ANGLE	the plot, reason behind fued. May happen over many matches Example: The new Ministry-Corporation angle heated up when Undertaker abducted McMahon's daughter on Raw.
BLOW UP	to become fatigued or exhausted Example: The Ultimate Warrior was said to be one of a number of wrestlers who blows up on the entry ramp.
BLADE verb.	To cut oneself intentionally in a match in order to bleed. � � Example: Stone Cold Steve Austin bladed in his match against Kane at King of the Ring.
BOOKER	individual responsible for angles, finishes, and hiring and firing Example: Terry Taylor is a booker for WWF.
BUMP	fall or hit done as a spot, to take someone out of the ring or action Example: Mankind took a huge bump in his match with The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell
CARD	series of matches at one area at a time Example: The main event highlights the PPV card
DRAW	the ability to attract fans to the sport Example: The WWF's new Attitude has incredible draw, because it created a totally new wrestling audience
DUD	a uninteresing match Example. Steve Blackman vs. Droz was a dud.
FACE noun. & adj.	[Babyface] A good guy. Example. Steve Austin.
FALL	a pinfall, submission, countout, or disqualification Example: The Hardcore matches are falls count anywhere match which allow all competitors to pin their opponents anywhere.
FEUD	series of matches between two wrestlers or tag teams Example: The Steve Austin and Vince McMahon�feud has been going on for months
FINISH	events leading up to the end of a match Example: The finish of the WrestleMania main event was Steve Austin stunning The Rock for the pin and the title belt.
GREEN	not good due to inexpierence Example: Most wrestlers considered green learn their techniques in smaller promotions
JUICE	when a wrestler (usually he does it himself) or opponent cuts the wrestler with a blade to produce blood. Example: Austin juiced in his match at WM 13 last year.
HARDWAY JUICE	blood produced by means other than blading, perhaps the real thing Example: ECW matches usually involve hardway juice.
HEAT noun.	Enthusiasm, a sustained crowd response. Example: The WWF uses a heat machine for taped RAWs and for Shotgun. The response can be positive (cheering) or negative (booing). See Pop.
HEEL noun.	A bad guy. Example: Vince McMahon
HOUSE	wrestling audience Example. The house is sold out again because of advanced ticket sales.
INTERNATIONAL OBJECT noun.	Foreign object, something not allowed in the ring. Derived from an order not to use the word "foreign" by the Turner Broadcasting Companies.
JOB noun.	A staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or submission without resort to illegalities. v.i. To lose a match. Sometimes combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights job.) Example: Paul Wight did the job to Steve Austin the Raw before WrestleMania.
JOBBER noun.	An unpushed wrestler who loses regularly for pushed wrestlers. Example: Shotgun wrestlers you've never heard of are jobbers.
JUICE noun.	Blood. v.i. to bleed, usually as a result of blading. To juice hard way is to bleed unintentionally. noun. Steroids. (Juicer - a steroid user).
KAYFABE	wrestler(s) acting out of character. Example: Wrestlers appearing on shows like Off the Record or Howard Stern.
KILL	diminish heat by screw-job matches or jobbing Example: Vader has been killed from his former height in the WWF.
MARK	noun. *Note this definition is the topic of much debate, what follows are the most popular meanings* - any fan who spends money on wrestling, whether they know it is a work or not. This leads to some people adding adjectives describing what promotions people are marks for. Example: someone who refers to himself as a WWF mark is someone who is willing to spend money on the WWF product. - a fan who believes that wrestling is legitimate, ie. not a work.
OUTLAW PROMOTION	A promotion that would try to run against another established promotion in its home area. Referred to as an outlaw because it was attempting to "steal" fans.
PAPER	complementary tickets Example: The Nitro event was papered because a lot of the tickets were free.
POP noun.	A loud fan reaction to a wrestler. Pop is used to describe a more individual reaction, while heat tends to refer to a sustained reaction (Example: A crowd will pop for a good move, while an entire match will be described as having good heat or no heat)
PUSH verb.	to give a wrestler a series of matches that will improve his standing in the fans eyes. Example: Triple H will get a major push now that he is in the Corporation.
RUN-IN	interference by another wrestler Example: The main event of WrestleMania had many run-ins.
SAVE	protect a wrestler from an after match attack Example: Paul Wight made the save when Austin was being attacked by the Corporation on Raw.
SCREW-JOB noun. adj.	A match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to factors outside the "rules" of wrestling. Example: The I Quit match between The Rock and Mankind at Royal Rumble.
SELL v. t.	To make an opponent's move look legitimate.
SHOOT noun.	The real thing, i.e. a match where one or more participants are really attempting to hurt one another, or the participants stop working cooperatively. A legitimate match. Opposite of a work.
SPOT	high point of match Example: The Rock's Corporate Elbow is the spot of the match.
SQUASH	match were one dominates another Example: Shotgun shows squash matches.
STIFF noun.	A jobber. adj. Connecting harder with blows and moves to make the match look more legitimate. noun. A wrestler who doesn't move well.
STRETCH	when wrestler dominates opponent and it looks like opponent is really hurt
TURN	change from face to heel or heel to face Example: The Rock's heel turn occurred at Survivor Series.
WORK noun.	an event with a predetermined outcome. (Ex: The match was a work.) v. t. to participate in a wrestling related event (Ex: to work an interview or match or show)
WORKRATE noun.	The approximate ratio of action to non-action in a wrestling match