Help me build a Pro Wrestling Dictionary

[Guest W_Hillard]

While I was working on my website (see my .sig), one of the ideas I came up with was compiling a dictionary of phrases and terms for each of my interests. I have the RPG Dictionary up and running.

 

Now I want to compile one for Pro Wrestling. Anybody who contributes will, of course, be given credit in their entry.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest W_Hillard]

No takers, I see.

 

In any case, anyone who wants to see the page can go here:

 

Pro Wrestling Dictionary

 

There's still a few items I'm looking for definitions for. Specifically

 

Lucha Libre

Porescu (sp?)

 

And anything else that isn't already on that page. Thanks.

[Copper Feel 0]

carry: to guide an inferrior or less experinced opponent through a match. veteren refferes like nick patrick or earl hebner have been known to guide green wrestlers trough matches when they get lost. in an extreme cases like when pat patterson reffereed first timer lawrence taylors match against bam bam bigelow a member of the booking committe will act as the special refferre to make sure everything goes to plan.

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

Lucha Libre- Spanish for Free Fight (i think) and is the mexican style of pro wrestling. They have different rules and a totally different style. La Arena at Highspots is a good site to get info on it.

 

Puroresu is the Japanese style of pro wrestling. Well, it has several styles, but the word is generally used as a blanket of any wrestling from Japan.

[Guest W_Hillard]

Thanks, y'all. The page should be updated in a few minutes.

[Guest Markingout]

Lucha Libre- Spanish for Free Fight (i think) and is the mexican style of pro wrestling. They have different rules and a totally different style. La Arena at Highspots is a good site to get info on it.

 

Yes, Lucha Libre means free fight. The style is more flashy, and the storylines could get pretty weird, but it is a totally different atmosphere seeing as in Mexico people go to the shows to get into, and have a great time. The rules for classic Lucha is best 2 out of 3 falls (in Spanish their called caidas). CMLL, one of the 'big two' in Mexico uses this and is kind of more for older audiences even though kids love it, but kids love AAA more. AAA is more kid orientated, and has alot of classic characters like Mascara Sergrada (Even thought he is gone), La Parka (Just the name Tapia, who is the orignal works CMLL under the name L.A Park). AAA from what I have seen on TV is 1 fall. The fans here are very loyal and idolize hero's like La Parka, and El Hijo Del Santo. It's probably Mexico's second most popular sport beside Soccer. The Luchadores mask represents something close to them, and the masks are sacared in Mexico. Masks are sold on every other street corner almost! The hair is also very important, so that's why in Mexico to end a big fued they have a mask vs mask or hair vs hair. In AAA, you are contract bound to work all Antonio Pena shows including his independents. In CMLL, you are not contract bound and are aloud to work all indies except any Antonio Pena ran shows.

 

Puroresu- Puroresu is pronounced, Pro-Wres. In Japan professional wrestling is more real, and is treated like a real sports. Then men, and women are true celebrities, and treated like real athletes unlike in America where wrestlers are treated like B-level actors. Puroresu can be many different things, it can be strong style like NJPW,AJPW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH or it can be comical like DDT ,and smaller indies. The Juniors in Japan are not all about spots, and actually wrestle with speed. Kaientei Dojo, and Michinoku Pro are feds all about juniors and stars like Taka Michinoku, Shoichi Funaki, Taka Michinoku, Curry Man, and several other famous junior puroresu were founded in Michinoku Pro Wrestling. The deathmatches in Japan are surreal not only for the violence, but also for the odd matches. Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Japan's biggest deathmatch company, has held a house deathmatch, mall deathmatch, and even a crocodile deathmatch. BJPW with stars like Shadow WX, and Ryuji Ito proves that Deathmatches are not a dead artform, Tomoaki Homna first got famous here (He is now in Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro). Japan's AAA could be considered Osaka Pro Wrestling, which runs stariaght out of Osaka, Japan. Known for the silly characters, but often has good matches. Many big stars have appeared here including Jushin Lyger. Zero-One is a mix of all styles, bringing in gaijins to work the American style like Steve Corino, juniorweights like Ikuto Hidaka, heavyweights like Masato Tanaka, Shinya Hashimoto, and Shinjiro Ohtani. The two biggest promotions are All Japan and New Japan, closely followed by my personal favorite, Pro Wrestling NOAH. NOAH is ran by Mitsuharu Misawa, after he left AJPW in the year 2000. NOAH has some of the best juniors in the world including, Kenta, Juventud Guerrera, Naomichi Marufuji, Ricky Marvin, and Low Ki.

 

Face- A hero or good guy, also known has the babyface. Faces are supposidly loved by the crowd, but sometimes the crowd turns on them for being to good.

 

Heel- A badguy who dosen't follow the established rules of pro wrestling; opposite of face.

 

Getting Heat- The role of the heel to get the crowd to boo or react with hostility to him/her. An enthusiastic cheer or boo means the match is successfully getting heat. One of the best wrestlers to ever get heat was Classy Freddie Blassy, who was stabbed several times for being such a great heel, even though back then kayfabe wasn't exposed as it is today.

 

Kayfabe- A private language used in wrestling, orignated by Carneys. Like "pig latin" it allows people who use it to speak in public about secrets or tricks of the trade without worrying that anyone who overhears them will understand what's being said.

 

Getting over- Connecting with the crowd by making the fans accept and react to your wrestling gimmick

 

Gimmick- A persona used by wrestlers to get over.

 

That's it for now, I'm tired.

[Guest W_Hillard]

Thanks. The webpage should be updated in a few minutes.

[Guest HitmanHart]

Angle - A wrestling storyline

 

Battle Royal - A wrestling match that features numerous wrestlers in the ring at once, and can only be eliminated from the bout by being thrown out of the ring.

[Guest JebusNassedar]

Botch: To incorrectly perform a move of any variety.

Sandbag: To not cooperate with a wrestler in-ring.

Stiff: A hard strike that legitimately connects, or a certain move where an excess of force is applied to purposefully harm the other wrestler.

[Guest W_Hillard]

Thanks, guys. The web page has been updated.

[Steviekick 0]

BLADE: The act of cutting oneself (or by the opponent) so blood is drawn in a discrete manner to make it seem that person is much more injured.

 

JUICE: Hitting an opponent so hard that blood is drawn, usually unintentinally.

[Guest W_Hillard]

Updated. Thanks.

[Guest Black Lightning]

I always thought 'juice' was just another term for 'blood.'

 

What you defined was being busted open hardway.

[Guest Corino 1000]

Green- Lost in the ring; usally a rookie who is new to the business of Pro Wrestling.

[Guest wildpegasus]

juice is also a word for steroids

[Guest Loss]

Getting over- Connecting with the crowd by making the fans accept and react to your wrestling gimmick

I would say "character" is more applicable here than "gimmick".

[Guest Loss]

Angle - A wrestling storyline

Actually an angle is part of a larger storyline, but it isn't the storyline itself. An angle is something that happens to further a storyline.

[Guest Loss]

JUICE: Hitting an opponent so hard that blood is drawn, usually unintentinally.

Juice is just another term for bleeding actually. It has nothing to do with whether or not the shot is hardaway.

[Guest Contentious C]

Uh, guys - the Torch did this very thing already.

 

In ***1995.***

[Guest W_Hillard]

They did? Well, good for them!

 

The thing is, I'd probably learn a lot less reading theirs than I am getting everyone else's take on various slang terms and compiling them.

[Guest Loss]

Uh, guys - the Torch did this very thing already.

 

In ***1995.***

We're LEAPING into 10 years ago here at TSM.

 

That sounds about right actually.

 

Or am I being too generous?