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Backyard Wrestling

By Eric Cohen, About.com

Definition: A form of wrestling practiced by untrained individuals where they use whatever they can get their hands on to have a "wrestling" match. This form of wrestling is frowned by people in the industry.
Examples: The WWE will not consider hiring people if their only wrestling experience is doing backyard wrestling.

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