(WWE) World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

[Kor37 9]

Just got around to watching Smackdown. Can anyone tell me why Scotty No Body still has a job with the WWE? His exaggerated facial expressions (ala Hogan) and over the top wrestling style went out with the 1980s. Also, The Worm should be buried right next to The Peoples Elbow and Mr. Socko. Its one of the most ridiculous moves in wrestling.

[HRH The KING 0]

Can anyone tell me why Scotty No Body still has a job with the WWE?

 

I have no idea. :P

[HRH The KING 0]

For you all non-wrestling fans who may want to post here, this is an explanation of some of the wrestling terms and words you may see us use on this thread:

 

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Angle

A wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time. An angle is the reason behind a feud or a turn.

 

Blade

The act of using a small razor blade to cut open the skin (usually on the forehead) and cause the flow of blood. The act of blading is usually done to add dramatic effect to a match. Whenever a wrestler bleeds in a match, it usually means he has bladed. There is no Hollywood-style 'fake blood' in wrestling. Also known as "juicing."

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Blow Up

To become fatigued or exhausted.

 

Booker

The individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion.

 

The booker is the person who is in charge of creating storylines, deciding which wrestlers to push, writing TV shows, etc. The booker is basically in charge of putting together a product that the fans will find entertaining. His position is one of great power and extreme importance. In the case of large promotions like the WWE there are usually several bookers. The booker can be anybody from the promoter himself to an active wrestler on the roster.

 

Also known as a Head Writer.

 

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. It is the reception of a wrestling move, usually one in which the wrestler is thrown or becomes airborne in some other way. If a wrestler falls off, gets pushed off, or gets thrown off the ring apron and lands on the ground, he just took a bump.

 

Call

Despite popular belief, the idea that wrestling matches are scripted move-for-move is false. Instead, wrestlers call their moves by whispering or muttering something into their opponent’s ear, and from this the opponent will know what move he is to perform or be ready to receive. One of the reasons why so many wrestlers have long hair is that this makes it easier to hide calls. Inevitably, fans watching at home will sometimes be able to hear a wrestler call a move if he says it too loudly or does it while the camera is too close.

 

Card

The series of matches in one location at one time.

 

Chair Shot

When a wrestler gets hit with a chair it is always a steel folding chair. That's because the structure of those chairs allows it to absorb most of the force of the blow. You can generally whack someone over the head as hard as you like without doing much damage to the other guy. More inexperienced wrestlers will use their hands to block the chair, but in proper hands, the force of the chair directly on the head isn't much worse. A shot to the back barely hurts at all.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Curtain Jerker

The first televised match on a card and the wrestlers who perform in such a match.

 

Dark match

A match that takes place either before or after a televised event begins or ends and is not shown on TV with the rest of the matches.

 

Draw

The ability of a wrestler to attract fans to buy Pay Per View events or attend events.

 

Dud

A particularly bad and totally uninteresting match.

 

Face

A good guy. A wrestler who is liked by the fans. Wrestlers are generally divided into two groups, the good guys (the faces) and the bad guys (the heels). Until recently, faces were generally those wrestlers who played by the rules and more or less acted like nice guys. Today, the most popular wrestlers are often those who don’t play by the rules, don’t respect authority, and act like anything but nice guys. Also known as babyface, good guy, or fan favourite

 

Fall

A pinfall. 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, usually face vs. heel though face feuds and heel feuds are not unknown.

 

Finish

The event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match. The finish is the end of a match. While most of the match is ad-libbed by the competitors, there will usually be a planned finish that has been discussed beforehand.

 

Foreign object

An illegal weapon used in a match.

 

Gimmick

A persona that a wrestler is given to make him interesting. While gimmicks have always been a part of pro wrestling, from the mid-80s to the early-90s, gimmicks ruled. The WWE was often referred to as a "circus" during that time because of the number of cartoon-like gimmicks that their wrestlers were given. At a given time you could turn on a WWF show and see clowns, evil dentists, race car drivers, garbage men, plumbers and more. It is largely due to this overkill that gimmicks have been drastically toned down in the past few years.

 

Green

Not good due to inexperience.

 

Hardway juice

Real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Heat

Enthusiasm, a positive response. Feedback from the crowd. A heel wrestler will try to get heat from the crowd by doing things to get them angry, such as cheating. If the heel has a lot of heat with the crowd, he is doing his job. If a heel is drawing face heat, then he will usually be made into a babyface to sustain that heat. Rocky Maivia (before he became "The Rock") is the best example of the opposite: a babyface drawing heel heat such as ('Rocky Sucks!', 'Die Rocky, Die!'). When this happens to a face, they must turn heel. “Negative Heat” occurs when a wrestler is getting either no response from the crowd, or if the crowd boos or expresses dislike for a performer not because they “love to hate him”, but rather they just hate him and would rather not see him.

 

Heat Machine

A 'machine' that wrestling promotions use on some of their taped wrestling programs to make it seem as if the crowd is really into what is going on. It cannot be used on live programs and is only used sometimes now on taped shows. Also known as 'canned heat'.

 

Heel

A bad guy, rule-breaker. The opposite of a face. The heel is the "bad guy" and is usually characterized by somebody who cheats and badmouths the fans.

 

Hot

Usually used to describe the overall manner of the audience at a live event. If the crowd is vocal, excited, and into the action, it is said to be a "hot" crowd. On the other hand, if the audience is disinterested or lethargic, it is said to be a "dead" crowd. Often a crowd will start off "hot" but be "killed" by a series of dull matches.

 

House

The wrestling audience in the building.

 

House show

Any non-televised event.

 

Indy

Refers to an independent league. In the United States, all promotions other than the WWE are indies. Indies have smaller rosters, lesser known talent, significantly lower income, and they usually promote in only a few cities. Prior to Vince McMahon taking the WWF national in 1984, there were literally hundreds of successful independent promotions across the country. By the late eighties, most of the independents were unable to compete with McMahon's huge empire and went out of business. Today there are still plenty of indies, yet only a handful are able to maintain any sort of long term success.

 

Job

A staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities. Sometimes combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights job.) When one wrestler loses to another, it is called "doing the job." When one wrestler loses to another, it is called "jobbing".

 

Jobber

An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. A wrestler whose only purpose is to lose to other wrestlers, thus putting them over and making them look good. The Rock's word 'Jabroni' comes from this term.

 

Jobber to the Stars

Similar to a jobber, except a JTTS is usually a better wrestler than an ordinary jobber and occasionally wins a match against a lesser opponent.

 

Juice

To bleed, usually as a result of blading. "Hardway juice" is the flow of blood that is caused not by blading, but through legitimate means such as being punched too hard or some other accident.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Kayfabe

Of or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans. Origin is carny jargon talk for "fake." Simply put, kayfabe is the act of acting. When a wrestler "breaks kayfabe," he is no longer playing the character that he is in the wrestling world, rather he is just acting like himself. In the old days there was an unwritten rule that, in order to prevent wrestling from being exposed as a work, wrestlers were never to break kayfabe when they were in the presence of wrestling fans. Today that rule has largely gone out the window, as wrestlers often break kayfabe when being interviewed on talk shows or on the internet. It has even got to the point where wrestlers occasionally break kayfabe on their own shows in order to appeal to the "smart" fans, something that wouldn’t even be considered years ago.

 

Kill

Diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power. There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs. A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings.

 

Kliq

A behind the scenes locker room group that consists of wrestlers who have great influence behind the scenes and often hand pick who they would face and angles they would be involved in.

 

Main Eventer

A wrestler who usually wrestles in the main event or somewhere else near the top of the card

 

Manager

A male or female companion to a wrestler who speaks for them if the wrestler they manage has poor mike skills.

 

Mark

A member of the audience, presumed gullible. What a mark is usually depends on who you ask. It can be said that anybody who follows wrestling is a mark. Others will say that the only ones who are marks are those who buy into the illusion that wrestling is real. Since the number of people who fall into the latter category is almost non existent, the first definition is probably more accurate.

 

For example, a mark might say something such as “Triple H wins all the time because he is awesome and tough”.

 

A “smart” (a wrestling fan who has knowledge of the inner workings of the industry) would say “Triple H wins all the time because he is married to the head writer and has influence over how the shows are written.

 

Mid-Carder

Basically all wrestlers who are not curtain jerkers or main-eventers.

 

Mike Skills

Basically, how well and coherantly a wrestler speaks during interviews or during promos.

 

Monster Heel

A term reserved for a select few wrestlers who epitomize all the qualities of a true heel. A monster heel must be the most dominate, fearless, toughest "bad guy" in the promotion. Monster heels must appear unbeatable, unstoppable, and generate extreme fan hatred as well as attendance.

 

Montreal

The most infamous incident in wrestling history. Also known as the "Montreal Screwjob", Perhaps the most famous shoot of all time took place at Survivor Series ‘97 when WWE owner Vince McMahon "screwed" Bret Hart out of the WWF title during his match with Shawn Michaels. Hart was led to believe that the finish of the match would have him beating Michaels to retain the title, but it turned out that McMahon had a trick up his sleeve. Hart was scheduled to leave the WWE for WCW in a few weeks, and for a variety of reasons (the validity of which will be debated for a long time to come) McMahon felt that he had to get the title off of Hart immediately. Because Hart was granted "reasonable creative control of his character" in the contract he signed with the WWE, he refused to drop the title to Michaels at Survivor Series. McMahon rectified the situation by hatching a plot with Michaels and the referee whereby Hart would lose the match and thus lose the title, even though Hart was led to believe that he would be the victor in the match. And so it went down. During the match, Michaels put Hart in a submission hold and referee Earl Hebner immediately called for the bell to be rung, signifying that Hart had submitted. McMahon, who was at ringside to make sure the plan unfolded the right way, elbowed the time keeper in the ribs and told him to "ring the damn bell!" Hart never submitted, as he would have if the finish had called for him to submit to the move, and basically had no idea what had just happened. The bell rang, Hart "lost" the match and the title, left the WWE, and the most infamous shoot in the history of wrestling was born.

 

Over

If a face is over with the crowd, it means that they cheer him. If a heel is over with the crowd, it means that they boo him. Regardless of whether he is a face or a heel, a wrestler’s main priority is to get over with the crowd. The more over a wrestler is, it makes sense that the promotion will find him more valuable and they will pay him more money. This term can also apply to a move which draws an instant reaction from the fans and/or can be reasonably expected to end a match when applied.

 

Paper

Complimentary tickets

 

To give lots of complimentary tickets to make a house look good, particularly for a television taping.

 

P*ss break

A boring or insignificant match that causes the viewer or fan to go to the bathroom or perhaps get a snack.

 

Pop

Sudden heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move. The act of a crowd suddenly bursting into cheers for a move, entrance, interview, etc.

 

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. When a wrestler accidentally delivers a blow that lands heavily and could cause legitimate damage.

 

Program

Somewhat similar to an angle or a story line. When two or more wrestlers are involved in a feud with each other, it can be said that they are doing a program together.

 

Promo

An interview. Doing an interview is called "cutting a promo."

 

Promoter

Someone who promotes live wrestling events in front of an audience, although may not necessarily own/operate the wrestling league that they are promoting. For example, there are currently promoters in each major city who help the major federations secure the arena and promote the show locally when they come to that town. And although they promoted the event, they have nothing to do with booking the matches or what happens at the show.

 

Pumped Up

Refers to a wrestler who is massive in size due to the use of anabolic steroids or growth hormones. If one wrestler says another wrestler is "pumped up", he is basically accusing that wrestler of using steroids.

 

Push

When a wrestler is given a higher spot on the card than the one he currently has, he is given a push. Often a push will mean winning a title or being put in a program with a wrestler who is higher up on the card than the wrestler getting the push. A 'negative push' works the opposite way - the wrestler is 'de-pushed'. A negative push is also referred to as being “buried”.

 

Putting Over

The act of one wrestler intentionally making another wrestler appear tougher, more skilled, and more impressive to the fans.

 

Rest hold

A move such as a chin lock or an arm bar that when applied allows the wrestlers involved to, as the name implies, rest. If applied longer than about a minute, will usually incite "Boring" chants from the more vocal segments of the audience.

 

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.

 

Scientific Wrestler

Another word to describe a face (but can be a heel), implies a wrestler who is well schooled in the art of wrestling.

 

Screw-job

A match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling. It is a finish that isn’t clean, such as a wrestler being hit with a chair behind the referee’s back and then pinned. Or when another wrestler or group of wrestlers runs in and causes a disqualification. A joking term for a screwjob finish is a "Dusty finish," named after Dusty Rhodes, who was very fond of using these types of finishes when booking for the NWA. Screw jobs are usually done to save the losing wrestler's credibility, or to show -- yet at the same time save for a later date -- a big-name match (e.g. having a match on TV that is also going to happen at a pay-per-view).

 

Sell

The act of receiving an opponent’s move and making it look impressive. A good wrestler is one who not only knows how to perform moves well, but also knows how to make his opponent’s moves look good. A wrestler who does not sell moves well is known as a “no-seller”.

 

Sheet

A publication or website that looks at wrestling from an inside, behind the scenes perspective and doesn’t buy into the idea that wrestling is real. A sheet doesn’t cater to marks the way a publication from a promotion would, rather it is geared toward those who are more knowledgeable of the inner workings of the business. For the most part sheets are looked upon very negatively by those who work in the business. Also known as "dirt sheet."

 

Shill

Term for a biased fan, or employee of a wrestling company, who's inability to criticize or disagree with anything that person's favourite promotion does ultimately negates their credibility.

 

Shoot

Reality. Something that is not in the script. Wrestling is scripted, but when something from real life creeps into the show, it is called a shoot. For example, say two wrestlers who dislike each other in real life are having a match together and they decide to settle their differences by throwing legit punches at each other during the match, that would be a shoot. If a wrestler takes a bump and breaks his arm, the injury would be a shoot because it was real and it wasn’t part of the "act." Every so often a wrestler will be cutting a promo and he’ll start shooting, saying things that he feels in real life that may or may not happen to go along with the storyline.

 

Smart

The opposite of a “mark", and an equally controversial term. A smart is a fan who views wrestling as much if not more from an “inside” perspective than from a regular fan’s perspective. A smart is likely to subscribe to one or more sheets and be familiar with all of the terms listed here. With the emergence of the Internet, the number of fans who consider themselves smart has grown rapidly. Because of this, promotions have gone after smart fans by running angles that appeal more to them. For instance, if it is known to smarts that two wrestlers have a legit beef with each other outside of the ring, a promotion might start a program with these two wrestlers to appeal to the smarts.

 

Smart mark

A new term that is used mostly by those in the business to describe smarts. It is the belief of many that even though a fan may be "smart" to the inner working of the business, he still watches the TV shows and buys the tickets, therefore he’s still a mark. When a “smart” says that he or she “marked out”, that means they became excited at seeing something during a wrestling event.

 

Spot

An event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a high-point of a match. It is a move or series of maneuvers. A "planned spot" is a move or series of moves that is planned out before the match. A 'blown spot' is a spot that goes wrong and a 'spot-fest' is a match that contains many spots but no proper transitions between the spots.

 

Squash

A totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. A short, one sided match usually involving a jobber who gets, well, squashed.

 

Stiff

Chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent.) Many wrestlers have reputation as a stiff worker. Not a shoot, but almost. The term also refers to a wrestler who moves very stiffly in the ring and just doesn’t look good. Or just an untalented wrestler. The term is also used to describe a move, such as a punch or a kick, that is delivered with such force that it looks especially realistic.

 

Stretch

A form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority.

 

Swerve

Something incorporated into an angle or storyline that is designed to throw off the "smart" fans.

 

Territory

The area in which a promotion promotes. In the pre-Vince McMahon era, the hundreds of independent promotions across the country each had a certain area of the country in which they ran shows, called their territory. When McMahon took the WWE national, he made the somewhat novel move of invading competitor’s territories with his shows and his TV. Soon the whole country and the world became the WWE’s territory.

 

Turn

Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa.

 

Tweener

A wrestler (or manager) who is not a clear cut face or heel, but rather, falls somewhere in between. Tweeners are generally created by accident, when a heel who is supposed to be booed is instead cheered by the audience.

 

Valet

Invariably a female, who adds charisma to a wrestler's persona, and creates interest in male fans.

 

Work

A deception or sham, the opposite of a shoot. Simply put, wrestling is a work because it is scripted but it tries to lead people to believe that it is real. While a shoot is real, everything else in wrestling is a work. When one wrestler states that another “doesn’t know how to work” it means they regard them as a poor wrestler who doesn’t know what he’s doing in the ring.

 

Worker

Wrestlers are said to "work" a match and are thus called "workers". The more talented they are, the better a "worker" they are considered. As a match progresses, it is possible to separate the match into "action" and "inaction" portions. When the wrestlers are doing something that's the action, and when they're in a resthold or lying on the mat after a double-knockout or whatever, that's the inaction. The ratio of action to inaction is the workrate. A wrestler whose matches have lots of action and a minimum of resting has good workrate, and a wrestler who spends the entire match in a reverse chinlock has bad workrate.

 

Worked shoot

An angle that is made to look so incredibly realistic that people will think that it is actually a shoot. Often the people involved in a worked shoot will break character in order to make it look like whatever event just happened wasn’t part of the script. These angles are often done to appeal to the smart fans.

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[Itchygomba69 0]

I hope to god they do another Roster Draft after WM and put some good talent on Smackdown, here is a list of WRestlers tat should go to Smackdown

 

Chris JEricho

Edge

Hurricane

Randy Orton

Tajiri

Coach (for backstage Interviews)

[HRH The KING 0]

Yes, I'm looking forward to the RAW episode after MANIA.

 

Rest assured, I shall be watching with a critical eye.

[Itchygomba69 0]

anybody having a Wrestlemania party

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

anybody having a Wrestlemania party

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Well...I'll Be Watching At My House With A Friend. We'll Have Pizza :)

 

And King..Nice Job Edge-ucating Everyone

[Spockstellaiter 0]

Did you meet him at the premiere of his movie?

 

Sting was a great wrestler but was really lacking in mic skills. I guess his wrestling career is over since hes over 40 now.

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Yeah I saw him at the premier. It was an awesome movie u guys should check it out.

 

and as to your thinking that he's too old to wrestle, he still does it every now and then, and WWE has made him numerous offers, one of which is to reappear in a new angle which involves the playboy mag. but Sting said, "What message would I be sending 5,6,7,8,9,10 year olds?"

[Kor37 9]

I just read that. It doesn't look like we will see Sting in the WWE anytime soon.

[HRH The KING 0]

And King..Nice Job Edge-ucating Everyone 

 

Thankyou Sam :) :)

 

 

If Sting is physically able to compete (which he should be because he's always taken care of himself properly and was never a steroid using musclehead), then the WWE should certainly make him an offer. Then again, Sting is financially very secure because unlike some wrestlers he saved all the money he made in WCW and honestly, he never needs to work again in his life if he didn't want to. Coming to the WWE would almost certainly harm his legacy and reputation that he built in WCW. He's set for life so why ruin all that by going to the WWE and being jobbed to Triple H?

 

I'm looking forward to the Shawn Michaels vs Muhammed Hassan match tonight.

 

I just don't want another HHH twenty-minute borefest of a promo.

Edited March 28, 2005 by The King

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

Maybe He Could Start A Feud With Shelton For Stealing His Move :)

[Itchygomba69 0]

my eyes just bleed reading that LOL

 

anyway, th faceoff is gonna be horrible tonight, I think HHH should sell an injury @ WM and take some time off, it would only help both the WWE and Himself, but he wont we know that but it would be a good idea.

 

Randy Orton will be out a few months after Mania now it appears he is gonna have surgery on his shoulder

[HRH The KING 0]

anyway, th faceoff is gonna be horrible tonight, I think HHH should sell an injury @ WM and take some time off, it would only help both the WWE and Himself, but he wont we know that but it would be a good idea.

 

That's not a GOOD idea. It's a SUPERB idea.

 

Randy Orton will be out a few months after Mania now it appears he is gonna have surgery on his shoulder

 

Looks like it's time for the "Randy News Network" to return.

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

OMG, Lawler Just Said "We All Know Lita Will Go Anywhere."

[HRH The KING 0]

He ain't wrong about that!!!!

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

Was That For The "Smart Marks"?

[HRH The KING 0]

Yeah, he broke "Kayfabe".

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

Hehehehehe

 

 

Heh...I Liked That Undertaker Video.

 

Now...I'm The Biggest Undertaker Fan I Know...But Even I Think He Should Lose To Orton At WM21. Would Help Get Orton Over Even More.

 

Though The Deadman Gimmick Just Isn't As Interersting As It Was Back In The Day.

 

 

 

 

Edit

HHH-"Don't Insult My Intellegence." :( :P :(

Edited March 29, 2005 by Sam The Smuggler

[HRH The KING 0]

Heh...I Liked That Undertaker Video.

 

Me too, but beating Giant Gonzalez is nothing to brag about. :(

 

Now...I'm The Biggest Undertaker Fan I Know...But Even I Think He Should Lose To Orton At WM21. Would Help Get Orton Over Even More.

 

I think so too. I don't see any need for Taker to go over in that match. Except for his ego of course.

 

Though The Deadman Gimmick Just Isn't As Interersting As It Was Back In The Day.

 

I agree. The WWE has just moved on since then. It looks out of place now.

 

HHH-"Don't Insult My Intellegence." 

 

:lol: :P

 

What exactly did HHH mean when he said "If Batista blinks, I will be ON HIM!!!"

 

:(

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

What exactly did HHH mean when he said "If Batista blinks, I will be ON HIM!!!"

 

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Oh Don't Even Go There :( :(

[HRH The KING 0]

I just saw a sign in the crowd that said "HASSAN FOR PRESIDENT"

 

:( :(

 

I wish I had a "Davari". You know, just a dude who went with me everywhere and yelled at people.

 

:P

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

I wish I had a "Davari". You know, just a dude who went with me everywhere and yelled at people.

 

:(

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:( :P :lol:

 

Heh, Kurt Angle...I Actually Didn't See That Coming.

[HRH The KING 0]

Yeah, that was a surprise. I didn't think he would attack again.

 

I can't wait until Sunday!!!!

[Itchygomba69 0]

 

I wish I had a "Davari". You know, just a dude who went with me everywhere and yelled at people.

 

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I have a few friends like that

[Sam The Smuggler 1]

I Hear Ya. Roll On April 3rd

[HRH The KING 0]

A pretty good RAW.

 

I was kind of hoping for some sort of gunfight between HHH and Batista but I suppose a brawl will satisfy for now.

 

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For you all non-wrestling fans who may want to post here, this is an explanation of some of the wrestling terms and words you may see us use on this thread:

 

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Angle

A wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time. An angle is the reason behind a feud or a turn.

 

Blade

The act of using a small razor blade to cut open the skin (usually on the forehead) and cause the flow of blood. The act of blading is usually done to add dramatic effect to a match. Whenever a wrestler bleeds in a match, it usually means he has bladed. There is no Hollywood-style 'fake blood' in wrestling. Also known as "juicing."

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Blow Up

To become fatigued or exhausted.

 

Booker

The individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion.

 

The booker is the person who is in charge of creating storylines, deciding which wrestlers to push, writing TV shows, etc. The booker is basically in charge of putting together a product that the fans will find entertaining. His position is one of great power and extreme importance. In the case of large promotions like the WWE there are usually several bookers. The booker can be anybody from the promoter himself to an active wrestler on the roster.

 

Also known as a Head Writer.

 

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. It is the reception of a wrestling move, usually one in which the wrestler is thrown or becomes airborne in some other way. If a wrestler falls off, gets pushed off, or gets thrown off the ring apron and lands on the ground, he just took a bump.

 

Call

Despite popular belief, the idea that wrestling matches are scripted move-for-move is false. Instead, wrestlers call their moves by whispering or muttering something into their opponent’s ear, and from this the opponent will know what move he is to perform or be ready to receive. One of the reasons why so many wrestlers have long hair is that this makes it easier to hide calls. Inevitably, fans watching at home will sometimes be able to hear a wrestler call a move if he says it too loudly or does it while the camera is too close.

 

Card

The series of matches in one location at one time.

 

Chair Shot

When a wrestler gets hit with a chair it is always a steel folding chair. That's because the structure of those chairs allows it to absorb most of the force of the blow. You can generally whack someone over the head as hard as you like without doing much damage to the other guy. More inexperienced wrestlers will use their hands to block the chair, but in proper hands, the force of the chair directly on the head isn't much worse. A shot to the back barely hurts at all.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Curtain Jerker

The first televised match on a card and the wrestlers who perform in such a match.

 

Dark match

A match that takes place either before or after a televised event begins or ends and is not shown on TV with the rest of the matches.

 

Draw

The ability of a wrestler to attract fans to buy Pay Per View events or attend events.

 

Dud

A particularly bad and totally uninteresting match.

 

Face

A good guy. A wrestler who is liked by the fans. Wrestlers are generally divided into two groups, the good guys (the faces) and the bad guys (the heels). Until recently, faces were generally those wrestlers who played by the rules and more or less acted like nice guys. Today, the most popular wrestlers are often those who don’t play by the rules, don’t respect authority, and act like anything but nice guys. Also known as babyface, good guy, or fan favourite

 

Fall

A pinfall. 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, usually face vs. heel though face feuds and heel feuds are not unknown.

 

Finish

The event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match. The finish is the end of a match. While most of the match is ad-libbed by the competitors, there will usually be a planned finish that has been discussed beforehand.

 

Foreign object

An illegal weapon used in a match.

 

Gimmick

A persona that a wrestler is given to make him interesting. While gimmicks have always been a part of pro wrestling, from the mid-80s to the early-90s, gimmicks ruled. The WWE was often referred to as a "circus" during that time because of the number of cartoon-like gimmicks that their wrestlers were given. At a given time you could turn on a WWF show and see clowns, evil dentists, race car drivers, garbage men, plumbers and more. It is largely due to this overkill that gimmicks have been drastically toned down in the past few years.

 

Green

Not good due to inexperience.

 

Hardway juice

Real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Heat

Enthusiasm, a positive response. Feedback from the crowd. A heel wrestler will try to get heat from the crowd by doing things to get them angry, such as cheating. If the heel has a lot of heat with the crowd, he is doing his job. If a heel is drawing face heat, then he will usually be made into a babyface to sustain that heat. Rocky Maivia (before he became "The Rock") is the best example of the opposite: a babyface drawing heel heat such as ('Rocky Sucks!', 'Die Rocky, Die!'). When this happens to a face, they must turn heel. “Negative Heat” occurs when a wrestler is getting either no response from the crowd, or if the crowd boos or expresses dislike for a performer not because they “love to hate him”, but rather they just hate him and would rather not see him.

 

Heat Machine

A 'machine' that wrestling promotions use on some of their taped wrestling programs to make it seem as if the crowd is really into what is going on. It cannot be used on live programs and is only used sometimes now on taped shows. Also known as 'canned heat'.

 

Heel

A bad guy, rule-breaker. The opposite of a face. The heel is the "bad guy" and is usually characterized by somebody who cheats and badmouths the fans.

 

Hot

Usually used to describe the overall manner of the audience at a live event. If the crowd is vocal, excited, and into the action, it is said to be a "hot" crowd. On the other hand, if the audience is disinterested or lethargic, it is said to be a "dead" crowd. Often a crowd will start off "hot" but be "killed" by a series of dull matches.

 

House

The wrestling audience in the building.

 

House show

Any non-televised event.

 

Indy

Refers to an independent league. In the United States, all promotions other than the WWE are indies. Indies have smaller rosters, lesser known talent, significantly lower income, and they usually promote in only a few cities. Prior to Vince McMahon taking the WWF national in 1984, there were literally hundreds of successful independent promotions across the country. By the late eighties, most of the independents were unable to compete with McMahon's huge empire and went out of business. Today there are still plenty of indies, yet only a handful are able to maintain any sort of long term success.

 

Job

A staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities. Sometimes combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights job.) When one wrestler loses to another, it is called "doing the job." When one wrestler loses to another, it is called "jobbing".

 

Jobber

An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. A wrestler whose only purpose is to lose to other wrestlers, thus putting them over and making them look good. The Rock's word 'Jabroni' comes from this term.

 

Jobber to the Stars

Similar to a jobber, except a JTTS is usually a better wrestler than an ordinary jobber and occasionally wins a match against a lesser opponent.

 

Juice

To bleed, usually as a result of blading. "Hardway juice" is the flow of blood that is caused not by blading, but through legitimate means such as being punched too hard or some other accident.

 

DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF

 

Kayfabe

Of or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans. Origin is carny jargon talk for "fake." Simply put, kayfabe is the act of acting. When a wrestler "breaks kayfabe," he is no longer playing the character that he is in the wrestling world, rather he is just acting like himself. In the old days there was an unwritten rule that, in order to prevent wrestling from being exposed as a work, wrestlers were never to break kayfabe when they were in the presence of wrestling fans. Today that rule has largely gone out the window, as wrestlers often break kayfabe when being interviewed on talk shows or on the internet. It has even got to the point where wrestlers occasionally break kayfabe on their own shows in order to appeal to the "smart" fans, something that wouldn’t even be considered years ago.

 

Kill

Diminish or eliminate heat or drawing power. There are a variety of ways to do this, but mostly it is done by having a wrestler do too many jobs. A house can be killed by too many screw-job endings.

 

Kliq

A behind the scenes locker room group that consists of wrestlers who have great influence behind the scenes and often hand pick who they would face and angles they would be involved in.

 

Main Eventer

A wrestler who usually wrestles in the main event or somewhere else near the top of the card

 

Manager

A male or female companion to a wrestler who speaks for them if the wrestler they manage has poor mike skills.

 

Mark

A member of the audience, presumed gullible. What a mark is usually depends on who you ask. It can be said that anybody who follows wrestling is a mark. Others will say that the only ones who are marks are those who buy into the illusion that wrestling is real. Since the number of people who fall into the latter category is almost non existent, the first definition is probably more accurate.

 

For example, a mark might say something such as “Triple H wins all the time because he is awesome and tough”.

 

A “smart” (a wrestling fan who has knowledge of the inner workings of the industry) would say “Triple H wins all the time because he is married to the head writer and has influence over how the shows are written.

 

Mid-Carder

Basically all wrestlers who are not curtain jerkers or main-eventers. 

 

Mike Skills

Basically, how well and coherantly a wrestler speaks during interviews or during promos.

 

Monster Heel

A term reserved for a select few wrestlers who epitomize all the qualities of a true heel. A monster heel must be the most dominate, fearless, toughest "bad guy" in the promotion. Monster heels must appear unbeatable, unstoppable, and generate extreme fan hatred as well as attendance.

 

Montreal

The most infamous incident in wrestling history. Also known as the "Montreal Screwjob", Perhaps the most famous shoot of all time took place at Survivor Series ‘97 when WWE owner Vince McMahon "screwed" Bret Hart out of the WWF title during his match with Shawn Michaels. Hart was led to believe that the finish of the match would have him beating Michaels to retain the title, but it turned out that McMahon had a trick up his sleeve. Hart was scheduled to leave the WWE for WCW in a few weeks, and for a variety of reasons (the validity of which will be debated for a long time to come) McMahon felt that he had to get the title off of Hart immediately. Because Hart was granted "reasonable creative control of his character" in the contract he signed with the WWE, he refused to drop the title to Michaels at Survivor Series. McMahon rectified the situation by hatching a plot with Michaels and the referee whereby Hart would lose the match and thus lose the title, even though Hart was led to believe that he would be the victor in the match. And so it went down. During the match, Michaels put Hart in a submission hold and referee Earl Hebner immediately called for the bell to be rung, signifying that Hart had submitted. McMahon, who was at ringside to make sure the plan unfolded the right way, elbowed the time keeper in the ribs and told him to "ring the damn bell!" Hart never submitted, as he would have if the finish had called for him to submit to the move, and basically had no idea what had just happened. The bell rang, Hart "lost" the match and the title, left the WWE, and the most infamous shoot in the history of wrestling was born.

 

Over

If a face is over with the crowd, it means that they cheer him. If a heel is over with the crowd, it means that they boo him. Regardless of whether he is a face or a heel, a wrestler’s main priority is to get over with the crowd. The more over a wrestler is, it makes sense that the promotion will find him more valuable and they will pay him more money. This term can also apply to a move which draws an instant reaction from the fans and/or can be reasonably expected to end a match when applied.

 

Paper

Complimentary tickets

 

To give lots of complimentary tickets to make a house look good, particularly for a television taping.

 

P*ss break

A boring or insignificant match that causes the viewer or fan to go to the bathroom or perhaps get a snack.

 

Pop

Sudden heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move. The act of a crowd suddenly bursting into cheers for a move, entrance, interview, etc.

 

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. When a wrestler accidentally delivers a blow that lands heavily and could cause legitimate damage.

 

Program

Somewhat similar to an angle or a story line. When two or more wrestlers are involved in a feud with each other, it can be said that they are doing a program together.

 

Promo

An interview. Doing an interview is called "cutting a promo."

 

Promoter

Someone who promotes live wrestling events in front of an audience, although may not necessarily own/operate the wrestling league that they are promoting. For example, there are currently promoters in each major city who help the major federations secure the arena and promote the show locally when they come to that town. And although they promoted the event, they have nothing to do with booking the matches or what happens at the show.

 

Pumped Up

Refers to a wrestler who is massive in size due to the use of anabolic steroids or growth hormones. If one wrestler says another wrestler is "pumped up", he is basically accusing that wrestler of using steroids.

 

Push

When a wrestler is given a higher spot on the card than the one he currently has, he is given a push. Often a push will mean winning a title or being put in a program with a wrestler who is higher up on the card than the wrestler getting the push. A 'negative push' works the opposite way - the wrestler is 'de-pushed'. A negative push is also referred to as being “buried”.

 

Putting Over

The act of one wrestler intentionally making another wrestler appear tougher, more skilled, and more impressive to the fans.

 

Rest hold

A move such as a chin lock or an arm bar that when applied allows the wrestlers involved to, as the name implies, rest. If applied longer than about a minute, will usually incite "Boring" chants from the more vocal segments of the audience.

 

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.

 

Scientific Wrestler

Another word to describe a face (but can be a heel), implies a wrestler who is well schooled in the art of wrestling.

 

Screw-job

A match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling. It is a finish that isn’t clean, such as a wrestler being hit with a chair behind the referee’s back and then pinned. Or when another wrestler or group of wrestlers runs in and causes a disqualification. A joking term for a screwjob finish is a "Dusty finish," named after Dusty Rhodes, who was very fond of using these types of finishes when booking for the NWA. Screw jobs are usually done to save the losing wrestler's credibility, or to show -- yet at the same time save for a later date -- a big-name match (e.g. having a match on TV that is also going to happen at a pay-per-view).

 

Sell

The act of receiving an opponent’s move and making it look impressive. A good wrestler is one who not only knows how to perform moves well, but also knows how to make his opponent’s moves look good. A wrestler who does not sell moves well is known as a “no-seller”.

 

Sheet

A publication or website that looks at wrestling from an inside, behind the scenes perspective and doesn’t buy into the idea that wrestling is real. A sheet doesn’t cater to marks the way a publication from a promotion would, rather it is geared toward those who are more knowledgeable of the inner workings of the business. For the most part sheets are looked upon very negatively by those who work in the business. Also known as "dirt sheet."

 

Shill

Term for a biased fan, or employee of a wrestling company, who's inability to criticize or disagree with anything that person's favourite promotion does ultimately negates their credibility.

 

Shoot

Reality. Something that is not in the script. Wrestling is scripted, but when something from real life creeps into the show, it is called a shoot. For example, say two wrestlers who dislike each other in real life are having a match together and they decide to settle their differences by throwing legit punches at each other during the match, that would be a shoot. If a wrestler takes a bump and breaks his arm, the injury would be a shoot because it was real and it wasn’t part of the "act." Every so often a wrestler will be cutting a promo and he’ll start shooting, saying things that he feels in real life that may or may not happen to go along with the storyline.

 

Smart

The opposite of a “mark", and an equally controversial term. A smart is a fan who views wrestling as much if not more from an “inside” perspective than from a regular fan’s perspective. A smart is likely to subscribe to one or more sheets and be familiar with all of the terms listed here. With the emergence of the Internet, the number of fans who consider themselves smart has grown rapidly. Because of this, promotions have gone after smart fans by running angles that appeal more to them. For instance, if it is known to smarts that two wrestlers have a legit beef with each other outside of the ring, a promotion might start a program with these two wrestlers to appeal to the smarts.

 

Smart mark

A new term that is used mostly by those in the business to describe smarts. It is the belief of many that even though a fan may be "smart" to the inner working of the business, he still watches the TV shows and buys the tickets, therefore he’s still a mark. When a “smart” says that he or she “marked out”, that means they became excited at seeing something during a wrestling event.

 

Spot

An event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a high-point of a match. It is a move or series of maneuvers. A "planned spot" is a move or series of moves that is planned out before the match. A 'blown spot' is a spot that goes wrong and a 'spot-fest' is a match that contains many spots but no proper transitions between the spots.

 

Squash

A totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. A short, one sided match usually involving a jobber who gets, well, squashed.

 

Stiff

Chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent.) Many wrestlers have reputation as a stiff worker. Not a shoot, but almost. The term also refers to a wrestler who moves very stiffly in the ring and just doesn’t look good. Or just an untalented wrestler. The term is also used to describe a move, such as a punch or a kick, that is delivered with such force that it looks especially realistic.

 

Stretch

A form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority.

 

Swerve

Something incorporated into an angle or storyline that is designed to throw off the "smart" fans.

 

Territory

The area in which a promotion promotes. In the pre-Vince McMahon era, the hundreds of independent promotions across the country each had a certain area of the country in which they ran shows, called their territory. When McMahon took the WWE national, he made the somewhat novel move of invading competitor’s territories with his shows and his TV. Soon the whole country and the world became the WWE’s territory.

 

Turn

Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa.

 

Tweener

A wrestler (or manager) who is not a clear cut face or heel, but rather, falls somewhere in between. Tweeners are generally created by accident, when a heel who is supposed to be booed is instead cheered by the audience.

 

Valet

Invariably a female, who adds charisma to a wrestler's persona, and creates interest in male fans.

 

Work

A deception or sham, the opposite of a shoot. Simply put, wrestling is a work because it is scripted but it tries to lead people to believe that it is real. While a shoot is real, everything else in wrestling is a work. When one wrestler states that another “doesn’t know how to work” it means they regard them as a poor wrestler who doesn’t know what he’s doing in the ring.

 

Worker

Wrestlers are said to "work" a match and are thus called "workers". The more talented they are, the better a "worker" they are considered. As a match progresses, it is possible to separate the match into "action" and "inaction" portions. When the wrestlers are doing something that's the action, and when they're in a resthold or lying on the mat after a double-knockout or whatever, that's the inaction. The ratio of action to inaction is the workrate. A wrestler whose matches have lots of action and a minimum of resting has good workrate, and a wrestler who spends the entire match in a reverse chinlock has bad workrate.

 

Worked shoot

An angle that is made to look so incredibly realistic that people will think that it is actually a shoot. Often the people involved in a worked shoot will break character in order to make it look like whatever event just happened wasn’t part of the script. These angles are often done to appeal to the smart fans.

312680[/snapback]

Great idea King putting up that for non or new fans ...but i dont see "Slobberknocker" :(

[Kor37 9]

Lol......I don't see "Getting whipped like a Government Mule either"....lol

[hangon 3]

Lol......I don't see "Getting whipped like a Government Mule either"....lol

313415[/snapback]

LMAO that ones a classic KOR

 

P.s King mabe you should do a list of moves i.e DDT,stunner,clothes line from hell and so on :(

[Itchygomba69 0]

speaking of Moves what was the worst finisher out there

 

I have to say hogans leg drop, I mean its a Stinky Leg Drop hes not like Yokozuna, and the Peoples Elbow sucks too, the Rock Bottom was better, The stunner actually hurts i got put in that screwing around with my friends Fooked my Jaw up for the night