Angle
A wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a turn. Blade the practice of cutting oneself or being cut with a part of a razor blade hidden in tights, hair or wrappings in order to produce juice.

Blow up
To become fatigued or exhausted. The Ultimate Warrior was said to be one of a number of wrestlers who blows up on the entry ramp.

Booker
The individual responsible for angles, finishes, hiring and firing in a promotion.

Break Kayfabe
When a wrestler speaks out of character.

Bump
A fall or hit done as a spot (see spot) which takes the wrestler (or other participant, i.e. referee, manager) out of the ring or out of action.

Card
The series of matches in one location at one time.

Dark Match
A match that takes place before the actual show starts that gets the crowd fired up.

Dud
A particularly bad and totally uninteresting match.

Face
A good guy.

Fall
A referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat.

Feud
A series of matches between two wrestlers or two tag teams, usually face vs. heel though face feuds and heel feuds are not unknown.

Finish
The event or sequence of events which leads to the ultimate outcome of a match.

Green
Not good due to inexperience. Hardway juice
Real blood produced by means other than blading, i.e. the hardway. One possible outcomes of a shoot.

Heat
enthusiasm, a positive response. The WWF uses a heat machine for its televised shows which make them somewhat of a work.

Heel
A bad guy, rule-breaker.

House
The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks.

Foreign Object
Something not allowed in the ring.

Job
When one wrestler loses to the other via pinfall or submission.

Jobber
A guy who loses to the big stars.

Mark
An obsessed wrestling fan.

Screw Job
When a match ends via DQ or countout so neither guy has to job.

Shoot
Something that is not planned

Squash
A match between a jobber and a star

Spot
The point in time when a wrestler performes a move

Turn
When a wrestling switches from either a good guy or bad guy. Tweener
A wrestler that isn't a heel or face

Work
Something that is planned out ahead of
time.