Wrestling Terms

Wrestling Term	Definition
Angle	The main storyline of a feud.
Blade	This is when a wrestler cuts himself with a razor blade to make it look like his opponent has injured him. The blade is sometimes hidden in the tape on their wrists.
Booker	This is the person who comes up with the major angles, picks the winner of matches, changes wrestlers gimmicks, and hires ane fires wrestlers
Bump	When a wrestler takes a hard fall.
Dark Match	A match that is not aired on television. Usually shown before Raw and Smackdown
Face	The good guy, the fan favorite. Also known as a babyface.
Feud	When two wrestlers or tag teams fight with each other over a long period of time.
Heat	When a wrestler gets a great amount of boos from the crowd.
Heel	The bad guy who is hated by the fans.
House Show	Wrestling show that are held in towns and cities across America but are not shown on TV.
Job	To lose the match.
Jobber	Wrestler who always loses his matches to make his opponents look good.
Juice	Blood
Kayfabe	To stay in character.
Mark	Fans who think all the angles in wrestling are real.
Mid Carder	Usually a well known wrestler but wrestles on the undercard.
Over	When a wrestler's gimmick is accepted by the fans or when a wrestler receives a great amount of heat.
Pop	The crowd's reaction to a wrestler.
Push	When a wrestler goes on a long winning streak.
Run In	When a wrestler runs into another's match and interferes, such as Edge and Christan
Screw Job	This is when a match ends in a DQ, count out, or no contest.
Sell	This is when a wrestler makes a move look real.
Shoot	This is when something that wasn't supposed to happen does happen.
Shoot Interview	Interview where the wrestler breaks character.
Spots	The great highlights of a wrestling match.
Tweener	A wrestler that isn't a heel or face. For a while you could say Shawn Michaels was a "Tweener".
Work	An angle or scene that is planned out ahead of time.