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Pro wrestling wish list for 2010 (wwe and tna stuff)
4 Black Wrestlers Who Impacted Pro Wrestling: 12 Days of OTRS Christmas
Pro Wrestling Report 10 Best Pro Wrestling Factions
Pro Wrestling: Top 10 Worst Gimmicks Ever [Vol. 2]
Pro Wrestling Report TV - Ten Best Heels
Joe Gagne's Funtime Pro Wrestling Arcade #37: WCW Backstage Assault
ファイプロ・リターンズ Pro wrestling anthology on videogame - The 50's & The 60's
The top 10 and bottom 5 PRO WRESTLERS of ALL TIME
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Deaths In Pro Wrestling - Real Sports Part 1 of 2
Pro Wrestling Report TV - January 14, 2009
Brock Lesnar speaks out on pro wrestling

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4 Black Wrestlers Who Impacted Pro Wrestling: 12 Days of OTRS Christmas
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  • Duration: 20:10
  • Updated: 04 Jan 2013
First off, if there is any lag in the video or any sound issues I apologize ahead of time. Believe it or not I bought a new digital camera and it clearly isn't that great. For the record, the problems in recent weeks and months with lag in our videos come from laptop related issues and not the camera itself. I have bought several different webcams and still have the same issue so telling me to buy a new webcam will not fix anything. Also, this is the Dec. 21st video of the series even if it doesn't finish uploading till the 22nd. In this video I didn't get a chance to talk about the great Bobo Brazil. This was a man who was a big star as a babyface in the wrestling business for many years from the 50's through the 70's. Also, The Rock usually classifies himself as Samoan more than he does black therefore I left him off this list especially because again I will be doing a video all about him very soon. Booker T obviously would be another great choice to talk about but I didn't throw him into this list because I wanted to talk about the 4 mentioned in this video.
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Pro Wrestling Report 10 Best Pro Wrestling Factions
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  • Duration: 40:30
  • Updated: 23 Dec 2012
10 Best Wrestling Groups from WWE, WCW and TNA! Did yours make the list? Find out on this weeks special edition of the Pro Wrestling Report Primetime! This Monday Night we welcome former WWE Superstar Ken Kennedy to the Pro Wrestling Report on 540 ESPN Radio right after WWE RAW! See more at www.pwrshow.com
  • published: 31 Jul 2009
  • views: 10362
  • author: maxsports
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Pro Wrestling: Top 10 Worst Gimmicks Ever [Vol. 2]
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  • Duration: 2:37
  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Okay here is part 2 of the classic first one. The purpose of this one was many youtubers were messaging me and commenting about how I left many. So here it finally is. This is a 10-1 list but technically its 20-11. "Like" my facebook page: www.facebook.com
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Pro Wrestling Report TV - Ten Best Heels
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  • Duration: 21:11
  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
By popular demand! The PWR Team follows up its Ten Best Wrestler episode with the Ten best heels of all time. Did your favorites make the list? Check it out!
  • published: 26 Mar 2009
  • views: 14328
  • author: maxsports
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Joe Gagne's Funtime Pro Wrestling Arcade #37: WCW Backstage Assault
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  • Duration: 9:01
  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com LIKE us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: JoeGagneFTA.tumblr.com No ring? Lots of problems! This week, Joe looks at WCW Backstage Mayhem, the November 2000 atrocity that Electronic Arts allowed to escape its heinous horror labs and leak before the eyes of poor, poor souls and into their Playstation and Nintendo 64 gaming consoles. This thing is dog crap. Period. Boring? Check. Ugly? Check. Hard to play? Check. This is where we'd list every single problem aspect of the game to get you to watch, but let's be honest: everything about this time trap was a mistake and/or accident. But hey! Bobby Heenan's in the N64 version this time. That counts for something...right? Check out our sponsors! IAN HAMILTON BOOKS: www.theianhamilton.com VOICES OF WRESTLING www.voicesofwrestling.com CWF MID-ATLANTIC ppv.cwf247.com RUDO REELS www.rudoreels.com
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ファイプロ・リターンズ Pro wrestling anthology on videogame - The 50's & The 60's
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  • Duration: 2:38
  • Updated: 22 Oct 2012
This is the first of 8 videos covering a fast picture on about 50 years of pro wrestling done on a videogame called Fire Pro Wrestling Returns on Playstation 2. I used some of the characters from the game and created several ones as well. I've done a little history research from anything from old documentaries taped on VHS cassettes to Youtube videos and wikipedia articles and PWI mags. I created the music, trying to capture the feel of each era, as well as this particular video showing stars from the 1950's and 1960's, by adding visual effects with the Movie Maker. I have created more than hundred characters not included in the game, tweaked several ones (like Bret Hart and Terry Funk included in the game), several referees and ring colors, sometimes based on the real thing ! lol! This is the whole list of this series Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 1 ('50s-'60s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 2 (the '70s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 3 (early '80s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 4 (late '80s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 5 (early '90s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 6 (late '90s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 7 (early 2000s) www.youtube.com Pro wrestling anthology on a videogame 8 (late 2000s) www.youtube.com www.myspace.com/martinelvisouellet
  • published: 21 Apr 2009
  • views: 3041
  • author: retrogamah
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The top 10 and bottom 5 PRO WRESTLERS of ALL TIME
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  • Duration: 56:00
  • Updated: 03 Jan 2013
With the NBA in the off-season, NFL on the horizon, Olympics just mere days away, I thought this is a great time to embark on the greatest of all time pro wrestling topic. (Click show more). This is a VERY subjective topic, there's no point to being objective. It's about entertainment. I've included 4 links in this video description and let's start with the link to all of the callers' top 10 and top 5 lists, along with a poll where you can VOTE on which list THAT YOU like the most! blitzsportsnetwork.com So there were 3 items I discussed during the video in which you need links to see them. #1: The rant on why John Cena sucks blitzsportsnetwork.com #2: (you can submit a match here) the best pro wrestling matches of all time: blitzsportsnetwork.com #3: The podcast that will feature the top 10 pro wrestlers of all time according to the callers: www.blogtalkradio.com/blitzhardcorepodcast/2012/07/18/top-10-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time-and-5-worst-main-eventers Thanks for participating! - Bruce Blitz
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Pro-Wrestling in the Third-World
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  • Duration: 3:14
  • Updated: 17 Dec 2012
This video is a little overview of pro-wrestling in the Third World (an antiquated term of sorts, but apropos here) including both the local stars and notable stars that came in from the outside. While I surely left many people out in between, I hope this sheds some light on the parts of the world that have rich pro-wrestling lineage. The opening reel features a brawl between Dara Singh and Emile Czaya who earned his nickname from his role in this film - "King Kong." First part features the song "March of Death" Central America - promoter/wrestler Jose Azzari, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Angel Blanco Jr. vs. Astro de Oro & Skeletor, Felipe Ham Lee, Coloso Colosetti, Tinieblas, "Fabulouso Blondy" Ken Timbs, Astro de Oro & Dory Dixon, Mil Mascaras, RXW's Hugo Savinovich, promoter Kaiser, King KO, Savio Vega & Ricky Banderas Argentina - the stars of Titanes en la Ring - Martin Karadigan's autobiography, clips from 1973's Titanes en la Ring, 1972 Titanes' roster, Karadigan vs. La Momia, El Cavernerio, La Momia sneak attack, Karadigan takes La Momia off his feet for the first time Second part features the song "Legacies" South Africa - British promoters/wrestlers Sir Atholl Oakley & Henry Irslinger, Ian Campbell takes George Gordienko for a ride, resident top star and champion Jan Wilkins, Rene Ben Chemoul, Gary Albright, Don Leo Jonathan, Hercules Ayala, Blackjack Mulligan, Ed "Col. DeBeers" Wiskowski, Sailor White, Big John Studd, Steven Regal East Africa - promoter/wrestler Fred ...
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Deaths In Pro Wrestling - Real Sports Part 1 of 2
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  • Duration: 6:09
  • Updated: 06 Jan 2013
A news documentary about the deaths in professional wrestling. Originally broadcast in 2003. Featuring an emotional interview with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
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Pro Wrestling Report TV - January 14, 2009
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  • Duration: 32:06
  • Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Dameon and Meathead bring you the Ten Best Wrestling Theme Songs of all time! Did yours make the list? Tune in to find out!
  • published: 11 Jan 2009
  • views: 6007
  • author: maxsports
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Brock Lesnar speaks out on pro wrestling
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  • Duration: 2:42
  • Updated: 05 Jan 2013
Check out what Brock Lesnar has to say about whether or not pro wrestling requires real athleticism. See more of Lesnar's interview at 81.ufc.com. Lesnar's debut in the UFC Octagon will be live on Pay-Per-View, Saturday Feb 2! The big question will be answered - CAN HE FIGHT?
  • published: 17 Jan 2008
  • views: 2586180
  • author: UFC
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Professional Wrestling Deaths of 2011
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  • Duration: 5:09
  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
I've made this video keeping in mind a lot of viewers of my other two wrestling death videos complaints. I've made each scene a lot shorter (2 seconds). I do realize that at the end there's no music and I did this on purpose. Please leave the negative comments about professional wrestling out. I'm willing to take criticize, as i can learn how to make my videos better, but please do not be ignorant. Thank you and enjoy. ------------------------------------------- The athletes you see in this video are top-notch performers. Whether they wrestled in the independent scene or wrestled in the big leagues, each and every one of them have dedicated their lives to the world of professional wrestling, but not without having to go through the pain and heartaches that go along with working in the business. As fans, we should thank them, because truthfully, the media and other sources do not bother ever thanking them. Yes, the media is correct: There is a problem in the professional wrestling business. Yes, there are numerous wrestlers dying each year (as can be seen in the video), and yes there will most likely be more dying this year. As sad as that is, we can't ignore what they do for us and that is, of course, entertain us like no other athlete can. Yes, wrestling is fake, but there are real injuries and their movements are indeed real. The in-ring work is exhausting and makes the wrestlers be in pain and for this, they seek dangerous ways of healing their pain. Addiction pain ...
  • published: 02 Jan 2012
  • views: 36257
  • author: WWEFreak666
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Pro Wrestling Report TV - December 10, 2008
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  • Duration: 28:53
  • Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Dameon and The Coz bring you the list of the Top 10 Finishers of all time in pro wrestling!
  • published: 12 Dec 2008
  • views: 6625
  • author: maxsports
http://web.archive.org./web/20130108014008/http://wn.com/Pro Wrestling Report TV - December 10, 2008
  • Pro wrestling wish list for 2010 (wwe and tna stuff)...8:03
  • 4 Black Wrestlers Who Impacted Pro Wrestling: 12 Days of OTRS Christmas...20:10
  • Pro Wrestling Report 10 Best Pro Wrestling Factions...40:30
  • Pro Wrestling: Top 10 Worst Gimmicks Ever [Vol. 2]...2:37
  • Pro Wrestling Report TV - Ten Best Heels...21:11
  • Joe Gagne's Funtime Pro Wrestling Arcade #37: WCW Backstage Assault...9:01
  • ファイプロ・リターンズ Pro wrestling anthology on videogame - The 50's & The 60's...2:38
  • The top 10 and bottom 5 PRO WRESTLERS of ALL TIME...56:00
  • Pro-Wrestling in the Third-World...3:14
  • Deaths In Pro Wrestling - Real Sports Part 1 of 2...6:09
  • Pro Wrestling Report TV - January 14, 2009...32:06
  • Brock Lesnar speaks out on pro wrestling...2:42
  • Professional Wrestling Deaths of 2011...5:09
  • Pro Wrestling Report TV - December 10, 2008...28:53
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  • published: 29 Dec 2009
  • views: 5846
  • author: spinnernet1

8:03
Pro wrestling wish list for 2010 (wwe and tna stuff)
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pub­lished: 29 Dec 2009
au­thor: spin­ner­net1
20:10
4 Black Wrestlers Who Im­pact­ed Pro Wrestling: 12 Days of OTRS Christ­mas
First off, if there is any lag in the video or any sound is­sues I apol­o­gize ahead of time....
pub­lished: 22 Dec 2012
au­thor: Offtheropesshow
40:30
Pro Wrestling Re­port 10 Best Pro Wrestling Fac­tions
10 Best Wrestling Groups from WWE, WCW and TNA! Did yours make the list? Find out on this ...
pub­lished: 31 Jul 2009
au­thor: maxs­ports
2:37
Pro Wrestling: Top 10 Worst Gim­micks Ever [Vol. 2]
Okay here is part 2 of the clas­sic first one. The pur­pose of this one was many youtu­bers w...
pub­lished: 26 Apr 2009
21:11
Pro Wrestling Re­port TV - Ten Best Heels
By pop­u­lar de­mand! The PWR Team fol­lows up its Ten Best Wrestler episode with the Ten best...
pub­lished: 26 Mar 2009
au­thor: maxs­ports
9:01
Joe Gagne's Fun­time Pro Wrestling Ar­cade #37: WCW Back­stage As­sault
Fol­low us on Twit­ter: www.​twitter.​com LIKE us on Face­book: www.​facebook.​com Fol­low us on T...
pub­lished: 08 Dec 2012
2:38
ファイプロ・リターンズ Pro wrestling an­thol­o­gy on videogame - The 50's & The 60's
This is the first of 8 videos cov­er­ing a fast pic­ture on about 50 years of pro wrestling d...
pub­lished: 21 Apr 2009
au­thor: ret­rogamah
56:00
The top 10 and bot­tom 5 PRO WRESTLERS of ALL TIME
With the NBA in the off-sea­son, NFL on the hori­zon, Olympics just mere days away, I though...
pub­lished: 18 Jul 2012
au­thor: Bruce­Blitzed
3:14
Pro-Wrestling in the Third-World
This video is a lit­tle overview of pro-wrestling in the Third World (an an­ti­quat­ed term of...
pub­lished: 16 Jul 2010
au­thor: wrestlingscout
6:09
Deaths In Pro Wrestling - Real Sports Part 1 of 2
A news doc­u­men­tary about the deaths in pro­fes­sion­al wrestling. Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast in 200...
pub­lished: 04 May 2011
32:06
Pro Wrestling Re­port TV - Jan­uary 14, 2009
Dame­on and Meat­head bring you the Ten Best Wrestling Theme Songs of all time! Did yours ma...
pub­lished: 11 Jan 2009
au­thor: maxs­ports
2:42
Brock Lesnar speaks out on pro wrestling
Check out what Brock Lesnar has to say about whether or not pro wrestling re­quires real at...
pub­lished: 17 Jan 2008
au­thor: UFC
5:09
Pro­fes­sion­al Wrestling Deaths of 2011
I've made this video keep­ing in mind a lot of view­ers of my other two wrestling death vide...
pub­lished: 02 Jan 2012
au­thor: WWE­F­reak666
28:53
Pro Wrestling Re­port TV - De­cem­ber 10, 2008
Dame­on and The Coz bring you the list of the Top 10 Fin­ish­ers of all time in pro wrestling...
pub­lished: 12 Dec 2008
au­thor: maxs­ports
Youtube results:
51:10
Pin­fall: A Pro­fes­sion­al Wrestling Doc­u­men­tary ¦ (Full HD) WWE
Face­book: www.​facebook.​com & www.​facebook.​com Web­site: www.​pinfall.​co.​uk & http Twit­ter: w...
pub­lished: 02 Oct 2011
au­thor: AdamPacit­ti
7:30
Joe Gagne's Fun­time Pro Wrestling Ar­cade #12: WWF Wrestle­fest
The Fun­time Pro Wrestling Ar­cade is back with a vengeance! It took us twelve episodes, but...
pub­lished: 18 Sep 2011
38:17
10 Best Wrestling Man­agers - Prime­time 11/06/09
The PWR Team pre­sents the lat­est 10 Best episode list­ing the best pro wrestling man­agers o...
pub­lished: 06 Nov 2009
au­thor: maxs­ports
25:51
Earl Cad­dock vs Joe Stech­er (1920): Old­est Pro Wrestling on Film
News­reel footage from the sec­ond Earl Cad­dock-Joe Stech­er match for the pro­fes­sion­al wrest...
pub­lished: 13 Nov 2006
au­thor: tran­quil­eye
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
File - Cristina Fernández, President of Argentina, is pictured during a meeting of the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization to consider the “Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)”, 14 June, 2012.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
06 Jan 2013
For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica. President Ronald Reagan, who tussled with Margaret Thatcher over them as he rarely did on any other issue that engaged the two leaders, described them once as "that little ice-cold bunch of land down there." ... It was published as an advertisement in The Guardian and another left-of-center British daily, The Independent....(size: 5.1Kb)
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian Army soldiers patrol outside their army camp at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region.
Herald Tribune
06 Jan 2013
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier ... A 2003 cease-fire ended the most recent round of fighting ... Contact Us About Us Advertising Subscribe Work for Us Help Privacy Policy About Our Ads Corrections RSS Terms of Service Photo Reprints Site Map....(size: 4.3Kb)
photo: AP / Joerg Koch
Eine Ein-Euro-Muenze steht in Muenchen in einer Fotoillustration auf einem Ein-Dollar-Schein (Foto vom 28.11.07).
Project Syndicate
07 Jan 2013
NEW YORK – In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems ... At the same time, the pace of technological progress and globalization necessitates rapid structural changes in both developed and developing countries alike ... China’s surplus, as a percentage of GDP, has fallen, but the long-term implications have yet to play out....(size: 5.3Kb)
photo: US Army / Sgt. Christopher Bonebrake
File - U.S. Army Pfc. Caesar Pimentel, an infantryman attached to 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the security forces element for Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktiya, keeps a watchful eye on his surroundings in the Sayed Karem District market, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012.
WorldNews.com
07 Jan 2013
Johnson absolute powers to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression," Congress could have also included "all necessary vanities." The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which greatly escalated a foreign imperial war in Vietnam, added fuel to the bonfires of vanity ... The policy of "any vanity necessary" is also immoral and destructive....(size: 5.2Kb)
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Kashmiri Sikh students shout slogans and hold placards as they take part in a protest in Srinagar on December 27, 2012, following the rape of a student in the Indian capital on December 16. An Indian student who was left fighting for her life after being brutally gang raped on a bus in New Delhi arrived December 27 in Singapore for treatment at a leading hospital. The attack sparked a wave of protests across India in which a policeman died and more than 100 police and protestors were injured.
Al Jazeera
07 Jan 2013
The father of Indian woman who died after being gang raped and tortured has said he had not allowed his daughter to be identified after the British Daily Mirror Sunday paper edition revealed her name, Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times reported on Monday ... Legal experts say the court in the Saket district of the capital would likely transfer the case to a more senior court during Monday's hearing....(size: 19.4Kb)



noodls
08 Jan 2013
USA Wrestling) Top News Stories.. ... Max Askren beat Phil Keddy, 2-0, 2-1 in the finals of a 6-athlete Wrestle-off for the 84 kg spot on the 2013 World Cup Team.......(size: 1.5Kb)
The Examiner
08 Jan 2013
The fifth-ranked Iowa wrestling team won seven of 10 matches Friday night against No. 4 Ohio State and upset the Buckeyes 22-9 in front of more than 8,687 fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday. The Hawkeyes recorded two upset wins at 174 and 197 but the marquee matchup of the night did take place after top-ranked Logan Steiber of Ohio State did not weigh in at 133 pounds ... It was Telford’s first loss of the season ... Iowa Wrestling....(size: 4.9Kb)
The Oklahoman
08 Jan 2013
. ... For the first time this season, Broken Arrow and Edmond North's wrestling teams went head-to-head in a tournament. ... Photos from the University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M; 2013 Cotton... Page 1 of 5 ... Police release name of woman killed in Oklahoma City ... The history of flu pandemics ... Click for a full list of Top Jobs ... Terms of Use ... Police release name of woman killed in Oklahoma City ... The history of flu pandemics ... Send me a copy of this email....(size: 6.5Kb)
noodls
08 Jan 2013
By Brian Clark, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences ... - Why are plants immune to most of the diseases surrounding them in the environment? That's a question Lee Hadwiger, Washington State University professor of plant pathology, has been wrestling with most of his career ... DNase is a generic term for a wide variety of enzymes that catalyze changes in DNA molecules....(size: 4.6Kb)
IMDb
08 Jan 2013
Screech Powers from "Saved by the Bell" turns 36 years old today -- and to mark his special day, we're taking look at what the rest of the Bayside High kids are up to ......(size: 1.0Kb)
The Australian
08 Jan 2013
The 28-year-old missed the whole of last season following the shocking injury he sustained at Twickenham in a World Cup warm-up match against England in 2011 but returned for his regional side, Llanelli Scarlets, in October ... “I have been very fortunate to play for the Scarlets and Wales and have enjoyed every game in my professional career working alongside some brilliant fellow professionals....(size: 2.1Kb)
noodls
08 Jan 2013
OUTD), America's Leader In Outdoor TV, today revealed the list of nominees, including the Fan Favorite finalists, who are up for top honors at the 13th Annual Golden Moose Awards Powered by RAM ... The event will serve to honor the talent and production teams behind Outdoor Channel's exceptional roster of outdoor programs ... Rich is also known as being one of the founding members of the country music band Lonestar....(size: 15.5Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
08 Jan 2013
Jim’s innovation, scholarly activities, professional service, entrepreneurial efforts, and impact on the field of biomedical optics typifies the spirit of this award, and reflects the seminal changes that Britton Chance made during his lifetime,” said Stephen A ... and was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the SPIE Board of Directors....(size: 2.5Kb)
my SA
08 Jan 2013
The private session included proposals for tighter perimeter security, lockdown drills and more mental health professionals, Franken told reporters afterward ... President Obama has made cutting down on gun violence at priority in his second term ... With more mental health professionals in schools, he said, there's a better chance of stopping "someone who becomes a shooter, in a way that's happened in so many of these shootings."...(size: 2.7Kb)
The Examiner
08 Jan 2013
The first WWE Monday Night Raw of 2013 will be a hard one to win in the television ratings war ... 7 the WWE promoted the return of The Rock and a WWE Championship match ... It all starts with the return of The Rock, who said that the WWE will start a story tonight that will culminate with his main event match at this year's Wrestlemania....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Examiner
08 Jan 2013
Iowa redshirt freshman Austin Blythe was named to the Freshman All-America team by the Football Writers Association of American (FWAA). The 30-man team was announced Monday and is one of four Big Ten rookies named to the FWAA team, along with Ohio State coach Urban Meyer ... He was an honorable mention Parade All-American as a senior and a three-time state wrestling champion....(size: 2.0Kb)
Reuters
08 Jan 2013
Robert Manzo, the trustee in charge of liquidating certain GSC assets in the wake of the sale, was listed in court filings as a Capstone employee, the U.S ... Because lawyers and other professionals are paid ahead of creditors in Chapter 11, bankruptcy laws carry strict disclosure requirements to minimize conflicts of interest and ensure as much money as possible is reserved for creditors....(size: 4.3Kb)
Scoop
08 Jan 2013
Hailing from Queens, NYC, Bronson went from relative newcomer to an icon in the space of a year. An ex-chef, of Albanian descent, Action Bronson captured the imagination of Hip Hop fans and took the genre to places it hadn't been in years ... above all of his competition ... Action Bronson Performs "Bird on a Wire" Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg....(size: 2.5Kb)


Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references, and jargon.[1] Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses,[2] and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk." In the past, wrestlers used this lingo in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business.[1][2] In recent years, widespread wrestling discussion on the Internet popularized the terms.[1] Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of pro wrestling in addition to performance-related terms.[2]

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Top   0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A-Show
a wrestling event where generally a company's biggest "draws" wrestle.[1]
A-Team
a group of a wrestling promotion's top stars who compete at a given event.[1] (Compare "B-Team")
Abort
to discontinue a feud, angle, or "gimmick" suddenly, usually without explanation or due to a lack of fan interest.[1] This is an older term, not generally used today because of its objectionable basis.[1] The term is also used by various reviewers to discredit particularly bad angles or shows.
Agent
management employee, often a former veteran wrestler, who helps wrestlers set up matches, plans storylines, and relays instructions from the bookers. Often acts as a liaison between wrestlers and higher-level management. Referred to as "producers" by WWE. Sometimes they help train and teach younger active wrestlers and give criticism.
Alignment
the personality type used by wrestlers. For example, if they are a babyface, they are said to be "face-aligned". See also heel and tweener.
Angle
a fictional storyline. An angle usually begins when one wrestler attacks another (physically or verbally), which results in revenge.[2] An angle may be as small as a single match or a vendetta that lasts for years. It is not uncommon to see an angle become retconned due to it not getting "over" with the fans, or if one of the wrestlers currently involved in the angle is released from his contract.
Apter mag
an old-style professional wrestling magazine that sticks to kayfabe and usually consists of made-up articles and interviews.[1] The term refers to the magazines at one time connected to journalist Bill Apter, such as Pro Wrestling Illustrated.[1]
The Attitude Era
refers to a time period from King of the Ring 1996 to WrestleMania X-Seven when the World Wrestling Federation product shifted from being family-oriented entertainment to being "edgier," more crude, and dealing with more "adult" situations (frequently sexual in nature) in response to the Monday Night Wars with World Championship Wrestling.

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B-Show
a wrestling event featuring the middle and lower-level talent of a wrestling promotion.[1]
B-Team
group of wrestlers on a B-Show.[1] Frequently, the B-Team will compete at a different venue the same night wrestlers on the A-Team are competing in a different event, although a promotion will sometimes schedule an event with B-Team wrestlers to test a new market.
Babyface
a good guy.[1] (Referred to as a Blue-Eye in British Wrestling). See also heel and tweener.
Backyard wrestling
the act of staging pro-style wrestling (not to be confused with sport wrestling or amateur wrestling) as a hobby rather than a job, usually (but not always) by untrained wrestlers, predominantly teenagers.
Beat down
when a wrestler or other performer is the recipient of a beating, usually by a group of wrestlers.[1]
Blading
the act of cutting oneself or another person open in order to bleed, usually done on the forehead (also called "juicing").[3] The blade is usually concealed in tape on the hands or somewhere it can be used without being obvious.[3]
Blind tag
a tag made in a tag team match where the wrestler on the apron tags his partner unbeknownst to him or without his consent. It can also refer to such a tag where the tagger's opponent is unaware a tag has occurred, leaving him open to a blindside attack. Most often occurs when the partner in the ring is thrown against the ropes or backed into his own corner.
Blow off
the final match in a feud.[1] While the involved wrestlers often move onto new feuds, sometimes it is the final match in the promotion for one or more of the wrestlers.[1]
Blow Up
to become cardiovascularly exhausted during a match.[1]
Blue-Eye
see Babyface
Book
a term that refers to the predetermined nature of wrestling and the logistics of executing same. The person in charge of setting up matches and writing angles is "the booker."[1] It is the wrestling equivalent of a screenwriter. A booker can also be described as someone who recruits and/or hires talent to work in a particular promotion. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa defined a booker in 1956 as "...any person who, for a fee or commission, arranges with a promoter or promoters for the performance of wrestlers in professional wrestling exhibitions."[4] Booking is also the term a wrestler uses to describe a scheduled match or appearance on a wrestling show.[1]
Botch
A scripted move that failed.
Broadway
A time limit draw.
Burial
refers to the worked lowering (relegation) of a popular wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans. It is the act of a promoter or booker causing a wrestler to lose popularity by forcing him to lose in squash matches, continuously, and/or participate in unentertaining or degrading storylines. It can be a form of punishment for real-life backstage disagreements or feuds between the wrestler and the booker, the wrestler falling out of favor with the company, or the wrestler receiving an unpopular gimmick that causes him to lose credibility regardless of win-loss record. It is also a result of a company seeing a wrestler as having no potential or charisma. The term can also be applied to a wrestling company that jumps the shark, rapidly loses ratings, fans, and finally becomes bankrupt.
Bump
when a wrestler hits the mat or ground.[1][5] A flat back bump is a bump in which a wrestler lands solidly on his back with high impact, spread over as much surface as possible.[1] A phantom bump occurs when a wrestler or referee takes a bump even though the move they are selling was visibly botched or otherwise not present.[1] Phantom bumps are most commonly performed when the offensive wrestler is new.
Bury
To "bury" a wrestler is to either punish a wrestler for infractions backstage or for a failure to have gotten over. Other times, it is simply a result of a bad gimmick or a wrestler not being used very much on television.
Business
the term used to describe professional wrestling instead of referring to it as a profession or sport.[2]
Busted open
refers to a wrestler starting to bleed, typically from the head after being hit with something like a chair, and typically after blading. The commentators will usually refer to the bleeding wrestler as being "busted wide open".

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C-Show
an event featuring the lowest level of talent in a promotion. Often used as a derogatory adjective.
Call
when one wrestler instructs the other of what is going to happen in the match.[1]
Canned heat
when cheers or boos are pumped into an arena via the sound system or added to a television show in post-production.[1]
Card
the lineup of the matches that will be staged at a given venue for a given performance.[1] The card is generally performed in a roughly inverse order to the way in which it might be printed for posters or other promotional materials. The major matches between well-known opponents may be for "titles" and are said to be "top of the card" or "headliners" while the preliminary matches between lesser-known opponents are said to be the "undercard." In Lucha libre, cards are generally five matches although big events might have more and smaller promotions might not run the full five match card. The first match is called the Primera Lucha, the second is called the Segunda Lucha, the third is usually the Combate Especial or the Lucha Especial, the fourth or second to last match is called the Lucha Semifinal, and the main event is called the Lucha Estelar or Lucha Estrella.
Carny
A language used by wrestlers to talk to each other around people not associated with the business so they would not understand what they were saying, often used to keep the secrets of the business.[1] (see kayfabe)
Catchphrase
A phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance."
Championship
in kayfabe, a recognition of a wrestler being the best in his or her promotion or division in the form of a championship belt (also "title" or "strap"). Outside of kayfabe, championships are won/held by a wrestler whom the bookers believe will generate fan interest in terms of event attendance and television viewership.
Cheap heat
when a wrestler (often a heel) incites a negative crowd reaction by insulting the crowd (by insulting the city or a local sports team, like wearing a Yankees jersey in Boston) or by using a news event as part of his promo. A famous team to use this technique is Edge and Christian.[1][2]
Cheap pop
when a wrestler (often a babyface) incites a positive crowd reaction by "kissing up" to the crowd (for example, mentioning the name of the city or complimenting a local sports team). Heels often follow the same principle but in reverse: insulting the city or bringing up something it is infamous for (such as an under-performing sports team) to get booed.
Cheap shot
when a wrestler uses a low blow or a foreign object to get an advantage over his opponent.
Claret
to draw blood. Especially in UK Professional Wrestling. A promoter might say "I want some claret in this match".
Clean finish
when a match ends without cheating or outside interference, usually in the center of the ring. (Compare "screwjob")
Clubberin'
originally coined by Dusty Rhodes, it is the act of two or more people beating on another with at least four fists simultaneously.
Closet champion
a current titleholder (usually a heel) who ducks top-flight competition, cheats to win (often by managerial interference), and—when forced to wrestle good opponents—deliberately causes himself to be disqualified (since titles often do not change hands by disqualification) to retain his title.[1]
Color
a term used by wrestlers and promoters to discuss the amount of bloodshed in a match.[1][3][6]
Color commentator
a member of the announcing team who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress, providing humor, and explaining storylines.
Crimson Mask
where a superstar has been bleeding so that their face is covered in blood, comparable to a mask.
Cross-promotion
an event which occurs when two or more rival promotions put together one card or wrestling event. Some promoters have used cross-promotion style angles to further interest. Cross promotion dates back to the early days of wrestling as challenges between rival promoters in the same area often occurred.
Curtain Call (or the MSG Incident)
the incident at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 1996, when WWF superstars Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Razor Ramon, and Triple H broke kayfabe in front of a live sold out New York crowd, playing it out in a farewell to the crowd and a group hug.

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Dark match
a non-televised match at a televised show used to warm up the crowd (compare "house show").[1] A dark match before the show is often used to test out new talent or to warm up the crowd.[1] A promised dark match after the show is typically set featuring main-event level wrestlers in order to sell more tickets and send the crowd home happy.
Deadweight
To go limp in the middle of a move.[1] This could be done intentionally, either to make an opponent look weak or just "rib" him,[1] or unintentionally because the "dead weight" wrestler is unfamiliar with the cooperation needed to pull off a particular wrestling hold (or just not paying attention) or as a result of injury. Intentionally deadweighting is considered very unprofessional and can lead to injury to either party involved. See (Sandbag)
Dirt sheet
an insider newsletter (or website) in the professional wrestling business.[7]
Diva
aside from the usual colloquial meaning of a hard to work with individual, this term is used, mainly by WWE, to refer to any woman involved in wrestling, either as "eye candy" or as a wrestler (or frequently both).
Double turn
the rare occurrence when both the babyface and the heel switch roles during an angle or a match. An example of this is the Bret Hart/Steve Austin match at WrestleMania 13 and the Powers of Pain/Demolition at Survivor Series 1988.
Draw
a wrestler who is able to attract the attention of the audience; someone fans are willing to pay to see.[1]
Drop
when a wrestler is booked to lose to a contender (the loser agreed to drop the match to the winner).
Dusty Finish
typically a finish in which the face appears to win a big match, but the decision is later reversed due to interference by other heels to save the heel champion, as, in most federations, the title could not change hands on such a disqualification. It can also refer to an ambiguous finish to a match where neither wrestler can be claimed the winner.[1] The "Dusty" in the term refers to Dusty Rhodes, who booked many such finishes in NWA and later in WCW.[1] The first, and most infamous, case of this was Starrcade (1985) when Rhodes faced Ric Flair for the NWA World title after a long layoff by Rhodes due to injury by Flair and his henchmen. Rhodes would win the match, by pinfall, as a second referee came in for the count, but original referee Tommy Young would later reverse the decision (disqualifying Flair for interference by Ole and Arn Anderson while Young was knocked outside the ring), with the fans only finding out on the next week's television programming. The Dusty Finish is often seen as quite deceptive to the fans, and is not usually well-received.

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Enforcer
a wrestler who accompanies another to matches, and acts as a bodyguard.[1] This term was coined by Arn Anderson, whose nickname was "The Enforcer". Another definition is an individual (usually a celebrity) who acts in a "special guest referee" capacity from outside the ring, usually favoring one wrestler over another (such as Chuck Norris at Survivor Series 1994 or Mike Tyson at WrestleMania XIV).
Extreme wrestling
a style of wrestling based heavily on highspots, no limits, and no boundaries. Matches that are more fast-paced and over the top with high impact style are seen in Japan and Mexico. Sometimes confused with hardcore wrestling due to the fact that the rules are more relaxed allowing the use of chairs and tables, but it involves much more wrestling abilities than hardcore wrestling.

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Face (or Babyface)
the good guy, or the wrestler who the crowds are intended to cheer for.[8]
Fall
usually, the ending of the match. A fall is obtained by gaining a decision in any manner, normally consisting of a pinfall, submission, count-out, or disqualification. In a two out of three falls match, a wrestler must gain two decisions to win instead of only one. (See near-fall)
False comeback
when a babyface mounts a brief offensive flurry before losing it to a heel wrestler after being dominated for several minutes.[1] Usually, it occurs before the actual comeback. Hulk Hogan tended to use this to "sell" an improbable comeback.
False Finish
a match ending pinfall which is kicked out of, usually after a finishing move or series of high impact moves. This builds crowd anticipation towards the actual finish.
Feud
a battle between two or more wrestlers or stables, often involving matches, promos, and angles.[1] A feud usually lasts for several months.
Finish
the planned end of a match.[1] (See "Dusty Finish" and "Clean finish")
Finisher
a wrestler's signature move that leads to a finish. Some Finishers Include Randy Orton's RKO, Eddie Guerrero's Frog Splash, John Cena's Attitude Adjustment,[1] or Diamond Dallas Page's Diamond Cutter. This can be a unique move entirely (like Razor Ramon's Inverted Crucifix, also known as the Razor's Edge) or a known standard move with a new name. A "Finisher" can also be a submission like the Sharpshooter or a flying maneuver like the Frog Splash or the West Coast Pop.
Five Moves of Doom
a particular combination of moves that a wrestler uses in every match, often in the same sequence, and usually leading to the finish. Often associated with Hulk Hogan or, more recently John Cena and Randy Orton.[1]
Flair flip
a move, popularized by Ric Flair, where a wrestler is flipped upside down upon hitting the corner turnbuckle and often ends up on the other side of the ropes on his feet on the ring apron.[1]
Flair flop
also a Ric Flair specialty, it involves falling flat on one's face as a delayed sell of an opponent's offense.[1]
Foreign object
an object that is illegal to the match, such as a chair, brass knuckles, or garbage can.[1] WCW announcers called these implements "International Objects" for a time in the 1980s when WCW owner Ted Turner banned use of the word "foreign" throughout his media empire.[9]
Freebird rule
an unofficial rule which allows any two members of a stable with three or more members to defend a tag team championship. Named for The Fabulous Freebirds, who did this in Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Future Endeavor
a term used to a wrestler fired or released from a wrestling promotion. Widely used by WWE in its website using the phrase "We wish <wrestler's name> the best of luck in his/her future endeavors." This phrase is currently been used by John Laurinaitis.

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Gaijin
a non-Japanese worker in Japanese promotions. This is not specifically a wrestling term, simply the standard Japanese term for a foreigner (considered derogatory by some foreigners though not implicitly intended to be).
Gas
1. Steroids[1] (see also juice and roids) or 2. Stamina (as in "out of gas", when a wrestler is tired and unable to wrestle properly) Similarly, "tank" can be used to describe one's ability to wrestle for long periods of time (e.g. at the 2004 Royal Rumble, Jim Ross noticed that Chris Benoit was still in the ring after the 30th man had entered, despite him being #1, and remarked "Benoit's got an extra tank other guys don't have.")
Gig
the blade a wrestler uses to cut himself.[1]
Gimmick
a wrestler's personality and/or other distinguishing traits while wrestling. It can also be an implement used to cheat.[2] Some gimmicks, like CM Punk's being straight edge, are based on real life.
Go home
to finish a match. One wrestler will tell the other to "go home" when it is time for them to execute the planned ending for their match. Referees may also tell the wrestlers to go home (usually after receiving word to do so from a producer backstage).
Gold
the championship belt.
Go over
to beat someone.[1]
Green
refers to a wrestler (often called a green horn) who is in the early stages of their career and, as a result, may be prone to make mistakes because of their inexperience.[1]
Gusher
a deep cut that bleeds a lot,[6] usually caused by a mistake while blading but can be intentional.[1]

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Hangman
a move in which a wrestler twists the second rope over the third with his neck caught in-between, which results in the illusion of the wrestler hanging from the ropes by his neck. This can be dangerous if the ropes are not properly tensioned, such as when tightly strung ropes led to Mick Foley's ear being ripped off during a match in 1992.[8]
Hardway
blood produced by means other than blading.
Hardcore wrestling
wrestlers use nothing but weaponry or highly planned out spots to attack each other; the term also refers to outrageous gimmick matches that have no obvious elements of traditional in-ring competition.[1]
Haze
see Paying dues.
Heat
a wrestler getting a negative crowd reaction.[1] (See "cheap heat" and "canned heat") Can also refer to a wrestler having negative relations with the other wrestlers or the bookers/administration of a promotion -- as in "He has heat with the locker room for last week's incident."
Head drop
a move which, as a result of a botch, causes the receiver to be dropped on their head, often resulting in a legit concussion or other injury such as a broken neck. Also, especially in puroresu, the term can refer to a bump which is intended to make a move appear as if the receiver landed on his/her head. In reality, the full force of the move is intended to be taken on the upper back and shoulders, though such moves still carry a high degree of legitimate risk with them.
Heel
a bad guy or the wrestler who the crowds are intended to boo.[1][8] See also babyface and tweener.
Highspot
a top-rope move, or a series of maneuvers perceived as dangerous.[1]
Hooker
a wrestler with strong legitimate mat-wrestling abilities and an array of match-ending (or in extreme cases, career ending) holds known as "hooks," hence the name.[1] In the early 20th century, one who has worked for carnivals taking on "all comers." Since these types of events are on the decline, this word is falling out of common usage. A hooker is the opposite of a pure wrestler.
Hotshot
when a promoter or booker rushes to a feud, a climax of a feud, or books a big match on television instead of at a pay-per-view in order to get a short-term boost for business (e.g. When "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan fought Goldberg on the July 6, 1998 Nitro).[1] Also applies to angles or turns that are done for shock value rather than acting as a part of an ongoing storyline.[1]
Hot tag
in a tag team match, when a babyface wrestler tags in a fresh partner after several minutes of being dominated by his opponents, usually immediately followed by the freshly-tagged-in babyface getting in a quick burst of offense.[1] Often the hot tag happens after several teases (where the other face is enticed into the ring, only to be stopped by the referee and the heels getting away with illegal tactics).
House show
a non-televised show.[1] (Compare "dark match")

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Independent circuit (or Independent promotion)
refers to a wrestling group that is too small to compete on a national level or is not owned by a big corporation.
Interference
Refers to someone who is not part of the match getting involved; this may involve distracting or assaulting one or more of the participants in the match.
Invasion storyline
Refers to wrestling storylines in which a group of wrestlers, normally wrestlers who had recently appeared in one promotion, then appear in another promotion. In some cases, this happens suddenly without advance warning or notice, and usually involves the invaders attempting to take the promotion over. The concept originated in Japan, following the demise of the IWE in 1981. Due to the lack of competition brought on by the territorial system used in the United States at the time, the idea would remain unknown there through the 1980s. A prototype invasion angle did occur in Memphis in late 1983 involving Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo, late of their father's "outlaw" ICW promotion. The best known examples of invasion storylines are The Outsiders, which evolved into the nWo, during the 1990s, and The Invasion, which occurred in 2001, when WCW and ECW went out of business.
IWC
Internet wrestling community, the community of users on web-based message boards and forums that discuss pro wrestling.

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Jabroni
a wrestler who loses in order to make another wrestler look good.[10] The term was brought into popular usage by The Rock, though originally coined by The Iron Sheik.
Job
a scheduled loss.[1]
Jobber
a wrestler whose primary function is losing to better-known wrestlers.[1][2]
Jobber to the stars
a mid-level wrestler who jobs for top talent but can defeat pure jobbers.[1]
Juice
steroids.[1] (See gas and roids). It can also mean blood,[2][3] usually from the forehead.[1]
Jump Ship
To switch to a different promotion or to move over to a different brand.

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Kayfabe
term used to describe the illusion (and up-keep of the illusion) that professional wrestling is not staged (i.e. that the on-screen situations between wrestlers represent reality).[1] Also used by wrestlers as a signal to close ranks and stop discussing business due to an uninformed person arriving in earshot.[1][11] The term is said to have been loosely derived from the Pig Latin pronunciation of the word "fake" ("akefay").
Kip-up
when a wrestler rises to their feet in a theatrical way, used commonly by Shawn Michaels and The Rock, and can lead to a superhuman comeback.
Knockout
when a competitor is knocked out by their opponent, usually by a large blow to the head or by exhaustion. This can be by accident or intentionally. This is usually a term used in "Last Man Standing" matches after a 10 count is issued to a downed competitor. In kayfabe, however, a wrestler can be announced as having been "won by knockout". This is rarely utilized in American wrestling. Matches under the round-based system used in the United Kingdom and continental Europe can be won by knockout in addition to fall(s) and/or submission(s). In Japan, Hulk Hogan won a controversial victory over Antonio Inoki in 1983 by knockout, long debated as a possible shoot by Hogan. Knockout is also a term used as a brand name for the female wrestlers of TNA.

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Legit
term used to describe a match or event which has not been booked, or a performer who relies on wrestling skill and ability, as opposed to his gimmick, to gain notoriety and popularity with fans. The term is also often extended to mean a wrestler with a legitimate background as an actual street fighter or brawler (the individual may be a former professional boxer, a stuntman, martial artist, or have crossed over from some other professional or amateur sport), who brings legitimate fighting skills to the apparent, but often tightly controlled, "chaos" of the pro wrestling arena. The term can also be attributed to an incident where a legitimate injury occurs during a professional wrestling match. Often used as a synonym for shoot.
Legit heat
a real-life conflict between wrestlers.
Little Jimmy
Little kids who watch wrestling. First used in WWE by R-Truth, who compared John Cena's fans to the American comic character, Little Jimmy.
Lock up
a grapple at the beginning of a match.[12]
Low blow
A hit to the opponent's groin.
Low-carder
An unskilled,underrated, or inexperienced wrestler who typically fights at the beginning of a show.
Lucha libre
translates to "Free Fighting".[1] It is used to describe the Mexican style of wrestling that consists of high-flying acrobatic moves.[1] A Mexican wrestler is a luchador (plural luchadores).
Luchas de Apuestas
With the importance placed on masks in lucha libre, losing the mask to an opponent is seen as the ultimate insult, and can at times seriously hurt the career of the unmasking wrestler. Putting one's mask on the line against a hated opponent is a tradition in lucha libre as a means to settle a heated feud between two or more wrestlers. In these battles, called luchas de apuestas ("matches with wagers"), the wrestlers usually "wager" either their mask or their hair, though there are wagers involving other items as well. While the culture of Luchas de Apuestas is unique to Mexico, matches of this sort do occur elsewhere. A famous example in the United States took place during the 1977 promotional war in Memphis. Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler engaged in a feud which lasted for several months. The blow off match, a hair versus hair match in which Dundee lost his hair, did not end the feud. The following week, Lawler put up his hair against the hair of Dundee's wife Beverly and was once again victorious.[13]
Lumberjack
A (most often) wrestler who stands close to the ring, usually in a lumberjack match, in which he or she (and others similarly called upon) are to forcibly return to the ring any competitor who attempts to leave or is expelled therefrom. Usually, in the case of a heel, he or she is actually helping one or more (rarely all of them) wrestlers.

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Main eventer
a wrestler who is viewed by management to be one of the top draws on the roster and thus is promoted in main events.
Manager
a performer assigned to accompany a wrestler to the ring and, usually, put them over in interviews.[1] They are often used to help a heel cheat and incite the crowd.[1]
Mark
insider term originally used to describe fans within the professional wrestling business. However it is most commonly used to describe fans of professional wrestling that are unaware that it is scripted. Any person in the wrestling business who doesn't know how to separate their "gimmick" and "real life" is also a mark.
Marking out
the act of reacting to an event in wresting as if it was legit even though the person reacting to it knows it to be staged.
The Michaels and The Jannetty
When many modern tag teams split up, there is usually someone called the "Shawn Michaels" for being recognized as the star or ending up with a more successsful singles run, while the other half of the team usually falls into obscurity; this is called the "Marty Jannetty" or simply "the Jannetty" of the tag team, which is usually used as an insult to the latter.
Mid-carder
a wrestler who wrestles in the middle of programs, is seen as being high in seniority but less than a money draw, usually competing for the secondary title of a federation.[1]
Missed spot or Blown spot
a move in which the timing is off. Sometimes called mis-selling.[1]
Money match
a non-title match which was the most heavily promoted of the card that is placed near or at the end of a live event, which is the main reason fans attended the event or watched the event. For example, The Rock vs John Cena at Wrestlemania 28[1]
Monster heel
a villain who is portrayed as unstoppable, usually to set up a feud with a promotion's lead babyface.[1] Particularly applies to heels who are physically monstrous, grotesque, or just plain scary. For example, The Great Khali made his debut in 2006 by easily overcoming The Undertaker.
Montreal Screwjob
an incident at Survivor Series in 1997 where referee Earl Hebner claimed that Bret Hart submitted to Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon ordered the bell to be rung in order to take the WWF Championship title from Hart who was exiting the World Wrestling Federation for World Championship Wrestling.
Mouthpiece
a manager who does the promos, or all the talking, for a wrestler possessing little or no mic skills.[1]
Muta scale
An informal measure among some fans, mostly smarks, of the amount of blood lost by a wrestler during a match. Ranges begin at 0.0 Muta, with 1.0 Muta being equivalent to the blood loss of The Great Muta during an infamous 1992 New Japan Pro Wrestling match with Hiroshi Hase.[14]

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No-contest
a match which ends in a draw normally due to a legitimate injury where the wrestler can not continue, the match is declared "out of control" (usually to prolong a feud), or because of interference. It may also come about due to an actual emergency, such as a fire where the venue must be evacuated. Derived from boxing terminology.
Near-fall
occurs when a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before the referee's hand hits the mat a third time, which would signify a pinfall. The term is used more often the "closer" the referee's hand gets to hitting the mat for the third time.
No-sell
giving no reaction to another wrestler's offense or moves, as a way to demonstrate a wrestler's unbelievable endurance (like Hulk Hogan), make the wrestler appear "invulnerable" to pain (like The Undertaker), or to legitimately defy an opponent, such as Road Warrior Hawk popping up from every piledriver.
No-show
when a wrestler doesn't show up for a match.[1] No-shows are usually staged, often for the purposes of a storyline. Legit no-shows are less frequent, since the wrestler (or other employee) typically faces disciplinary action after such an act.

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Outlaw Rule
pinning one wrestler's tag team partner in order to retain their tag team titles unfairly. First used by the New Age Outlaws. This is usually done in a tag team turmoil match where the team with the first fall is the winner.
Over
the extent to which a performer has been accepted by fans. A face wrestler is considered over when he is being cheered and supported by fans, whereas a heel is considered over when he is booed and hated. The term suggests that the fans are buying into what the wrestler is selling, meaning his character and perceived abilities. Since outcomes of matches are predetermined and participants are not actively competing to win a match, winning a match is referred to as "going over" in the wrestling industry. To lose to another wrestler in a match is referred to as "putting him over." Other ways to put over another wrestler is to convincingly sell his offense, or to give an interview that talks up the main qualities and abilities of another wrestler's character.
Over-sell
showing too much of a reaction to another wrestler's offense. For example, tumbling head over heels all the way across the ring from a simple punch would be an over-sell. A good example would be Shawn Michaels overselling Hulk Hogan at Summerslam 2005.

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Paper
to give away a great number of free (comped) tickets to increase the size of the crowd for publicity.[1] Up-and-coming promotions may do this as a form of advertisement, whereas struggling companies may do this to make their turnouts look better than they really are.
Paper Champion
a weak or easily beatable champion.
Parts Unknown
Billing a wrestler as being from "Parts Unknown" (rather than from his real hometown or another actual place) is intended to add to a wrestler's mystique. In some territories, the phrase commonly was applied to masked wrestlers. In the post-kayfabe era, it is used less and less, and usually with a certain air of levity. Sometimes, wrestlers can hail from other, abstract places; for example, the tag team of Deuce 'n Domino hailed from "the other side of the tracks", the Dudley family who came from "Dudleyville," The Boogeyman who came from "the bottomless pit," Shark Boy is billed from "the deep blue sea," Eric Young who, for a time, came from "Freedomville, USA," and "Now residing in an undisclosed location," and Judas Mesias, who came from "The Depths of Hell." In an interview, Chris Jericho described it as a city in central Wisconsin.
Paying dues
the concept that newer or younger wrestlers must be punished in the early parts of their careers, both in and out of the ring. When addressing a specific individual, the speaker may call it "paying your dues."[1] (See "job", "rib" and "stiff")
Pipe Bomb
when a wrestler is cutting a worked promo and says something truly controversial it is deemed shocking or disturbing to the promotion, popularized by CM Punk. Also refers to the microphone.
Plant
is a professional wrestling term for a trained wrestler or actor who poses as a fan, usually seated in the front row of an event.[1] Plants are a good tool for a heel wrestler to gain heat from the crowd.[1] Usually the "plant" is an unknown trained wrestler, often off the independent circuit.[1]
Play-by-play
the reporting of a sporting event with a voice over describing the details of the action of the match in progress. The play-by-play person is assisted by a color commentator.
Pop
a sudden crowd reaction, either positive or negative.[1] It is measured by the amount of cheers or derision a wrestler gets during his entrance, interviews, and in-ring performance (especially when a trademark spot is performed by the wrestler).
Potato
striking or hurting another wrestler more than necessary. A wrestler who endures one or more potatoes is likely to potato the perpetrator back, which is known as a 'receipt'.[15]
Powdering
The act of getting out of the ring forcefully.
Program
a series of matches in which the same wrestlers face each other.
Promo
a promotional interview (as in "cutting a promo").[1] Often includes either an "in-ring interview" or (on television) a skit by wrestlers and other performers to advance a storyline or feud.[1]
Promoter
manager of a promotion.[2]
Promotion
a group that organizes professional wrestling events.[1]
Puroresu
Japanese professional wrestling
Push
when a wrestler gains popularity with wins and positive exposure.[1] A push can be a sudden win over a major superstar, or becoming involved in a high profile angle. (Compare "bury")
Put over
to allow oneself to be pinned or otherwise defeated by someone. The person who the wrestler is putting over is said to be getting over.[1]

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Rasslin' (or Wrasslin')
refers to a southern style of professional wrestling which emphasizes kayfabe and stiffness, with fewer squash matches and generally longer feuds. Also a derisive phrase, used mostly by mainstream media in its depiction of professional wrestling itself.
Release
when a wrestler or personnel is fired or "let go" from their contract.
Rematch (or Return) clause
if a champion loses his/her title to another, they may invoke this clause to have a rematch in an attempt to regain their lost championship. This can only be used once but the rematch itself can be held on either the day it is invoked or at the next major event. The concept is used for storyline purposes, and is occasionally forgotten altogether.
Rest hold
a hold applied more lightly at a designated point in a match in order to save energy.[1]
Rib
practical jokes played by or on wrestlers.[1] Wrestlers spend a lot of time together in close quarters and often resort to practical jokes, either to break the monotony or to get revenge for real or imagined wrongs.
Ribber
someone involved in the pro wrestling business who is well known for playing practical jokes backstage.
Ring general
an experienced veteran who knows how to carry a match to its full potential.
Ring psychology
wrestling a match properly so that the crowd becomes personally involved in the show.[16]
Ring rat
similar to a rock and roll groupie, it is someone with amorous feelings for wrestlers and frequents wrestling events to flirt or pursue sexual liaisons with wrestlers.[1][17] They can also be referred to as arena rats.[2]
Ring rust
when a wrestler is out-of-practice, and thus more prone to miss spots, as a result of a long period away from wrestling.
Roids
slang phrase for steroids.[18]
Run-in
occurs when one or more individuals who are not actively participating in a match run into the ring.[1] Run-ins are almost always made by heels, typically to further a feud with a babyface.[1] More often than not, a run-in will result in a "beat down" in which the heel(s) pummel the babyface(s) until the script calls for the beating to stop, either from the heels' satisfaction with their handiwork, a retaliatory run-in by one or more babyfaces, or (less often) the entrance of one or more authority figures (referees, agents, security personnel). Sometimes a run-in results from a babyface wanting to stop a heel from physically punishing a weaker opponent, usually to set up a feud.
Rushed finish
when the end of a match is hurried, usually due to a botch, injury, or time constraints. A match may have a rushed finish for the following reasons: a person in the match is injured, and needs the match to finish as soon as possible to protect themselves (they often do this by rolling up their opponent for a pin or causing a disqualification); the match is a timed match, where the viewers can see a clock, and the match must end before a certain time on the clock, for storyline purposes; the match is televised, and it had been going on for too long, so its end had to be shortened; or there was a botch in the match, and the wrestlers have to recover the situation to make it look realistic.

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Sandbag
to not cooperate with a throw and to act as dead weight, which makes the moves the wrestler is attempting much harder, if not impossible to pull off. An alleged sandbagging incident occurred on an episode of SmackDown! in 2002 when Hardcore Holly sandbagged Brock Lesnar when attempting a powerbomb, causing Lesnar to drop Holly on his neck - leaving Holly sidelined for over a year.[1]
School
a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become professional wrestlers. Students undergo strenuous physical conditioning while learning the basics of the wrestling industry, proper performance techniques, and character development. The courses are taught by qualified professional instructors who have usually worked for several years as professional wrestlers themselves. Some schools are affiliated with a specific promotion company, others are independent.
Screwjob
a match with a controversial or unsatisfying finish, often involving cheating or outside interference.[1] A worked screwjob is part of the storyline and the match is intended to end controversially. A shoot screwjob is extremely rare and occurs when a change is made without one of the participants knowing, creating an outcome that is contrary to what was supposedly planned for the storyline by the participants. The most famous example of a screwjob of this type is the Montreal Screwjob.
Segment
a non-wrestling part of the show, which may include a promo, a backstage scene, an interview segment (for example, Roddy Piper's Piper's Pit or Chris Jericho's The Highlight Reel or Christian's The Peep Show), or any other period of the show which does not originally contain any form of violence (as segments may break into scripted fights).
Sell
reacting to an opponent's attacks in a manner that suggests that the techniques are being applied at full-force.[1] In general, selling is the act of convincing the audience that what is happening is real; a key aspect of professional wrestling.[2] Certain wrestlers have long-established reputations for "no-selling" (generally refusing to sell), "overselling" (overexaggerating the move's damage), or "mis-selling" (dramatically mistiming the impact to where it looks fake on camera) the opponent's moves.
Shoot
any "real" event in the world of wrestling.[2] Many former or retired wrestlers will release information seen as confidential or overly revealing about the business or a particular performer.[1][19] (Compare "worked shoot") A shooter is a wrestler who has a background in legitimate fighting (originally catch wrestling, now more often martial arts), for example: CM Punk and his Muay Thai background; or otherwise has a reputation as a tough guy.[1]
Shot
Any event for a wrestling promotion that a wrestler is scheduled to appear at. A wrestler will often describe keeping his or her schedule of appearances as "making his or her shots". Not making ones "shots" is considered one of the most unprofessional things a wrestler can do and can easily lead to termination by the promotion.
Shootfighting
competitive mixed martial arts competition, used in comparison to the scripted combat of professional wrestling.
Signature move
a move performed by a wrestler on a regular basis for which the wrestler is well-known.[20]
Slow burn
a program or story-line that develops over a long period of time.
Smark)
a phrase coined by Internet wrestling fans to describe a fan who enjoys pro wrestling despite or because they know that it is scripted, as well as generally knowing the "ins-and-outs" of the company and knowing many things about the industry or wrestlers collected by sources and are posted online. Smarks may also be criticized for believing they know more than they do in reality about the workings of the wrestling industry.[1] (compare "mark").
Smart
someone who has inside information on the wrestling business.[1]
Sports entertainment
a term coined by WWE to differentiate its product from traditional professional wrestling as an attempt to garner interest from a broader audience. It refers to the mix of wrestling, scripted storylines, and concepts that borrow from other forms of pop-culture entertainment.
Spot
a preplanned move,[1] which is designed to get a particular audience reaction or determine the pace of the match. Spots can be anything from an Irish Whip at a certain time, to a series of spots, for example a succession of reversals. Wrestlers who choreograph their matches before the show will usually decide on an opening spot and an ending, as well as several spots to use throughout the match. The remainder of the match will be divided between transition moves and general offensive and defensive moves. A high spot is a move that is particularly exciting.[2] (See "missed spot")
Spot monkey
A wrestler who relies mostly or entirely on high spots to make the fans excite, but rarely has any technical ability. There is a difference between a high flyer and a spot monkey. High fliers generally have technical skills and/or brawling skills to back up their high flying moves, while spot monkeys generally are just acrobats with little to no actual wrestling talent.
Squash
an extremely one-sided match that is usually over quickly.[1] Squash matches usually consist of various wrestlers fighting unknown jobbers, usually to help get a gimmick or moveset over. They are also used to portray a larger wrestler as an unstoppable monster heel. Babyfaces also win squash matches to show that they are prepared for a bigger challenge.
Stable
is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element—friendships, either real or storyline, a common manager, or a common storyline—which puts them together as a unit.
Stiff
when a wrestler puts excessive force into his attacks or maneuvers on his opponent,[21] deliberately or accidentally.[1] Vader is an example of someone known for his stiff style of wrestling (he once broke the back of a young wrestler named Joe Thurman, who was paralyzed from the waist down for a couple of hours),[22] as is Jacqueline Moore according to former WWE divas who have worked with her. Another wrestler renowned for a very stiff style is New Jack Stiffness is sometimes considered stylistically appropriate during certain match types, for example hardcore matches.[8] Professional wrestling promotion Ring Of Honor is known for having a lot of stiff wrestling matches
Stooge
although this sometimes means "to tell on someone," it more often refers to a heel wrestler booked in the position of underling associate of another heel.[1] The stooge will do his boss' dirty work,[1] such as getting squashed in matches against a babyface (with whom the heel has a feud) to set up a run-in (and subsequent beatdown) and future match.
Strap
word used for championship belt.
Strong Style
a Japanese-inspired professional wrestling style that is worked, yet aims to deliver realistic performances.[1] The style emphasizes stiff attacks and worked shoots.[1]
Superhuman comeback
when one wrestler, usually a babyface, no-sells his opponent's offense, usually after several minutes of being dominated. Hulk Hogan is famous for this kind of comeback, often called 'Hulking up'. John Cena has been known to do this as well. After performing his signature sit-up, The Undertaker would follow-up with this comeback.[1]
Supershow
a term used by the WWE when both the Raw and SmackDown brands perform together on the same night.
Superstar
a term that was first used by WWF/WWE in reference to the talent on their roster.
Suplex
The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground (or mat) and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat.
Swerve
a sudden change in the direction of a storyline to surprise the fans. Often, it involves one wrestler turning on an ally in order to join someone who had been a mutual enemy up until that point. Swerves frequently lead to the start of a new feud between the former friends. Another kind of swerve is when a booker does everything in their power to convince the fans that something specific is going to happen at a show or someone they're expecting is going to debut (or come back), only to then do something completely different. It is sometimes the result of a false report by a wrestler to the press.[1]

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Tag team
a pair of wrestlers working together in a tag team match (a match which pits two or more teams of wrestlers against one another).
Take down
When an opponent is taken to the mat from a standing position.
Talent
another name used to describe wrestlers.
Talent Relations
a division of the WWE that deals with the build and introduction of wrestlers. Also given the power to fire wrestlers.
Tap out
submitting to a submission maneuver by tapping on the mat (or, on occasion, on the body of the other wrestler at some obviously-seen point), as in mixed martial arts, rather than verbally acknowledging the submission, as was previously common in professional wrestling. In kayfabe, it indicates that a wrestler is giving up because the submission maneuver they are in is too painful to endure. The tap out was introduced to pro wrestling by former ECW wrestler Tazz, who was experienced and well-versed in Judo.[19]
Three-count
when the referee slaps the mat with his hand to count a pinfall. In theory, a 3 count lasts for three seconds; however, individual referees have their own cadence. When heel referees are used in storylines, they either frequently use slower or faster counts to favor heel wrestlers, or refuse to count a pin against heel wrestlers. See also: 3 Count
TitanTron (or Tron)
a screen which is directly above the stage area of the arena used for showing entrance videos, other segments, and promos. Based on the naming convention of Sony's well-known JumboTron, a large video screen used primarily in stadiums, arenas, and other public venues, the TitanTron was introduced as part of WWE's Raw set and was named after the then-parent company of the World Wrestling Federation, Titan Sports. The -Tron suffix has since been used to unofficially identify other big screens used in wrestling, such as the "OvalTron" formerly used on SmackDown, or the "DixieTron" used on TNA programming (an allusion to Dixie Carter, TNA's President), or the "JeriTron 5000" used on Chris Jericho's in-ring interview segment The Highlight Reel.
Trachoma
An eye disease caused by a mixture of ring dust and sweat, which caused blindness in several wrestlers including Ed "Strangler" Lewis.[23]
Transitional champion
a holder of a traditionally-short title reign which bridges two "eras", long-running title reigns by usually-popular champions.
Turn
when a wrestler switches from babyface to heel or vice versa.[1] A hard turn occurs when a wrestler becomes a babyface or heel in a sudden surprise plot twist. In contrast, a soft turn is a gradual switch to babyface or heel over an extended period of time.
Tweener
a morally ambiguous wrestler, neither a babyface or heel (an inbetweener).[1] This term is also used to describe wrestlers who use tactics typically associated with heels (e.g., cheating), yet are still cheered by fans in spite of (or because of) these antics. An example is Sting in 1996-1998. Another recent example is CM Punk during the summer of 2011. The term is also used to describe wrestlers that remain popular, even though they are actually heels. (In both of the last two cases, three great examples are The Road Warriors, Eddie Guerrero, Ken Anderson and Daniel Bryan.)
Two-and-a-half count
the count at which a wrestler is said to escape from a pinfall when a referee's hand comes very close to hitting the mat for a three-count. These are often used many times in matches to build excitement. Other fractions are used to denote even closer "counts" -- "two-and-three-quarters" is a common one. (see "Near-Fall")

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Undercard
matches prior to the main event. (See also Dark match).
Underrated
wrestler who gets too little of a push or who are popular with fans but are not involved in main event matchups.
Unification
the act of combining two championships into one; the result of which is either an entirely new title or the consolidation of one title into another. In the past, there were a number of matches booked to unify two major federations' belts, but these matches would often end inconclusively -- the unification angle only used as a drawing point.
Upset
when an underdog defeats someone who they realistically should not be able to, such as a new wrestler defeating a veteran, or a huge, monster-like wrestler being defeated by a smaller wrestler. For instance, Rey Mysterio is known for upset victories due to his small stature.

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Vacated
the state of a championship in which it is not held by any wrestler(s) due to scripted or legitimate circumstances and injuries.
Valet
a typically female accompanying a male performer to the ring.[24] Many times she functions as "eye candy" and plays the role of an agitator or a source of interference.[24]
Vanilla Midget
a term created by Kevin Nash and popularized by him and the Kliq to describe workers who were good technical wrestlers but believed to be too small and/or boring to ever succeed on a large stage (Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Lance Storm.)
Vignette
any piece of video footage featuring characters or events which is shown to the audience for the purposes of entertainment or edification. Usually, they are meant to either introduce a debuting character or to get a wrestler over before their TV wrestling debut. In WWE, wrestlers rarely acknowledge that they are being filmed, forcing the viewer to "suspend disbelief" as to why a camera operator would be allowed to witness and record an intimate or secretive situation
Visionary Fall
A pinfall that the referee doesn't see, but the crowd does. It is usually followed by a late kickout when the referee eventually sees the pinfall and starts counting. It's used to heighten the drama of a match.

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What (interjection)
first popularized by Steve Austin, during the pauses in a wrestler's promo, to show how far from over the wrestler is, or how slow and uninteresting the promo is being delivered. Fans sometimes end up burying performers with this chant or just cause a nuisance, even to other audience members. More experienced speakers such as Vince McMahon can manage to drown out the what by not giving the audience clear cut pauses in his speaking. Often, the chant is used whenever a heel is speaking, with the fans chanting every time the heel pauses. When the heel makes an especially bold, arrogant, or untrue remark, fans will generally respond in unison with a much louder drawn-out chant.
White Heat
Heat (almost exclusively on a heel) that has become so intense that said heel is in jeopardy of being attacked by enraged audience members or fans. "Classy" Freddie Blassie is known to have been the best in the business at getting white heat.
Work (noun)
an event booked to happen,[2] from the carnival tradition of "working the crowd."[1] A work can also refer to the match itself.[2] The opposite of a work is a shoot.
Work (verb)
to specifically and methodically attack, especially a single body part. To "work" on a body part (i.e. an arm) would be to repeatedly use force on that part, until it is damaged enough to be used in the finish of the match. Also, the act of deceiving or manipulating a person or persons, which may or may not be done to preserve kayfabe.
Worker
a wrestler, manager, valet, referee, announcer, or commentator.[1][2]
Worked shoot
a scripted segment that takes place in a show with elements of reality being exposed, such as an off-screen incident between wrestlers being used as fuel for an on-screen rivalry between them. It can also be a segment that fans are meant to believe is a shoot, but is not, recently used by CM Punk. Made famous by Vince Russo.
Workrate
a wrestler's use of "work" to develop a match. One's workrate is determined by his or her ability to "work" in an intelligent and productive manner. When used by critics, it is an analysis of the action in a match and the skill level exhibited. This word is mostly used by fans and remains unrecognized by most workers.[1]
Wrestler's Court
the unofficial forum among WWE wrestlers for the policing of wrestlers that violate the rules and traditions laid down by the company. The punishments meted out can range from pranking to paying for other wrestlers' travel expenses. In Matt and Jeff Hardy's book Exist 2 Inspire, they mention an incident they had with The Court while it was still headed by The Undertaker:

We got to the next house show and John Bradshaw Layfield told us, 'You guys have been sentenced to Wrestler's Court. Your trial is set for next week at Raw. Wrestler's Court is exactly what it sounds like. All the wrestlers gather in the locker room, and they hold a mock trial. The Undertaker is the judge and John Bradshaw Layfield is the prosecuting attorney. It's pretty scary, because once you get up there on the stand, everybody's against you.[25]

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Yes (interjection)
Similar to the What? chant, this term is popularized by Daniel Bryan which are partially repetitive and antagonizing upon his tweener run. Also used anytime he entered the ring with AJ yelling that phrase.[26] After a 18 second loss to Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVIII, crowds in Miami got over with Bryan the next night on Raw when the Rock cuts a promo when they chanted "Yes" in support of him.[27]

Notes[link]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh "Torch Glossary of Insider Terms". PWTorch.com. 2000. http://www.pwtorch.com/insiderglossary.shtml. Retrieved 2007-07-10. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Kerrick, George E. (Summer 1980). "The Jargon of Professional Wrestling". American Speech 55 (2): 142–145. 
  3. ^ a b c d Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Les Thatcher. The Professional Wrestlers' Workout & Instructional Guide (p.106)
  4. ^ Riley, Judge William F. (October 15, 1956). "United States v. National Wrestling Alliance (consent decree)". United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. As hosted at Wrestling Perspective. http://wrestlingperspective.com/legal/consentdecree.html. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.65)
  6. ^ a b Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Stone Cold Truth (p.90)
  7. ^ Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Stone Cold Truth (p.83)
  8. ^ a b c d Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.2)
  9. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.167)
  10. ^ Dictionary.com. "Define jabroni", accessed May 15, 2011.
  11. ^ Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Stone Cold Truth (p.55)
  12. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.74)
  13. ^ Bowden, Scott (April 1, 2011). "Royal gems: Counting down five of the King’s greatest bouts as Jerry Lawler prepares for his first WrestleMania match". Scott Bowden presents Kentucky Fried Rasslin. http://kentuckyfriedwrestling.com/theword2/royal-gems-counting-down-five-of-the-kings-greatest-bouts-as-jerry-lawler-prepares-for-his-first-wrestlemania-match. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
  14. ^ Mancuso, Ryan (2006-09-11). "Complete Playbook: The Great Muta Vol. 2 Revenge of Muta Commercial Tape". 411mania.com. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video_reviews/44204. Retrieved 2007-10-24. 
  15. ^ "The manliest movie ever made". NYPost.com. 2010. http://www.nypost.com/f/print/entertainment/movies/the_manliest_c5LgULIY4xZbZ2wHp9Yv7M. Retrieved 2010-11-26. 
  16. ^ John Powell (June 18, 2000). "Booker T: Wrestling's consummate performer". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosB/booker_00jun18.html. Retrieved 2008-06-17. 
  17. ^ Laurer, Joanie. If They Only Knew. pp. 192–93. 
  18. ^ "WWE star killed family, self". Associated Press. SportsIllustrated.cnn.com. June 26, 2007. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes. Retrieved 2007-06-26. [dead link]
  19. ^ a b Laurer, Joanie. If They Only Knew, 152.
  20. ^ Kaelberer, Angie Peterson (2003). The Hardy Boyz: Pro Wrestlers Matt and Jeff Hardy. Capstone Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-7368-2142-2. 
  21. ^ Paul Turenne (May 28, 2005). "Torrie toughs it out on WWE circuit". Winnipeg Sun. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/05/28/1060761-sun.html. Retrieved 2007-11-22. 
  22. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.3)
  23. ^ Ellison, Lillian (2003). The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle. ReaganBooks. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-06-001258-8. 
  24. ^ a b Jeff Clark (September 7, 2007). "The Luchagors Drop a Powerbomb". Stomp and Stammer. http://www.stompandstammer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=986&Itemid=51&limit=1&limitstart=0. Retrieved 2007-10-02. 
  25. ^ Hardy, Jeff; Hardy, Matt and Krugman, Michael (2003). The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire. WWE Books. p. 1033. ISBN 978-0-7368-2142-1. 
  26. ^ Mrosko, Geno. "The Miami crowd made me make this meme. YES! YES! YES!". Cageside Seats. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2012/4/3/2922012/the-miami-crowd-made-me-make-this-meme-yes-yes-yes. Retrieved 2012-04-21. 
  27. ^ "Wrestling - Steve Austin Discusses ‘YES’ Chants Replacing ‘WHAT’ Chants". 411mania.com. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/232347/Steve-Austin-Discusses-/'YES-Chants-Replacing-/'WHAT-Chants.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-21. 

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Brock Lesnar

Lesnar at a WWE Raw show in 2012.
Ring name(s) Brock Lesnar
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight 266 lb (121 kg)
Born (1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 34)[1]
Webster, South Dakota, United States[2]
Resides Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
Billed from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut October 2000

Brock Edward Lesnar[1] (/ˈlɛznər/; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, actor, former mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler,[3] signed with WWE and appearing on its Raw brand.[4] He is also a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and former #1 ranked mixed martial arts (MMA) Heavyweight by Sherdog; he was ranked #5 before he announced his retirement at the end of 2011.[5] Lesnar is an accomplished amateur wrestler, winning the 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship and placing second in 1999, losing in the finals to 1999 world freestyle wrestling champion and future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal.[6]

He gained prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2002 to 2004, where he is a former three-time WWE Champion, becoming the youngest WWE Champion at age 25 with his first reign. Lesnar was the 2002 King of the Ring and the winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble.[7][8] After leaving WWE, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL.[9] He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings, but ended up being a late cut.[10] Lesnar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match.[11] He was officially stripped of the title by NJPW in July 2006, and took the physical belt with him to Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), where he was still recognized as IWGP Champion until June 2007.[12]

Lesnar started a career in MMA and won his first fight in June 2007.[13] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007. He lost his UFC debut against Frank Mir, but defeated Heath Herring in his sophomore fight. He subsequently captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture on November 15, 2008, then avenged his loss to Mir at UFC 100 to become the Undisputed Champion. After being sidelined from fighting in late 2009 due to diverticulitis, Lesnar returned to defeat the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116. Lesnar lost the Heavyweight belt against Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. He was once again stricken with a bout of diverticulitis in May 2011 and had surgery to try to cope with the ailment.[14] Lesnar returned at UFC 141 in December 2011, where he lost to Alistair Overeem and promptly retired from the UFC.[15] In April 2012, Lesnar returned to WWE.

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Early life[link]

Brock Lesnar was born in Webster, South Dakota. He attended Webster High School in Webster, where he had a wrestling record of 33–0–0 in his senior year.[16] Lesnar admits he graduated last of 54 students in his class.[17] Lesnar later attended the University of Minnesota on a full wrestling scholarship for his junior and senior years of college; his roommate was fellow professional wrestler Shelton Benjamin who served as Lesnar's assistant coach.[18] Lesnar won the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship as a heavyweight after placing second in 1999.

Prior to joining the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Lesnar wrestled at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota.[2] Lesnar finished his amateur career as a two-time NJCAA All-American, 1998 NJCAA Heavyweight Champion, two-time NCAA All-American, two-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and the 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion with a record of 106–5 overall in four years of college.[19]

Professional wrestling career[link]

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (2000–2004)[link]

Training and debut (2000–2002)[link]

In 2000, after leaving college, Lesnar signed up with the World Wrestling Federation. He was sent to its developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling. There, he formed a tag team known as "The Minnesota Stretching Crew" with his former college roommate, Shelton Benjamin. Lesnar and Benjamin won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on three occasions.[20] He wrestled several dark matches in 2001 and 2002 before being called up to the main roster.[11]

Lesnar debuted on WWF television on the March 18, 2002 episode of Raw, the night after WrestleMania X8, coming through the crowd and attacking Al Snow, Maven, and Spike Dudley during the course of a match. He was accompanied by Paul Heyman, who was seen giving instructions to Lesnar.[21] When the brand extension was introduced in the WWF, Lesnar was drafted to the Raw brand.[22] Later, Heyman was confirmed to be Lesnar's agent and gave Lesnar the nickname "The Next Big Thing".[23] Brock's first feud was with the Hardy Boyz. Lesnar and Jeff Hardy squared off at Backlash in Lesnar's first official televised match.[11] He won the match by knockout.[24] The next night on Raw Lesnar faced off against Matt Hardy, defeating him in the same fashion.[25] At Judgment Day, Lesnar once again gained the upper hand on the Hardy Boyz before tagging his partner, Heyman, in to make the pin.[26]

Main event status (2002–2003)[link]

Lesnar at a WWE show in 2003.

In June 2002, Lesnar won the King of the Ring tournament, defeating Rob Van Dam in the final round.[7] This victory earned him a shot at the WWE Undisputed Championship at SummerSlam.[26] On July 22, Lesnar joined the SmackDown! brand.[27] After a quick feud with Hollywood Hulk Hogan in August 2002, Lesnar began feuding with the Undisputed Champion The Rock.[28] At the main event of SummerSlam, Lesnar defeated The Rock to become the WWE Undisputed Champion.[26] With his victory at age 25, Lesnar became the youngest WWE Champion in history (a record that was previously held by The Rock and stands to date).[26] With the WWE Undisputed Championship being defended on both brands, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff expected Lesnar to be able to return to Raw the following night. However, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced that Lesnar's contract only required him to defend the title on SmackDown!, forcing Bischoff to establish a new world championship for his brand. With the new World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw brand, the now disputed WWE Undisputed Championship simply became known as the WWE Championship.[29]

Lesnar's rapid rise to the top of WWE in 2002 led to a feud with The Undertaker, which involved a match at Unforgiven.[26] It ended in a double disqualification leading to Lesnar retaining the title. The next month, at No Mercy, he faced The Undertaker again, this time in a Hell in a Cell match. Leading up to the match, Lesnar broke the Undertaker's hand with a propane tank.[30] Despite Heyman begging McMahon not to let The Undertaker use his cast as a weapon, the request was denied and the match went on as planned.[31] In a match that saw both wrestlers and even Heyman covered in blood, it ended when Lesnar reversed an attempted Tombstone piledriver into his finishing F-5 maneuver for the win.[26] Six days after his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker, Lesnar successfully retained his WWE title in a Handicap match with Heyman at the Rebellion pay-per-view against Edge.[32]

Lesnar's next opponent was The Big Show. Heyman was convinced more than anyone that Lesnar could not win, trying to talk him out of defending the title.[33] Lesnar refused and lost the championship in Madison Square Garden at the Survivor Series pay-per-view to Big Show, Lesnar's first pinfall loss in WWE. When the champion tried to pin the 500-pounder following an F-5, he was betrayed by Heyman who pulled the referee out of the ring allowing Big Show to capitalize by chokeslamming Lesnar on a steel chair. Show went on to pin Lesnar and win the title. As a result, Lesnar became a fan favorite.[34] Following Survivor Series, Heyman made it clear that Lesnar would not get a rematch, even going so far as to sneak a special clause in his contract.[35] In order to gain his revenge on Big Show and Heyman, Lesnar interfered in his first title defense, which came against Kurt Angle the next month at Armageddon. Lesnar hit the F-5 on the champion, which enabled Angle to pin him and win the title. On the next edition of SmackDown, however, Angle introduced Heyman as his manager and, despite promising Lesnar a match for his title earlier in the evening, declared that Lesnar still would not get a title shot. Lesnar was then beaten down by Big Show and Angle following the main event, but the former champion got his revenge after the show went off the air. While getting attacked again and berated by Heyman, Lesnar recovered and began to fight off both men. He eventually clotheslined Big Show out of the ring and then knocked him out with a steel chair when he returned, leaving Angle alone with Lesnar. Lesnar then chased the champion, who had escaped to the outside, and resumed his assault that culminated when Lesnar used the F-5 to propel Angle's right knee into the steel ringpost. As paramedics tended to a screaming Angle, Lesnar finished off the assault with a kneebreaker on the ringside barricade, (kayfabe) breaking the champion's leg.

With Angle temporarily put out of action, Lesnar's rivalry with Heyman and the Big Show resumed, which culminated in a match at the Royal Rumble in January 2003. A spot in the Royal Rumble match was on the line, and winning the match would be Lesnar's only hope for a potential title shot. Lesnar defeated Big Show to gain entry into the match and entered at #29, the second to last competitor to enter the match. He eliminated Matt Hardy and Team Angle, which was composed of the debuting (at the time) Charlie Haas and his former OVW teammate, Shelton Benjamin who were mentored by the WWE champion. Lesnar made it to the final two, with the only remaining entry being a returning Undertaker who entered the match last. Lesnar went on to win the match by eliminating Undertaker, which now guaranteed him a title match which he would receive at WrestleMania XIX.[34]

Lesnar suffered a concussion after botching a shooting star press at WrestleMania XIX.

After the Royal Rumble, Lesnar's feud with Angle, Heyman, and their allies continued as Angle retained the title at the Rumble by defeating Chris Benoit. Lesnar and Benoit faced off against Angle, Haas, and Benjamin at No Way Out the following month and Lesnar's team won the match. This helped to forward the feud leading into the main event at WrestleMania.[34] During the match, Lesnar attempted and botched a shooting star press, a move typically done by cruiserweights but a move Lesnar knew how to perform, having done so in developmental matches. However, Lesnar overestimated the distance he could jump to execute the move. As a result, he did not get enough rotation on his leap and instead of landing with his body on top of Angle's, Lesnar jammed his head and neck by hitting Angle's side and ribcage. This stunned Lesnar and forced Angle to improvise the finish of the match. Lesnar suffered a severe concussion from the botched move, but still managed to pin Angle after an F-5 to win his second WWE Championship.[34] The rivalry ended after this, as Angle was forced to undergo neck surgery and missed several months.

After WrestleMania Lesnar turned his attention to John Cena, who had returned from injury in February 2003 and who had been F-5'd into a ringpost in the same manner Angle had been. Cena claimed Lesnar nearly ended his career and even named his new finishing move the "FU" as a jab at the new champion.[36] The feud ended relatively quickly in a match at Backlash when Lesnar defeated Cena. On the following SmackDown, Lesnar returned to his rivalry with Big Show after he injured Rey Mysterio badly during their match at Backlash. Show's attack resulted in Mysterio being carried out on a stretcher and back board and Big Show took Mysterio off the stretcher and swung the back board into the ringpost, compounding the injury.[34] Lesnar called out the Big Show, who demanded that Lesnar put his title on the line against him. This led to a Stretcher match at Judgment Day for the title. Lesnar successfully retained his title with help from Rey Mysterio and a forklift.[37] During the scripted rivalry, on SmackDown!, Lesnar lifted Big Show over in a Superplex, which caused the ring to collapse on impact.[38]

As Lesnar and Big Show continued their rivalry, Kurt Angle returned from his neck surgery and he and Lesnar began to form a more friendly rivalry, as the two were allies yet contenders for the title. At the first ever SmackDown brand-exclusive pay-per-view in July, Vengeance, Lesnar took on Angle and Big Show in a No Disqualification Triple Threat match for his title, which ended after Angle hit his Angle Slam on both Big Show and Lesnar, pinning the champion to become WWE Champion for a fourth time.[34]

Lesnar and Angle after their WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XIX

Lesnar continued to chase Angle's title, however, despite their friendship. Vince McMahon found his way into the angle, at first berating Lesnar, who had involved himself in McMahon's rivalry with Zach Gowen, for losing to Angle. This all turned out to be a huge swerve that came into focus on the August 7, 2003 SmackDown in Kelowna, British Columbia. That night, Lesnar and McMahon were to face each other in a steel cage match with Angle as the special guest referee as per McMahon's orders on the previous week's program. During the course of the match, Lesnar had passed out due to a staged backstage incident and McMahon was set to pin him but Angle refused to allow McMahon to win that way. As the two men began to argue, Lesnar rose to his feet, revealing the ruse to the crowd, and F-5'd Angle. He then brutally beat Angle in the cage while McMahon watched, and celebrated with the owner of the company afterward, turning heel in the process.

At SummerSlam, [39] Lesnar lost to Angle when Angle made Lesnar tap out to the ankle lock.[40] After that, Lesnar began brutalizing smaller wrestlers and attacking his rivals on a more consistent basis. He returned to using the F-5 to propel his opponents' legs into the ringpost, as he did to Spanky and Gowen, and interfered in Angle's matches on two separate occasion.

On September 18, 2003, Lesnar received his third shot at Angle in as many months when he faced the champion in a sixty-minute Iron Man match for the title in what went down as one of the greatest matches in the history of SmackDown.[41] Lesnar employed an early strategy where he assaulted the champion with a steel chair early in the match, getting himself disqualified to lose the first fall but allowing himself a chance to do a fair amount of damage. Lesnar won the next three falls by hitting Angle with the F-5 and pinning him, putting Angle's own ankle lock on him and forcing him to submit, and then getting Angle counted out after hitting a second F-5 on the floor. Angle recovered to pin the champion after an Angle Slam, but Lesnar won two additional falls by first leveling him with the championship belt while the referee's back was turned and then hitting a superplex from the top. That made it five falls to two in favor of the challenger with the match more than halfway over. In the final ten minutes of the match, Angle moved to within one fall after a pin and a submission with the ankle lock. For the final two minutes of the match, Lesnar tried to dodge Angle by leaving the ring on several occasions. Angle finally caught the champions with 1:12 left and hit a series of German suplexes, keeping Lesnar locked up for nearly 45 seconds. Lesnar, however, was able to hold on to the referee and kicked Angle below the belt with :35 left. However, since Lesnar was still holding the official he was not disqualified, and with nineteen seconds remaining Angle appeared to be out of it. However, Lesnar fell into a trap set by the champion and Angle locked in the ankle lock again. This time, Angle applied a grapevine hold to the lock, wrenching hard on Lesnar's ankle for the final fifteen seconds of the bout. However, Lesnar was able to withstand the hold for the remaining time and as a result, by a final count of five falls to four, won the match and his third WWE Championship.[42]

With Angle finally out of his hair for the first time in nearly a year, Lesnar returned to feuding with The Undertaker. Lesnar had previously cost Undertaker the title in a match against then-champion Kurt Angle, which granted him a shot at Lesnar's title.[43] At No Mercy, Lesnar defeated Undertaker in a Biker Chain match.[44] However, the rivalry came to an end when Undertaker instead chose to focus on McMahon.

After Paul Heyman returned to WWE as general manager of SmackDown, Lesnar aligned himself with his former manager. Since he had also since been aligning himself with his former rival The Big Show for several weeks after his betrayal of Angle, this brought Lesnar almost full circle from the year prior, where Heyman and Big Show had conspired with each other to rid Lesnar of his title. With Survivor Series coming up, Lesnar decided to challenge Angle to a traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match, with Lesnar picking four additional wrestlers and Angle doing the same. Lesnar chose Big Show as his first pick, with Heyman adding a returning Nathan Jones and a debuting Matt Morgan to bring the team number to four. Angle, in the meantime, chose Chris Benoit and The APA to join his team. However, Faarooq was injured during a match with Lesnar and Big Show and Angle's team was forced to not only find a replacement for him, but to fill the fifth spot. Lesnar's team picked A-Train to fill that spot for them after he attacked John Cena, who refused to accept an invitation to join Lesnar's team. Cena instead joined Angle's team, and Angle added Hardcore Holly as the fifth member; Lesnar had injured Holly the year before and he hadn't wrestled since.[45] In the climax of the match, Chris Benoit became the second person to make Lesnar tap out.[44]

Lesnar faced Benoit in a singles bout two weeks later for the WWE Championship on SmackDown!, where Lesnar won after Benoit passed out to Lesnar's debuting Brock Lock submission hold.[46] He then began a brief feud with Hardcore Holly, defeating him at the Royal Rumble in January 2004 to retain his title.

Feuding with Goldberg and departure (2003–2004)[link]

Smackdown taping in Tacoma, WA, February 10, 2004

The Survivor Series event marked the first time Lesnar met Goldberg from the Raw brand, a man to whom Lesnar had been compared due to their similar physiques and undefeated streaks in wrestling. Lesnar claimed in a backstage interview that he could beat anybody in the world, leading to Goldberg interrupting the interview and introducing himself to Lesnar, shaking hands with him before leaving with a staredown.[44] Lesnar followed this rivalry with a feud involving Hardcore Holly.[47] In the storyline, Holly wanted revenge on Lesnar for legitimately injuring his neck during a previous match between the two in 2002 which left Holly in need of neck surgery and out of action for a year. At the Royal Rumble in 2004, Lesnar defeated Holly to retain the WWE Championship.[48] Later in the Royal Rumble match, Lesnar attacked Goldberg and delivered an F-5, enabling Kurt Angle to eliminate him.[44]

In February, Lesnar faced Eddie Guerrero for the title at No Way Out. Goldberg interfered in the match and was able to help Guerrero turn the tide in the match. Lesnar still had his chance to win by nailing an F-5 onto his title belt that Lesnar brought into the ring, but Guerrero countered with a DDT to drive the champion into the belt. After a frog splash, Guerrero pinned Lesnar to win the WWE Championship. An angry Lesnar then began feuding with Goldberg, blaming him for losing his title, and a match was set up between the two at WrestleMania XX.[49] During the feud with Goldberg, Lesnar was at odds with Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was shown suggesting to Goldberg that he attack Lesnar at No Way Out.[50] When Lesnar attacked Austin on Raw and stole his four-wheeler, Austin was inserted as the special guest referee for the Wrestlemania match.[51] Behind the scenes, it was widely known that the match would be Goldberg's last in WWE.[citation needed] Only a week before Wrestlemania, however, rumors surfaced that Lesnar, too, was leaving in order to pursue a career in the National Football League.[citation needed] As a result, Lesnar's match with Goldberg became a fiasco as the fans at Madison Square Garden jeered and heckled both wrestlers vociferously.[52] Goldberg gained victory after delivering a Jackhammer to Lesnar and both men subsequently received Stone Cold Stunners from Austin.[52]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2005–2007)[link]

On October 8, 2005, Lesnar won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in a three-way match at a New Japan Pro Wrestling show in the Tokyo Dome, which included the then-champion Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono.[53] He won the match by pinning Masahiro Chono after an F-5, which he had renamed the Verdict, since WWE owns the trademark on the F-5 name.[11] After the match, he stated that this name was referring to his lawsuit against WWE. The match was his first pro wrestling match since leaving WWE.[11] Lesnar is one of the few American wrestlers to have held this title.[53]

On December 6, WWE filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Lesnar from continuing to work with NJPW, but the court did not grant it, and thus Lesnar had two non-title victories against Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata.[54][55] Lesnar successfully defended his championship on January 4, 2006, against former champion Shinsuke Nakamura.[54] On January 13, WWE once again filed an injunction against Lesnar to stop him from defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on March 19. Evidently this was not enforced (nor granted), as he went on to have a tag team match with Shinsuke Nakamura against Akebono and Riki Chōshū at the Sumo Hall on February 19, which was won after a Verdict to Chōshū.[54][56] On March 19, at the Sumo Hall, Lesnar retained his championship against former Sumo Wrestling Grand Champion Akebono when Lesnar hit him with the championship belt and a DDT.[57] Lesnar went on to successfully defend his title against the winner of the New Japan Cup, Giant Bernard, on May 3, 2006, in Fukuoka. This was the first American vs. American title match in NJPW since Vader vs. Stan Hansen in 1990.[58]

On July 15, 2006, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brock Lesnar had been stripped of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship as he would no longer be returning to defend the title due to "visa issues." A tournament was held on July 16 to determine the new champion, which was won by Hiroshi Tanahashi, the man Lesnar was originally scheduled to face. Lesnar continued to possess the physical IWGP Championship belt until late June 2007.[12]

Approximately one year later on June 29, 2007, Lesnar defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF promoter Antonio Inoki had stated he still viewed Lesnar as the "proper" IWGP Champion, as he was not defeated for the title) against TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in a champion versus champion match. Angle defeated Lesnar with the Ankle lock to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship as recognized by IGF and TNA.[12] and challenged him to an MMA fight.[59] This was Lesnar's last match as a professional wrestler until 2012 when he re-signed with WWE.

Lawsuit[link]

Lesnar had previously signed a no-compete clause in order to be released from his contract with WWE, which prohibited him from working for any other sports entertainment or mixed martial arts companies before June 2010. Lesnar had anticipated leaving wrestling entirely, but his inability to secure a career in professional football led to him challenging this ruling in court.[60] WWE responded by demanding damages as a result of Lesnar allegedly breaching the agreement by appearing at a New Japan Pro Wrestling show in 2004.[61] In July 2005, the two sides dropped their claims and entered negotiations to renew their relationship.[62] WWE had offered Lesnar a contract, but on August 2, 2005, WWE's official website reported that Lesnar had withdrawn from any involvement with the company.[63] The lawsuit was then entered into settlement on September 21, but talks broke down.[64][65]

On January 14, 2006, Judge Christopher Droney stated that unless WWE gave him a good argument between then and January 25, he would rule in favor of Brock Lesnar, giving him a summary judgment. This would have enabled Lesnar to work anywhere he wanted immediately.[66] WWE was later granted a deadline postponement.[67] On April 24, World Wrestling Entertainment announced on their official website, WWE.com, that both parties had mutually come to a settlement and on June 12, a federal judge dismissed Lesnar's lawsuit against WWE after both parties requested for the case to be dismissed.[68]

Return to WWE (2012)[link]

Brock Lesnar faces off with John Cena after his return in April 2012.

On April 2, 2012, Lesnar returned to the WWE at the end of Monday Night Raw, attacking John Cena.[69] The following week, general manager John Laurinaitis introduced Lesnar as the new face of the WWE, he then announced Lesnar would face Cena at the Extreme Rules PPV. Cena then interrupted and slapped Lesnar in the face, the two then brawled which resulted in Cena getting a busted lip. On April 16, it was announced, via the official WWE website, that Lesnar would face Cena in an Extreme Rules match.[70] At the pay-per-view, Lesnar bloodied Cena with MMA-style strikes, but would ultimately lose the match.[71]

The following night on Raw, Chief Operating Officer Triple H returned to confront Lesnar over his new contract demands, saying wouldn't be authorizing any of them. Lesnar would then attack Triple H, apply a Kimura lock and break his arm.[72] On the May 7 episode of Raw, Paul Heyman, serving as legal representative for Lesnar, announced that Lesnar had quit the WWE.[73]

National Football League (2004–2005)[link]

Brock Lesnar
No. 69
Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 34)
Place of birth: Webster, South Dakota
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 285 lb (129 kg)
Career information
High school: Webster High School
College: Minnesota
Undrafted in 2004
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2004
Games played --
Tackles --
Sacks --

After his final match at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar sidelined his career in WWE to pursue a career in the National Football League.[9] This move upset many in WWE, as the company felt they had invested heavily in Lesnar. World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed Lesnar's departure on their official website WWE.com by the statement

Brock Lesnar has made a personal decision to put his WWE career on hold to prepare to tryout for the National Football League this season. Brock has wrestled his entire professional career in the WWE and we are proud of his accomplishments and wish him the best in his new endeavor.[74]

Lesnar later told a Minnesota radio show that he had three wonderful years in WWE, but had grown unhappy and had always wanted to play pro football, adding that he did not want to be 40 years old and wondering if he could have made it in football. In an interview about starting with the NFL, Lesnar made the statement

This is no load of bull; it's no WWE stunt. I am dead serious about this... I ain't afraid of anything, and I ain't afraid of anybody. I've been an underdog in athletics since I was 5. I got zero college offers for wrestling. Now people say I can't play football, that it's a joke. I say I can. I'm as good an athlete as a lot of guys in the NFL, if not better... I've always had to fight for everything. I wasn't the best technician in amateur wrestling. But I was strong, had great conditioning, and a hard head. Nobody could break me. As long as I have that, I don't give a damn what anybody else thinks.[75]

Lesnar played for the Minnesota Vikings, where he created controversy in some games by starting minor fights and got heat from the Kansas City Chiefs for a sack on quarterback Damon Huard, which drew a big response from the crowd.[76] Huard was hit hard and had to go to the sidelines and sit out a few plays.[76] After playing in the preseason, Lesnar ended up being a late cut.[10] He declined an invitation to play as a representative of the Vikings in NFL Europa because he wanted to be closer to home with his family.[10]

Mixed martial arts[link]

Brock Lesnar
Born Brock Edward Lesnar
(1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 34)[2]
Webster, South Dakota, United States[2]
Residence Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
Nationality American[2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[77]
Weight 265 lb (120 kg; 18 st 13 lb)
Division Heavyweight
Reach 81 in (206 cm)
Style Wrestling
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
Team DeathClutch Gym
Trainer Head Trainer: Marty Morgan[78]
Coach: Erik Paulson[79]
Boxing: Peter Welch[80]
Jiu-Jitsu: Rodrigo Medeiros[81]
Wrestling NCAA Division I Wrestling
Years active 2007 – 2011 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total 8
Wins 5
By knockout 2
By submission 2
By decision 1
Losses 3
By knockout 2
By submission 1
Other information
University University of Minnesota
Spouse Rena Mero
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)

Hero's (2007)[link]

On April 28, 2006, Lesnar appeared inside the ring after the final match of K-1 Hero's Las Vegas and announced his intent to join the MMA promotion. He trained with Minnesota Martial Arts Academy under Greg Nelson, and University of Minnesota Assistant Head wrestling coach Marty Morgan.[82] Brock Lesnar announced on August 12 in Las Vegas that he had signed a deal with the K-1 promotion.[83] His first fight was scheduled for June 2, 2007, on the K-1 Dynamite!! USA show against Choi Hong-man of Korea.[84][85] However, prior to the match, Choi Hong-Man was replaced by Min Soo Kim. Lesnar submitted Min Soo Kim due to strikes in 1 minute 9 seconds of the first round to win his first official MMA match.[13]

Ultimate Fighting Championship (2008–2011)[link]

During UFC 77, it was announced that Brock Lesnar had reached a deal to fight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).[3] On February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titled UFC 81:Breaking Point against former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir.[86] Lesnar secured an early takedown, but was deducted a point for hitting Mir on the back of the head. Following another takedown by Lesnar, Mir managed to secure a kneebar and force a submission at 1:30 of the first round.[86] Due to the large size of his hands,[87] Lesnar was wearing 4XL gloves for the fight, making him the second man in Nevada's combat sports history to wear such gloves after Choi Hong-man.[88] At UFC 82, it was announced that former UFC Heavyweight Champion and UFC Hall of Fame inductee Mark Coleman would fight Lesnar at UFC 87:Seek and Destroy.[89] Coleman was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a training injury, and Lesnar's opponent was changed to Heath Herring.[90] In the early seconds of the first round, Lesnar dropped Herring with a straight right. For the rest of the fight, Lesnar kept the fight on the ground and went on to win by unanimous decision.[91]

Lesnar's next opponent was Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91:Couture vs Lesnar on November 15.[92] Lesnar beat Couture via a technical knockout in Round 2, becoming the UFC Heavyweight Champion.[93]

On December 27, 2008, at UFC 92, Frank Mir defeated Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the Interim Heavyweight title and was to face Lesnar for the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 98. Immediately after winning the Interim Heavyweight title, Mir found Lesnar in the crowd and shouted at him "You've got my belt."

However, due to a knee injury to Mir, the title unification match with Lesnar that was originally slated to be the UFC 98 main event was postponed. The news broke during the broadcast of UFC 96 that the bout had been cancelled and was replaced by Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida for the UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship."[94] Lesnar won the postponed rematch with Mir at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009, via Knockout after dominating his opponent for the duration of the bout. The win earned Lesnar Beatdown of the Year honors from Sherdog for 2009. It's an award he shares with Anderson Silva after his win over Forrest Griffin.[95] During his post-match celebration, Lesnar flipped off the crowd who had been booing him. He made a disparaging comment about the PPV's primary sponsor Bud Light, claiming they "won't pay me nothin'", promoting Coors Light instead. He then stated he might even "get on top of [his] wife" after the show. He would later apologize for his actions in his post-fight press conference, where he held a bottle of Bud Light.[96]

In January 2009, Brock Lesnar signed a supplement endorsement deal with Dymatize Nutrition. A CD containing training footage of Lesnar was included with boxes of Dymatize Xpand and Energized Xpand.[97]

On July 1, 2009, it was reported that the winner of the Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez fight at UFC 104 would face Brock Lesnar in his second title defense on a date yet to be determined; however, the UFC then reconsidered the contendership bout and Lesnar was scheduled to defend his belt against Shane Carwin at UFC 106 on November 21.[98]

On October 26, 2009, it was announced that Lesnar had pulled out of the UFC 106 card in which he was set to face Shane Carwin for the UFC Heavyweight Championship due to an illness. UFC President Dana White said that Brock had been ill for three weeks, claiming he had never been this sick in his life and that it would take him a while to recover; his fight with Carwin was rescheduled for UFC 108 in early 2010.[99] Lesnar initially sought treatment in Canada, but later told reporters that he had received "Third World treatment" from malfunctioning equipment at a hospital in Brandon, Manitoba, and that seeking better medical treatment in the United States saved his life. Lesnar, who describes himself as a conservative and a supporter of the US Republican Party, went on to criticize Canadian-style health care further and said that he shared his experience in an effort to speak "on the behalf of the doctors in the United States that don't want health care reform to happen and neither do I."[100]

On November 4, it was confirmed that Lesnar was suffering from mononucleosis and that his bout with Carwin would have to wait a bit longer, thus the fight for UFC 108 was cancelled.[101] On November 14 at the UFC 105 post-fight conference, Dana stated, "He's not well and he's not going to be getting well anytime soon." and that an interim title match might need to be set up.[102] In addition to mononucleosis, it was revealed that Lesnar was suffering from a serious case of diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder, which would require surgery.[103] After further diagnosis, on November 16 Lesnar underwent surgery to close a perforation in his intestine that had been leaking fecal matter into his abdomen, causing pain, abscesses, and overtaxing his immune system to the point that he contracted mononucleosis. From the level of damage to Lesnar's system, the surgeon estimated that the intestinal condition had been ongoing for around a year.[104]

In January 2010, Lesnar announced on ESPN SportsCenter that he was scheduled to make a return to the UFC in the summer of 2010.[105] A match between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin took place on March 27 at UFC 111 to determine the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, and Brock's next opponent.[106] Shane Carwin defeated Frank Mir by KO in the first round, becoming the new Interim Champion. After the fight, Brock came into the ring and stated "It was a good fight, but he's wearing a belt that's a make believe belt, I've got the real championship belt."[107]

Lesnar faced Shane Carwin at UFC 116 to unify the heavyweight titles.[108] After Carwin knocked him down early in the first round, Lesnar survived a ground and pound attack. Early in the second round, Lesnar was able to take Carwin down, attain a full mount, then move into side-control and finish the fight with an arm triangle choke. With the victory, Lesnar again became the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion, earning his first UFC Submission Of The Night and giving Carwin his first loss.

Lesnar's next defense was against undefeated top contender Cain Velasquez on October 23, 2010, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at UFC 121.[109] Dana White announced via SportsNation that the UFC would be bringing back UFC Primetime to hype up Lesnar vs. Velasquez at UFC 121.[110] Lesnar was defeated by Velasquez for the UFC Heavyweight Championship via TKO in the first round at UFC 121 on October 23, 2010.[111]

On January 11, 2011, it was revealed that Lesnar would be one of the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Season 13, opposite to Junior dos Santos,[112] with the two expected to face each other on June 11, 2011 at UFC 131.[113] Lesnar, however, was struck with another bout of diverticulitis and had to withdraw from the bout on May 12, 2011.[114] He was replaced by Shane Carwin who lost against dos Santos at UFC 131.[115]

Lesnar underwent surgery on May 27, 2011, to help battle his problems with diverticulitis. UFC president Dana White said that Lesnar had a 12-inch piece of his colon removed.[14]

ESPN The Magazine, in its May 2011 issue, did a story listing the highest paid athlete based on base salary and earnings for the most recent calendar year or most recent season in 30 sports. Brock Lesnar topped the list for mixed martial artists at $5.3 million, which included his reported bout salaries and estimated pay-per-view bonuses.[116]

In the summer of 2011 Lesnar announced that he was ready to get back into the Octagon, stating that "I feel like a new man, healthy, strong, I feel like I used to feel."[117]

His return match was scheduled to be at UFC 141 on December 30 in Las Vegas against former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.[118] Lesnar had to cut weight for the fight in order to meet the 265lb weight limit and entered the Octagon with a potential title shot at the new champion Junior dos Santos for the match victor.[119] During the match, Overeem targeted his opponent's midsection and was able to land several strikes before delivering a powerful kick that dropped Lesnar to his knee and left him prey to a barrage of punches resulting in the referee stopping the fight and declaring Overeem the winner via TKO at 2:26 of the first round.[120][121] After the defeat, Lesnar announced his retirement from mixed martial arts, mentioning his struggles with diverticulitis and saying "tonight was the last time you'll see me in the octagon".[120][121] UFC President Dana White commented that while he wasn't aware of the decision, Lesnar's decision to retire was not a surprise to him.[121]

Other media[link]

Lesnar makes an appearance in the video game WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, which is named after the quote that former WWE commentator Tazz attributed to Lesnar, "here comes the pain."[122] Other video games in which Lesnar has appeared include WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE WrestleMania XIX, WWE Crush Hour,, WWE Raw 2 Madden NFL 06, UFC 2009 Undisputed, UFC Undisputed 2010, PlayStation 2 version of Wrestle Kingdom and most recently, WWE '12. as a Legend.[123][124][125][126] With the release of UFC Undisputed 2010 Lesnar became the first man to appear on the cover of a WWE and UFC video game as he was the cover star on Here Comes the Pain.

Lesnar was on the cover of Flex Magazine.[127] Lesnar was featured in Minneapolis' City Pages in February 2008.[128] In February 2008 Lesnar was featured on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine.[129]

WWE Home Video released a DVD in 2003 titled Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain. The DVD covered Lesnar's career up to 2003 which featured some of his biggest matches. Lesnar owns an MMA clothing line called "DeathClutch".[130]

Personal life[link]

Lesnar grew up on a farm in South Dakota, and later joined the National Guard at the age of seventeen.[16] In January 2001, Lesnar was arrested for receiving large amounts of what was alleged to be steroids. The charges were later dropped when it was discovered the substances were in fact a legal growth hormone. His lawyer later described the growth hormone as a "vitamin type of thing."[131]

Lesnar has one daughter, Mya Lynn who was born on April 10, 2002, with his ex-fiancée, Nicole.[132] He left Nicole in 2003 in order to begin a relationship with Rena "Sable" Mero who had been recently divorced from Marc Mero. Lesnar and Mero were engaged in 2004, separated in 2005, then reconciled later that year and married on May 6, 2006.[133] Lesnar has one stepchild with Mero: Mariah, a stepdaughter born to Mero and her late husband, Wayne Richardson.[134] The couple had their first child together, a son named Turk in June 2009.[135] The couple had their second child, a son named Duke in July 2010.[136]

Lesnar has numerous tattoos, with the most prominent being a stylized skull in the center of his back and a large sword on his chest.[128]

He is known to be very conservative of his private life and avoids discussing it in interviews:

It's very basic for me. When I go home, I don't buy into any of the b.s. Like I said, it's pretty basic: Train, sleep, family, fight. It's my life. I like it. I've been in front of the cameras for 10, 12 years. I was a star at the University of Minnesota. I went on to World Wrestling Entertainment. Wannabe NFL player. And here I am, the UFC heavyweight champion. I just don't put myself out there to the fans and prostitute my private life to everybody. In today's day and age, with the Internet and cameras and cell phones, I just like being old school and living in the woods and living my life. I came from nothing and at any moment, you can go back to having nothing.[137]

On December 15, 2011, Lesnar was charged with hunting infractions of a trip to Alberta on November 19, 2010. On a court appearance in Medicine Hat in December 20, two charges were dropped but pleaded guilty to the charge of improper tagging of an animal. Lesnar was fined $1,725 and given a six-month hunting suspension.[138][139]

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 5–3 Alistair Overeem TKO (kick to the body & punches) UFC 141 02011-12-30December 30, 2011 1 2:26 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Announced retirement after fight
Loss 5–2 Cain Velasquez TKO (punches) UFC 121 02010-10-23October 23, 2010 1 4:12 Anaheim, California, United States Lost UFC Heavyweight Championship
Win 5–1 Shane Carwin Submission (arm triangle choke) UFC 116 02010-07-03July 3, 2010 2 2:19 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Defended UFC Heavyweight Championship. Unified UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship; Submission of the Night
Win 4–1 Frank Mir TKO (punches) UFC 100 02009-07-11July 11, 2009 2 1:48 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Defended UFC Heavyweight Championship. Unified UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship
Win 3–1 Randy Couture TKO (punches) UFC 91 02008-11-15November 15, 2008 2 3:07 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Won UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Win 2–1 Heath Herring Decision (unanimous) UFC 87 02008-08-09August 9, 2008 3 5:00 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Loss 1–1 Frank Mir Submission (kneebar) UFC 81 02008-02-02February 2, 2008 1 1:30 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 1–0 Min-Soo Kim Submission (punches) Dynamite!! USA 02007-06-02June 2, 2007 1 1:09 Los Angeles, United States

In wrestling[link]

Lesnar delivers an F-5 to John Cena.

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Collegiate wrestling[link]

Mixed martial arts[link]

Professional wrestling[link]

Brock Lesnar as WWE Champion

1Lesnar's first reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion.

See also[link]

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Achievements
Preceded by
Randy Couture
14th UFC Heavyweight Champion
November 15, 2008 – October 23, 2010
Succeeded by
Cain Velasquez

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Earl Caddock
File:EarlCaddock.jpg
Earl Caddock in 1920
Ring name(s) Earl Caddock
Born (1888-02-27)27 February 1888
Huron, South Dakota
Died 25 August 1950(1950-08-25) (aged 62)
Trained by Benny Reubin
Frank Gotch
Martin 'Farmer' Burns
Debut June 8, 1915
Retired June 7, 1922

Earl Caddock (February 27, 1888 – August 25, 1950) was a professional wrestler who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century. As the first man to bill himself as "The Man of 1,000 Holds" (a nickname used many times since), Caddock was one of professional wrestling's biggest stars between the years of 1915 and 1922.

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Early life[link]

Earl Caddock was born February 27, 1888 in Huron, South Dakota to parents of Welsh/German heritage. His family name may have been "Caddach," "Craddock," or "Caddack," but he used the spelling "Caddock" exclusively throughout his wrestling career. [1]

As a child he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and the family moved to Chicago where he could be treated. Swimming was recommended as part of this treatment and he was given a membership in the local YMCA to facilitate this. During his time at the YMCA young Earl Caddock was exposed to wrestling. After his father was killed in a bizarre accident in which he fell down a manhole, Earl Caddock moved to his uncle's farm in Anita, Iowa.[2] He continued to wrestle, and won many local championships.

Amateur career[link]

In 1907 Earl Caddock returned to Chicago to enter college. There he received further training from Benny Reubin and joined the Chicago Athletic Association. It was around this time that he met Charlie Cutler and Ernest Kartje, two professional wrestlers. From 1914 to 1915, Earl Caddock won the AAU Lightheavyweight Championship twice, and the AAU Heavyweight Championship once. [3]

Professional career[link]

Through Cutler and Kartje, Caddock was introduced to Frank Gotch and Martin 'Farmer' Burns who began to train him for Professional wrestling. On June 8, 1915 Earl Caddock made his professional debut in a match against Jesse Westergaard. His popularity grew and on April 19, 1917 he defeated Joe Stecher for the World Heavyweight Championship in Omaha, Nebraska. [4]

In December 1917 a tournament was held with the winner to be declared World Heavyweight Champion. Caddock walked out of this tournament over promoter Jack Curley's refusal to bill him as World Heavyweight Champion.[5] Wladek Zbyszko won the tournament and was declared the new World Heavyweight Champion. The appetite for a match between Caddock and Zbyszko was fierce and on February 8, 1918 it happened. The result was predictable with Caddock once again becoming World Heavyweight Champion. [6] In August of that year his wrestling career was temporarily put on hold for his service in the First World War.

Caddock was discharged from the Army on June 1, 1919 and he returned to his career in wrestling. The World Heavyweight Championship had changed hands a few times while he was at war and was once again held by Joe Stecher. A match between the two was immediately set. On January 30, 1920 fans packed Madison Square Garden to see Stecher defeat Caddock.[7] This match was filmed by pioneer cinematographer Freeman Harrison Owens, and is currently the oldest surviving filming of a professional wrestling match.[8]

Caddock's career continued successfully for the next few years but he wouldn't be in another World Title match until 1921. In January of that year Caddock faced Ed "Strangler" Lewis for the championship. Caddock's loss to Lewis in this match resulted in a near riot.[9] Another title match in November against Stanislaus Zbyszko resulted in another failure to recapture the World Heavyweight Championship.

Earl Caddock's final match took place on June 7, 1922. He lost his last bid to regain the World Heavyweight Title to Ed Lewis.

Retirement from pro wrestling[link]

After he retired from wrestling Earl Caddock would continue to run his own business which he started while still wrestling. He ran a Ford agency selling cars, tractors and heavy machinery to farmers in Walnut, Iowa. He would also go on to become President of the United Petroleum Corporation. Earl Caddock died in 1950 after major surgery for a heart attack.

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Amateur Wrestling[link]

  • AAU Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • AAU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Professional Wrestling[link]

  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Other Titles

Nicknames[link]

  • Man of 1,000 Holds

References[link]

  1. ^ "Earl Caddock". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/earl_caddock.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
  1. ^ Biography by wrestling historian Steve Yohe
  2. ^ International Wrestling Institute and Museum entry
  3. ^ Entry listing for the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

External links[link]

http://wn.com/Earl_Caddock




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Joe Stecher
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Ring name(s) Joe Stecher
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Born (1893-04-04)April 4, 1893
Dodge, Nebraska
Died April 29, 1974(1974-04-29) (aged 81)
Debut 1912
Retired 1934

Joe Stecher (April 4, 1893 - March 29, 1974), sometimes spelled Joe Stetcher, was a professional wrestler and three-time World Heavyweight Champion. Stecher is the first wrestler to regain the original version of the World Heavyweight Championship.

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Childhood[link]

The son of Bohemian immigrants, Joseph Stecher was born on April 4, 1893 on a 400-acre (1.6 km2) farm in Dodge, Nebraska. Joe was the youngest of the family’s eight children, and as a youth, he excelled in numerous sports, including swimming, golf, tennis, and baseball. While the boys were still young, Frank Stecher enrolled his three sons in a wrestling course at the local Fremont YMCA, and Joe’s older brothers soon emerged as accomplished amateur grapplers. Joe’s eldest brother, Ernest, would earn a commission to Annapolis, and as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, he was eventually recognized as the National Intercollegiate Light Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Moreover, Anton (“Tony”) Stecher starred as the premier wrestler at Fremont High School; and as a result, Joe was determined to follow in his brothers’ large footsteps. From the moment he took the mat, it was clear that Joe Stecher was a natural wrestling talent, as he utilized his strong body and long limbs to outclass his opponents. Then in 1909, as a high school senior at just age 16, he nearly defeated “Doc” Benjamin Roller, one of the world’s top turn-of-the-century grapplers, in a hard-fought exhibition bout while Roller was touring the Midwest.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early career[link]

In 1912, both Joe and Tony Stecher ignored the objections of their parents as they decided to join the professional ranks; and Joe easily defeated Bill Hokief in his first pro match. After a few months, it soon became apparent that Joe, who was taller and heavier than his older brother, was also the clearly superior grappler. However, Tony possessed greater savvy for the business; and so he subsequently became Joe’s trainer and co-manager along with Joe Hetmanek (who had previously served as the Dodge postmaster). During this time, Joe Stecher also developed freakishly strong leg muscles as he practiced squeezing 100-pound sacks of grain on the farm until they would ultimately burst. As a result, Stecher soon became renowned for his feared leg scissors submission hold, which subsequently earned him the nickname of “The Scissors King.” Nevertheless, Joe Stecher would not gain national awareness until attracting the attention of the fabled "Farmer" Martin Burns, the former American Champion who was also the mentor to the now-current World Heavyweight Champion, Frank Gotch. While touring the area, Burns planned to sucker the area gamblers by offering cash to any local wrestler who could defeat his “strongman,” who just happened to be world-class hooker Yussiff Hussane, one of wrestling’s feared “Terrible Turks.” This was a standard con for Burns’ group, and when young Joe Stecher accepted the offer, nobody anticipated that he would pose a legitimate challenge. However, Stecher proceeded to outwrestle the great champion, and when he finally slapped on his patented scissors hold after 45 minutes, a desperate Hussane was disqualified for biting Stecher’s leg.

World Heavyweight Champion[link]

In the following years, the young phenom continued his ascent by defeating established grapplers like Jess Westergaard, Ad Santel, Bob Managoff Sr., Marin Plestina, and Adolph Ernst, all in straight falls, and all in 15 minutes or less. Then with Frank Gotch in attendance on July 5, 1915 in Omaha, Nebraska, Stecher defeated the reigning American Champion, Charles Cutler, to claim pro wrestling’s World Heavyweight Championship. At just 22 years old, Joe Stecher became the youngest World Champion in history up to that point, yet he remained in the vast shadow of Gotch, who had retired a couple years earlier without ever losing the title and was thus still acknowledged by the public as pro wrestling’s true champion. As a result, a Gotch vs. Stecher “dream match” was arranged for July 18, 1916 and was promoted as being wrestling’s biggest matchup since Gotch’s battles with Georg Hackenschmidt a decade earlier. Unfortunately, the bout never materialized, as Gotch broke a fibula in his leg while wrestling Managoff as part of a traveling circus, and his health deteriorated until he eventually died on December 16, 1917.

Despite having never faced Gotch (though it is speculated that he had dominated the aging champion in an impromptu sparring session), Joe Stecher reigned as the sport’s elite star while also beginning a legendary rivalry with a new wrestling sensation named Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Stecher and Lewis wrestled for the first time on October 20, 1915, when a then-unknown Lewis was counted out after over 2 hours when he fell out of the ring and hit his head on a chair. The two then rematch on July 4, 1916, where they grappled for nearly five hours before the match was finally ruled a draw. After a third draw in 1918, Lewis had achieved notoriety by again managing to avoid being pinned by Stecher, though he was widely criticized for employing a defensive/avoiding style, while Stecher was usually the dominant aggressor. Nevertheless, it was Stecher who would win the majority of their contests over the course of the next five years.

Championship controversy[link]

On April 9, 1917, Stecher lost his title when he was upset by Earl Caddock, and in the following years, Stecher, Lewis, Caddock, and Wladek Zbyszko would each lay separate claims to the title due to various circumstances. But on January 30, 1920, Stecher finally emerged victorious in a double elimination tournament, defeating Caddock at the second Madison Square Garden in New York to win the undisputed title while unifying the various claims. This match was filmed by pioneer cinematographer Freeman Harrison Owens, and is currently the oldest surviving filming of a pro wrestling match.[1] However, Lewis finally wrested the belt from Stecher the following December; and in the next few years, the two rivals also formed competing promotions.

During the 1920s, Lewis, along with promoters Toots Mondt and Billy Sandow, formed the Gold-Dust Trio, a touring act that put on the first wrestling shows with undercards and widely believed to be responsible for changing wrestling into a staged spectacle, whereas earlier matches varied between real and staged. Stecher formed a rival group, holding shows of his own, beginning the first promotional war in professional wrestling history.

On April 15, 1925, Tony Stecher contracted renowned hooker Stanislaus Zbyszko to shoot on Wayne Munn, who had been put over by the Trio as their champion due to his status as an ex-football star. Munn was thus disgraced, as Stecher then beat Stanislaus Zbyszko on May 30, 1925 to lay claim to Lewis’ title. This eventually led to yet another showdown between Stecher and Strangler Lewis; but by this point, Stecher’s best years were already behind him, and the two factions came to an agreement, with Stecher dropping the title back to Lewis on February 21, 1928.

Retirement and post-career[link]

In the following years, Joe Stecher settled into semi-retirement while Strangler Lewis emerged as wrestling’s great superstar of the early 20th century, though the Great Depression forced Stecher, still a valuable box office draw, to make several returns to the ring. He was beaten by Lewis in several high-profile rematches, and was later used to put over Jim Londos as a credible champion in the 1930s. He retired for good in 1934, but later suffered an emotional breakdown as a result of severe depression and was institutionalized in the St. Cloud Veteran's Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he remained for 30 years. He died on March 29, 1974 at age 81, with his legacy ultimately suffering in comparison to Lewis due mainly to Lewis’ outgoing personality and greater longevity.

In wrestling[link]

  • Nicknames
    • The Scissors King

Championships and accomplishments[link]

  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Other titles

External links[link]

http://wn.com/Joe_Stecher




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Britani Knight

Knight in November 2010
Ring name(s) Britani Knight[1]
Paige[2]
Saraya[3][4]
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2][5]
Billed weight 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)[1]
Born 17 August[2]
Norwich, England[1]
Billed from Norwich, England[2]
Trained by Saraya Knight[1]
Ricky Knight[1]
Zak Zodiac[1]
WAW Academy[1]
Debut 2005[1]

Saraya-Jade Bevis[3][4] is an English professional wrestler better known by her ring name Britani Knight. She is signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name Paige.[2]

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Early life[link]

Bevis is part of a professional wrestling family. Both her father and mother, known as Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya respectively, are professional wrestlers, as is her older brother Zak.[1][4]

Professional wrestling career[link]

Bevis was trained at the WAW Academy by her family and Jason Cross, and has also trained with Johnny Saint, Danny Boy Collins, Steve Grey, and Brian Maxine. She made her debut in 2005, and has wrestled throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.[6]

Pro-Wrestling: EVE (2010–2011)[link]

Bevis, using the ring name Britani Knight, made her debut for the European all-female promotion on 8 May 2010, along with her mother Saraya Knight. She did not start well for the promotion; although she appeared in the main event at the first taping, she lost to Greek wrestler Blue Nikita.[7] She also lost to Jetta in what was purportedly her opponent's last tour of wrestling.[7] On 16 October 2010 she had her first win against Shanna. On 8 April 2011 she participated in a two-night tournament to crown the first ever Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion. In the first night, she won a Last Chance Battle Royal, then defeated Jenny Sjödin in the quarter final match. The next day, she defeated Jetta in the semi-final match, and later in the finals defeated Nikki Storm to win the Pro Wrestling EVE Championship.[8] On 4 June 2011 at the XWA War On The Shore 7 show, she lost the Pro Wrestling EVE Championship to Sjödin.[9]

Shimmer Women Athletes (2011)[link]

Bevis (again billed as Britani Knight) made her United States wrestling debut for the all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes on 26 March 2011, at the tapings of Volume 37, alongside her mother and tag team partner Saraya Knight. She and her mother (billed as the Knight Dynasty) were managed by the returning Rebecca Knox and made an open challenge, which was answered by Nikki Roxx and Ariel. The Knight Dynasty won the match via disqualification after Saraya tried to hit Ariel with brass knuckles and Ariel grabbed them and got caught hitting Saraya with them.[10] Later that same day, at the tapings of Volume 38, the Knight Dynasty unsuccessfully challenged the Seven Star Sisters (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[10] Prior to reporting to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), Knight took part in her final Shimmer tapings on 1 and 2 October 2011. After several losses, which included the Knight Dynasty again failing to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, Saraya slapped Knight. This resulted in Knight brawling with her mother, before challenging her to a match.[11][12] On Volume 44, Knight wrestled her final Shimmer match, defeating Saraya in a No Disqualification match.[12]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE[link]

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–present)[link]

In November 2010, Bevis received a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tryout, and another in April 2011.[13] On 19 September 2011, it was reported that Bevis had signed a development contract with WWE and would report to their development territory FCW after finishing up her independent wrestling dates.[14] Bevis debuted in FCW on 5 January 2012, using the ring name Saraya, in a battle royal.[3][4] Bevis' ring name was later changed to Paige for her television debut, in a backstage segment on the 26 February episode watching Seth Rollins compete.[15] On the following episode, Paige prevented Summer Rae from interfering in a match between Rollins and Brad Maddox.[16]

On the 11 March episode of FCW television, Paige formed an alliance with Sofia Cortez and Raquel Diaz, with the trio attacking Audrey Marie.[17] The following week, Paige made her televised in-ring debut in a tag team match alongside Cortez, which the duo lost to Audrey Marie and Kaitlyn.[18] She and Cortez dubbed themselves the Anti Diva Army.[19] She picked up her first FCW victory on the 8 April episode, teaming with Rick Victor in a mixed tag team match against Audrey Marie and Aiden English.[20]

NXT (2012-present)[link]

On 17 May 2012, Paige debuted for WWE NXT at the inaugural tapings at Full Sail University, where she defeated Cortez.[21]

In wrestling[link]

Knight executing a suplex on Amy Cooper in Swiss Championship Wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments[link]

  • German Stampede Wrestling
    • GSW Ladies Championship (1 time)[22]
  • Swiss Championship Wrestling
    • SCW Ladies Championship (1 time)[26]
  • World Association of Women's Wrestling
    • WAWW British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Melodi[27]
    • WAWW Ladies Hardcore Championship (1 time)[citation needed]
  • World Association of Wrestling

References[link]

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Paige". Florida Championship Wrestling. http://fcwwrestling.info/paige1.html. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  3. ^ a b c Martin, Adam (6 January 2012). "New UK female wrestler debuts in FCW this week". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1325866781. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
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  6. ^ "WAW profile". http://www.freewebs.com/wawrestlinguk/britaniknight.htm. 
  7. ^ a b Burton, Lee (12 May 2010). "Eve debut is quite a Knight". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/2970232/Pro-Wrestling-Eve-review.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  8. ^ a b "EVE championship tournament results". Pro Wrestling EVE. http://www.evewrestling.com/articles/eve-news/2011/04/10/championship-tournament-results. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
  9. ^ "Saraya Knight severs ties to Pro Wrestling EVE (now with interviews, EVE statement and more fallout)". Ringbellesonline.com. http://ringbellesonline.com/2011/06/04/saraya-knight-severs-ties-to-pro-wrestling-eve/. Retrieved 4 June 2011. [unreliable source?]
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  12. ^ a b Martin, Adam (3 October 2011). "Shimmer Volume 43, 44 taping results". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1317653481. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 
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  14. ^ "WWE's latest developmental signing". Pro Wrestling Torch. 19 September 2011. http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_53440.shtml. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
  15. ^ Namako, Jason (27 February 2012). "FCW Results – 2/27/12". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1330379883. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  16. ^ Namako, Jason (5 March 2012). "FCW Results – 3/5/12". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1330978469. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  17. ^ Namako, Jason (12 March 2012). "FCW Results – 3/12/12". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1331563911. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  18. ^ Namako, Jason (19 March 2012). "FCW Results – 3/19/12". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1332192415. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  19. ^ "Diva of the month". Florida Championship Wrestling. http://www.fcwwrestling.info/divamonth.html. Retrieved March 18, 2012. 
  20. ^ Brummitt, Matt (15 April 2012). "Brummitt's FCW TV Report 4/8: WWE Developmental TV coverage - Claudio vs. Steamboat, Ross & Regal commentary, Regal-Ambrose feud, Hero promo, new gimmicks for O'Brian & Harris". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/floridachampionship/article_60394.shtml. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  21. ^ Parry, Josh (17 May 2012). "WWE News: Spoilers - Complete results from first NXT/Superstar Showdown TV taping at Full Sail". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_61531.shtml. Retrieved 18 May 2012. 
  22. ^ "Ringbelles Roundup (8 February)". Ringbelles. 8 February 2011. http://ringbellesonline.com/2011/02/08/ringbelles-roundup-08-february-2011/. Retrieved 26 August 2011. [unreliable source?]
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  24. ^ "HEW Championship history" (in German). Cagematch. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=5&nr=1227. Retrieved 2011-04-11. [unreliable source]
  25. ^ "HEW Final Fight: The Christmas Spectacular results" (in German). Cagematch. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=39775. Retrieved 2011-04-11. [unreliable source]
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External links[link]

http://wn.com/Britani_Knight

Related pages:

http://cs.wn.com/Britani Knightová

http://fr.wn.com/Britani Knight

http://it.wn.com/Britani Knight

http://pt.wn.com/Saraya-Jade Bevis




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