MAT TALK
Here are a few terms commonly used in the world of professional wrestling:
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Face — A good guy or fan favorite•
Heel — A bad guy or villain•
Turn — When a face becomes a heel or vice versa•
Selling — Making an opponent's moves look like they hurt•
Hulk Up — When a face starts to no-sell his opponent's offense•
Booker — Person who writes the wrestling angles and decides who wins or loses•
Gimmick match — Match with stipulations different from the normal rules•
Shoot — When a wrestler makes comments out of character or does something not according to script•
Bump — Falling to the mat without bracing your fall•
Blowoff — The final match of a feud, oftentimes a gimmick match•
Cheap Pop — Saying something nice about the town you're performing in•
Cheap Heat — Saying something bad about the town you're performing in•
Foreign Object — An illegal object or weapon used by a wrestler in a match•
Jobber — Wrestler who loses most of his matches
