What is the difference between shoot and work?

In Professional Wrestling parlance, a “work” is anything scripted (i.e. anything that’s part of kayfabe), while a “shoot” is anything “real” (i.e. not scripted). Since a worked shoot so often borrows from real life elements, it can be difficult to tell where the shoot ends and the work begins.

What is a work in pro wrestling?

Tweener: A wrestler who is viewed neither as a face nor a heel. He generally displays characters of both sides, and thus, is seen as a combination of both. This can also refer to someone who is fully heel as a character, but gets cheered anyway. Work: Anything that is scripted to happen.

What is a shooter in professional wrestling?

Shooter: A term used to describe a wrestler than can handle himself in a real fight. Usually this refers to a wrestler who has a lot of legitimate martial arts training or real fight experience. Showing Light: To unintentionally expose the fans to a move that didn’t connect.

What is a squash match in wrestling?

In wrestling, a squash is an extremely one-sided match; one performer dominates the other and quickly defeats him with virtually no resistance. Today, such squash matches are usually used to portray a wrestler as an unstoppable monster Heel.

What’s a mark in wrestling?

To be a wrestling “mark” is to be someone who buys into the emotion and characteristics of the storyline and characters. All wrestling fans are marks, some to different levels of it than others. It isn’t a bad thing, you enjoy the entertainment. The term “smark” is what I don’t get. It stands for a smart mark.

What is a ring heel in wrestling?

In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who portrays a villain, “bad guy” or “rulebreaker” and acts as an antagonist to the faces, who are the heroic protagonist or “good guy” characters.

What do you call a wrestling fan?

The term “mark” is perhaps the most commonly used term among wrestling fans. To be a wrestling “mark” is to be someone who buys into the emotion and characteristics of the storyline and characters. All wrestling fans are marks, some to different levels of it than others.

What does shoot mean in wrestling?

The term “shoot” refers to the real application of techniques, as opposed to a “work”. The shoot wrestling techniques are often applied in shoot-style professional wrestling matches, which feature non-predetermined outcomes, but with much technique applied in a stiff or full contact manner.

Do professional wrestling shows ever get shoots?

As such, virtually everything in professional wrestling is worked (a part of the show), and shoots rarely occur. Shoots in general are against the nature of the business, similar to an actor ad-libbing or dropping character during a performance.

What determines the outcome of a professional wrestling match?

The skills of the wrestlers do not determine the outcome of the match. Instead, writers work on plots and storylines well in advance, and every match is another chapter in the story. Who wins and who loses is all in the script.

What are the rules of professional wrestling?

However, the rules are loosely defined and loosely enforced. The skills of the wrestlers do not determine the outcome of the match. Instead, writers work on plots and storylines well in advance, and every match is another chapter in the story. Who wins and who loses is all in the script.