Wrestling Terms
The following are various commonly used terms in the world of professional wrestling. If you've ever wondered what any of them mean, here's your pro wrestling dictionary.
A-Show: A wrestling event featuring big name stars and matches, such as a PPV.
A-Team: Major, upper-card wrestlers.
Angle: A storyline or events that lead to a feud between wrestlers.
B-Show: A wrestling event featuring lower or mid card wrestlers. Example: Jakked/Metal
B-Team: Low mid card or low card wrestlers.
Babyface: The fan favorite or "good guy".
Bury: As a booker, to lower a wrestler's credibility by having them lose several matches.
Call a Match: Play by play or commentary during a match.
Card: Wrestling matches booked on a show.
Cut a Promo: An interview segment, where a wrestler or other roster member speaks of his opponents or current status.
Dark Match: A match that usually takes place before an actual television taping and is not shown when the show airs on television. Usually done to warm a crowd up or to allow new wrestlers to get used to working in front of a large crowd.
Face: Short word for babyface; the fan favorite or "good guy".
Fued: A rivalry between two wrestlers, usually leading up to a match between them.
Finisher: A wrestling move done to usually win or end a match.
Foreign Object: An illegal object used in a match, such as a steel chair or ring bell.
Gimmick: A wrestler's personality or character.
Gold: A championship belt.
Heat: When a wrestler is hated or disliked either by fans or backstage officials.
Heel: A wrestler whose intention is to be hated by fans. The "bad guy".
House: The number of fans in a building for a wrestling event.
House Show: A live wrestling event that is not intended to air on television and is usually done for profit from ticket sales.
Job: A planned loss in a match. Example: That wrestler was booked to do the "job" at tonight's show.
Jobber: A wrestler who is booked to lose in order to make his opponent look good.
Jobroni: Slang for the word jobber.
Kayfabe: When a wrestler acts out of character. Example: If a heel wrestler is seen signing autographs and acting nice to fans.
Main Eventer: A wrestler that is usually in contention for the world title, and usually wrestles in main events.
Mark: A wrestling fan who is not aware of "behind the scenes" happenings in the world of wrestling.
Mark out: To become very excited at a happening at a wrestling event. Example: "I marked out when he won the world title."
Mid Carder: A wrestler that usually does not wrestle during the main event and is not in contention for the World Title.
No Show: When a wrestler doesn't show up for a scheduled appearance.
Over: To be over with the audience. Example: "The Rock is over with many wrestling fans."
Pop: When the fans cheer.
Push: When a wrestler is booked to win several matches in order to elevate or "push" them to the next level by making them look good.
Shoot: Anything that is real or not planned.
Smark: A wrestling fan who is aware of the "behind the scenes" happenings in the world of wrestling, but still watches as a "mark" would. All Internet wrestling fans are "smarks".
Smart: A wrestling fan who is well aware of the "behind the scenes" happenings in the world of wrestling.
Strap: A championship belt.
Submission Hold: A wrestling move that makes an opponent give up or tap out. Example: Ankle Lock
Turn: When a wrestler changes from a heel to a face, or from a face to a heel.
Tweener: A wrestler who is not quite a face or a heel. Short for "Betweener".
Work (1): Anything that is planned or not real in the world of wrestling.
Work (2): To wrestle an actual match. Example: "He worked a great match tonight."
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