurance, appear invulnerable to pain, illustrate masochistic tendencies, or intentionally <a href="#burial">bury</a> an opponent. Generally, no-selling is <a href="#work">worked</a> as a part of <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a>, but several wrestlers are known to have <a href="#shoot">shoot</a> no-sold their opponent's moves for various reasons. Compare <a href="#sell">sell</a> and <a href="#over-sell">over-sell</a>.</dd> <dt id="no-show"><dfn>no-show</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler's or performer's unplanned absence from a show in which they were <a href="#book">booked</a>, often leading to last minute changes on the show's <a href="#card">card</a>.</dd> <dt id="nuclear_heat"><dfn>nuclear heat</dfn></dt> <dd>A high level of <a href="#heat">heat</a>, when fans are agitated to the point of being legitimately angry or upset.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="O">O</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: O">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="over"><dfn>over</dfn></dt> <dd>Achieving the desired crowd reaction, with the audience buying into a performer or <a href="#gimmick">gimmick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> <a href="#face">Faces</a> who are over will be cheered, and <a href="#heel">heels</a> who are over will be booed. Sometimes particular aspects of a performer's presentation may be over (such as a specific chant, a move they perform or their ring entrance) without the performer themselves being considered over. Building a rapport with the audience is described as "getting over".</dd> <dt id="over-booking"><dfn>over-booking</dfn></dt> <dd>A match or angle that is perceived to have been written or choreographed to be more complicated than necessary. Often through the overuse of run-ins, interference, ref bumps and non-wrestling related elements.</dd> <dt id="over-sell"><dfn>over-sell</dfn></dt> <dd>To show too much of a reaction to an opponent's offense. Over-selling may be done accidentally, for example during a <a href="#missed_spot">missed spot</a>, or intentionally for various reasons, as occurred in the match between <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2005)" title="SummerSlam (2005)">SummerSlam</a> in 2005, where Michaels frequently over-sold Hogan's moves. Wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Curt Hennig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> are notable for over-selling. Compare <a href="#sell">sell</a> and <a href="#no-sell">no-sell</a>.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="P">P</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: P">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="paper"><dfn>paper</dfn></dt> <dd>To give out free tickets to an event to make it look better attended than it otherwise would have been.</dd> <dt id="parts_unknown"><dfn>Parts unknown</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg/220px-The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg/330px-The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg/440px-The_Ultimate_Warrior_April_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1009" data-file-height="1469" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a> was popularly billed as being from <a href="#parts_unknown">parts unknown</a>; he was actually from <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>.</figcaption></figure> A vague, fictional location. Billing a wrestler as being from "parts unknown" (rather than from their real hometown or another actual place) is intended to add to a wrestler's mystique. In some territories, the phrase commonly was applied to masked wrestlers. In the post-<a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> era, it is used less and less, and usually with a certain air of levity. Sometimes, wrestlers can hail from other similarly abstract places, for example <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Stardust</a> being billed from "the fifth dimension", <a href="/wiki/Damien_Demento" title="Damien Demento">Damien Demento</a> being billed from "the outer reaches of your mind", or <a href="/wiki/Danhausen_(wrestler)" title="Danhausen (wrestler)">Danhausen</a> being billed from "some place far away", or may have their location simply omitted from introductions, such as in the cases of <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></dd> <dt id="payoff"><dfn>payoff</dfn></dt> <dd>The culmination of an <a href="#angle">angle</a> or storyline with the intention of providing gratification for the fans. Typically involves a <a href="#face">face</a> finally overcoming a dominant <a href="#heel">heel</a>.</dd> <dt id="phantom_title_change"><dfn>phantom title change</dfn></dt> <dd>An occasion when a wrestler is announced as having won a championship from another wrestler in a match which did not actually occur, often due to the previous champion having left the promotion. In the era of territories, non-existent title matches were often said to have taken place in a different part of the country.</dd> <dt id="philly_pop"><dfn>Philly pop</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of a promotion bringing in a former <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> wrestler when in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>.</dd> <dt id="pillmanize"><dfn>Pillmanize</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of "breaking" an opponent's ankle, arm, or neck by placing it between the seat and headrest of a steel chair and then stepping or jumping on the chair or striking it with a second object. Named for <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Brian Pillman</a>, who suffered a severe ankle injury (in kayfabe) when attacked in this manner by Stone Cold Steve Austin.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="pinfall"><dfn>pinfall</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">Pin (professional wrestling)</a></div> Holding a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a three count, to win a <a href="#fall">fall</a>.</dd> <dt id="pipe_bomb"><dfn>pipe bomb</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#worked_shoot">worked shoot</a> <a href="#promo">promo</a> where the wrestler giving the promo appears to break <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> and touches on real-life topics that are considered taboo, such as backstage politics or issues which are not typically addressed in storylines due to bad publicity. This was a term first used by <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</dd> <dt id="plant"><dfn>plant</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler, stagehand, or paid actor who poses as a fan, usually seated in the front row of an event.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Plants are often victimized or attacked by <a href="#heel">heel</a> wrestlers in order to gain <a href="#heat">heat</a>, or are used to participate in matches or storylines after being "randomly selected" from the crowd.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Notable examples of plants were the <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> debut of <a href="/wiki/Santino_Marella" title="Santino Marella">Santino Marella</a>, who won the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">Intercontinental Championship</a> after being picked out of the crowd, or at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_34" title="WrestleMania 34">WrestleMania 34</a> when <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a> picked a 10-year-old boy named Nicholas (the son of referee <a href="/wiki/John_Cone" title="John Cone">John Cone</a>) out of the crowd to be his tag team partner. (They would defeat <a href="/wiki/Cesaro_and_Sheamus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesaro and Sheamus">Cesaro and Sheamus</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Tag Team Championship">Raw Tag Team Championship</a>).<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></dd> <dt id="poaching"><dfn>poaching</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of luring away key talent from one company to another, usually with offers of higher pay. It is sometimes done deliberately to weaken a company by taking away their top draws. Poaching is typically done by larger companies. A more extreme form of poaching, wherein multiple wrestlers from a company are lured away, is referred to as raiding.</dd> <dt id="policeman"><dfn>policeman</dfn></dt> <dt id="police_woman"><dfn>police woman</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also house shooter. A wrestler, often a respected or feared shooter or street fighter, responsible for enforcing the promoter's will against recalcitrant wrestlers by performing unscripted or painful moves within a match, punishing or intimidating them for defying the management. In today's industry it is a largely outdated because such tactics are illegal if they can be proved. Typically, it is only still used by <a href="#dirt_sheet">dirt sheets</a> and outside commentators who believe one wrestler is deliberately placed in matches against more dangerous opponents and injured deliberately after disagreements with management. While allegations of this sort persist, including being made by wrestlers themselves, few have been proven.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Also describes a wrestler who keeps order in the locker room by threats of physical force.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="pop"><dfn>pop</dfn></dt> <dd>A cheer or positive reaction from the crowd.</dd> <dt id="popcorn_match"><dfn>popcorn match</dfn></dt> <dd>Originally described a post-intermission match viewed as not important enough to keep fans from trips to the concession stands. Now describes a more lighthearted match designed to provide relief of dramatic tension.<a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="potato"><dfn>potato</dfn></dt> <dd>A strike to the head which makes real contact. A wrestler who endures one or more potatoes is likely to potato the perpetrator back, which is known as a <a href="#receipt">receipt</a>.</dd> <dt id="potato-sacking"><dfn>potato-sacking</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also sandbag.A wrestler will make themselves dead weight, to prevent their opponent from lifting them up for a move. Though usually planned in a match, it can also be deliberately done by a wrestler who does not want to be lifted for a move, which can make the move harder to be properly executed and can cause a higher risk of injury to either one of the wrestlers.</dd> <dt id="powdering"><dfn>powdering</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of forcefully exiting the ring.</dd> <dt id="pre-show"><dfn>pre-show</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also kickoff show</dd> <dd>A free television program aired prior to a pay-per-view event (usually carried via outlets such as television provider <a href="/wiki/Barker_channel" title="Barker channel">barker channels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Live_streaming" title="Live streaming">live streaming</a> on a promotion's website or <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> platforms, or on a promotion's normal television outlet). It functions similarly to <a href="/wiki/Pre-game_show" title="Pre-game show">pre-game shows</a> in televised sports, containing previews and analysis of the pay-per-view's matches, and recaps of the storylines that led up to the event. They may also include one or more preliminary <a href="/wiki/Undercard" class="mw-redirect" title="Undercard">undercard</a> matches.</dd> <dt id="program"><dfn>program</dfn></dt> <dd>A series of matches in which the same wrestlers face each other, usually due to the two being scripted in a <a href="#feud">feud</a>.</dd> <dt id="promo"><dfn>promo</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thecabinet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thecabinet.jpg/220px-Thecabinet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thecabinet.jpg/330px-Thecabinet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thecabinet.jpg/440px-Thecabinet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a> (right) cutting a <a href="#promo">promo</a></figcaption></figure> An in-character interview or monologue.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Often includes either an in-ring or backstage interview or some other type of skit by wrestlers and other performers to advance a storyline or <a href="#feud">feud</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> The act of performing a promo is referred to as "cutting", as in "cutting a promo". When the promo is aimed at a specific opponent (which can be an individual, <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a>, <a href="#stable">stable</a>, or <a href="#faction">faction</a>), it is said to be cut "on" the target. A promo is an essential part of any wrestling show and is named as such as it is meant to "promote" an upcoming show or a future segment on the current show.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></dd> <dt id="protected"><dfn>protected</dfn></dt> <dd>An aspect of the business which is consciously presented in a way that will make it look as strong and credible as possible. Wrestlers can be protected by <a href="#book">booking</a> them in a way which emphasizes their strengths and hides their weaknesses as a performer, while a move can be protected by having opponents <a href="#sell">sell</a> strongly and rarely <a href="#kick_out">kick out</a>.</dd> <dt id="pull_apart"><dfn>pull apart</dfn></dt> <dd>A brawl so vicious that the combatants need to be pulled apart by others.</dd> <dt id="pure_wrestling"><dfn>pure wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd>See <a href="#technical_wrestling">technical wrestling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></dd> <dt id="puroresu"><dfn>puroresu</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></div> In the strict sense, a style of Japanese professional wrestling popularized by <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a>. Also broadly used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">all Japanese professional wrestling</a>. The term can be transliterated as "pro-wres".</dd> <dt id="push"><dfn>push</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" title="Push (professional wrestling)">Push (professional wrestling)</a></div> The <a href="#work">worked</a> rising of a wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans. Compare <a href="#burial">burial</a></dd> <dt id="put_over"><dfn>put over</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of one wrestler helping to boost the status of another, most often by losing a match or by <a href="#sell">selling</a> their opponent as a credible threat.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="R">R</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: R">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="rasslin'"><dfn>rasslin'</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also wrasslin', southern style or, more specifically, Memphis style. Originally, along with "grunt-and-groan", used by the mainstream media when presenting a derisive story on professional wrestling, which often stereotyped the participants and audience. Now refers to a style of wrestling popular in <a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">the Mid-South region of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas</a> (primary city is <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>), and as a result, the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">southeastern United States</a>, which emphasizes <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> and <a href="#stiff">stiffness</a>, generally with fewer <a href="#squash">squash</a> matches and longer <a href="#feud">feuds</a>, hence the more recent "southern style" or to be specific compared to the Carolinas (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett</a>) or Georgia styles, "Memphis style".</dd> <dt id="receipt"><dfn>receipt</dfn></dt> <dd>A term for returning a particularly <a href="#stiff">stiff</a> move back to a wrestler. This is usually done when one wrestler is being legitimately hit by his/her opponent's blows, and the wrestler being hit will send a legitimate move or hit back to the opponent as a wordless reminder to not hit so hard. Can also be used to refer to other aspects of the wrestling presentation, such as <a href="#going_into_business_for_him/herself">going into business for him/herself</a> in a <a href="#promo">promo</a>.</dd> <dt id="ref_bump"><dfn>ref bump</dfn></dt> <dd>A scenario where the referee of the match takes a <a href="#bump">bump</a> and is removed from the match due to being (in <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a>) knocked out, temporarily or permanently. This usually occurs to allow a storyline to progress (such as a <a href="#run-in">run-in</a> by a third party or <a href="#turn">turn</a> by a <a href="#second">second</a>).</dd> <dt id="rematch_clause"><dfn>rematch clause </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also return clause. When a champion loses their title to another, this may be invoked as a storyline plot device to procure a title rematch in the near future (often the next pay-per-view event) in order to continue a <a href="#feud">feud</a>. In recent years, this clause has often been explicitly ignored in storylines.</dd> <dt id="repackage"><dfn>repackage</dfn></dt> <dd>To give a wrestler a new <a href="#gimmick">gimmick</a>.</dd> <dt id="rest_hold"><dfn>rest hold</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg/220px-Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg/330px-Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg/440px-Ted_DiBiase_headlock_on_Daniel_Bryan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase_Jr." title="Ted DiBiase Jr.">Ted DiBiase Jr.</a> performing a <a href="#rest_hold">rest hold</a> on <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></figcaption></figure> A loose hold applied during a match, during which wrestlers catch their breath or plan the next series of <a href="#spot">spots</a> together.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="rib"><dfn>rib</dfn></dt> <dd>A practical joke played by or on a wrestler.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="ring_general"><dfn>ring general</dfn></dt> <dd>An experienced wrestler who knows how to work a match to its full potential.</dd> <dt id="ring_psychology"><dfn>ring psychology</dfn></dt> <dd>The process of wrestling a match in such a way that the crowd becomes emotionally involved. Performing an engaging match requires acting skills and a good grasp of dramatic timing.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></dd> <dt id="ring_rat"><dfn>ring rat</dfn></dt> <dd>Similar to a <a href="/wiki/Groupie" title="Groupie">groupie</a>, one who frequents wrestling events to pursue sex with wrestlers.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></dd> <dt id="ring_rust"><dfn>ring rust</dfn></dt> <dd>A detriment to wrestling ability resulting from lack of practice during a hiatus.</dd> <dt id="road_warrior_pop"><dfn>Road Warrior Pop</dfn></dt> <dd>A loud roar of approval that a wrestler receives from the fans when making their entrance to the ring, in reference to popular tag team <a href="/wiki/The_Road_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="The Road Warriors">the Road Warriors</a>, also known as Legion of Doom.</dd> <dt id="rope_break"><dfn>rope break</dfn></dt> <dd>A break of the pin count or submission when a wrestler has his hands or feet on the rope or under the rope.</dd> <dt id="rub"><dfn>rub</dfn></dt> <dd>Helping a less popular wrestler get <a href="#over">over</a> by associating them with a more prominent or popular wrestler. An example of this being when The Hurricane won against The Rock during a time in which The Rock was one of the highest ranking wrestlers, while The Hurricane was a mid-carder.<a href="#cite_note-jrosschristmas-41">[41]</a></dd> <dt id="rulebreaker"><dfn>rulebreaker</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler whom <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a> referred to a heel as in its early years of circulation</dd> <dt id="run-in"><dfn>run-in</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NWo_WM31.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/NWo_WM31.jpg/220px-NWo_WM31.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/NWo_WM31.jpg/330px-NWo_WM31.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/NWo_WM31.jpg/440px-NWo_WM31.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling)" title="New World Order (professional wrestling)">nWo</a> performing a <a href="#run-in">run-in</a> during <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_31" title="WrestleMania 31">WrestleMania 31</a></figcaption></figure> The unexpected entry of a new wrestler(s) or returning wrestler in a match already in progress.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Run-ins are usually made by <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heels</a>, typically to further a <a href="/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">face</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> This is usually done with a <a href="#beat_down">beat down</a>. Sometimes a face will do a run-in to protect another face from a heel who is cheating or overly punishing the weaker opponent, often beginning a feud.</dd> <dt id="rushed_finish"><dfn>rushed finish</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also audible finish. A match finish which occurs sooner (and often differently) than planned. It is used when a wrestler is legitimately injured and cannot continue as planned, when the match is approaching its time limit (or a television segment is running long), or after a <a href="/wiki/Botch_(professional_wrestling)" title="Botch (professional wrestling)">botch</a> significantly changes the plot of the match. The term "audible" is also used, referring to the finish being known to happen upon verbal instruction from outside the ring.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="S">S</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: S">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="sandbag"><dfn>sandbag</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also potato-sacking.To sabotage a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws" title="Professional wrestling throws">throw</a> by letting one's body go limp instead of cooperating, which makes the throw much harder, if not impossible, to execute. This move is typically done deliberately to make the attacker appear weak or unskilled, but can also be the result of a <a href="#botch">botch</a>. Sandbagging can be dangerous, as many moves require specific actions by the target to lower the risk of injury.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="schmoz/schmozz"><dfn>schmoz/schmozz</dfn></dt> <dd>A match that ends in chaos rather than in a decisive finish, usually due to a number of wrestlers not involved in the match running in and preventing a clean finish, often designed to end a match or <a href="#angle">angle</a>.</dd> <dt id="school"><dfn>school</dfn></dt> <dd>A facility where professional wrestlers are trained, such as <a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk_Jr" class="mw-redirect" title="Dory Funk Jr">Dory Funk Jr</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Funking_Conservatory" title="Funking Conservatory">Funking Conservatory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Sharpe_(wrestler)" title="Larry Sharpe (wrestler)">Larry Sharpe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Monster_Factory" title="Monster Factory">Monster Factory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/WCW_Power_Plant" title="WCW Power Plant">WCW Power Plant</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a>.</dd> <dt id="scientific_wrestler"><dfn>scientific wrestler</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  Alternative term for a technician</dd><dd>2.  Term used by <a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a> and its sister publications to refer to a babyface as in their early years of circulation, when most heels worked in a brawling rather than technical style. Later replaced with "fan favorite" as technical heels (and brawling babyfaces) became more commonplace.</dd> <dt id="screwjob"><dfn>screwjob</dfn></dt> <dd>An unfair and controversial finish, often involving cheating or outside interference.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> A <a href="#work">worked</a> screwjob is part of the story and is used to generate heat or sympathy while allowing a popular babyface to lose <a href="#protected">without losing credibility</a>. A <a href="#shoot">shoot</a> screwjob occurs when the finish is changed without informing the losing wrestler. One famous instance of this was the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a> at the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1997)" title="Survivor Series (1997)">Survivor Series</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> won the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWF Championship</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> after <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> ordered referee <a href="/wiki/Earl_Hebner" title="Earl Hebner">Earl Hebner</a> to ring the bell.</dd> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg/220px-Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg/330px-Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg/440px-Dolph_Ziggler_with_AJ_Lee_%26_Big_E_Langston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> (with title belt) accompanied by a <a href="#valet">valet</a> (<a href="/wiki/AJ_Lee" title="AJ Lee">AJ Lee</a>) and an <a href="#enforcer">enforcer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E Langston</a>) as seconds.</figcaption></figure> <dt id="second"><dfn>second</dfn></dt> <dd>A person accompanying, or "seconding", a wrestler to a match.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Typically a <a href="#manager">manager</a>, <a href="#valet">valet</a>, <a href="#enforcer">enforcer</a>, tag team partner or <a href="#stable">stable</a>mate, the second is typically listed on the card alongside the wrestler they are supporting. In old school European wrestling, seconds with towels and water service each side as in boxing. They are considered neutral regardless of which corner they serve</dd> <dt id="sell"><dfn>sell</dfn></dt> <dd>To react to something in a way which makes it appear believable and legitimate to the audience.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Typically refers to the physical action by a wrestler of making an opponent's moves look impactful, but it can be used to refer to any aspect of the <a href="#work">worked</a> presentation, notably including commentator reactions.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Compare <a href="#no-sell">no-sell</a> and <a href="#over-sell">over-sell</a>.</dd> <dt id="shitcan"><dfn>shitcan</dfn></dt> <dd>To forcefully throw a wrestler from inside the ring to the floor outside through the ropes.</dd> <dt id="shoot"><dfn>shoot</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">Shoot (professional wrestling)</a></div> When a wrestler or personality deliberately goes off-script, either by making candid comments or remarks during an interview, breaking <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a>, or <a href="#legit">legitimately</a> attacking an opponent.</dd> <dt id="shoot_style"><dfn>shoot style</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot wrestling</a></div> A style of professional wrestling that originates in Japan. Shoot style wrestling employs <a href="#stiff">stiff</a> strikes, realistic <a href="/wiki/Submission_hold" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission hold">submission holds</a>, and occasionally a round system or other specific rules and ways to win in an attempt to give professional wrestling a <a href="#legit">legitimate</a> sports-like feel. <a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru Sayama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Japan)" title="Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)">UWF</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Takada" title="Nobuhiko Takada">Nobuhiko Takada</a> in the <a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWFi</a> popularized the style.</dd> <dt id="signature_move"><dfn>signature move</dfn></dt> <dd>A move a wrestler regularly performs, for which the wrestler is well known. Also, a term used for a special move done before their finisher.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></dd> <dt id="slow_burn"><dfn>slow burn</dfn></dt> <dd>A storyline that develops over a long period.</dd> <dt id="smark"><dfn>smark</dfn></dt> <dd>Short for "smart <a href="#mark">mark</a>". Someone who has inside knowledge of the wrestling business, but is not speaking from their own personal experience with the business and has typically obtained that knowledge through <a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">dirt sheets</a>. Often used as a term of derision for know-it-all fans.<a href="#cite_note-Grantland-28">[28]</a></dd> <dt id="smart"><dfn>smart</dfn></dt> <dd>Having inside knowledge of the wrestling business. Originally used to refer to those who were aware of the existence of <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> and the scripted nature of professional wrestling. The act of teaching someone inside knowledge of the wrestling business is referred to as "smartening up" someone.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-GDPWE-2">[2]</a></dd> <dt id="snug"><dfn>snug</dfn></dt> <dd>To apply real pressure to a hold, either to make it appear more realistic to the audience, or to exact supremacy or revenge over an opponent.<a href="#cite_note-Grantland-28">[28]</a> Compare <a href="#stiff">stiff</a>.</dd> <dt id="sports_entertainment"><dfn>sports entertainment</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" title="Sports entertainment">Sports entertainment</a></div> The term <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> uses to describe both its own product and professional wrestling as a whole. It was first used by the promotion in the 1980s and is intended to acknowledge wrestling's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater.</dd> <dt id="spot"><dfn>spot</dfn></dt> <dd>Any planned action or series of actions in a match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Variations include the <a href="#highspot">highspot</a>, <a href="#comeback">comeback spot</a>, <a href="#hope_spot">hope spot</a>, and take-home spot. Compare <a href="#missed_spot">missed spot</a>.</dd> <dt id="spotfest"><dfn>spotfest</dfn></dt> <dd>A match which consists mainly or entirely of pre-planned <a href="#spot">spots</a>, normally with little flow and no logical transitions between moves and with little or no storytelling. Often used as a derisory term for matches which are seen to prioritize high-impact stunts over <a href="#ring_psychology">ring psychology</a>.</dd> <dt id="spotmonkey"><dfn>spotmonkey</dfn></dt> <dd>Derogatory term used to denote a wrestler who is believed to rely heavily on <a href="#highspot">highspots</a> in order to mask a lack of basic wrestling ability.</dd> <dt id="squared_circle"><dfn>squared circle</dfn></dt> <dd>The wrestling ring.</dd> <dt id="squash"><dfn>squash</dfn></dt> <dd>An extremely one-sided match.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> Sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Tomato_can_(sports_idiom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomato can (sports idiom)">Tomato-can</a> match. Squashes generally feature star wrestlers or wrestlers receiving a <a href="#push">push</a> quickly and easily defeating <a href="#jobber">jobbers</a>, usually to help get a <a href="#gimmick">gimmick</a> or moveset[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">definition needed</a>] <a href="#over">over</a>.</dd> <dt id="stable"><dfn>stable</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg/220px-The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg/330px-The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg/440px-The_Shield%27s_fist_pose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2521" data-file-height="1893" /></a><figcaption><a href="#stable">Stables</a> can vary in size, from three-man units like <a href="/wiki/The_Shield_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Shield (professional wrestling)">The Shield</a> (pictured) who feature similar outfits, to large groups with varying membership such as <a href="/wiki/The_Heenan_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="The Heenan Family">The Heenan Family</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a> (right) played the <a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> leader and <a href="/wiki/Spokesperson" title="Spokesperson">mouthpiece</a> of the group,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> while <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a> was the spokesperson of The Heenan Family.</figcaption></figure> A team of three or more wrestlers, usually <a href="#heel">heels</a>, who generally share common motives, allies and adversaries within a storyline (or through multiple storylines) and are often presented as having the same or very similar <a href="#gimmick">gimmicks</a>. Stables sometimes have several members partake in more separate activities, such as <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart_and_the_British_Bulldog" title="Owen Hart and the British Bulldog">Owen Hart and the British Bulldog</a> having their own tag team while also being part of the larger <a href="/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hart Foundation">Hart Foundation</a>. This is also rather common in Japanese promotions, where large stables (such as <a href="/wiki/Chaos_(professional_wrestling)" title="Chaos (professional wrestling)">Chaos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a>) will also have various teams and sub-groups within them. A stable differs from a <a href="#faction">faction</a> in that a stable consists of wrestlers who share a common leader, for example as a <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">manager</a> or <a href="/wiki/Valet_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valet (professional wrestling)">valet</a>, who directs the wrestlers and speaks for them.</dd> <dt id="stick"><dfn>stick</dfn></dt> <dd>A microphone ("the stick"), used to deliver a <a href="#promo">promo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></dd> <dt id="stiff"><dfn>stiff</dfn></dt> <dd>Using excessive force when executing a move, deliberately or accidentally, thus causing the opponent increased legitimate pain.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sammond2005-48">[48]</a></dd> <dt id="sting_money"><dfn>Sting money</dfn></dt> <dd>A term from the 1990s used to refer to a lucrative contract, such as the one held by <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></dd> <dt id="strap"><dfn>strap</dfn></dt> <dd>A championship belt.</dd> <dt id="stretching"><dfn>stretching</dfn></dt> <dd>The act of causing physical harm to prospective professional wrestlers, usually by the means of <a href="/wiki/Submission_hold" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission hold">submission holds</a>. In the <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> period, this served to protect the wrestling business from accusations of "being fake", to instill humility in newer members of the locker room, & helped to weed out those who could not take punishment. A professional wrestling trainer notable for "stretching" his recruits was <a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a>, in the infamous <a href="/wiki/Hart_Dungeon" title="Hart Dungeon">Hart Dungeon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Other wrestlers in various territories who were used to test potential newcomers were <a href="/wiki/Danny_Hodge" title="Danny Hodge">Danny Hodge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Roop" title="Bob Roop">Bob Roop</a>, and "Dr. Death" <a href="/wiki/Steve_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Steve Williams (wrestler)">Steve Williams</a>.</dd> <dt id="strike"><dfn>strike</dfn></dt> <dd>1.  Any contact made by one wrestler to their oppponent (e.g., punches, kicks, chops, etc.).</dd><dd>2.  A violation of <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s wellness policy, with three strikes in an 18-month period resulting in a wrestler being released from the promotion.</dd> <dt id="strong_style"><dfn>strong style</dfn></dt> <dd>A Japanese-inspired professional wrestling style that is <a href="#work">worked</a>, yet aims to deliver realistic performances, through <a href="#stiff">stiff</a> martial arts strikes and <a href="#worked_shoot">worked shoots</a>.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> <dt id="super_finisher"><dfn>super finisher</dfn></dt> <dd>A move rarely used by a wrestler, but one that almost always ends a match. Some notable examples include <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>'s Punt Kick and <a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a>'s Burning Hammer. <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a>'s One Winged Angel is also an example of a very protected finisher with his often tag-team partner <a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a> being the only person known to have kicked-out of the move.</dd> <dt id="superstar"><dfn>Superstar</dfn></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s term for wrestlers on their roster.</dd> <dt id="swerve"><dfn>swerve</dfn></dt> <dd>A sudden change in the direction of a storyline to surprise the fans. Often, it involves one wrestler <a href="#turn">turning</a> on an ally in order to join a supposed mutual enemy. Swerves frequently start <a href="#feud">feuds</a> between the former allies. This also refers to when a <a href="#book">booker</a> leads fans to believe that something is going to happen (or someone could appear) at a show, before doing something entirely different.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a></dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="T">T</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: T">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="tease"><dfn>tease</dfn></dt> <dd>To indicate a <a href="#turn">turn</a>. A <a href="#face">face</a> teases a <a href="#heel">heel</a> turn if they start exhibiting heel behaviors and a heel indicates a face turn if they start exhibiting face behaviors or fall victim to the misdeeds of a more nefarious heel.</dd> <dt id="technical_wrestling"><dfn>technical wrestling</dfn></dt> <dd>A style of wrestling focused more on holds, takedowns, submissions, and grappling.</dd> <dt id="technician"><dfn>technician</dfn></dt> <dd>A wrestler who employs or masters so called technical wrestling style. <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> is a commonly cited example of a great technical wrestler.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></dd> <dt id="titan_towers"><dfn>Titan Towers</dfn></dt> <dd>A nickname for <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s corporate office in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>.</dd> <dt id="titantron"><dfn>TitanTron</dfn></dt> <dd><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg/220px-Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg/330px-Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg/440px-Christian_v_Orton_at_MITB_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="#titantron">TitanTron</a> (background) at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">Money in the Bank</a> in July 2011</figcaption></figure> A video screen above the entrance stage area, used for showing entrance videos, backstage segments, promos, and the match-in-progress for audience members seated too far back from the ring. A play on the name of <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>'s <a href="/wiki/JumboTron" class="mw-redirect" title="JumboTron">JumboTron</a> and <a href="/wiki/WWE#Titan_Sports" title="WWE">Titan Sports</a>, the then-parent company of the <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Federation">World Wrestling Federation</a> (WWF), the TitanTron was introduced as part of WWF's <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a> set in the late-1990s. The concept has since been adapted by other major promotions, such as <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a>, which used the TurnerTron (which was sometimes called NitroVision).</dd> <dt id="trainer"><dfn>trainer</dfn></dt> <dd>An individual who trains someone as a professional wrestler, generally a former or current wrestler themselves.</dd> <dt id="transitional_champion"><dfn>transitional champion</dfn></dt> <dd>A short-reigning champion who serves to move the title indirectly from one wrestler to a third. They are usually used when the title is to be moved between two faces, to avoid requiring them to wrestle each other (to avoid <a href="#burial">burying</a> one, to save the match up for a bigger show, or, more rarely, when the wrestlers refuse to work with each other).</dd> <dt id="turn"><dfn>turn</dfn></dt> <dd>A switch in alignment of a wrestler's character. Turns involve a wrestler going from <a href="#face">face</a> to <a href="#heel">heel</a> or vice versa.<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> There are two types of turns, the hard turn (which occurs quickly and acts as a surprise device) and the soft turn (a gradual shift in character). Transitioning from a face into a heel is called a 'heel turn' and the opposite is called a 'face turn'.</dd> <dt id="tweener"><dfn>tweener</dfn></dt> <dd>A morally ambiguous wrestler who is neither a <a href="#face">face</a> nor <a href="#heel">heel</a> (an in-betweener),<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> also sometimes describes a heel who is usually cheered or a face who is usually jeered, especially when two faces or two heels face each other. (See also: <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a>)</dd> <dt id="twin_switch"><dfn>twin switch</dfn></dt> <dd>Popularised by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Hebner" title="Dave Hebner">Dave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_Hebner" title="Earl Hebner">Earl Hebner</a> and later by <a href="/wiki/The_Bella_Twins" title="The Bella Twins">The Bella Twins</a>, it involves the assigned competitor in a match covertly swapping places with their identical twin sibling, typically out of sight of the referee and spectators. A common variation is the "under-the-ring switch," whereby the competing twin slides underneath the ring apron. The unassigned twin then emerges, which causes confusion among all involved, but eventually acts like it's the same assigned contestant. This switch is usually short-lived and ends when it is revealed that both twins have participated in the match.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U">U</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: U">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="unified"><dfn>Unified </dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">Championship unification</a></div> The state of two or more <a href="/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship (professional wrestling)">championships</a> when merged by one champion.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="V">V</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: V">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="vacant"><dfn>vacant </dfn></dt> <dd>The state of a <a href="/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship (professional wrestling)">championship</a> not held by any wrestlers.</dd> <dt id="valet"><dfn>valet</dfn></dt> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Valet_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valet (professional wrestling)">Valet (professional wrestling)</a></div> <dd>A person, usually female, who accompanies a performer to the ring.<a href="#cite_note-stomp-52">[52]</a> Usually serves to titillate or agitate the crowd, or to <a href="#interference">interfere</a> in the match.<a href="#cite_note-stomp-52">[52]</a></dd> <dt id="vanilla_midget"><dfn>vanilla midget</dfn></dt> <dd>A derogatory term created by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a> to describe wrestlers who are good ring-workers, but believed to be too small and boring to ever succeed on a large stage.</dd> <dt id="vignette"><dfn>vignette</dfn></dt> <dd>Any piece of video footage featuring characters or events which is shown to the audience for the purposes of entertainment or edification. Usually meant to introduce a debuting character, to get a wrestler <a href="#over">over</a> before their TV wrestling debut or to signify an impending return.</dd> <dt id="visual_fall"><dfn>visual fall</dfn></dt> <dd>A <a href="#pinfall">pinfall</a> that the referee does not see, but the crowd does. It is usually followed by a late <a href="#kick-out">kick-out</a> when the referee eventually sees the pinfall and starts counting. It is used to heighten the drama of a match by showing that the pinning wrestler had done enough to win by pinfall.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="W">W</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: W">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="work"><dfn>work</dfn></dt> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></div> <dd>1.  (noun): Anything planned to happen,<a href="#cite_note-amspeech-3">[3]</a> or a "rationalized lie".<a href="#cite_note-torch-1">[1]</a> The opposite of <a href="#shoot">shoot</a>.</dd> <dd>2.  (verb): To methodically attack a single body part over the course of a match or an entire <a href="#angle">angle</a>, setting up an appropriate <a href="#finisher">finisher</a>.</dd> <dd>3.  (verb): To deceive or manipulate an audience in order to elicit a desired response.</dd> <dt id="worked_shoot"><dfn>worked shoot</dfn></dt> <dd>The phenomenon of a wrestler seemingly going "off script", often revealing elements of out-of-universe reality, but actually doing so as a fully planned part of the show. A notable example of a worked shoot is <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a>'s pipebomb <a href="#promo">promo</a> on the June 27, 2011, episode of <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Raw" class="mw-redirect" title="Monday Night Raw">Monday Night Raw</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></dd> <dt id="worker"><dfn>worker</dfn></dt> <dd>Another term for professional wrestler. Often used in the context of describing in-ring skill level (e.g., "He is a good/bad worker"), or when contrasting a wrestler primarily known with their in-ring abilities with others better known for their size or personality (e.g., "He is the worker of the group").</dd> <dt id="workrate"><dfn>workrate</dfn></dt> <dd>The in-ring performance level a wrestler puts into their matches, judged by a combination of skill and effort. A wrestler considered talented in the ring has a "high workrate".</dd> <dt id="wrestler's_court"><dfn>wrestler's court</dfn></dt> <dd>A term used often to describe <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_court" title="Kangaroo court">kangaroo courts</a> held backstage with a congregation of wrestlers; this is often used to settle backstage disputes and transgressions between performers and (sometimes) staff such as writers. In WWE, <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> is known as being the "judge, jury, and executioner" and <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">JBL</a> the "prosecuting attorney" of wrestler's court during their full-time tenures in the company. Punishments for those found "guilty" often included the purchase of the night's alcohol or rental cars.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></dd> <dt id="write_off"><dfn>write off</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also write off television.To book an angle and/or match so as to explain in kayfabe a wrestler's upcoming (and usually inconvenient) absence, usually in the form of being "injured".</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="X">X</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: X">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="x_division"><dfn>X division</dfn></dt> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></div> <dd>A high-flying, high-risk, fast-paced style of professional wrestling which was originated in <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA). Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220 lb (100 kg) by calling it a <a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">cruiserweight</a> division, they decided to emphasize the high-risk nature of the moves that these wrestlers perform, removing all restraints placed on its wrestlers, and allowing them to perform almost stunt-like wrestling moves.</dd> <dt id="x_signal"><dfn>X signal</dfn></dt> <dd>A signal used by referees during a match to indicate that a wrestler is unable to continue and may need medical attention. The referee will cross their arms and, if necessary, point to the injured wrestler. Since many fans are aware of the significance of the signal, and with referees often now having direct communication with producers backstage, it is now sometimes used in <a href="#kayfabe">kayfabe</a> fashion, to <a href="#sell">sell</a> a storyline injury.</dd> <dt id="x-pac_heat"><dfn>X-Pac heat</dfn></dt> <dd>When fans jeer at a wrestler because they dislike the wrestler personally as opposed to the character he or she plays in the ring. Named after <a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">Sean Waltman</a>, known as X-Pac, who was believed to have "overstayed his welcome" by some fans, and so was jeered regardless of whether he was a <a href="#face">face</a> or <a href="#heel">heel</a> character. Compare <a href="#go_away_heat">go away heat</a>.</dd> </dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Y">Y</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Y">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1228772891" /> <dl class="glossary"> <dt id="young_boy"><dfn>young boy</dfn></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" />Also young lion. A rookie, particularly in Japanese professional wrestling. 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