Wrestling Termz

A-Show: A wrestling event where the big stars wrestle like RAW.

A-Team: A group of wrestlers on an A-Show.

Angle: Storyline or Events that lead to a feud between wrestlers.

B-Show: A Wrestling event where the jobbers and mid carders wrestle like Shotgun and Worldwide.

B-Team: Group of wrestlers on a B-Show.

Babyface: The good guy or the fan favorite.

Bootleg: An item that is illegaly sold or traded.

Bury: To lower somebody by saying bad things about them.

Call a Match: To do play by play and commentary in the match like Jim Ross etc.

Card: The matches on a show.

Cut a Promo: To do an interview or come out and start talking like McMahon does.

Dark Match: A match on a tv show that is not shown on tv.

Face: Short word for babyface; Good guy or fan favorite

Fued: When wrestlers hate each other and get into lots of matches.

Finisher: The finishing move. i.e. The Stunner or the chokeslam

Foreign Object: An illegal object in the match like a chair or brass knuckles.

Gimmick: The personality of the wrestler. Val Venis's gimmick is a porno star.

Gold: Championship belt

Heat: When fans boo a wrestler, or a wrestler is in trouble with officials backstage.

Heel: The bad guy.

House: Number of fans in a building.

House Show: A show that is not taped for tv.

Job: A planned loss.

Jobber: A wrestler who loses in order to make another wrestler look good. i.e. Barry Horowitz

Jobroni: Slang for the word jobber.

Kayfabe: When a wrestler acts out of character. Ex. If a heel is seen signing autographs and being nice to his fans.

Main Eventer: A wrestler that is in contention for the world title, and usually wrestles in main events.

Mark: A wrestling fan who believes everything in wrestling is real.

Mark out: To become very excited when something happens in wrestling.

Mid Carder: A wrestler that is not a main eventer, but not quite a jobber.

No Show: When a wrestler doesn't show up for a scheduled appearance.

Over: To be popular with the audience.

Pop: When the fans cheer.

Push: When a wrestler wins a lot of matches to make him look good.

Shoot: Something in wrestling that is real, or not planned.

Strap: Championship belt.

Submission Hold: A move that makes an opponent give up or tap out. i.e. Ankle Lock

Turn: When a wrestler changes from a heel to a face, or from a face to a heel.

Work: Something in wrestling that is planned.