Alternative Wrestling Scene Glossary (RLS Glossary)

The Alternative Wrestling Scene uses many specific terms that differ from traditional pro wrestling jargon, due to the movement's nature as running parallel to mainstream professional wrestling. This is a catalogue of those terms, updated as and when needed.
==Acing, or "Sweeping"==
Named after, and made famous in the 'verse by, retired wrestler Ace, or alternatively named for his original Reverse Leg Sweep finisher, this is the act of releasing controlled leaks to certain AWS-covering media (usually Squared Circle Insider) that happen to be misleading, fully or partially false or from an earlier list of plans to increase the shock factor or "out of nowhere" reaction to certain events.
He's admitted to doing this several times, with SCI going along with it as part of their close links with several AWS promotions.
See Also: Getting Swept Up
==Banker==
The short-lived UNION Wrestling version of Mr. Money In The Bank. Though, originally, UW used the Money In The Bank name and concept for a Live Event as part of their partnership with WWE, they decided shortly after than winner Virgil Baker should have a name more specific to the UNION. Thus, "Banker" was decided in the interim while a full replacement was considered for the second run of Live Events.
After their contract with WWE expired, the concept was shelved indefinitely, though Eddie Hamer has hinted that it may return in the 2022 rebrand.
==Director Of Wrestling==
An executive staff member within a promotion, whose job is to oversee production, recruitment, finances and product and ensure all heads of those particular departments are communicating. Currently, UNION Wrestling is the largest example of a DoW being an influence, with founder and former on-air General Manager Eddie Hamer holding the position.
==Doing The Pots (alternatively "Dishes" in North America)==
"Doing the pots" is a term used mostly in the British promotions of the AWS, especially UNION Wrestling, to describe the act of the closest analogue of jobbing (as it isn't the same as in other areas of pro wrestling) in early stages of a wrestlers career, usually as a kind of work experience or respect-building exercise. It is, contrary to terms like "jobber" or "jobbing" itself, never intended to be used derogatorily, and is considered a respectable and crucial part of the locker room. The name comes from a position as "pot-washer" at a restaurant, who would also be learning to be a chef under more experienced heads.
==First To A Finish Tag Match==
A tag team match without the elimination rules, given a name due to the prevalence in some promotions like UNION Wrestling of To The Finish matches.
See Also: To The Finish Tag Match.
==Getting Swept Up==
The name given to media and fans that take the leaked information obtained through Acing as the truth, and also the name given to the readers for believing it.
See Also: Acing, or "Sweeping"
== Grapplr ==
A self-contained, mostly kayfabe social media platform setup for use predominantly by professional wreslters, as a way of utilising social media interaction into feuds without breaking character.
==Hardcore Brawl==
A hardcore rules match-up, usually singles or team-based, whose closest analogue is probably the Extreme Rules match in WWE.
== Squared Circle Insider ==
A professional wrestling based news site, which focusses almost exclusively on alternative wrestling. Considered respectable and legimitate, SCI usually sources it's information, mostly relying on direct communication with promotions and people involved with them, rather than "sources" and insider information.
==Skipper==
In Wrestling upLOUD and British Outlaw Wrestling, the "Skipper" is the on-air booker and settler of disputes. The position is usually a Kayfabe-covered booking position (portraying them as booking matches much as happens in boxing) mixed with a General Manager. UNION Wrestling briefly began referring to their at-the-time GM Rob Neale by this name in 2017, though it never stuck.
==To The Finish Tag Match==
An elimination based tag team contest, resulting in a "score", commonly 2-1 for maximum drama, 2-0 to show dominance, or occasionally 2-2 through use of something like a double count-out.
See also; First To A Finish Tag Match
== Wrestle Wrumour ==
A site dedicated to rumours and unconfirmed information from the alt. wrestling world, which relies entirely on "sources" and "insiders" rather than more upfront avenues of information gathering.
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