Babyface - Also known as the 'Face' The good guy, or fan favorite, in a feud
Blading - When a wrestler deliberately cuts himself with a razor blade, usually hidden in the tape around his wrist, so he'll bleed during a match
Booker - The person who writes the storylines and angles, and determines their outcome
Bump - When one wrestler performs a move on another, and the recipient appears to have been injured by it
Dark Match - A match that is seen by the live crowd at a TV taping, but doesn't air on the actual show
Feud - The build-up of matches between 2 wrestlers/teams that takes place over a period of time
Gimmick - The character a wrestler portrays and the mannerisms and traits he/she gives that character
Heat - Negative response from the fans, often involving booing or chants
Heel - The bad guy. The person that is generally disliked and booed by the fans
House Show - A live event that isn't taped to air on television
Job - To lose the match; to be pinned by the opponent
Jobber - An undercard wrestler who loses most of his matches
Juice - To blade, or cut onself to cause bleeding
Juicing - Using steroids
Kayfabe - A term used to describe a wrestler when he's in character. To break kayfabe is to step out of character and let the fans see the real side
Mark - A person who beleives that wrestling and all the angles and storylines are real
Over - When a wrestlergets the desired response from the crowd
Pop - When the crowd cheers for a wrestler
Potato - To deliberately stiff someone or use more force than is necessary
Push - When the bookers put a wrestler in a high-profile angle
Screwjob - When cheating is involved in a match
Sell - When a wrestler acts as if a move has legitimately injured him
Shoot - When something happens or is said that wasn't planned as part of the angle
Spot - A series of manuevers in a match
Squash - When a wrestler defeats another wrestler in a quick match with very little if any offense by the jobber
Stiff - When manuevers are executed with more force than is necessary
Storyline - Angles that are put together to tell a story betwen two wrestlers/teams
Tweener - A wrestler that is usually more heelish in actions, but is so cool the fans like him anway
Work - This describes 99% of wrestling matches and angles. The storyline that is planned out and executed effectively