15 Wrestling terms which you may not know till now

Wrestling has always been stealing show and you may not known till now. Wrestling is the favorite sport of everyone and people love watching it. There are some tricks which are used in wrestling and you m ay not aware. Wrestling has always been proved to be best and loved by all. Wrestling is famous everywhere in abroad countries. Wrestling has always been seem to make people more excited. Pro wrestlers still use much carney talk when discussing the behind-the-scenes aspects of the business, often times failing to realize that the words they are using have their origins in county fairs across the world. Of course, pro wrestling language is not just limited to words thought up by carnival proprietors two centuries ago. Over the decades, new words have been added to the wrestling vocabulary, which would make no sense if they were used in any other setting than sports entertainment. 1.Bomb Scare In Wwe early days Mick Foley use to call word “Bomb Scare”. In literally any other business which requires people to gather together in one place, a bomb scare means the threat of a terrorist attack. In professional wrestling, however, a bomb scare is any show which initially seems like the audience isn’t going to be into it. Wrestlers are an extremely insecure group of people, so it is possible having a match in front of an unenthusiastic audience would be worse to them than being the victims of an actual bombing. 2.SandBag Sandbagging is when somebody’s opponent refuses to go along with a suplex or a slam. Rather than helping their opponent hoist them into the air, the wrestler goes limp and makes it as difficult as possible for his colleague to lift him. In professional wrestling, it is not uncommon to be paired with a guy who you don’t get along with backstage. A lot of wrestlers are consummate professionals and are able to have a great match without their issues with the other person getting in the way. Then there are the passive aggressive wrestlers who don’t try to have a great match, but also don’t try to hurt their opponent. Instead, they spend the entire match “sandbagging.” 3.Blading In wrestling, blading is the ancient (kind of) art of cutting oneself during a match, usually with a tiny piece of metal hidden inside a wristband, in order to produce blood and increase the excitement and drama. This is in contrast to the belief of many non-wrestling fans that wrestlers use fake blood during their matches (which really would make more sense). Blading was particularly prominent during the territory days, and if you watch any interview with a performer from that era you will probably notice countless scars adorning their forehead. 4.Broadway A broadwayis when two wrestlers literally push each other to the limit, and the time limit is met without a winner being declared. Like blading, broadways were not uncommon during the territory days, but have rarely been seen in WWE. Perhaps the most famous broadway occurred at WrestleMania XII, when Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart were tied at the 60-minute mark of their hour-long Iron Man match. Some would argue that the Hart-Michaels draw wasn’t really a broadway because it was an Iron Man match and a winner was declared shortly after anyway. However, it is certainly the most famous example of two performers wrestling to the time limit without a winner being determined. 5.Double Turn A double turn occurs when a face and a heel switch places, sort of like when a chess grandmaster decides to castle. Two performers step into the ring as heel and face and by the end of the match have swapped roles entirely. Most wrestling fans are familiar with the term “turn.” This is when a heel decides to abandon his morally questionable ways and become a fan favorite. Likewise, it can be used to describe a face’s transition to a heel. Fans who don’t follow the dirtsheets, however, may not have come across the term “double turn” very often. 6.Hardway We covered blading a couple of entries ago. In case you have already forgotten, blading is when a wrestler uses a razor blade or a similarly sharp object to create a cut on their forehead and produce blood during a match. While blading is admittedly a risky way of “getting color,” it is a whole lot safer than doing it “the hard way.” 7.Gusher Gushers are most commonly the result of a wrestler doing things the hard way, as it is impossible to control the depth of a cut unless you are using a razor blade to inflict it upon yourself. However, there is also much risk of a gusher when blading, as a shaking hand or the slightest degree of carelessness can conceivably lead to a near fatal loss of blood. Gushers are rare in WWE nowadays, but are seen frequently on the independent circuit, where inexperienced performers cut themselves in the belief that it will make them a “real” wrestler. 8.Selling Selling is when a wrestler makes their opponent’s offense look all the more devastating by acting as if a move inflicted more damage than it actually did. Rather than simply holding their leg for a couple of seconds after a receiving a low kick, a great seller will limp across the ring or use the ring ropes to steady themselves. They will also subtly feed that body part to their opponent, so he/she can continue the beatdown. It’s a safe bet that if you have ever watched an interview with a veteran wrestler, you have heard them complain about modern performers and their failure or inability to “sell.” 9.Heater Heaters have pretty much gone the way of managers in professional wrestling. While they existed in spades two or three decades ago, there are few to be found in the modern era of pro wrestling. In fact, heaters seem to have suffered even more than managers. While there are still a couple of great mouthpieces to be found in the business, heaters have pretty much disappeared entirely. Heaters are usually placed with a smaller performer, and act as that wrestler’s bodyguard or muscle. Historically, heaters have been a way to introduce a big guy who management like the look of but are aware he is not yet ready for the ring. Having him accompany a more talented in-ring performer allows the heater to get hands-on experience while introducing them to the audience. 10.Apter Mag Apter’s most famous creation, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, developed a huge following after its first issue was released towards the end of 1979. Unfortunately for Apter, the 90s saw a shift in public opinion and wrestling fans began to criticize him for treating a pre-determined television show as if it were a real sport. Readers wanted information about real-life incidences and plans for wrestlers going forward, which Apter didn’t provide. Nowadays, it seems crazy to think that a professional wrestling magazine not produced by WWE would stick to kayfabe and cover storylines as if they were actual real-life events. Bill Apter, however, managed to make a decent living from producing such magazines for years. 11.Lemon In professional wrestling, a lemon is a wrestler who has received a push, sometimes to the main event but has failed to connect with the audience. Sometimes this is because the performer is just not able to get the fans invested in him as a wrestler, and sometimes it is because management has forced an unbelievable character onto the superstar. Whatever the reason, being a lemon is not a good thing. There have been numerous cases of lemons throughout the history or professional wrestling, the most recent of which being Roman Reigns. Vince McMahon has been trying to get fans to cheer for the former Shield member for over two years, but Reigns has constantly been rejected. Roman is a capable performer inside the ring, and has displayed a talent for being a heel in the past, but as long as he is presented as a white meat babyface, he is doomed to be a lemon. 12.Money Mark A money mark is somebody who has deep pockets and a love of pro wrestling so strong that they are willing to spend millions in order to be around in. A money mark will typically finance a wrestling organization so they have the chance to interact with the performers and, if they’re lucky, maybe get to spend some time in the ring. As most of us already know, a “mark” is somebody who does not understand that professional wrestling is not legitimate competition. There are multiple other terms which incorporate the word “mark” in wrestling lingo, and perhaps the saddest of all is the term “money mark.” 13.Shine Old school booking states that in order for the crowd to become invested in a match, they must be concerned for the health of their hero. For this reason, most matches from the 70s and 80s involved the face being mercilessly beaten by the heel for the majority of the bout before staging a grand comeback and managing to win the whole thing. Before the major comeback, a face would have a couple of short lived spots of retaliation in order to convince the onlookers that he had a chance of a greater comeback later in the match. Such a glimmer of hope is referred to in the wrestling business as a “shine,” and is still factored into many matches these days. Every wrestling veteran has their own opinion about how many shines there should be before the big comeback and how long each one should last, but most would agree a match becomes all the more dramatic when a shine is included. 14.X-Pac Heat It’s good for a heel to have heat with a crowd. When the fans in attendance are booing the bad guy, then that means he’s good at his job, right? Well, not exactly. Sometimes – and this is becoming more and more common in the Reality Era – when a performer is booed by the fans, it is because they genuinely don’t like him. They’re not booing the character, they’re booing the man portraying him. Such a negative reaction from the crowd has been dubbed “X-Pac heat,” as the former member of D-Generation X would be booed out of the building by fans who just didn’t like him as a person. Roman Reigns has received a similar reaction from crowds across the world. For most fans, however, the problem with Reigns is that he was pushed to the main event ahead of guys like Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. Had his rise to the title picture been more natural, it is likely the fans wouldn’t have been so negative towards him. The term “X-Pac heat” is used to this day, though it might be necessary to change it to “Eva Marie heat” in the coming weeks and months. 15.Dusty Finish During Dusty Rhodes’ time as a booker for various wrestling organizations, The American Dream perfected “the Dusty finish.” Actually, “perfected” might be the wrong word as no fan has ever been happy to see a Dusty finish. A Dusty finish occurs when a match ends under controversial circumstances. Usually, this seems the fan favorite emerge as victor only for the decision to be reversed for one reason or another. A Dusty finish can also been seen when a match is declared a draw for any other reason than the expiration of the time limit or a double count out. he most recent example of a Dusty finish in a high profile match came this past week on Monday Night Raw, when the WWE Championship match between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins was declared a draw after the referee counted a pin during which both men’s shoulders were on the mat.

Murtaza Rangwala

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