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Get over a campaign designed by the bookers to make a wrestler (or a group of wrestlers) either popular or a credible threat; in other words, someone that an audience would pay to see.
Gig the blade a wrestler uses to cut himself.
Gimmick a wrestler's personality (the "Evil Boss" Vince McMahon), behaviour (the "cocky" Chris Jericho), attire (the "Arabian" Sabu), and/or other distinguishing traits while performing (the "daredevil" Jeff Hardy).
It can also be an implement used to cheat (the guitar used by Jeff Jarrett to knock opponents out).
In recent years, the emphasis has been on more realistic gimmicks (with rare exceptions such as The Undertaker) which portray the wrestler as an actual person, albeit with exaggerated personality traits, as opposed to previous years during which gimmicks could be best described as "cartoonish".
A wrestler may be expected to portray many gimmicks during their career, most of which may be implausible or inconsistent.
Sometimes a wrestler may undergo a complete change of on-screen personality from one week to the next, an example which is currently used by Charlie Haas.
Gimmick table place where a (usually independent) wrestler sells his merchandise, usually by the concession stand.
Go over to beat someone.
Gorilla Position the staging area just behind the entrance curtain, where wrestlers wait before they come into view of the crowd.
Named after Gorilla Monsoon, who established the position's importance and could often be found there.
Known as the "Jody Position" in World Championship Wrestling after Jody Hamilton, and the "Dusty Position" in All Elite Wrestling after Dusty Rhodes.
Green refers to a wrestler (often called a green horn) who is in the early stages of their career and, as a result, may be prone to make mistakes because of their inexperience.
Gusher a deep cut that bleeds a lot, usually caused by a mistake while blading but can be intentional.
Hangman when a wrestler twists the second rope over the third with his neck caught in-between, which results in the illusion of the wrestler hanging by his neck from the ropes.
Hardcore wrestling matches that focus on blood, real violence, the brutality of the attacks, and the use of weapons and other obstacles of various sorts such as chairs, chains, tables, kendo sticks, fireballs, ladders, crowbars, and tire irons, often combined with brawling all over the arena and/or anywhere, rather than minimal technical wrestling and traditional wrestling holds and techniques, also referred to by some as garbage wrestling.
Heat a wrestler getting a negative crowd reaction. (
See "cheap heat" and "canned heat")
Heat Magnet A wrestling persona that draws a lot of heat from the crowd whenever cutting a promo or simply making his or her appearance.
Head drop a move which, as a result of a botch, causes the receiver to be dropped on their head, often resulting in a legit concussion or other injury such as a broken neck.
Also, especially in puroresu, the term can refer to a bump which is intended to make a move appear as if the receiver landed on his/her head.
In reality, the full force of the move is intended to be taken on the upper back and shoulders, though such moves still carry a high degree of legitimate risk with them.
Heel a bad guy. (
Compare "tweener" and "face")
Highspot the top-ring rope moves and/or the series of maneuvers, along with fast motions among two or more wrestlers, that could perceived to both risky and very dangerous.
Hooker a wrestler with strong legitimate mat-wrestling abilities and an array of match-ending (or in extreme cases, career ending) holds known as "hooks," hence the name.
In the early 20th century, one who has worked for carnivals taking on "all comers."
Since these types of events are on the decline, this word is falling out of common usage.
A hooker is the opposite of a pure performer.
Examples include Lou Thesz.
Hoss a term used chiefly in the past by Jim Ross of WWE to refer to large wrestlers with a very limited move capacity, inspired by Hoss Cartwright of Bonanza.
Hotshot when a promoter or booker rushes to a feud, a climax of a feud, or books a big match on television instead of at a pay-per-view in order to get a short-term boost for business.
Also applies to angles or turns that are done for shock value rather than acting as a part of an ongoing storyline.
Hot tag in a tag team match, when a face wrestler tags in a fresh partner after several minutes of being dominated by his opponents.
Often the hot tag happens after several teases (where the other face is enticed into the ring, only to be stopped by the referee and the heels getting away with illegal tactics).
House show a non-televised show. (
Compare "dark match")
Hulking Up when a wrestler begins to come back in a match by no-selling a wrestler's moves and fights back.
Named for Hulk Hogan, who did this in many of his matches in America. (
See "Superhuman Comeback")
Indy short for "independent promotion," refers to a wrestling group that is too small to compete on a national level.
IWC Internet wrestling community; the community of Internet users (some of them smarks on social media) who discuss professional wrestling online
Job a scheduled loss.
Jobber a wrestler whose primary function is losing to better-known wrestlers.
Jobber to the Stars a mid-card wrestler who is fairly well-known and gains victories over lesser-known wrestlers on occasion, but is primarily used as a jobber to talent higher on the card than him.
These are usually either former main eventers or mid carders who are no longer a serious draw, but can get an up-and-coming wrestler over due to their past credentials.
joshi Short for joshi puroresu, Japanese women's professional wrestling.
Juice steroids. (
See gas and roids).
It can also mean blood, usually from the forehead.
Juicing bleeding (frequently, but not always, self-inflicted). (
Compare "blading".)
Kayfabe term used to describe the illusion (and up-keep of the illusion) that professional wrestling is not staged (i.e. that the on-screen situations between performers represent reality).
Also used by wrestlers as a signal to close ranks and stop discussing business due to an uninformed person arriving in earshot.
The term is said to have been loosely derived from the Pig Latin pronunciation of the word "fake" ("akefay").
Legit anything that is "real"; for example, a "legit" wrestler has a background in actual fighting, a "legit" event is one that actually took place (outside of kayfabe), a "legit" fight is when two wrestlers actually come to blows.
Often used as a synonym for shoot.
Legit heat a real-life conflict between wrestlers.
Lock up a grapple at the beginning of a match.
Low Blow where a wrestler hits the other wrestler in the crotch.
Luchacore wrestling (also known as Extreme Lucha Libre) a Mexican high-flying, hard-hitting version of hardcore wrestling that will emphasize the use of weapons (such as tables, ladders, chairs, chains, kendo sticks, fireballs, ladders, and tire irons) and weaponry-based strikes from Hardcore wrestling and the high-flying aerial wrestling moves of Mexican lucha libre.
Lucha libre or Lucha
Mexican professional wrestling, which translates to "Free Fighting".
It is used to describe the Mexican style of wrestling that consists of high-flying acrobatic wrestling moves.
Luchador a Mexican wrestler.
Strictly applies only to male wrestlers; a female wrestler is properly a luchadora.
Lucharesu  A Japanese-inspired version of lucha libre style of pro wrestling that will emphasize the stiff strikes, suplexes, and power moves of Japanese puroresu (or Strong-style wrestling) and the high-flying aerial wrestling moves of Mexican lucha libre.
Main eventer a wrestler who is viewed by management to be one of the top draws on the roster and thus is promoted in Main Events.
Manager a performer assigned to accompany a wrestler to the ring and, usually, put them over in interviews.
They are often used to help a heel cheat and incite the crowd.
Mania Era (also referred to as the Federation Years) refers to the time period spanning from 1984 to 1993 in WWF/WWE history when Vince McMahon took the company from being a regionally promoted business to a successful national business.
The term "Mania" denoting the era is attributed to "Hulkamania" being the dominant aspect of the era.
This time is also sometimes referred to as the Showtime Era, The Superstars Era, The Hulkamania Era, or the Federation Era.
Mark a slang term that describes a fan who believes that the characters and events of some or all of professional wrestling are real.
The term can also be applied to a fan who idolizes a particular wrestler, promotion, or style of wrestling to a point some might consider excessive. (
Compare "smark")
married To be paired with another wrestler (or tag team) in a long series of matches.
Mid-carder a wrestler who wrestles in the middle of programs, is seen as being high in seniority but less than a money draw, usually competing for the secondary title of a federation.
Missed spot a move in which the timing is off or it showed "light".
Also referred to as a Blown Spot.
Money match a non-title match which was the most heavily promoted of the card that is placed near or at the end of a live event, which is the main reason fans attended the event or watched the event.
Monster heel a villain who is portrayed as unstoppable, usually to set up a feud with a promotion's lead face.
Particularly applies to heels who are physically monstrous, grotesque, or just plain scary.
Montreal Screwjob an incident at Survivor Series in 1997 where referee Earl Hebner claimed that Bret Hart submitted to Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon ordered the bell to be rung in order to take the WWF Championship title from Hart who was exiting the World Wrestling Federation for World Championship Wrestling.
Mouthpiece a manager who does the promos for a wrestler possessing little or no mic skills.
For example, Paul Heyman.
Muta scale An informal measure among some fans of the amount of blood lost by a wrestler during a match.
The scale begins at 0.0 Muta (no blood), with 1.0 Muta being equivalent to the blood loss of Great Muta during an infamous 1990 New Japan Pro-Wrestling match with Hiroshi Hase.
No-contest a match which ends without a winner normally due to a legitimate injury where the wrestler can not continue, to prolong a feud or because of interference.
Usually ended by injury on a surgically repaired bodypart.
Near-fall occurs when a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before the referee's hand hits the mat a third time, which would signify a pinfall.
No-sell giving no reaction to another wrestler's offense or moves.
(See Hulk Hogan and "Hulking Up")
No-show when a wrestler does not show up for a match.
No-shows are usually staged, often for the purposes of a storyline.
Legit no-shows are less frequent, since the wrestler (or other employee) is usually fired or suspended afterwards.
Examples of legit no-shows include Ultimate Warrior in the summer of 1996 and Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2002.
Outlaw Rule In a tag match involving more than two teams, teammates cannot pin each other in order to win a match.
Named after the New Age Outlaws, who pulled this off in a three-team tag match.
Over refers to a performer whom the fans care about (either positively or negatively) or the act of making someone look good, often by losing to them.
Wrestlers can be over as either faces or heels.
The term suggests that the fans are buying into what the wrestler is selling, meaning his character.
One of the most common ways a wrestler can be "put over" is by winning a match.
It's also possible to put someone over by taking bumps or selling a move.
Over-sell showing too much of a reaction to another wrestler's offense.
For example, tumbling head over heels all the way across the ring from a simple punch would be an over-sell.
Paper to give away a great number of free (comped) tickets to increase the size of the crowd for publicity.
Paper Champion a similar term to transitional champion, the name comes from the long strip of paper with a new champion's name printed on it, that is similarly colored to a championship belt to replace the former champion's nameplate.
This can be either kept there in the interim while the new champion's nameplate is being engraved, or simply removed when a "transitional champion" loses the belt again to the former champion, saving the time and cost for a new nameplate engraving.
Parts Unknown Billing a wrestler as being from "Parts Unknown" (rather than from his real hometown or another actual place) is intended to add to a wrestler's mystique.
In the post-kayfabe era, it is used less and less.
Paying dues the concept that newer or younger wrestlers must be hazed or punished in the early parts of their careers, both in and out of the ring. (
See "job" and "rib")
Phantom bump when a wrestler or referee takes a bump even though the move they are selling was visibly botched or otherwise not present.
Pillmanize The act of "breaking" an opponent's ankle or arm by placing it between the seat and headrest of a steel chair and then stepping or jumping on the chair.
Named for Brian Pillman, who suffered a severe ankle injury (in kayfabe) when attacked in this manner by Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Plant is a professional wrestling term for a trained wrestler or actor who poses as a fan, usually seated in the front row of an event.
Plants are a good tool for a heel wrestler to gain heat from the crowd.
Usually the "plant" is an unknown trained wrestler. (
Note: not all attacks on fans are on "plants".
Occasionally, a wrestler will start a legit attack on a real fan who has engaged in behavior such as spitting, cursing, or insulting the wrestler's family members.)
Alternatively, to get over, some heels may do such actions as grab a fan's hat and throw it away.
Play-by-play the reporting of a sporting event with a voice over describing the details of the action of the match in progress.
The play-by-play person is assisted by a color commentator.
Pop a sudden crowd reaction, either positive or negative.
popcorn match Originally described a post-intermission match seen as not important enough to keep fans from trips to the concession stands.
Now describes a more lighthearted match that seeks to relieve dramatic tension.
Promo  a promotional interview (as in "cutting a promo").
Often includes either an "in-ring interview" or (on television) a skit by wrestlers and other performers to advance a storyline or feud.
Promotion a group that organizes professional wrestling events.
Puroresu Japanese professional wrestling
Put over to allow oneself to be pinned or otherwise defeated by someone or to compliment them in an interview to get that person over.
Psychology the story of a match.
It can be as simple as a wrestler going after someone's bad leg or trying to hit a move to which the wrestler knows they have a weakness.
Push when a wrestler gains popularity with wins and positive exposure.
A push can be a sudden win over a major superstar, or becoming involved in a high-profile angle. (
Compare "bury")
Rasslin' refers to a southern style of professional wrestling which emphasizes kayfabe and stiffness, with fewer squash matches and generally longer feuds.
It was synonymous with the NWA-affiliated promotions.
Rasslin' included TV tapings at smaller venues, as compared to the larger and more well-known arenas utilized by northern U.S. promotions such as the AWA and W(W)WF.
The term is derived from a phonetic spelling of how the word "wrestling" sounds when spoken with a heavy Southern accent.
It is also commonly used in a derogatory manner by non-Southern wrestling fans to describe that style of wrestling.
When Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988, he allegedly called Vince McMahon to tell him that he was now in the "rasslin'" business.
McMahon allegedly differentiated his company's style by responding, "That's great, Ted.
I'm in the entertainment business."
Ref bump when the referee for a match is intentionally knocked out, generally to allow outside interference or other illegal act.
Rest hold a hold applied more lightly at a designated point in a match in order to save energy.
Rib practical jokes played by or on wrestlers.
Owen Hart was known to pull ribs on the boys and Vince McMahon.
Wrestlers spend a lot of time together in close quarters and often resort to practical jokes, either to break the monotony or to get revenge for real or imagined wrongs.
Ribber someone involved in the pro wrestling business who is well known for playing practical jokes.
Ring general someone who commands a match with drama, believability, and awe
Ring psychology wrestling a match properly so that the crowd becomes personally involved in the show.
Ring rat someone with amorous feelings for wrestlers and frequents wrestling events to flirt or pursue sexual liaisons with wrestlers.
Ring rust when a wrestler is out-of-practice, and thus more prone to blow spots, as a result of a long period away from wrestling.
Road agent (see agent)
Roid Rage paranoia, depression, and explosive outbursts caused by steroid use.
Roids slang phrase for steroids. (
See gas and juice)
Run-in occurs when one or more individuals who are not actively participating in a match run into the ring.
Run-ins are almost always made by heels, typically to further a feud with a face.
More often than not, a run-in will result in a "beatdown" in which the heel(s) pummel the face(s) until the script calls for the beating to stop, either from the heels' satisfaction with their handiwork, a retaliatory run-in by one or more faces, or (less often) the entrance of one or more authority figures (referees, agents, security personnel).
Sometimes a run-in results from a face wanting to stop a heel from physically punishing a weaker opponent, usually to set up a feud.
Rushed finish when the end of a match is hurried, usually due to a botch, injury, or time constraints.
Sandbag to not cooperate with a throw and to act as dead weight, which makes the moves the wrestler is attempting much harder, if not impossible to pull off.
It's usually done in protest to something that the wrestler performing the move has done incorrectly earlier in the match, such as not protecting his/her opponent or working stiff.
School a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become professional wrestlers.
Students undergo strenuous physical conditioning while learning the basics of the wrestling industry, proper performance techniques, and character development.
The courses are taught by qualified professional instructors who have usually worked for several years as professional wrestlers themselves.
Some schools are affiliated with a specific promotion company, others are independent.
Screwjob a match with a controversial or unsatisfying finish, often involving cheating or outside interference.
A worked screwjob, is part of the storyline and the match is intended to end controversially.
A shoot screwjob is extremely rare and occurs when a change is made without one of the participants knowing, creating an outcome that is contrary to what was supposedly planned for the storyline by the participants.
The most famous example of a screwjob of this type is the Montreal Screwjob.
Sell reacting to an opponents attacks in a manner that suggests that the techniques are being applied at full-force.
It is to make the action look real to the audience.
Shoot any "real" event in the world or wrestling (as in "shoot interview"). (
Compare "worked shoot")
Shooter a wrestler who has a background in legitimate fighting (originally catch wrestling, now more often mixed martial arts), or otherwise has a reputation as a tough guy.
One notch below a "hooker".
Shootfighting competitive full-contact mixed martial arts tournaments, used in comparison to the staged performances of professional wrestling.
Signature move a move performed by a wrestler on a regular basis for which the wrestler is well-known.
South Philly a term used that means a wrestler is doing something extreme or in an extreme way.
Mostly used by professional wrestler Tazz
Splash Any move involving a very large wrestler dropping their full weight across the body of a smaller opponent.
Originally coined by Big Daddy, a British professional wrestler from the 1970s and 1980s, as his signature move, the Daddy Splash.
Sports Entertainment a term coined by WWE to differentiate its product from traditional professional wrestling as an attempt to garner interest from a broader audience.
It refers to the mix of wrestling, scripted storylines, and concepts which borrow from other forms of pop-culture entertainment.
Spot the wrestling moves, planned/preplanned moves, any planned/preplanned actions or the series of actions and moves in a wrestling match.
which is designed to get a particular audience reaction or determine the pace of the match.
Spots can be anything from an Irish Whip at a certain time, to a series of spots, for example a succession of reversals.
Wrestlers who choreograph their matches before the show will usually decide on an opening spot and an ending, as well as several spots to use throughout the match.
The remainder of the match will be divided between transition moves and general offensive and defensive moves. (
See "high spot" and "blown spot")
Spotfest a match which consists mainly or entirely of spots, as well as daredevilry and high impact moves, normally with little flow between moves and no logical transitions and with little bit actual story-telling.
Referring to a match as a spotfest may have positive and negative connotations.
A spotfest is normally a fast-paced, exciting match with constant displays of athleticism.
When the term is used in a pejorative context, the match appears choreographed (for example, it may contain Spot shuffles, where wrestlers will put themselves in obvious danger).
In addition, spotfests often contain many high risk moves (i.e. aerial maneuvers), and therefore endanger the health of the participants.
Spotfests tend to be more common in cruiserweight matches.
Spot monkey A wrestler who is well known for focussing very heavily on cramming as many high spots into a single match without regard to in-ring psychology.
More commonly found working in Cruiser weight or extreme style matches.
It is mostly used as a pejorative term.
Squash an extremely one-sided match which is usually over quickly.
Stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element—friendships, either real or storyline, a common manager, or a common storyline—which puts them together as a unit.
Stables can be small alliances of three to six wrestlers (such as D-Generation X, Evolution, and The Four Horsemen), or supergroups that include up to half the promotion's talent roster (such as the New World Order, the WCW/ECW Alliance, Planet Jarrett, and Sports Entertainment Xtreme).
Stiff when a wrestler puts excessive force into his attacks or maneuvers on his opponent, deliberately or accidentally.
Stooge although this sometimes means "to tell on someone," it more often refers to a heel wrestler booked in the position of underling associate of another heel.
The stooge will do his boss' dirty work, such as getting squashed in matches against a face (with whom the heel has a feud) to set up a run-in (and subsequent beatdown) and future match.
Strongcore wrestling (also known as Extreme Strong Style)
a Japanese-inspired version of Hardcore wrestling which will emphasize the use of weapons (such as chairs, chains, fireballs, ladders, and tire irons) from Hardcore wrestling and the strong, stiff martial arts strikes, kicks, punches, takedowns and submission maneuvers and worked shoots from Strong-style wrestling, as well as stiff weaponry-based strikes and attacks.
Strong Style
a Japanese-inspired professional wrestling style that is worked, yet aims to deliver realistic performances.
The style emphasizes stiff attacks and worked shoots.
Superhuman comeback when one wrestler, usually a face, no-sells his opponent's offense, usually after several minutes of being dominated.
This tactic usually sets up the finish and victory by the face wrestler.
The most common example is Hulk Hogan, and most recently John Cena
Superstar a term used by the WWF/WWE when talking about a wrestler instead of "wrestler".
Recently TNA has started using  the term as well.
Swerve a sudden change in the direction of a storyline to surprise the fans.
Usually, but not always, it involves one wrestler turning on an ally, often to join someone who had been a mutual enemy to that point.
These swerves almost always lead to the start of a new feud between the former friends.
Another kind of swerve is when a booker does everything in their power to convince the fans that something specific is going to happen at a show or someone they're expecting is going to debut (or come back), only to then do something completely different.
It is sometimes the result of a false report by a wrestler to the press.
Spike A term used for variations which target the neck and shoulders [Ex.:Vertical Suplex Powerbomb - Spike Vertical Suplex Powerbomb (Variation performed by Kenta Kobashi where he did not push the opponents as far out, so they landed on their neck and shoulders instead of their back.)]
Tag team a pair of superstars working together in a tag team match (a match which pits two or more teams of wrestlers against one another).
Talent a catch-all term for wrestlers, managers, valets, announcers, commentators, kayfabe authority figures, and other on-screen personalities employed by a wrestling promotion
Tap out submitting to a submission maneuver by tapping on the mat.
In kayfabe, it indicates that a wrestler is giving up because the submission maneuver they are in is too painful.
Tease an action in a match, promo or angle that hints at a potential future match, feud and/or turn.
Three-count see pinfall.
Titantron or simply Tron a screen which is directly above the stage area of the arena used for showing entrance videos, other segments, and promos.
Based on the naming convention of Sony's well-known JumboTron, a large video screen used primarily in stadiums, arenas, and other public venues, the TitanTron was introduced as part of WWE's Raw set and was named after the then-parent company of the World Wrestling Federation, Titan Sports.
The -tron suffix has since been used to unofficially identify other big screens used in wrestling.
Transitional champion a holder of a traditionally-short title reign which bridges two "eras", long-running title reigns by usually-popular champions.
Turn when a wrestler switches from face to heel or vice versa.
Hard turn is when a wrestler becomes a heel or face in a sudden surprise plot twist (swerve).
Soft turn is a gradual switch to heel or face over an extended period of time.
Tweener a morally ambiguous wrestler, neither a bad guy or good guy (an inbetweener), who will fight anyone regardless of alignment (e.g. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, The Rock) and recently Randy Orton.
This term is also used to describe wrestlers who use tactics typically associated with heels (e.g., cheating), yet are still cheered by fans in spite of (or because of) these antics (e.g. Eddie Guerrero, Ric Flair, and Becky Lynch).
Two-and-a-half count the count at which a wrestler is said to escape from a pinfall when a referee's hand comes very close to hitting the mat for a three-count.
Other fractions are sometimes used for exaggeration or comedic effect—two and three quarters, two and seven eighths, etc.
Undercard matches prior to the main event. (
See also Dark match).
Unification the act of combining two championships into one; the result of which is either an entirely new title or the consolidation of one title into another.
Upset when an underdog defeats someone who they realistically should not be able to, such as a new wrestler defeating a veteran.
Valet a female performer accompanying a male performer to the ring.
She functions as "eye candy" and plays the role of an agitator.
Vignette any piece of video footage featuring characters or events which is shown to the audience for the purposes of entertainment or edification.
Usually, they are meant to either introduce a debuting character or to get a wrestler over before their TV wrestling debut.
In WWE, wrestlers rarely acknowledge that they are being filmed, forcing the viewer to "suspend disbelief" as to why a camera operator would be allowed to witness and record an intimate or secretive situation.
Work (noun) an event booked to happen, from the carnival tradition of "working the crowd."
The opposite of a work is a shoot.
Work (verb) to specifically and methodically attack, especially a single body part.
To "work" on a body part (i.e. an arm) would be to repeatedly use force on that part, until it is damaged enough to be used in the finish of the match.
Worker a wrestler, manager, valet, referee or an announcer.
Worked shoot a scripted segment that takes place in a show with elements of reality being exposed, such as an off-screen incident between wrestlers being used as fuel for an on-screen rivalry between them.
It can also be a segment that fans are meant to believe is a shoot, but is not.
Workrate a wrestler's use of "work" to develop a match.
One's workrate is determined by his or her ability to "work" in an intelligent and productive manner.
When used by critics, it is an analysis of the action in a match and the skill level exhibited.
Wrestler's Court the unofficial forum among WWE wrestlers for the policing of wrestlers that violate the rules and traditions laid down by the company.
The punishments meted out can range from pranking to paying for other wrestlers' travel expenses.
In Matt and Jeff Hardy's book Exist 2 Inspire, they mention an incident they had with The Court while it was still headed by The Undertaker, "We got to the next house show and Bradshaw told us, 'You guys have been sentenced to Wrestler's Court.
Your trial is set for next week at Raw.'
Wrestler's Court is exactly what it sounds like.
All the wrestlers gather in the locker room, and they hold a mock trial.
Taker is the judge and Bradshaw is the prosecuting attorney.
It's pretty scary, because once you get up there on the stand, everybody's against you."
Judges for Wrestler's Court have included: The Undertaker, John Bradshaw Layfield, Hardcore Holly, and Brian Adams.
Zamboni a legit low-blow.
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Nitrous oxide is a gas with the chemical formula N2O. It is found naturally in the air.
It is also made artificially, because it has many uses.
It is a strong greenhouse gas, almost 300 times more so, per molecule, than carbon dioxide) and about one thousandth as plentiful.
Because it is a greenhouse gas, people are trying to use it less.
Nitrous oxide is used by doctors and dentists to reduce pain.
In the body, it makes people feel happy.
For this reason it is also called "laughing gas".
It is sometimes used only to feel happy, like an illegal drug.
Nitrous oxide is used in high performance cars to increase the power of their engines.
When it is used this way, it is usually called "nitrous" or "NOS".
Nitrous oxide can also be used in aerosol spray cans, especially for foods like whipped cream.
This is because it has a sweet taste and is not toxic, and also makes the whipped cream more fluffy.
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A choral scholar is a student at a university who gets money to help with the fees of his or her studies (a “scholarship”) in exchange for singing in the university’s choir.
Some private schools also have choral scholarships.
In the United Kingdom there are choral scholarships available at schools belonging to a cathedral or to one of the university colleges in Oxford and Cambridge.
Some of these choirs are world famous for their church music such as the choirs of King’s College, Cambridge, St John’s College, Cambridge or New College, Oxford.
Choral scholars in such choirs will be expected to sing at the services in the morning and evening (late afternoon) on Sundays as well as at Evensong on several days during the week.
There will be rehearsals on most days.
Collegium Regale – The Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge
Choral scholarships in Britain
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Stanford, Western Cape
Stanford, Bedfordshire
Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
Stanford, Kent
Stanford, Norfolk
Stanford, Northamptonshire
Stanford-on-Avon nearby
Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordsridge, Worcestershire
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Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County
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Benjamin started playing piano when he was seven years old and soon started writing his first pieces of music.
In 1976 he went to study at the Paris Conservatoire where Olivier Messiaen taught him musical composition and Yvonne Loriod taught him the piano.
He then studied composition with Alexander Goehr at King’s College, Cambridge.
He was still only 20 when one of his compositions was played at the BBC Proms.
Since then his works have been played by many famous orchestras.
He has worked regularly at the Tanglewood Festival.
He has conducted famous orchestras like the London Sinfonietta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
George Benjamin lives in London where he is Professor of Composition at King’s College, London.
He has been given many honors including the Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1996.
George Benjamin official website
Episcopal High School was founded in 1839.
It is a private boarding school in Alexandria, VA.
The school's nickname is 'The Holy Hill' and it's campus is 130 acres large.
Around 435 students live on the campus.
These students are from 30 states, the District of Columbia and 17 countries.
The school does not take any day students, all of the students have to live on campus.
When it was founded in 1839, it was the first high school in Virginia.
It was originally called the 'Howard School'.
It became known as 'The High School'.
Originally only males were allowed to study at Episcopal.
In 1991 the school allowed 48 female students to study.
Today 50% of students are female.
The school has a set of simple rules it calls honor code.
Many schools have rules similar to Episcopal's Honor Code.
I will not lie.
I will not cheat.
I will not steal.
I will report the student who does.
I hereby certify upon my honor that I have neither given nor received assistance on this examination, nor am I aware of any breach in the honor system.
Notable Alumni
Stephen Ailes, Secretary of the Army (1964-1965)
Lee S. Ainslie, Managing Partner, Maverick Capital
Louis Bacon, hedge fund manager, Member of the Forbes 400
Lenox D. Baker, Member of the Board, Anthem Healthcare
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War (1916-1921)
T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician and creator of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
Gaston Caperton, ex-governor of West Virginia and president of the College Board
Virginius Dabney, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch (1936-1969) and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Paul DePodesta, former GM, Los Angeles Dodgers
David R. Dougherty, Headmaster of The Hill School, Pottstown, PA
Jonathan Dunlap - NASCAR Nextel Cup driver
Todd Gray, Chef and Owner of DC's Equinox Restaurant
Tim Hightower, NFL Running Back, Arizona Cardinals
Lester Kinsolving, Political Talk Show Host on WCBM and Member of White House Press Corps
Ryder Lee, Lead Vocals, The Lost Trailers
Burnet R. Maybank Jr., Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, candidate for Governor, SC Senator, and lawyer.
John McCain (1954), Republican senator from Arizona and the 2008 Republican Party candidate for President of the United States
R. Walton Moore, United States House of Representatives(D-VA), (1919-1931)
Andrew Nielson, Bass Guitar, The Lost Trailers
Stokes Nielson, Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter, The Lost Trailers
Jeff Potter, Drums, The Lost Trailers
Julian Robertson, financier
Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt
Bryson Spinner, NFL QB, San Francisco 49ers
Ernest M. Stires, Episcopal Bishop of Long Island
Tian Zheng, Financier
Schools in Virginia
Gordon Gray (May 30, 1909 – November 26, 1982) was a government official of the United States during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945-53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61).
Papers of Gordon Gray, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
Records of the White House Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
Undersecretary of the Army biography
Secretary of the Army biography
People from North Carolina
William Eustis (June 21, 1753 – February 6, 1825) Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
He served as United States Secretary of War from March 7, 1809 to January 13, 1813.
He was appointed United States Ambassador to Holland by President James Madison, serving from 1814 to 1818.
Rheda-Wiedenbrück is a town in the district of Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The town is famous for a lot of old and fine houses, which were built hundreds of years ago.
Debrecen is a city in Hajdú-Bihar, Northern Great Plain, Hungary.
It is Hungary's second largest city by population, after the capital, Budapest.
Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna
Jyvaskyla, Western Finland
Klaipeda, Klaipeda County
Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship
Oradea, Bihor County
Paderborn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
Rishon LeZion, Center District
Setubal, Lisboa region
Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District
Shumen, Shumen Province
Syktyvkar, Komi Republic
Taitung City, Taitung County
Live, compilation & soundtrack albums
The Bryan Adams discography
The Oryx (also called the sabre antelope) is a fast-running hoofed mammal that lives in dry regions of Africa and Asia (including the Arabian peninsula).
They live in steppes (sparse grasslands), semi-deserts, and deserts.
These antelopes congregate in herds of 8 to 60 oryx.
Newborn calves can run with the herd within minutes of their birth.
Oryxes have a life span of about 20 years.
Diet and Water
The Oryx is an herbivore (a plant-eater).
It eats grasses, shrubs and roots, spending most of its time grazing.
Oryx are ruminants; they swallow their food without chewing it.
After a while, they regurgitate a partly-digested "cud" which they chew and then swallow for the last time.
He is now working towards world peace with "Chikyukyoudai" ("World Siblings").
His notable works include "Sakura".
Kyogo Kawaguchi official website
People from Tochigi Prefecture
I WISH was a Japanese music group.
Members were: ai and nao.
Ai is the vocal and plays piano.
Nao plays piano　and keyboard.
They were famous　for "Asueno Tobira", but this group ended in 2005.
I WISH Official site
2000s establishments in Japan
2002 establishments in Asia
2005 disestablishments
is a Japanese band. "
Life goes on" is one of their popular songs.
Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer and movie and television actor.
He is from Nagasaki, Kyūshū.
One of his most well-known songs is "Sakurazaka".
Fukuyama Masaharu Official web site
People from Nagasaki Prefecture
is a Japanese food dish of a pan-fried batter cake and different ingredients including meat, seafood, and vegetables.
Most okonomiyaki has cabbage in it.
The name of this dish means "cook what you like".
Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima, but is widely available throughout the country.
Okonomiyaki is the popular food in Japan.
In postwar Hiroshima, okonomiyaki was invented to save a few wheat flour  and vegetables (for example, cabbage, bean sprout, green onion and so on.)
because foods are shortage.
It is called "okonomiyaki (fried liking foods)" because people made okonomiyaki to include their favorite foods in the past.
How to make it
Second, you put cabbage, pork , other toppings and tempura bits and turn it over.
The New Year's Eve is called "Omisoka" in Japan.
People in Japan often eat "Toshikoshi soba ()”.
People eat it with the wish of living a simple and long life next year.
The Season of Advent, which begins on a Sunday about four weeks before Christmas Day, is celebrated by most Christian Churches, as well as some other Christian communities.
It is a time for people to prepare themselves for two different things: for the coming of the baby Jesus and Christmas, and for the Second Coming of Jesus, when he shall rule over all the Earth in peace.
In a lot of countries it is very common to have an advent wreath with 4 candles, every advent Sunday one candle more will be lighted so that on Advent 4th all 4 candles are burning and its bright, a symbol for Jesus as the light is coming to us on Christmas.
Generally, Advent is a time when many people are very busy in preparation for Christmas Day, cleaning and decorating, buying food and gifts, writing cards and letters, and cooking the Christmas feast.
Some churches use special candles during Advent.
Pyrih  (the plural is pyrohy) is a Ukrainian pie that can have either a sweet or savory filling.
In Russia and Belarus it is called pirog (plural is pirogi).
Pyrih (pirog) is usually made from yeast-raised dough, but can also be made from shortcrust or puff pastry.
Pyrohy or pirogi are full-sized pies, while pyrizhky or pirozhki are smaller-sized pies that can be eaten with one hand.
The standard shape for pyrohy is oblong with tapering ends, but rectangular or circular pyrohy are also common.
They can be closed or open-faced with no crust on top (like a tart).
The filling for pyrohy may be sweet and contain cottage cheese, or fruits like apple, plums or various berries.
Savory versions may consist of meat, fish, mushrooms, cabbage, buckwheat groats or potato.
In Ukrainian and Russian cuisines, pyrohy with a savory filling are traditionally served (like pirozhki) together with borscht, or soup.
Pyrih with fish
Ukrainian Pyrih with Cabbage filling
Ukrainian Vegetable and Meat Pastry Pyrih
Ukrainian Easter Cheesecake with Raisins (Syrnyi Pyrih)
ru:Пирог
Queens' College is one of the colleges that make up the University of Cambridge in England.
It was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou (the Queen of Henry VI), and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville (the Queen of Edward IV).
This is why the name of the college is spelt Queens' and not Queen's: it was founded by two queens.
The President's Lodge of Queens' is the oldest building on the river at Cambridge, dating from about 1460.
The college is on both sides of the river Cam.
A bridge joins the two parts.
This bridge is always called the "Mathematical Bridge".
The students call the older part of the college "The Dark Side" and the newer part "The Light Side".
Many people take photographs of the college.
There is a story that the bridge was designed and built by Sir Isaac Newton without the use of nuts or bolts.
The story says that once some students tried to take the bridge apart and put it back together again, but were unable to do so.
That is why they had to put nuts and bolts in which can be seen today.
The story is not true.
The bridge was built in 1749, after Newton had died.
It was never taken apart although it was rebuilt twice.
Queens' College website
The Peace of God was a movement begun by bishops in southern France around 990 CE to limit the violence done to property and to the unarmed.
The Carolingian Empire had collapsed and the nobles were making war almost all the time.
The Truce of God extended the Peace by setting aside certain days of the week when violence was not allowed.
Where the Peace of God limited violence against the church and the poor, the Truce of God was about preventing fighting between Christians, especially knights.
990s establishments
The shocking pink dragon millipede (also called the dragon millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea) is a millipede which has a bright pink color on its spiny body).
They have glands that release cyanide to protect them from predators.
The millipede has glands that produce hydrogen cyanide to protect it from predators, a fact advertised by its aposematic color.
Because it produces cyanide, it smells like almonds.
It is one of a thousand new spcies found in the Greater Mekong region in the last ten years.
It can be found at the Tai side of the Mekong river.
A scholarship is financial help (money) given to someone who wants to study.
Scholarships can be given by schools or by universities or colleges or any other institution where people can study or where research needs to be done.
It is similar to a bursary.
There are very many kinds of scholarships.
Some scholarships will cover all the tuition fees (money that the student needs to pay to study), others may just help towards the tuition fees.
Some scholarships may include money for other things such as food and accommodation.
Sometimes the students are expected to do something in return for having a scholarship.
They may, for example, be expected to do some particular work after they finish their studies, or they may need to help the institution in some way.
Quite often the amount of money a student gets will depend on how much money the family has.
The great egret (ardea alba) (also known an the common egret, large egret, great white egret, or great white heron) is a large wading bird found worldwide.
It is the second-largest member of the heron family in America (second only to the great blue heron).
It lives in mudflats, tidal shallows marshes, lakes, rivers and flooded paddy fields.
It winters in the south down to Colombia.
The great egret flies with slow wing beats and has a deep, croaking call.
It is 90-102 cm long.
The great egret eats fish, lizards, frogs, crayfish, small rodents, and insects.
It often hunts in shallow water, usually impaling the prey on its long, sharp bill.
Egg and nests
The great egret's nest is a platform of twigs and sticks that is built in trees or on the ground.
Females lay 3-5 pale blue-green eggs in each clutch (a set of eggs laid at one time).
The incubation period of the eggs is 23–26 days.
The Leeds Triennial Festival was a festival of music held in the town of Leeds, Yorkshire in England.
The festival started in the 19th century at a time when very large choirs were in fashion.
Although there is now no festival called the Leeds Triennial Festival the town of Leeds continues to put on music festivals.
On 7 September 1858 Queen Victoria opened the new Town Hall in Leeds.
It was a very large building, big enough for an audience of 4000 and a choir of 400 singers.
The composer Sterndale Bennett conducted an orchestra and choir at the opening performance.
Although “triennial” means something that happens every three years, the next festival did not happen until 1874.
In 1880 the first festival called the Leeds Triennial Festival was conducted by Arthur Sullivan.
These festivals were very famous internationally because a lot of famous composers were asked to write new works for choir and to come and conduct them.
Composers such as Raff, Dvorak, Massenet,  Humperdinck, Parry, Stanford, Elgar and Sullivan himself all wrote new works for the festival.
A short history of the Leeds Triennial Festival
The Trimeresurus trigonocephalus, commonly known as the "Sri Lankan Green Pit viper", is a species of venomous Pit vipers found in Sri Lanka.
There are no subspecies currently recognized.
Males are smaller than females who can grow to the length of around 130 cm, while males can grow up to the length of 80 cm.
They are green in color, and their back has some shades of yellow, they also have black stripes all over them and have a black tail.
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is nocturnal and arboreal (it lives in trees), but can sometimes be found on the ground looking for food like frogs, lizards, and small mammals, it also eats birds which it finds in the trees.
In the morning Sri Lankan Green Pit vipers can be seen on top of trees so they can warm up their body with the sun rays that hit them.
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is viviparous, meaning they give live birth.
They give birth to their young during June and July.
The have around 5 to 25 young at a time.
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is also known as the "Pala Polonga" and the "Green Pit viper".
The venom of the Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is hemotoxic.
The bite of a Sri Lakan Green Pit viper is very painful, when someone is bitten by a Sri Lankan Green Pit viper the bitten area swells up, and the pain may last for a few days.
The cells of living tissue die, blisters occur, and ptosis and lymphadenopathy take place.
However, there have been no reports on deaths.
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