Angle - The story line of a wrestling match, or feud.

Blade - To cut oneself open during a match or wrestling event. This is normally not a common practice in wrestling anymore, but it still happens. Sometimes a thin razor blade is hidden in the wrist tape of a wrestler to allow them to cut themselves, normally on the forehead, to bleed during a match. Due to concerns over AIDS and other diseases, many wrestlers refuse to participate in this practice.

Booker - The person who makes the decisions on which directions angles will go, and how matches will be handled. Sometimes used as a term for the promoter by some people. This position is often filled by a group known as the booking committee, to prevent any one person from having total control.

Bump - When a wrestler takes an unnecessary bump, just to please his/her fans. Example when Mick Foley fell off the top of a cage in Hell in the Cell 2.

Face - The good guy.

Gimmick - Any prop or persona used in wrestling. i.e. Mortis's Skull on a Stick (Yorick) or the Goddwins' Slop Bucket are gimmicks while their personas are also gimmicks. (verb) To change or rig something. "They gimmicked the ring mat so the Undertaker could break through it to grab Diesel."

Heat - The crowd response or the response from other people in the business. The entire purpose of a face or heel is to generate heat from the crowd. Heat is not necessarily a negative. Sting or Goldberg can get a lot of heat, even though they are faces. "Shawn Michaels got a lot of heat from other people in the WWF because of his arrogant attitude."

Heel - The bad guy. No, I'm not referring to the "Bad Guy" Razor Ramon either.

Job - To lose the match. "At Starrcade, we saw Hollywood Hogan job to Sting." (n) the loss of a match. "Before the match, the booker told the new guy he was going to do the job tonight"

Jobber - a person who typically loses their matches and doesn't have a gimmick. These are the nameless people who get beat up each week.

Jobber to the Stars (JTTS) - A person who typically loses their matches, but has a gimmick of their own. Iron Mike Sharpe, Barry Darsow, and Barry Horowitz are great examples.

Juice - To bleed during a match. If it is done intentionally, it is usually called blading. If the person legitimately bleeds without help, they are said to have "juiced hardway"

Kayfabe - The reason why wrestlers will not admit that anything is staged. Kayfabe is the code of silence practiced in the business to keep the trade secrets within the business.

Mark - A person who believes everything in wrestling is real. It is also a term used by wrestlers to refer to any fan or anyone watching. There are several degrees of marks. Whether you like it or not, we are all marks otherwise we wouldn't be watching. It is possible to be a mark for only certain feds or wrestlers. "nWo mark" or "Shawn Michaels mark". (v) to lose control during a wrestling event. "Did you see that guy completely mark out when Kevin Nash came into the bar? It was embarrassing."

Over - To be popular with the crowd. "I can't believe how over Steve Austin has been since Wrestlemania." Another term you will hear is "put over". This commonly refers to a star or veteran who loses to a new talent or takes them under their wing to help the newcomer establish their career. "The Rock really wasn't big in the business until Vince McMahon put him over."

Ring Rat - The platoons of women who want to sleep with professional wrestlers while they are on the road. Many of them are pretty nasty looking, but others are very attractive. It would be foolish to say that no wrestler has ever slept with a ring rat.

Shoot - An event that is not planned or is a surprise to the participants involved. Despite popular belief, shoots do happen. They are not always in matches, but most often they are in the form of interviews on live television where wrestlers will say things they are not supposed to in order to put pressure on people in the business. (v) the act of committing a shoot. "I couldn't believe it when Brian Pillman decided to shoot on Kevin Sullivan by leaving their match."

Smart - Any person who understands the business behind professional wrestling. The majority of people who think they are smarts are not. As a matter of fact, when someone comes out and says they are a smart, there is a very good chance they are not. Knowing that there is an element of entertainment to it all is not enough. Being able to understand the logic behind the business decisions in the business is a big part of it. You don't decide if you are a smart, other people do.

Turn - To change from heel status to face status or vice versa.

Tweener - A wrestler who doesn't fit into the traditional heel or face role. This is becoming more and more common these days. A good example of a tweener is Kevin Nash in the WCW and Steve Austin in the WWF. While these men have committed heel acts, they still are very popular with the fans and often get a face reaction from the crowd.

Work - A staged incident or act. The dumpster event on RAW in which Cactus Jack and Terry Funk were injured in was in fact, a work.

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