Pro Wrestling Trivia
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PRO WRESTLING TERMS:
- angle (n) 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 (v.i & v.t) [razor 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 (v.i) To become fatigued or exhausted. The Ultimate Warrior was said to be one of a number of wrestlers who blows up on the entry ramp.
- booker (n) The individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion.
- bump (n) 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 (n) The series of matches in one location at one time.
- draw (v.t) To attract marks. n. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in marks.
- DUD (n) A particularly bad and totally uninteresting match.
- face (n. & adj) [babyface] A good guy.
- fall (n) [pinfall] A referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat.
- feud (n) 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 (n) The event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match.
- green (adj) Not good due to inexperience.
- hardway juice (n) Real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hard way. One of the possible outcomes of a shoot.
- heat (n) Enthusiasm, a positive response. The WWF uses a heat machine for its televised shows which make them somewhat of a work.
- heel (n & adj) A bad guy, rule-breaker.
- house (n) The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks.
- international object (n) Foreign object, something now allowed in the ring. Derived from an order not to use the world "foreign" by the Turner Broadcasting Company.
- job (n) A staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities. v.i. To do a job. Sometimes combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights job.)
- jobber (n) An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. Barry Horowitz is probably the best known of these. Sometimes known as fish, redshirts PLs (professional losers,) or 'ham-and-eggers.' Steve Lombardi (Brooklyn Brawler) is also a well known jobber.
- juice (n) Blood. v.i to bleed, usually as a result of blading.
- kayfabe (n. adj) Of or related to inside information about the business, especially by fans. Origin is carny jargon talk for "fake."
- kill (v.t) 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.
- mark (n) A member of the audience, presumed gullible.
- paper (n) Complimentary tickets v.t. to give lots of complimentary tickets to make a house look good, particularly for a television taping.
- pop (n, v.i) Sudden heat from a house as a response to a wrestler's entry or hot move.
- post (v.t) To run or be run into the ringpost.
- potato (v.t) To injure a wrestler by hitting him on the head or causing him to hit his head on something.
- run-in (n) Interference by a non-participant in a match.
- save (n) A run-in to protect a wrestler from being beat up after a match is over.
- screw-job (n. adj) a match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling.
- shoot (n) The real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is really attempting to hurt another. The opposite of work or fake.
- spot (n) An event or sequence of events which makes a particular match distinctive, a high-point of a match.
- squash (n) A totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. v.t. to win a squash match.
- stiff (adj) Chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent.) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker. Not a shoot, but almost.
- stretch (n) A form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority.
- turn (n., v.i) Change in orientation from heel to face or vice-versa.
- work (n) A deception or sham, the opposite of a shoot.
- workrate (n) The approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a match or in a wrestler's performance
| #'s 1/4 Nelson 3/4 Nelson 450 splash A Abdominal Stretch Ace Crusher (Stone Cold Stunner, Diamond Cutter, etc...) Achilles Tendon Hold Airplane Spin Airplane Spin Toss Amahistral Cradle Amittyville Horror Ankle Lock Arm Bar Arm Breaker Arm Drag Arm Lock Arm Scissors Arm Stretch Arm Wringer Asai Moonsault Asian Spike Atomic Drop Avalanche B Back Body Drop Backbreaker Back Fist Back Rake Back Roll BackRoll Press Backslide Back Suplex Backward Victory Roll(Up) Baseball Slide Bear Hug Bell Clap Belly-To-Back Suplex Belly-To-Belly Suplex Big Boot Big Splash Bionic Elbow Biting Blizzard Suplex Block Body Scissors Bodyslam Boot Scrape (Boston) Crab Bow & Arrow Brain Buster Bridge Bronco Buster Bulldog (Headlock) C Camel Clutch Cannonball Catapult Chair Shot Charging Headbutt Chicken Wing Chinlock Choke Chokeslam Chop Chop Block Claw Hold Cobra Clutch Corksrcew Elbow Corkscrew Leg Drop Corkscrew Moonsault Corkscrew Plancha Cradle Cradle Piledriver Cross Body Block Crossface Cross-Face Chicken Wing Crucifix D DDT Death Valley Driver Doomsday Device Double Arm Lock Double-Arm /Front DDT Double Axhandle (Smash) Double Backbreaker Double Belly-To-Back Suplex Double Choke Double Clothesline Double Drop Kick Double Elow Drop Double Grape Vine Double Gutwrench Double Snap Suplex Double Stomp Double Underhook Powerbomb Double Underhook Suplex Double Vertical Suplex Dragon Screw Leg Whip Dragon Sleeper Dragon Suplex Dropkick Drop Toe Hold E Elbow European Uppercut Eye Gouge F Facebuster Falcon Arrow (Michinoku Driver) Fallaway Slam Figure Four Leg Lock Firebird Splash Fireman's Carry (Slam) Fisherman Buster Fisherman Suplex Fist Drop Flap Jack Flatliner Flying Clothesline Flying Corkscrew Clothesline Flying Cross Body-Block Flying DDT Flying Elbow (Smash) Flying Headbutt Flying Headscissors Flying Lariat Flying Leap Flying Leg Drop Flying Mare Flying Plancha Flying Shoulder Block Flying Splash Frankensteiner Frog Splash Front Chanercy Front Face Lock Front Piledriver Front Slam Front Suplex Full Nelson Full Nelson Suplex G Gator Buster German Suplex Giant Swing Gibson Leg Lock Gorilla Press (Slam) Gori Special Gourd Buster Grapewine Greco-Roman Arm Lock Gutwrench Gutwrench Powerbomb Gutwrench Superplex Gutwrench Suplex H Hair Pull(ing) Half Crab Half Nelson Hammerbomb Hammerlock Hangman's Neck Breaker Headbutt Headlock Headscissors Head-To-Turnbuckle Head Vise Heart Attack Heart Punch High Knee Hip Roll Hip Toss Human Torture Rack Hurracanrana I Indian Death Lock Insiguri Kick Inverted Atomic Drop Inverted DDT Irish Whip J Jackhammer Japenese Arm Drag Jawbreaker K Katahajimi Kick Kitao Driver Knee Knee Drop Knife-Edge Chop L La Magistral Cradle Lateral Press Leg Sweep Leg Drop Leg Lock Leg Split Leg Whip Liger Bomb Liontamer (Lou) Thesz Press M Mandible Claw Mexican Arm Drag Military Slam Million Dollar Dream Missle Dropkick Monkey Flip Moonsault Mosh Pit N Neck Breaker Neck Drop Clothesline Neck Twist Nerve Hold Nodowa Bomb Northern Lights Powerbomb Northern Lights Suplex |
O Octopus On Your Back Oklahoma Roll Oklahome Slam Oklahome Stampede Orange Bomb Orihara Moonsault Outsider's Edge Overhead Toss P Pancake Pedigree Pilebriver Plancha Pole Ram Polish Hammer Powerbomb Powerslam Pump Handle Slam Punch (fist) Q Quackensmash R Rana Release German Suplex Reversal Reverse Chinlock Reverse Grapevine Reverse Neck Breaker Rings of Saturn Rocker Dropper Rocket Launcher Roll-Up Rope Burn Running Clothesline Running Elbow Running Lariat Running Powerslam Running Senton (Back Splash) Russian Leg Sweep Russian Sikle S Samoan Drop Savat Kick Schoolboy {pinning combination} Scissor Kick Scoop Slam Scorpion Death Lock [Sharpshooter] Senton (Back Splash) Shooting Star Press Short Arm Scissors Shoulder Block Shoulder Breaker Showboat Side Headlock Side Kick Side Russian Leg Sweep Side Salto Side Slam Sidewalk Slam Sit-Down Powerbomb Sitting Drop Kick Skytwister Press Slap Sleeper Hold Sleeperwalker Superplex Sleepwalker Suplex Slingshot Slingshot Moonsault Slingshot Powerbomb Slingshot Suplex Small Package Snap DDT Snapmare Snap Suplex Snow Plow Somersault Plancha / Tope Con Helo Somersault Senton (Back Splash) Spear Spine Buster (Slam) Spinning Cobra Clutch Spinning Toe Hold Spin Wheel Kick Splash Mountain Split-Legged Moonsault Springboard Dropkick Springboard Hur(r)acanrana Springboard Moonsault Springboard Plancha Springboard Spin(ning) Kick Springboard Splash Square Driver Standing Double Grape Vine Standing Drop Kick Star Stardust Press (Corkscrew 450 Splash) Stomp Step-Over Toe Hold STF Stump Puller Suicide Dive Suicide-Plex Sunset Flip Super Belly-To-Back Suplex Super Belly-To-Belly Suplex Super Chokeslam Super Fisherman Buster Super Front Slam Superkick Superplex Suplex Surfboard Surfboard Chinlock Swan Dive Swinging Neck Breaker T (Football) Tackle Tapia Tazmission Taz-Plex Taz-Plex Texas Cloverleaf Thrust Kick Tiger Bomb Tiger Driver Tiger Driver '91 Tiger Suplex (Tight) Rope Walk Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker Toe Hold Tombstone Piledriver Tope Tope-Rope Cannonball Top-Rope Clothesline Top-Rope Corkscrew Plancha Top-Rope Frankensteiner Top-Rope Piledriver Top-Rope Plancha Top-Rope Powerbomb Top-Rope Rana Top-Rope Rocker Dropper Top-Rope Superplex Tornado DDT Tornado Punch Torso Flip Torturer Crab Tree Of Woe Tumbleweed Leg Drop Turantula Triple-Jump Moonsault Turnbuckle Bomb Turnbuckle Smash U Uppercut V Vaderbomb Vertical Suplex Victory Roll W Walking Crab Whiplash Whipper Snapper Wrist Lock X- Y- Z- |