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Wrestling Terms
A-Show: A wrestling event where the big stars wrestle like WWE RAW, SmackDown or Pay Per View.
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 WWE Velocity or Sunday Night Heat.
B-Team: Group of wrestlers on a B-Show.
Babyface: The good guy or the fan favorite.
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.
Dark Match: A match on a tv show that is not shown on TV and only seen by those in the arena.
Face: Short word for babyface; Good guy or fan favorite.
Feud: Interaction between two or more specific wrestlers that lasts for a while.
Finisher: The finishing move - Stunner, Tombstone, etc.
Foreign Object: An illegal object in the match like a chair or brass knuckles.
Gimmick: The personality of the wrestler.
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.
Jabroni: 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 - Sharpshooter, 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.
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