| Term |
Definition |
| angle |
a
wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may
continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a
turn. |
| blade |
the
practice of cutting oneself or being cut with a part of a razor blade
hidden in tights, hair or wrappings in order to produce juice. |
| blow
up |
to
become fatigued or exhausted. |
| booker |
the
individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a
promotion. |
| bump |
a
fall or hit done as a spot (see spot) which takes the wrestler (or other
participant, i.e. referee, manager) out of the ring or out of action. |
| card |
the
series of matches in one location at one time. |
| cleans
house |
when
a wrestler eliminates every other man in the ring |
| draw |
to
attract fans. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in fans. |
| dud |
aparticularly
bad and totally uninteresting match. |
| face |
a
good guy. |
| fall |
a
referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat. |
| feud |
a
series of matches between two wrestlers or two tag teams. many times they
will interview and bad mouth the other wrestler. |
| finish |
the
event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a
match. |
| garbage |
matches
or promotions that have no wrestling but pure violence. |
| green |
not
good due to inexperience in the ring. |
| hardway
juice |
real
blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way. |
| heat |
enthusiasm,
a positive response from fans. |
| heel |
a
bad guy, rule-breaker. |
| house |
the
wrestling audience in the building |
| house
show |
a
wrestling event un-televised. |
| international
object |
foreign
object, something now allowed in the ring. |
| job |
a
staged loss. a clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission
without resort to illegalities. |
| jobber |
an
unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. usually on a losing
streak. |
| juice |
blood. |
| kayfabe |
of
or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans.
it can also be called "to act the part" |
| mark |
a
member of the audience, presumed gullible and moronic. fans who do not
know anything about wrestling. |
| paper |
complimentary
tickets, given to fans to make the arena look as if it sold out. |
| pop |
sudden
heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move. |
| post |
to
run or be run into the ringpost. |
| potato |
to
injure a wrestler by hitting him on the head or causing him to hit his
head on something. |
| push |
when
a wrestler starts to go on a winning streak and gets title shots. also
gets more interview time. |
| run-in |
interference
by a non-participant in a match. |
| save |
a
run-in to protect a wrestler from being beat up after a match is over. |
| screw-job |
a
match or ending which is not clean due to factors outside the
"rules" of wrestling. |
| sell |
"to
sell a move", meaning to act hurt when a move has been applied. |
| shoot |
the
real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is really attempting to
hurt another. the opposite of work or fake. |
| smark |
a
smart mark. a guy who thinks he knows everything there is to know about
wrestling. doesn't care much for gimmicks or angles. just likes good
wrestling. |
| spot |
an
event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a
high-point of a match. |
| squash |
a
totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. |
| stable |
a
group of wrestler's united to watch each other's backs. |
| stiff |
a
wrestler who cannot manuever around the ring very swiftly. he doesn't have
much flexibility or stamina |
| stretch |
a
form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other
as a proof of personal superiority. |
| tap
out |
to
give into a submission manuever |
| turn |
change
in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa. |
| tweener |
a
wrestler who is part heel and part face |
| work |
a
deception or fraud, the opposite of a shoot. |
| workrate |
the
approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a match or in a
wrestler's performance. |
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