Welcome to the ENLIGHTENED PAGE, dear reader. if you have been on this blog before you would now that apart from any random rants and wrestling results, that i do a monthly theme for instance april i told you stories of april fools on a grand scale this summer i did i monty python month.and lets no firget my why wwe is sucks and why tna is the future pieces.
this month its a 4-piece on wrestling terms.
note: don't be confused if i put in British wrestling terms because i am indeed Irish stop asking me if we pay for things with potatoes!
Face-a "good-guy" in a match he wins matches cleanly. John FUCKING Cena is my example.called blue-eyes in britian
Heel-a"bad guy" in a match. he is a wrestler who cheats to win Randy orton is my example
Tweener-an "inbetweener" a wrestler that is neither heel or face. he is either a popular wrestler who cheats(the late, great, Eddie Guerrero) or a heel that is so good that he has earned the fans respect. (Kurt angle)
Attitude Era (1998-2002)-the change from family values to more edgier and at times lewder material.
Angle-the storyline reason that 2 wrestlers are feuding. it could be for the title to gain the services of a manager revenge or something more obscure(Al snows revenge for his dog!)
botch-a fucked up move (lesners shooting star press at wm19)
Bump-move that roughs up the user and recipient (shane's Leap of Faith)
Bury-when a wrestler is driven down the ranks by a loss (Triple h is hated because he buries wrestlers) compare Push
Business-the wrestling business!
Pop-the cheers
cheap pop-to mention the name of the town or praise the local team
canned pop-recorded cheers
Heat the boos for a wrestler
cheap heat insulting the town or local sports team
card-schedule for the nights match
cross-promotion-when two promotions have a trade agreement
Curtain call - the break of kayfabe that show that the heels and faces are in fact friends in real-life!
Draw-a wrestler that does exactly that draws money and people to events.
Fall-a pin.
Feud-As part of angle there is a feud. this is a series of matches between wrestlers these last months or even years.
Finisher-moves that usually finishes the match.
Green-inexperienced (Boring Rhodes is my example)
Gimmick-any act to succeed in wrestling.
Hoss-a big wrestler that is clumsy in the ring(Mark Henry)
house show-an un-televised show
indy-a wrestler who is independent of promotion. an indy-show is a bunch of wrestlers. fighting in small venues.
invasion (2001) the storyline of wwf by wcw and ecw. after this all the 3-rosters and became wwe
job-to deliberately lose to make the opponent look good.
Juice-blood or sometimes steroids.
Kayfabe-Pronounced ka-faybe, this Pig Latin like word for "fake" basically anything thats not real in the past "breaking kayfabe" as it was called would nearly get you killed.
knockout-like boxing matches, wrestling matches could end by knockout.
Legit-anything that isnt kayfabe. angle is a legit gold medalist.
mark- Taken from the word for a cons victim, a mark is a fan that thinks wrestling is real. they are generally looked down by smarks and wrestlers alike(called dumbs in Britain)
to mark out-to cheer wildly.
the Montreal screwjob this match that changed the monday night wars.the betrayal of bret hart in this home country of Canada. hbk put hart in harts own finisher the ref called a non-existant submisssion. Hart spat vince. canadian wrestler left in droves and the bell centre was burned down by angry fans.
muta scale-a scale made by smarks in tribute to the loss of blood suffered by the great muta in 1994 by Hase it starts at0.0 mutas and ends at1.0 mutas (also called flair scale, Foley scale or Helmsly scale
near-fall-a two count
over-an emotional reponse to a wrestler.
promo-an interview by a westler to promote himself ,a match hes in and the event its in.
put over-when a wrestler either says postive things for another wrestler or have a great match with him.
Psychology-simply put the the emotional input of everyone involved in a match.
Push-when a wrestler is raised by a win. (Christian recent match with Yoshitastu helped push him.)
Rest hold-submissions that let the user gain his breath and composure(sleepers)
Rib-pratical jokes
screwjob-an unrehearsed finish to a match. compare swerve.
sell-to convince the audience that certain moves are painfull
Signature-moves that get 2-counts
Smark-a smart mark or simply smart is a fan that loves wresting but knows its pre-ordained. they usually know much about the inner-workings of wrestling. compare mark
Sports Entertainment-the term coined by vince macmahon to call his product its safe to say that bullshit acting and plugging merch comes first than wrestling.
spot-a move that used does little to no damage but is aesthetically pleasing (examples, undertakers old school, etc)
squash-to beat an opponent without resistance from him/her
stable-a group of wrestlers with the same manager or modus operandi, (Heenen Family, Main Event Mafia,N.W.O)
Swerve-a planned double-cross.
Shoot-to do something or say something in a way that kayfabe is broken.Wrestlers calling 3d Dudleys
Turn-to change from heel to face or vise versa.
-soft turn a change that is seen for miles of (Bastista)
-Hard turn: a less believable turn(rhino had to flip-off fans for them to boo him)
Work-Any part of wrestling that is fake or the business side to wrestling.
wrestler's court-there is code of conduct and hierarchy in the world of wrestling.Crimes included ribbing a main eventer.
next is part 2 jobs in wrestling
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