Glossary of wrestling terms

Wrestling has a language all to itself. Sometimes you will hear these words on TV and other times these words are used by insiders in the business and by hardcore fans. This glossary should help you at least appear to be an expert when you talk to someone about wrestling.

A
Angle

B
Babyface
Backyard Wrestling
Beatdown
Blade
Blowoff
Blowup
Booker
Brand Split
Broadway
B-Show
Bump
Buyrate

C
Canned Heat
Card
Carry
Cheap Heat
Cheap Pop
Cheapshot
Clean finish
Count Out

D
Dark Match
Disqualification
Draw
Dusty Finish

F
Feud
Finish
Finishing Move
Foreign Object

G
Gimmick
Gimmick Match
Green
Gusher

H
Hardcore
Hardway
Heat
Heel
Hot Tag
House
House Show
Hulk Up

J
Job
Jobber
Juiced

K
Kayfabe
Kickout

L
Lucha Libre
Luchador

M
Main Event
Mark
Manager
Midcard