15 Wrestling terms which you may not know till now
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.