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    Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some...
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  • like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted...
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  • specialized steel cage match in professional wrestling. The match usually involves two teams of either four, five, or more wrestlers locked inside a steel...
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    United Kingdom Professional wrestling in the United States Professional wrestling match types Occurred before the creation of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter...
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    hardcore wrestling, with many matches performed in this manner. Hardcore wrestling was first acknowledged as a major wrestling style in Japan with promotions...
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    Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of...
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  • The Bloodline is a villainous professional wrestling stable that performs in WWE on the SmackDown brand. The team is led by and Solo Sikoa features The...
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  • ladders, and chairs match, often abbreviated as TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match that originated within the World Wrestling Federation (WWF...
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    A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the...
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  • An "I quit" match is a type of professional wrestling submission match in which the only way to win is to make the opponent verbally concede to the referee...
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  • An iron man match is a professional wrestling match type that is set to go a specific amount of time, usually 30 or 60 minutes, with the competitor with...
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  • Mountain match (Queen of the Mountain when female wrestlers are involved) is a professional wrestling match exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The...
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    Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under...
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    countries) professional wrestling is known as '"Catch". Lucha libre wrestlers are known as luchadores (singular luchador) often come from extended wrestling families...
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    Mass Transit incident was a professional wrestling controversy that took place during an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) house show on November...
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    2024 in professional wrestling describes the current year's events in the world of professional wrestling. These promotions are holding events throughout...
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    Fired is a professional wrestling match concept featured in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The idea is based on the object on a pole match, which sees...
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    The Ultimate X match is a type of professional wrestling match created by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), mainly used in their X Division. It is...
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    Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of...
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    professional wrestling boom, more commonly referred to as the Golden Era or the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era, was a surge in the popularity of professional...
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    Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling...
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    of professional wrestling, as a performing art, started in the early 20th century, with predecessors in funfair and variety strongman and wrestling performances...
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    In professional wrestling slang, a job is a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed...
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  • flagship PPV event, similar to WWE's WrestleMania, in which wrestlers competed in various professional wrestling match types in what was the culmination of...
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    A shoot in professional wrestling is any unplanned, unscripted, or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. It is a carny term shortened from "straight...
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    title in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling...
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    wrestling, also known as mixed wrestling, is a type of professional wrestling match between a man and a woman and may also refer to tag team matches with...
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    Olympic form of wrestling. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within the...
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  • 2007 song by Hedley A name used for hardcore wrestling-based variations of professional wrestling match types Street Fight Radio, an anarchist political...
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    In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers...
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