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1->''"Tonight, the arena is sold out. A dozen shades of gray will square off in a pageantry of war. The opponents are unlikely in the real world, but in the amphitheater of our imagination, they're well matched. The punk rockers [[note]]in reference to Wrestling/TheHeadbangers, whose gimmick was actually based on HeavyMetal[[/note]] will battle the mountain men.[[note]]in reference to the Harris twins[[/note]] [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination The black separatists]] will fight [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors the post-apocalyptic warriors]]. [[Wrestling/{{Konnan}} The gang-banger]] will rumble with [[Wrestling/RicFlair the aristocrat]]. The future[[note]]"The future" is represented by an indeterminate shadowy wrestler silhouetted by laser lighting[[/note]] will struggle with [[Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan the past]], and [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels the living]] will duel with [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker the dead]]. In the end, just like a good SoapOpera, no issues will be resolved; the story is "ToBeContinued". The combatants will live to fight another night, in another town. Is wrestling fake? Absolutely. It's as fake as your imagination, as phony as your daydreams."''
2-->-- '''Steve Allen''', ''The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling''
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4Professional Wrestling, as the term is understood today, is a cooperative endeavor in which athletes face off in loosely choreographed matches with pre-determined outcomes, in a manner resembling a type of freestyle combat loosely based on Greco-Roman wrestling, amateur/Olympic wrestling, and (since TheNineties) Usefulnotes/MixedMartialArts ([[RecursiveAdaptation which themselves grew partially out of pro wrestling]]). Modern professional wrestling derived from UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling, a grappling style developed by carnival promoters in late 19th century Britain, which soon gained popularity in America as a legitimate form of athletic competition. By the early years of the 20th century,[[note]]It's impossible to know exactly when wrestling started being worked because of the highly secretive nature of kayfabe in the early years; Frank Gotch, who was world champion from 1908 to 1913, is generally considered to have won and defended his title legitimately, while other sources suggest fights had been rigged as early as 1870, and worked matches devolving into legitimate fights were a common occurrence as late as the 1970s and happen on occasion even today[[/note]] the sport had evolved into a "work" where the winners of bouts were determined ahead of time by the organizers, with wrestlers working "face" or "heel" to elicit respective cheers or boos from the audience. From this arrangement, a system gradually evolved of numerous territorial wrestling leagues across the US, cooperating under the auspices of the National Wrestling Alliance (which Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and almost every other major promotion in North America and some outside of it were affiliated with at one point), which sponsored the world championship and other titles, picked the champions, and arranged for the top talent from the territories to go on tour and gain national exposure. In 1963 the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, once the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]]'s New England territory, split from the group, rechristened itself the World Wide Wrestling Federation (later the World Wrestling Federation [WWF], now World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE]), and over the following decades expanded on a national scale to create the wrestling industry as it exists today.
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6Pro wrestling is usually full of concepts from different types of shows. Each match is roughly choreographed (though not usually in much detail since wrestlers don't have much rehearsal time, let alone for whole matches, given that they wrestle twenty to twenty-eight days per month on average--most of a match's details will be improvised, with only the beginning, the end, and a few key "spots" in between specifically planned; the mark of a good wrestler is being able to make a match flow naturally, despite only having this sort of rough outline). [=WWE=]'s programs remind one of nothing so much as a SoapOpera for guys (and indeed the terms "[[{{Melodrama}} the soap opera for men]]" or, in recent years, "[[ShonenDemographic redneck anime]]", have become frequent nicknames for the business as a whole), complete with all the emotion, melodrama, and occasional comic relief that the phrase implies. Other organizations, such as Wrestling/RingOfHonor, strive for a more gritty, realistic presentation, but still incorporate many soap opera elements.
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8The history of pro wrestling is a bit convoluted; until the late '80s/early '90s, promoters [[{{Kayfabe}} claimed that wrestling was a legitimate sport, and attempted to hide the fact that it was scripted at all costs]]. The truth is the performances are as ritualistic and stylized as Japanese KabukiTheatre or ''CommediaDellArte'': each match is a miniature set piece, using stock "characters", "plots" and "twists". This has become more obvious in recent years with the increased sense of theatre provided by the major promoters and programs. As more and more wrestling fans grew wise to the fact that wrestling was scripted and choreographed, promoters had no choice but to reveal the secret that [[OpenSecret everybody already knew by that point anyway]]. Vince [=McMahon=] went so far as to televise a speech on an episode of ''Monday Night Raw'' in which he promised to "stop insulting (fans') intelligence" and referred to Raw as an "action-adventure" series.
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10All wrestling organizations will have a "booker", or person who decides which wrestlers are going over on any given "card" or event. Some of the larger wrestling organizations will have full booking teams, made of agents (who help wrestlers lay out the matches) and scriptwriters (who tell the bookers the companies' long-term goals with the storylines). These are often called the "creative teams", or simply just "creative" (as in "Creative has no ideas for you at the moment"). [[SoYouWantTo/BeABooker Booking wrestling matches and angles is a difficult skill]]; most of the boom times for wrestling can largely be accounted for through good booking of matches. Poor booking can be disastrous: Wrestling/{{WCW}} was literally destroyed through terrible creative decisions, first under the stewardship of Vince Russo and a few others, then through Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s terrible "Invasion" [[ArmedWithCanon vanity trip]].
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12Bookers are not to be confused in the wrestling world with "managers". A wrestler's public "manager" will rarely actually advise on their career or manage their business affairs (exceptions include Paul Ellering, who actually was Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors' real-world business manager as well as their public manager). Rather, the manager is a hype man (especially for wrestlers who are gifted at the physical side of the sport but lacking in articulacy or improv ability) whose main job is to hype his wrestler at every opportunity, insult opponents, and get comically or dramatically embroiled in the ring action. The manager can also be useful for a wide variety of plots. If a wrestler has a communication-impaired gimmick as a "[[ForeignWrestlingHeel foreigner]]" or "[[WrestlingMonster monster]]", the manager can speak for them. An easy way of creating a kayfabe "alliance" between a group of wrestlers is to have them share a manager, or a rivalry between wrestlers can be created by making their managers business rivals. In the case of the WrestlingMonster, the manager will often be the KidWithTheLeash. A good way of giving a face a temporary FaceHeelTurn is to suggest that he is being duped, manipulated, blackmailed, or even subjected to some kind of supernatural control by an [[TheSvengali evil manager]].
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14Despite all this show-business, Professional Wrestling is very real in the sense that [[RealityIsUnrealistic behind the simulated Hollywood fantasy there's a real danger]]. Matches are "fake" only in that they have a predetermined outcome, and Professional Wrestlers, in this regard, are more like stuntmen: they're acting out a scene, but ''physically'', and with the chance of injury, not to mention they get no second takes. Many pros have backgrounds in amateur wrestling or other legitimate martial arts and are fully capable of handling themselves in a real fight (many drunken fans have learned this over the years); a large part of training as a professional is learning to hold back, because despite whatever you may have heard, they ''do'' hit each other, although their moves are generally designed to seem much more devastating than they are, and they avoid harm whenever they feasibly can without it looking too obvious. Just because it looks nothing like a real fight and more like a Hollywood fight scene does not mean that Pro Wrestlers aren't seriously putting themselves at risk in every match - Professional wrestlers literally put their lives in their opponents' hands several times in a single match; the slightest misstep can (and often does) result in [[DentedIron/ProfessionalWrestling broken bones, a broken neck, paralysis]], [[CasualtyInTheRing possibly even death]]. DontTryThisAtHome!
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16If you see a word you don't understand, it may be helpful to refer to these links:
17* For jargon, terms, and special vocabulary, see our UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestlingJargon page, or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms the searchable list of wrestling terms at the other wiki.]]
18* For names of wrestling moves you aren't familiar with, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling#See_also the other wiki also has an index of lists.]]
19* For a guide to how to effectively book a match [[SoYouWantTo/BeABooker see here]].
20* A list of the different kind of pro wrestling match types (some of which border on the absurd) can be found [[GimmickMatches here]], and another one [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types here]].
21* If you see an unfamiliar name, it's very likely that it is a famous wrestler's real name or earlier persona. It's easier to just use the search function at the other wiki rather than try to use a list. As a general rule, the wrestler's most famous persona will be used instead of their real name, although different fans will have a different opinion as to which persona was the most famous, and then to add to the confusion, WWE has the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior#Trademark_and_libel_litigation annoying habit]] of trademarking a wrestler's name so that [[ScrewedByTheLawyers the wrestler can't use it after they leave the promotion.]]
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23Now has a [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling Useful Notes page]] that attempts to debunk the nasty stereotypes about the business. Not that it will work. In case you are interested in the times in which professional wrestling was a legitimately competitive sport, see the [[UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling catch wrestling Useful Notes page.]]
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25See WrestlingTropes for tropes exclusive to or primarily found in the medium. Thanks to the various wrestling related Tropes that have been named, it now has [[TropeNamers/ProfessionalWrestling its own page]].
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27We are always open for new pages about wrestling. See [[Summary/ProfessionalWrestling this page for a list of page requests.]]
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29[[index]]
30* ProfessionalWrestlingOfThe2000s
31* ProfessionalWrestlingOfThe2010s
32* ProfessionalWrestlingOfThe2020s
33[[/index]]
34----
35[[foldercontrol]]
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37[[index]]
38[[folder:Sample of Pro Wrestling Promotions By Region]]
39!![[AC:USA, 50 States]]
40* Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling (AEW) [Active - 2019- ]
41* Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation (AWA) [Defunct - 1960-1991]
42* [[{{Wrestling/CHIKARA}} CHIKARA Pro]] [Defunct - 2002-2020]
43* [[{{Wrestling/CZW}} Combat Zone Wrestling]] [Active - 1999]
44* Wrestling/{{ECW}} (Extreme Championship Wrestling) [Defunct - 1992-2001][[note]]Also existed as a WWE sub-promotion from 2006 to 2010[[/note]]
45* Wrestling/DeadlockProWrestling (DPW) [Active - 2021- ]
46* Wrestling/{{GLOW}} (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) - [Active - 1986-1990, 1991, 2003, 2012-]
47* Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling - [Active - 1999- ]
48* Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel (sort of) [Active - 1996- ]
49* Wrestling/LuchaUnderground [Inactive - 2014-2018 ]
50* Wrestling/{{MLW}} (Major League Wrestling) - [Active- 2002-2004, 2017- ]
51* Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance (NWA) [Active - 1948- ]
52* Wrestling/OldeWrestling [Active - 2013 -]
53* Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla (PWG) [Active - 2003- ]
54* Wrestling/RingOfHonor (ROH) [Defunct - 2002-2021, rebooted as an AEW sub-promotion in 2023]
55* Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} [Active - 2005- ]
56* Wrestling/{{SMW}} (Smoky Mountain Wrestling) - [Defunct 1991-1995]
57* Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling (previously renamed as Impact Wrestling from 2017 to 2023) [Active - 2002- ]
58* [[Wrestling/HerbAbramsUWF UWF (Herb Abrams)]] - [Defunct 1991-1994]
59* Wrestling/WAWWrestling - [Active - 1998- ]
60* Wrestling/{{WCW}} (World Championship Wrestling) - [Defunct - 1988-2001]
61* Wrestling/WOWWomenOfWrestling [Active - 2000-2001, 2016-]
62* Wrestling/{{WSU}} (Women Superstars Uncensored) - [Active - 1996-?, 2006, 2007- ]
63* Wrestling/{{WWE}} (World Wrestling Entertainment) - [Active - 1952- ]
64* Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} - [Active - 2008- ]
65* Wrestling/WrestlingSocietyX - [Defunct - 2007]
66
67!![[AC:Caribbean]]
68* Dominican Wrestling Federation [Inactive - 1988-?]
69* Dominican Wrestling Entertainment [Active - 2008- ]
70* IWA (Puerto Rico) [Active- 1999-2012, 2018-]
71* WWC (World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico] - [Active 1973- ]
72* Latin American Wrestling Entertainment - [Active 2021- ]
73* Liga Wrestling(Puerto Rico) [Active 2012- ]
74
75!![[AC:Japan]]
76* Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling [Active - 1972- ]
77* Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling ([=AJW=]) [Defunct - 1968-2005]
78* Wrestling/{{Battlarts}} [Defunct - 1995-2011]
79* Wrestling/DragonGate [Active - 2004- ]
80* Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam ([=DDT=]) [Active - 1997- ; changed name to DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2004]
81* Wrestling/{{FMW}} - (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling) [Active - 1989-2002, 2015- ]
82* Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE [Defunct - 2004-2009]
83* GAEA [Defunct - 1995-2005]
84* IWA [Defunct - 1994-2014]
85* Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling [Active - 1993- ]
86* Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling [Active - 1972- ]
87* Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH [Active - 2000- ]
88* Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 [Active - 2001- ]
89* Wrestling/TokyoJoshiProWrestling [Active - 2012 - ]
90* Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom [Active - 2010 - ]
91* Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation [Defunct - 1984-1990]
92
93!![[AC:India]]
94* Continental Wrestling Entertainment [Active - 2015- ]
95* Monster Factory Wrestling [Defunct - 2011-?]
96* Rancor Fighters [Active - 2021- ]
97* Ring Ka King [Defunct - 2011-?]
98
99!![[AC:Mexico]]
100* Wrestling/{{AAA}} [Active - 1992- ]
101* Wrestling/{{CMLL}} (Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) [Active - 1933- ]
102* IWRG [Active - 1996- ]
103* Lucha Liga Elite [Active - 2014- ]
104* LLF [Active - 2000- ]
105* LLIUWA [Defunct - 1975-1995]
106* [[Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} Toryumon Mexico]] [Active - 1997- ]
107
108!![[AC:UK and Ireland]]
109* Wrestling/CelticChampionshipWrestling [Defunct - 2012-2018]
110* Wrestling/{{Progress Wrestling}} [Active - 2012- ]
111* Revolution Pro Wrestling [Active; 2012 –]
112* Wrestling/DefiantWrestling (formerly ''What Culture Pro Wrestling'') [Defunct - 2016-2019]
113
114!![[AC:Continental Europe]]
115* Wrestling/{{GBG Wrestling}} [Active; 2002-, Sweden]
116* westside Xtreme wrestling [Active; 2000–, Germany]
117
118!![[AC:South America]]
119* 100% Lucha [Defunct - 2006-2010, Argentina]
120* Titanes En El Ring [Active - 1962-1988, 1990, 2001, 2017-..., Argentina]
121* Wrestling/{{FILL}} [Active - 2007-, Brazil]
122
123!![[AC:Nigeria]]
124* Nigerian Pro-Wrestling Federation [Active - 1981- ]
125* Pro Wrestling Africa [Active - 2015- ]
126
127!![[AC:South Africa]]
128* AWF/African Wrestling Alliance [Active - 1995- ]
129* Word Wrestling Professionals [Active - 2002- ]
130
131!![[AC:Australia]]
132* WCW (World Championship Wrestling) [Defunct - 1964-1978] [[note]]Not to be confused with the American promotion of the same name[[/note]]
133* AWF (Australasian Wrestling Federation [Active - 1999- ]
134* PWA (Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia) and PWWA (Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance) [Active - 2007- ]
135[[/folder]]
136
137[[folder:People in Pro Wrestling with Pages]]
138%% Please do not add names to this list unless you plan to write up the pages. A lot of red links on a single page are painful to the server.
139%%
140%% If you have time, please move pages for wrestlers to the Wrestling/ namespace.
141* [[Wrestling/TooColdScorpio 2 Cold Scorpio/Flash Funk]] (Charlie Skaggs)
142* Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher (Larry Shreve)
143* Wrestling/{{Abyss}} (Christopher Parks)
144* Wrestling/MikeAdamle
145* [[Wrestling/BrianAdams Brian Adams/Crush]]
146* [[Wrestling/BrookeAdams Brooke Adams/Miss Tessmacher]]
147* [[Wrestling/ChrisAdams "Gentleman" Chris Adams]]
148* Wrestling/AdrianAdonis (Keith Franke)
149* Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar (Jimmy Wehba)
150* Wrestling/{{Akebono}}
151%% * Wrestling/JunAkiyama
152* Wrestling/{{Aksana}} (Zivile Raudoinene)
153* Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano
154* Wrestling/GaryAlbright
155* [[Wrestling/NickAldis Nick Aldis/Brutus Magnus/Magnus]] (Nicholas Aldis)
156* Wrestling/MustafaAli (Adeel Alam)
157* Wrestling/{{Aliyah}} (Nhooph Al-Areebi)
158* Wrestling/DarbyAllin (Samuel Ratsch)
159* [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade "Cien" Almas/Andrade El Ídolo]] (Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza)
160* Creator/StephenAmell
161* Wrestling/ArnAnderson (Marty Lunde)
162* [[Wrestling/KarlAnderson Karl Anderson/Chad 2 Badd]] (Chad Allegra)
163* [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Ken Anderson/Ken Kennedy/Mr. Kennedy/Mr. Anderson]]
164* Wrestling/AndreTheGiant (André Rousimoff)
165* Wrestling/KurtAngle
166* Wrestling/YojiAnjo
167* Wrestling/AustinAries (Daniel Sowold)
168* Wrestling/BradArmstrong (Robert Bradley James)
169* Creator/DavidArquette
170* Wrestling/ChigusaNagayo
171* Wrestling/LionessAsuka (Tomoko Kitamura)
172* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (born Steve Anderson; later Steve Williams)
173* Wrestling/MikeAwesome (Mike Alfonso)
174* [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Curtis Axel/Michael McGillicutty]] (Joe Hennig)
175* Wrestling/GiantBaba (Shohei Baba)
176* Wrestling/BobBacklund
177* Music/BadBunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio)
178* Wrestling/BuffBagwell (Marcus Alexander Bagwell)
179* Wrestling/BrittBaker
180* Wrestling/SashaBanks (Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado)
181* Wrestling/TravisBanks (Travis Bligh)
182* Wrestling/TheBarbarian (Sione Vailahi)
183* [[Wrestling/WadeBarrett Wade Barrett/Bad News Barrett/King Barrett]] (Stu Bennett)
184* Wrestling/OutlawRonBass (Ronald Herd)
185* Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler
186* Wrestling/{{Batista}} (Creator/DaveBautista)
187* Wrestling/{{Bayley}} (Pamela Martinez)
188* Wrestling/PaulBearer (Bill Moody)
189* Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake (Ed Leslie)
190* Wrestling/BiancaBelair (Bianca Blair)
191%% * [[Wrestling/StephanieBell Jade/Mia Yim/RECKONING]] (Stephanie Bell)
192* Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin
193* [[Wrestling/MikeBennett Michael "Mike" Bennett]]
194* Wrestling/ChrisBenoit
195* Wrestling/BigBossman (Ray Traylor)
196* Wrestling/{{Big E|Langston}} (Ettore Ewen)
197* [[Wrestling/BigShow Big Show[=/=]The Giant]] (Paul Wight)
198* Wrestling/BamBamBigelow (Scott Bigelow)
199* Wrestling/EricBischoff
200* [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Aleister Black/Tommy End/Malakai Black]] (Thomas Budgen)
201* Wrestling/BlackRose (Niika Garcia)
202* Wrestling/SteveBlackman
203* Wrestling/TessaBlanchard
204* Wrestling/FreddieBlassie (Frederick Blassman)
205* Wrestling/AlexaBliss (Alexis Kaufman)
206* [[Wrestling/MattBloom Matt Bloom/Baldo/Prince Albert/Albert/A-Train/Giant Bernard/Lord Tensai/Tensai/Sweet T/Jason Albert]]
207* Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie (Brian Heffron)
208* Wrestling/NickBockwinkel
209* [[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} The Boogeyman]] (Marty Wright)
210* Wrestling/BookerT (Booker Huffman)
211* Wrestling/ScarlettBordeaux (Elizabeth Chihaia)
212* [[Wrestling/EvanBourne Evan Bourne/Matt Sydal]] (Matt Korklan)
213%% * Wrestling/DinoBravo (Adolfo Bresciano)
214* [[Wrestling/TomBrandi Tom Brandi[=/=]Johnny Gunn[=/=]Salvatore Sincere]] (Tom Brandi)
215* Wrestling/BoboBrazil (Houston Harris)
216* Wrestling/TylerBreeze (Matt Clement)
217%% * Wrestling/GeraldBrisco
218%% * Wrestling/JackBrisco
219* Wrestling/DanaBrooke (Ashley Sebera)
220* Wrestling/DLoBrown (Accie Connor)
221* Wrestling/BruiserBrody (Frank Goodish)
222* [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Mike Bucci/"Super Nova"[=/=]"Nova"[=/=]Simon Dean]]
223* Wrestling/KingKongBundy (Chris Pallies)
224* Wrestling/ElijahBurke
225* [[Wrestling/DarrenBurns Xavier Burns/Danno Burns]]
226* Wrestling/ColtCabana (Scott Colton)
227%% * Wrestling/BrianCage (Brian Button)
228* [[Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun William "Haystacks" Calhoun]]
229* Wrestling/SamiCallihan (Sam Johnston)
230* [[Wrestling/DonCallis Don "The Jackyl"[=/=]"Cyrus" Callis]]
231* Wrestling/{{Cameron}} (Ariane Andrew)
232* Wrestling/ChrisCandido
233* [[Wrestling/MattCardona Matt Cardona/Zack Ryder]]
234* Wrestling/{{Carmella}} (Leah Van Dale)
235* [[Wrestling/EC3 Ethan Carter III (EC3)/Derrick Bateman]] (Michael Hutter)
236* [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Stacy "Miss Kitty"/"The Kat" Carter]]
237* Wrestling/OrangeCassidy (James Cipperly)
238* [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Claudio Castagnoli/Antonio Cesaro/Cesaro]]
239* [[Wrestling/DaltonCastle Dalton Castle/Ashley Remington]] (Brett Giehl)
240* [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena/The Prototype]] (see also [[Creator/JohnCena his acting page]])
241* [[Wrestling/CharlotteFlair Charlotte/Charlotte Flair]] (Ashley Fliehr)
242* [[Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa Cheerleader Melissa/Raisha Saeed/Alissa Flash]] (Melissa Anderson)
243* Wrestling/MasahiroChono
244* Wrestling/RikiChoshu (born Kwak Gwang-ung, later Mitsuo Yoshida)
245* [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian (Cage)]] (Jason Reso)
246* Wrestling/{{Chyna}} (born Joanie Laurer)
247* Wrestling/TommasoCiampa (Tommaso Whitney)
248* Wrestling/{{CIMA}} (Nobuhiko Oshima)
249* [[Wrestling/BryanClarke Bryan Clarke[=/=]Adam Bomb[=/=]Wrath]]
250* [[Wrestling/BrodusClay Brodus Clay[=/=]Tyrus]] (George Murdoch)
251* [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Allen Coage[=/=]Bad News Allen[=/=]Bad News Brown]]
252* Wrestling/AdamCole (Austin Jenkins)
253* Wrestling/MichaelCole (Michael Coulthard)
254* [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carly "Carlito" Colón]]
255* Wrestling/RicoConstantino
256* Wrestling/RobConway
257* [[Wrestling/BaronCorbin Baron Corbin/King Corbin/Happy Corbin]] (Thomas Pestock)
258%% * Wrestling/SteveCorino
259* Wrestling/JimCornette
260* [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki Cross/Nikki Storm/Nikki A.S.H.]] (Nicola Glencross)
261%% * Wrestling/JustinCredible (Peter Polaco)
262* [[Wrestling/TheCrusher Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski]]
263* [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Shawn Daivari/Khosrow Daivari/Daivari/Sheik Abdul Bashir]] (Shawn Daivari)
264* Wrestling/BoDallas (Taylor Rotunda)
265* Wrestling/{{Danhausen}} (Donovan Danhausen)
266* Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels (Daniel Covell)
267* [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan]]
268* Wrestling/SoloDarling (Christina Garibaldi)
269* [[Wrestling/BarryDarsow Barry Darsow/Demolition Smash/Repo Man/Krusher Krushchev/Blacktop Bully]] (Barry Darsow}
270* [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Tenille Dashwood/Emma]]
271* Wrestling/DawnMarie (Dawn Marie Psaltis)
272* [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Bill DeMott/Hugh Morrus]]
273* Wrestling/SaraDelRey (Sara Amato)
274* [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Alberto Del Rio/Alberto El Patrón/El Patrón Alberto]] (Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan)
275* [[Wrestling/SonyaDeville Sonya Deville/Daria Berenato]]
276* [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Fergal Devitt/Prince Devitt/Finn Bálor]]
277* Creator/DustinDiamond
278* [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]]
279* Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr
280* Wrestling/DickTheBruiser (William Afflis)
281* [[Wrestling/NickDinsmore Nick Dinsmore/Eugene]]
282* Wrestling/DoinkTheClown (Matt Osborne, Ray Liccachelli)
283* Wrestling/ShaneDouglas (Troy Martin)
284* Wrestling/TommyDreamer (Tom Laughlin)
285* [[Wrestling/KaraDrew Kara Drew/Cherry/Kara Slice]] (Kara Drew)
286* Wrestling/SpikeDudley (Matt Hyson)
287* Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan
288* Wrestling/DynamiteKid (Tom Billington)
289* Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} (Adam Copeland)
290* Wrestling/EddieEdwards (Eric Maher)
291%% * Wrestling/MichaelElgin (Aaron Frobol)
292* Wrestling/{{Elias}}/Ezekiel (Jeffrey Sciullo)
293* [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Nelson Erazo[=/=]Homicide]]
294* [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Eudy/Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid]]
295* Wrestling/EvaMarie (Natalie Nelson)
296* Wrestling/LaceyEvans (Macey Estrella-Kadlec, née Evans)
297* Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}} (Takaaki Watanabe)
298* Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah (Mary Ellison)
299* Wrestling/BadLuckFale (Fale Simitaitoko)
300* [[Wrestling/{{Fandango}} Fandango/Johnny Curtis]] (Curtis Hussey)
301* [[Wrestling/EdFarhat Ed "The Sheik" Farhat]]
302* Wrestling/JacobFatu
303* Wrestling/{{Fenix}}
304%% * [[Wrestling/DaveFinlay Dave "Fit" Finlay]]
305* Wrestling/HowardFinkel
306* Wrestling/PamperoFirpo (Juan Kachmanian)
307* Wrestling/BobbyFish
308* Wrestling/RicFlair (Richard Fliehr[[note]]He received this name when he was adopted as an infant; his actual birth name is unknown. His adoptive parents unknowingly dealt with an agency that obtained its children by means ranging from shady to outright illegal. Said agency was shut down a little more than a year after his adoption; the director died of cancer before she could be criminally tried.[[/note]])
309* [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mick Foley/Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love]]
310* Wrestling/AngelaFong
311* Wrestling/AliciaFox (Victoria Crawford)
312* Wrestling/{{MJF}} (Maxwell T. Friedman)
313* [[Wrestling/{{Francine}} Francine Fournier]]
314* Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami
315* Wrestling/KazuyukiFujita
316* Wrestling/MinoruFujita
317* Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara
318* [[Wrestling/JimFullington Jim "The Sandman" Fullington]]
319* Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki
320* Wrestling/DoryFunkJr
321* [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Terry Funk/Chainsaw Charlie]]
322* [[Wrestling/JustinGabriel Justin Gabriel/PJ Black]] (Paul Lloyd Jr.)
323* Wrestling/NickGage (Nicholas Wilson)
324%% * Wrestling/VerneGagne
325* [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke "DOC" Gallows/Festus/The Freakin' Deacon/Impostor Kane]] (Drew Hankinson)
326* Wrestling/JohnnyGargano (John Anthony Nicholas Gargano)
327%% * [[Wrestling/SantanaGarrett Santana Garrett[=/=]Brittany]]
328* Wrestling/JackieGayda
329* Wrestling/GiantGonzalez (Jorge González)
330* [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Giant Haystacks[=/=]Loch Ness]] (Marty Ruane)
331* Wrestling/GiantSilva (Paulo da Silva)
332* Wrestling/ZackGibson (Jack Rea)
333* Wrestling/EddieGilbert
334* [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Glenn Gilbertti[=/=]Disco Inferno]]
335* [[Wrestling/{{Gillberg}} Duane Gill[=/=]Gillberg]] (Duane Gill)
336* Wrestling/{{Glacier}} (Ray Lloyd)
337* Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker (Héctor Guerrero)
338* [[Wrestling/CharlesWright The Godfather[=/=]Papa Shango[=/=]Kama]] (Charles Wright)
339* [[Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} Bill Goldberg]]
340* [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Goldust/Dustin Rhodes]] (Dustin Runnels)
341* Wrestling/KarlGotch (Karl Istaz)
342* Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman)
343* Wrestling/EddieGraham (Edward Gossett)
344* Wrestling/TheGrandWizard (Ernie Roth)
345* Wrestling/CoreyGraves (Matt Polinsky)
346* Wrestling/TheGreatKhali (Dalip Singh Rana)
347* Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke (Masanori Murakawa)
348* Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr
349* Wrestling/EddieGuerrero
350* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero
351* Wrestling/SammyGuevara
352* Wrestling/BillyGunn (Monty Sopp)
353%% * Wrestling/CharlieHaas
354* Wrestling/GeorgeHackenschmidt
355* Wrestling/JillianHall (born Jillian Fletcher)
356* [[Wrestling/ScottHall Scott Hall/Razor Ramon]]
357* Wrestling/VolkHan
358* [[Wrestling/StanHansen Stan "The Lariat" Hansen]]
359* Razor Ramon HG, aka Creator/HardGay (Masaki Sumitani)
360* Wrestling/JeffHardy
361* Wrestling/MattHardy
362* [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Luke Harper/Mr. Brodie Lee]] (Jon Huber)
363* [[Wrestling/BretHart Bret "The Hitman" Hart]]
364* Wrestling/JimmyHart
365* Wrestling/OwenHart
366* Wrestling/KateyHarvey
367* Wrestling/JimmyHavoc (James [=McAhren=])
368* Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto
369* Wrestling/MuhammadHassan (Mark Copani)
370* Wrestling/DasherHatfield
371%% * Wrestling/CurtHawkins
372* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze
373* [[Wrestling/DavidHeath David "Vampire Warrior"/"Gangrel" Heath]]
374* [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]] (Raymond Louis Heenan)
375* [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms Gregory Helms/Shane Helms/The Hurricane]]
376* Wrestling/ChristyHemme
377* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix (Taeler Conrad-Mellen)
378* [[Wrestling/CurtHennig "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]]
379* Wrestling/MarkHenry
380* Wrestling/HerculesHernandez (Raymond "Ray" Fernandez)
381* [[Wrestling/ChrisHero Chris Hero/Kassius Ohno]] (Christopher Spradlin)
382* [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul Heyman/Paul E. Dangerously]]
383* Wrestling/IkutoHidaka
384* Wrestling/BrianHildebrand
385* Wrestling/HillbillyJim (Jim Morris)
386* Wrestling/HulkHogan (Terry Bollea)
387* Wrestling/{{Holidead}} (Camille Ligon)
388* [[Wrestling/BobHolly Bob "Hardcore" Holly]] (Bob Howard)
389* Wrestling/CrashHolly (Michael Lockwood)
390* Wrestling/MollyHolly (Nora Greenwald)
391* [[Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan The Honky Tonk Man]] (Roy Wayne Farris)
392* Wrestling/{{Hook}} (Tyler Cole Senerchia)
393* Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}} (Dylan Postl)
394* Wrestling/BarryHorowitz
395* Wrestling/{{Hunico}} (Jorge Arias)
396* Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink (John Jay Sutton)
397* Wrestling/KotaIbushi
398* Wrestling/AntonioInoki (Muhammad Hussain Inoki, born Kanji Inoki)
399* Wrestling/TheIronSheik (Khosrow Vaziri)
400* Wrestling/TomohiroIshii
401* Wrestling/{{Ivory}} (Lisa Moretti)
402* Wrestling/JimmyJacobs (Chris Scobille)
403* [[Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Jacqueline (Moore)]]
404* Wrestling/MickieJames
405* Wrestling/MartyJannetty (Frederick Marty Jannetty)
406* Wrestling/JoeyJanela
407* [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett "Double J" Jeff Jarrett]]
408* Wrestling/NiaJax (Savelina Fanene)
409* Wrestling/ChrisJericho (Chris Irvine)
410* Wrestling/AhmedJohnson (Tony Norris)
411* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson/Rocky Maivia]] (see also [[Creator/DwayneJohnson his acting page]])
412* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Hunter "Delirious" Johnston]]
413* Wrestling/RockyJohnson
414* Creator/TorJohnson
415* Wrestling/JasonJordan (Nathan Everheart)
416* Wrestling/PaulJones (Paul Frederick)
417* Wrestling/JunkyardDog (Sylvester Ritter)
418* Wrestling/LeilaniKai (Patricia Schroeder)
419* Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} (Celeste Bonin)
420* Creator/IkkiKajiwara
421* Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara
422* [[Wrestling/{{Kalisto}} Kalisto/Samuray del Sol]] (Emmanuel Rodríguez)
423* Wrestling/{{Kamala}} (Jim Harris)
424* [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana[=/=]Asuka]] (Kanako Urai)
425* Wrestling/{{Kane}} (Glenn Jacobs)
426* Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara
427* Wrestling/MariaKanellis
428* Wrestling/KojiKanemoto
429* [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Chris Kanyon]] (Chris Klucsarits)
430* Wrestling/KendoKashin (Tokimitsu Ishizawa)
431* Creator/AndyKaufman
432* Wrestling/ToshiakiKawada
433* Wrestling/AllysinKay (Beth Moore)
434* [[Wrestling/BillieKay Billie Kay/Jessie McKay]] (Jessica [=McKay=])
435* Wrestling/FrankieKazarian (Frank Gerdelman)
436* Wrestling/{{Kazza}}
437* Wrestling/StacyKeibler
438* Wrestling/KellyKelly (Barbie Blank)
439* Wrestling/KillerKhan (Masashi Ozawa)
440* Wrestling/TysonKidd (TJ Wilson)
441* Wrestling/BillyKidman (Peter Gruner)
442* [[Wrestling/RonKillings Ron Killings[=/=]R-Truth]]
443* Wrestling/GailKim
444* [[Wrestling/KimberLee Kimber Lee[=/=]Princess Kimberlee]] (Kimberly Frankele)
445* Wrestling/HanaKimura
446* Wrestling/MasahikoKimura
447* Wrestling/EddieKingston (Edward Moore)
448* Wrestling/KofiKingston (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah)
449* Wrestling/KojiKitao
450* [[Wrestling/LAKnight LA Knight/Eli Drake]] (Shaun Ricker)
451* Wrestling/KentaKobashi
452* [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi KENTA (Kobayashi)[=/=]Hideo Itami]]
453* [[Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka Tsuyoshi "TK" Kohsaka]]
454* Wrestling/SatoshiKojima
455* Wrestling/IvanKoloff (Oreal Perras)
456* Wrestling/NikitaKoloff (Nelson Scott Simpson)
457* Wrestling/AjaKong (Erika Shishido)
458* Wrestling/{{Konnan}} (Charles Ashenoff)
459* Wrestling/AndreiKopylov
460%% * [[Wrestling/KillerKowalski Walter "Killer" Kowalski]] (born Edward Spulnik)
461* Wrestling/VladimirKozlov (Oleg Prudius)
462* [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa Jessica "ODB" Kresa]]
463* [[Wrestling/KarrionKross Karrion/Killer Kross]] (Kevin Kesar)
464* Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} (Robert Maillet)
465* [[Wrestling/LaParka La Parka/LA Park]] (Adolfo Tapia)
466* Wrestling/BobbyLashley
467* Music/CyndiLauper
468* [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis John Laurinaitis[=/=]Johnny Ace]]
469* [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]]
470* Wrestling/TomLawlor
471* Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield
472* Wrestling/{{Layla}} (Layla El)
473* Wrestling/GeneLeBell
474* Wrestling/AJLee (April Jeanette Mendez)
475* Wrestling/KeithLee
476%% * Wrestling/TrevorLee (Trevor Caddell)
477* Wrestling/LeiDTapa (Seini Tonga)
478* Wrestling/MandyLeon
479* Wrestling/CandiceLeRae (Candice Dawson)
480* Wrestling/BrockLesnar
481* Wrestling/JayLethal (Jamar Shipman)
482* [[Wrestling/MarkLewin Mark Lewin/The Purple Haze]]
483* Wrestling/EdStranglerLewis (Robert Herman Julius Friedrich)
484* Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger (Keichi Yamada)
485* Creator/TinyLister
486* Wrestling/{{Lita}} (Amy Dumas)
487* Wrestling/{{Lodi}} (Brad Cain)
488* [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve Lombardi[=/=]The Brooklyn Brawler]]
489* Wrestling/TeddyLong
490* [[Wrestling/AngelinaLove Angelina Love/Angel Williams]] (Lauren Williams)
491* [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace/Ruby Riott/Ruby Soho]] (Dori Elizabeth Prange)
492* [[Wrestling/LowKi Low Ki[=/=]Senshi[=/=]Kaval]] (Brandon Silvestry)
493* Wrestling/LexLuger (Larry Pfohl)
494* Wrestling/BeckyLynch (Rebecca Quin)
495* Wrestling/JerryLynn (Jeremy Lynn)
496* Wrestling/BradMaddox (Tyler Kluttz)
497* [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Madusa/Alundra Blayze]] (Debrah Miceli)
498* Wrestling/MagnumTA (Terry Allen)
499* Wrestling/AkiraMaeda (born Go Il-myeong)
500* Wrestling/MagnumTOKYO (Katsumasa Kuroki)
501* Wrestling/JinderMahal (Yuvraj Singh Dhesi)
502* Wrestling/BallsMahoney (Jonathan Rechner)
503* Wrestling/DeanMalenko (Dean Simon)
504* Wrestling/ManaThePolynesianWarrior (Nikora Tuhakaraina)
505* [[Wrestling/TrevorMann Trevor Mann (Ricochet/Helios/Prince Puma)]]
506* Wrestling/SantinoMarella (Anthony Carelli)
507* [[Wrestling/LittleGuidoMaritato James "Little Guido" Maritato/Nunzio]]
508* Wrestling/DebraMarshall
509* [[Wrestling/RickMartel Rick "The Model" Martel]] (Richard Vigneault)
510* [[Wrestling/SherriMartel "Sensational" Sherri Martel]] (Sherri Schrull)
511* Wrestling/MercedesMartinez
512* Wrestling/TruthMartini (Martin Krcaj)
513%% * Wrestling/NaomichiMarufuji
514* Wrestling/{{Maryse}} (Maryse Ouellet)
515* Wrestling/AshleyMassaro
516%% * Wrestling/ChrisAdonis (Chris Mordetzky)
517* Wrestling/DrakeMaverick (James Curtin)
518* Wrestling/MichelleMcCool
519* [[Wrestling/ChiefWahooMcDaniel Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel]]
520* Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty (Trisa Hayes)
521* [[Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe]] (Steven Haworth)
522* [[Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre Drew McIntyre/Galloway]]
523* Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon
524* Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon
525* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon
526* Wrestling/{{Melina}} (Melina Perez)
527* Wrestling/RosaMendes (Milena Roucka)
528* [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Meng/Haku]] (Tonga Fifita)
529* Creator/MariaMenounos
530* [[Wrestling/MarcMero Marc Mero[=/=]Johnny B. Badd]] (Marc Mero)
531* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom)
532* Wrestling/CandiceMichelle (Candice Beckman)
533* Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku (Takao Yoshida)
534%% * Wrestling/MilMascaras (Aaron Rodríguez)
535* [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]
536* Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa
537* Wrestling/MissElizabeth (Elizabeth Hulette)
538* [[Wrestling/MissingLink The Missing Link]] (Dewey Robertson)
539* Wrestling/{{Mistico}} (Luis Urive)
540* Wrestling/MrFuji (Harry Fujiwara)
541* [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell "The Sinister Minister" James Mitchell]]
542* [[Wrestling/TheMiz Mike "The Miz" Mizanin]]
543* Wrestling/MasaakiMochizuki
544* Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon (Robert Marella)
545* Wrestling/EmberMoon[=/=]Athena (Adrienne Reese)
546* [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Carlene Moore[=/=]Jazz]]
547* Wrestling/ShannonMoore
548* Wrestling/PedroMorales
549* Wrestling/LivMorgan (Gionna Daddio)
550* Wrestling/MattMorgan (Matthew Morgan)
551%% * Wrestling/TakeshiMorishima
552* [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison John Morrison/Johnny Nitro/Johnny Mundo/Johnny Impact/John Superstar]] (John Hennigan)
553* [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Jon Moxley/Dean Ambrose]] (Jonathan Good)
554* Creator/MrT
555* Wrestling/{{MsChif}} (Rachel Collins)
556* Wrestling/DonMuraco
557* [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh "The Great Muta" Keiji Mutoh]]
558* Wrestling/DominikMysterio (Dominik Gutiérrez)
559* Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr (Óscar Gutiérrez)
560* Wrestling/BullNakano (Keiko Nakano)
561* Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} (Trinity [=McCray=])
562* Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai
563* Wrestling/YujiNagata
564* Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito
565* Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura
566* Wrestling/ManabuNakanishi
567* Wrestling/MasayukiNaruse
568* [[Wrestling/KevinNash Kevin Nash[=/=]Diesel]]
569* Wrestling/NecroButcher (Dylan Keith Summers)
570* Wrestling/JimNeidhart
571* [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Nattie "Natalya" Neidhart]]
572* Wrestling/NewJack (Jerome Young)
573* Wrestling/{{Nidia}} (Nidia Guenard)
574* [[Wrestling/JohnNord John Nord[=/=]The Berzerker]]
575* Wrestling/ScottNorton
576* Wrestling/ChristopherNowinski
577* Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa
578* Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada
579* Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund
580* Wrestling/KennyOmega (Tyson Smith)
581* Wrestling/TitusONeil (Thaddeus Bullard Sr.)
582* [[Wrestling/TheOneManGang One Man Gang[=/=]Akeem "The African Dream"]] (George Gray)
583* Wrestling/KyleOReilly (Kyle Greenwood)
584* [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Quinn "Moose" Ojinnaka]]
585* Wrestling/PaulOrndorff
586* Creator/TitoOrtiz
587* Wrestling/BobOrtonJr
588* Wrestling/RandyOrton
589* Wrestling/WillOspreay
590* Wrestling/FredOttman
591* Wrestling/ShinjiroOtani
592* [[Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka Takashi "Alexander" Otsuka]]
593* Wrestling/DavidOtunga
594* [[Wrestling/{{PAC}} PAC/(Adrian) Neville]] (Ben Satterly)
595* Wrestling/AdamPage (Stephen Woltz)
596* [[Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage "Diamond" Dallas Page]] (born Page Falkinburg)
597* [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Paige/Britani Knight/Saraya]] (Saraya-Jade Bevis)
598* Wrestling/PaigeTurner
599* Wrestling/IcemanKingParsons (King Bailey Parsons Jr.)
600* Wrestling/KenPatera
601* Wrestling/PatPatterson (Pierre Clermont)
602* Creator/LoganPaul
603* Wrestling/PentagonJr
604* [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Karlee Perez/Maxine/Catrina]]
605%% * Wrestling/PortiaPerez (Jenna Grattan)
606%% * Wrestling/TJPerkins
607* Wrestling/BethPhoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
608* [[Wrestling/BrianPillman "Flyin'" Brian Pillman]]
609* [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]] (Roderick Toombs)
610* [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Terri Poch[=/=]Tori]]
611* Wrestling/LannyPoffo
612* [[Wrestling/AlPoling Al Poling/911]]
613* Wrestling/MadManPondo (Kevin Canady)
614* [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter Montel Vontavious Porter/MVP]] (Hassan Assad; born Alvin Burke Jr.)
615* [[Wrestling/BrucePrichard Bruce Prichard/Brother Love/Reo Rogers]]
616* Wrestling/PrinceNana (Prince Nana Osei Bandoh)
617* Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr
618* Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} (Dionicio Castellanos)
619* Wrestling/DanielPuder
620* Wrestling/CMPunk (Phillip Brooks)
621* Wrestling/HarleyRace
622* Wrestling/SummerRae (Danielle Moinet)
623* Wrestling/{{Raven}} (Scott Levy)
624* Wrestling/MadisonRayne (Ashley Simmons)
625* Wrestling/RecklessYouth (Tom Carter)
626* Wrestling/WilliamRegal (Darren Matthews)
627* Wrestling/RomanReigns (Joe Anoa'i)
628* [[Wrestling/RonReis Ron Reis/The Yeti/Reese]]
629* [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody Rhodes/Stardust]] (Cody Runnels)
630* Wrestling/DustyRhodes (Virgil Runnels)
631* [[Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} Rhyno[=/=]Rhino]] (Terry Gerin)
632* Wrestling/StevieRichards (Michael Manna)
633* Wrestling/WendiRichter
634* [[Wrestling/MattRiddle (Matt) Riddle]]
635* Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} (Mitsuhiro Momota)
636* Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} (Solofa Fatu Jr.)
637* Wrestling/RheaRipley (Demi Bennett)
638* Creator/PatRoach
639* [[Wrestling/RoadDogg "Road Dogg" Jesse James]] (Brian G. James)
640* [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] (Aurelian Smith Jr.)
641* Wrestling/BillyRobinson
642* Wrestling/AntoninoRocca (Antonino Blasetton)
643* Creator/DennisRodman
644* Wrestling/JohnnyRodz (John Rodriguez)
645* [[Wrestling/SethRollins Seth Rollins[=/=]Tyler Black]] (Colby Lopez)
646* [[Wrestling/BuddyRogers "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers]] (Herman Rohde)
647* Wrestling/BobbyRoode
648* Wrestling/AdamRose (Ray Leppan)
649* [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose]] (Paul Perschmann)
650* Wrestling/MandyRose (Amanda Saccomanno)
651* [[Wrestling/{{Rosemary}} Rosemary/Courtney Rush]] (Holly Letkeman)
652* Wrestling/JimRoss
653* [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Mike Rotunda/Irwin R. Schyster]]
654* Wrestling/JacquesRougeau
655* Wrestling/RondaRousey (see also [[Creator/RondaRousey her MMA and acting page]])
656* [[Wrestling/ErickRowan Erick Rowan/Erick Redbeard]] (Joseph Ruud)
657* [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce Peyton Royce/Cassie/KC Cassidy]] (Cassie [=McIntosh=])
658* [[Wrestling/RickRude "Ravishing" Rick Rude]] (Richard Rood)
659* [[Wrestling/TerriRunnels Terri Runnels/Marlena]] (Terri Boatright)
660* [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev/Miro and Lana]] (respectively Miroslav Barnyashev and Catherine "CJ" Perry)
661* Wrestling/LioRush (Lionell Green)
662* Wrestling/VinceRusso
663* Creator/BasRutten
664* Wrestling/JoeyRyan (Joseph Ryan Meehan)
665* Wrestling/{{Ryback}} (Ryan Reeves)
666%% * Wrestling/ChrisSabin (Josh Harter)
667* Wrestling/{{Sable}} (Rena Greek)
668* Wrestling/ZackSabreJr (Lucas Eatwell)
669* Wrestling/{{Sabu}} (Terry Brunk)
670* Wrestling/SumieSakai
671* Wrestling/WataruSakata
672* Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba
673* Wrestling/BrunoSammartino
674* Wrestling/SamoaJoe (Joe Seanoa)
675* [[Wrestling/DamienSandow Damien Sandow/Aron Stevens]] (Aaron Haddad)
676* Wrestling/NaokiSano
677* Wrestling/TitoSantana (Merced Solis)
678* Wrestling/ElSanto (Rodolfo Huerta)
679* Wrestling/BobSapp
680* Wrestling/KensukeSasaki
681* Wrestling/PerrySaturn (Perry Satullo)
682* [[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho Man" Randy Savage]] (Randy Poffo)
683* Wrestling/BuzzSawyer (Bruce Woyan)
684* Wrestling/SatoruSayama
685* Wrestling/TonySchiavone
686* Wrestling/VedaScott (Lindsey Kerecz)
687* Wrestling/MartyScurll
688* Wrestling/DanSevern
689* Wrestling/KenShamrock (born Ken Kilpatrick)
690* Wrestling/SharkBoy (Dean Roll)
691* Wrestling/LarrySharpe (Larry Weil)
692* Wrestling/IronMikeSharpe
693* [[Wrestling/MikeShaw Mike Shaw/Norman the Lunatic/Bastion Booger]] (Michael Shaw)
694* Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} (Stephen Farrelly)
695%% * Wrestling/AlexShelley (Patrick Martin)
696* Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata
697* Wrestling/HikaruShida
698* Creator/AiShimizu
699* Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki
700* Wrestling/GoShiozaki
701* [[Wrestling/IoShirai Io Shirai/Hitokiri/IYO SKY]] (Masami Odate)
702* Wrestling/SilverKing (César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón)
703* [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Ron Simmons/Faarooq]]
704* Wrestling/SinCara
705* Wrestling/ElixSkipper
706* Wrestling/HeathSlater (Heath Miller)
707* Wrestling/SgtSlaughter (Robert Remus)
708* Wrestling/{{Slick}} (Ken Johnson)
709* Wrestling/NormanSmiley
710* [[Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith]]
711* Wrestling/AlSnow (Al Sarven)
712* [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka]] (Jimmy Reiher)
713* Wrestling/TaminaSnuka (Sarona Reiher)
714* Wrestling/GordonSolie (Francis Labiak)
715* Wrestling/DanSpivey
716* Wrestling/KrisStatlander
717* Wrestling/RichieSteamboat (Richard Blood Jr.)
718* [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] (Richard Blood)
719* [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]] (Jim Myers)
720* [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Steen[=/=]Owens]]
721* Wrestling/ScottSteiner (Scott Rechsteiner)
722* [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kia Stevens (Amazing Kong[=/=]Awesome Kong[=/=]Kharma)]]
723* Wrestling/{{Sting}} (Steve Borden)
724* [[Wrestling/SarahStock Sarah Stock[=/=]Sarita[=/=]Dark Angel]]
725* [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Devon Storm[=/=]Crowbar]] (Chris Ford)
726* [[Wrestling/JamesStorm "Cowboy" James Storm]] (James Cox)
727* Wrestling/LanceStorm (Lance Evers)
728* Wrestling/ToniStorm (Toni Rossall)
729* Wrestling/TrishStratus (Patricia Stratigias)
730* Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet
731* Wrestling/SwerveStrickland (Stephon Strickland)
732* Wrestling/RoderickStrong (Chris Lindsey)
733* Wrestling/BraunStrowman (Adam Scherr)
734* Wrestling/BigJohnStudd (John Minton)
735* Wrestling/AJStyles (Allan Jones)
736* Wrestling/JoeyStyles (Joseph Bonsignore)
737* Wrestling/TakuyaSugi
738* Wrestling/KevinSullivan
739* Wrestling/SuperCrazy (Francisco Islas Rueda)
740%% * Wrestling/SuperDragon (Daniel Lyon)
741* Wrestling/{{SUWA}}
742* Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki
743* [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jack Swagger[=/=]Jake Hager]]
744%% * Wrestling/RichSwann
745* Wrestling/LarrySweeney (Alex Whybrow)
746* [[Wrestling/RobertSwenson Robert "Jeep" Swenson/The Final Solution/The Ultimate Solution]]
747* [[Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch Tamara "Tammy" Lynn Sytch/Sunny]]
748* Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi
749* Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi
750* Wrestling/MinoruTanaka
751* Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri
752* Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada
753* Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama
754* Wrestling/MasatoTanaka
755* Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura
756* Wrestling/{{TARU}}
757* Wrestling/{{Tatanka}} (Chris Chavis)
758* Wrestling/YoshiTatsu (Naofumi Yamamoto)
759* Wrestling/MattTaven (Matthew Marinelli)
760* Wrestling/ChuckTaylor (Dustin Howard)
761* Wrestling/{{Tazz}} (Peter Senerchia)
762* Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu (Genichiro Shimada)
763* [[Wrestling/JohnTenta John Tenta/The Canadian Earthquake/Earthquake/Avalanche/The Shark/Golga]]
764* Wrestling/HiroyoshiTenzan (Hiroyoshi Yamamoto)
765* Wrestling/SylvesterTerkay
766* [[Wrestling/TarynTerrell Taryn Terrell/Tiffany]]
767* [[Wrestling/{{Test}} Andrew "Test" Martin]]
768* Wrestling/BruceTharpe
769* Wrestling/LouThesz (Lajos Tiza)
770* [[Wrestling/SurvivalTobita Masaru "Survival" Tobita]]
771* [[Wrestling/TheTongaKid The Tonga Kid[=/=]Islander Tama[=/=]The Samoan Savage]] (Samuel "Sam" Larry Anoa'i Fatu)
772* Wrestling/EveTorres
773* Wrestling/ManamiToyota
774* Wrestling/AkiraTozawa
775* [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Thea Trinidad[=/=]Rosita[=/=]Divina Fly[=/=]Zelina Vega]]
776* Wrestling/TripleH (Paul Levesque)
777* [[Wrestling/JumboTsuruta Tomomi "Jumbo" Tsuruta]]
778* Wrestling/UltimateWarrior (Warrior, born Jim Hellwig)
779* Wrestling/UltimoDragon (Yoshihiro Asai)
780* Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}
781* Wrestling/{{Umaga}} (Eddie Fatu)
782* Wrestling/UncleElmer (Stan Frazier)
783* Wrestling/TheUndertaker (Mark Calaway)
784* Wrestling/DaffneyUnger (Shannon Spruill)
785* [[Wrestling/LunaVachon Gertrude "Luna" Vachon]]
786* [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} (Big Van) Vader]] (Leon White)
787* [[Wrestling/GregValentine Greg "The Hammer" Valentine]] (John Wisniski)
788* Wrestling/ValkyrieCain
789%% * Wrestling/{{Vampiro}} (Ian Hodgkinson)
790* Wrestling/RobVanDam (Rob Szatkowski)
791* Wrestling/IvelisseVelez
792* Wrestling/VelvetSky (Jamie Szantyr)
793* Wrestling/TheVelveteenDream (Patrick Clark Jr.)
794* Wrestling/ValVenis (Sean Morley)
795* [[Wrestling/JesseVentura Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] (James Janos)
796* Creator/LinoVentura
797* [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria[=/=]Tara]] (Lisa Marie Varon)
798* [[Wrestling/{{Virgil}} Virgil[=/=]Vincent]] (Mike Jones)
799* Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff (Josip Peruzovic)
800* Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie (Christina Kardooni)
801* [[Wrestling/GeorgeWagner "Gorgeous" George Wagner]]
802* [[Wrestling/{{WALTER}} WALTER/GUNTHER]] (Walter Hahn)
803* [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman Sean Waltman[=/=]The 1-2-3 Kid[=/=]Syxx[=/=]X-Pac]]
804* [[Wrestling/KimonaWanalaya Kimona Wanalaya[=/=]Leia Meow]] (Kristina Laum)
805* [[Wrestling/JimmyWangYang Jimmy Wang Yang[=/=]Akio[=/=]Yang]] (James Carson Yun)
806* Wrestling/{{Wardlow}} (Michael Austin Wardlow)
807* Wrestling/KokoBWare (James Ware)
808* [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Katarina Leigh Waters (Nikita[=/=]Katie Lea (Burchill)[=/=]Winter)]]
809* Wrestling/AmyWeber
810* Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck (John Watson)
811* Wrestling/JayWhite
812* Wrestling/TaylorWilde (Shantelle Malawski)
813* [[Wrestling/DelWilkes Del Wilkes (The Trooper[=/=]The Patriot)]]
814%% * Wrestling/DougWilliams (Douglas Durdle)
815* Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams
816* Wrestling/TorrieWilson
817* Wrestling/BarryWindham
818* Wrestling/HarveyWippleman (Bruno Lauer)
819* Wrestling/XavierWoods (Austin Watson)
820* Wrestling/AlexWright
821* [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Bray Wyatt/Husky Harris]] (Windham Rotunda)
822* Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto
823* Wrestling/ToruYano
824* Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} (Rodney Anoa'i)
825* Wrestling/DarrenYoung (Fred Rosser III)
826* Wrestling/EricYoung (Jeremy Fritz)
827* Wrestling/MaeYoung
828%% * Wrestling/ReneeYoung (Renee Paquette)
829* Wrestling/SuYung (Vannarah Riggs)
830* [[Wrestling/SamiZayn Sami Zayn/El Generico]] (Rami Sebei)
831* Wrestling/TomZenk
832* Wrestling/BorisZhukov (James Kirk Harrell)
833* Wrestling/DolphZiggler (Nick Nemeth)
834[[/folder]]
835
836[[folder:Stables and Tag Teams]]
837[[/index]]
838Indexes for the different teams can be found [[TagTeam/ProfessionalWrestling here]] (for duos), [[PowerTrio/ProfessionalWrestling here]] (for trios) and [[PowerStable here]] (for 4+ member groups).
839[[index]]
840* [[Wrestling/ThreePoint0 3.0/Ever-Rise/2.0]] - Scott/Chase/Jeff[[note]]His real name[[/note]]/Angelo Parker, Shane Matthews/Matt Martel/Matt Lee[[note]]his real name[[/note]]/Matt Menard
841* Wrestling/ThreeMB - Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/HeathSlater, Wrestling/JinderMahal
842* Wrestling/TheAcclaimed - Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Wrestling/BillyGunn
843* Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights|Wrestlers}} - [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bully Ray (Mark [=LoMonaco=]), Devon (Devon Hughes)]], Wrestling/DLoBrown, Mr. Anderson (Wrestling/KenAnderson), DOC (Wrestling/DrewHankinson), Knux (Mike Hettinga), Garett Bischoff, Wes Brisco, [[Wrestling/BrookeAdams Brooke Tessmacher]], Creator/TitoOrtiz
844* Wrestling/AmericanAlpha - Chad Gable (Chas Betts), Wrestling/JasonJordan (Nathan Everhart)
845%% * Wrestling/AmericanWolves
846* Wrestling/TheAPA - [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw (John Layfield)]], [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq (Ron Simmons)]]
847* Wrestling/TheAscension - Konnor (Ryan Parmeter), Viktor (Eric Thompson)
848* Wrestling/TheAuthority - Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/TheShield, Wrestling/SethRollins, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/BigShow, Jamie Noble (James Gibson), Joey Mercury (Adam Birch), Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}
849* Wrestling/AztecaUnderground - Dario Cueto/Cesar Duran, King/Mil Muertes, Los Parks ([[Wrestling/LaParka LA Park]] and sons), Matt Cross, Arez, Aramis…
850* Wrestling/TheBar - Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]]
851* Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople - Wrestling/AngelinaLove, Wrestling/VelvetSky, Wrestling/MadisonRayne, [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Cute Kip]] and [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Lacey Von Erich]]
852%% * Wrestling/BeerMoneyInc - Wrestling/BobbyRoode, Wrestling/JamesStorm
853* Wrestling/BellaTwins - Brie Bella (Brianna Garcia), Nikki Bella (Nicole Garcia)
854* Wrestling/TheBlackjacks - Mulligan (Robert Windham), Lanza (Jack Lanza)
855* Wrestling/BlackpoolCombatClub – Wrestling/BryanDanielson, Wrestling/JonMoxley (Jonathan Good), Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli, Wheeler Yuta (Paul Gruber), Wrestling/WilliamRegal
856* Wrestling/{{Breezango}} - Wrestling/TylerBreeze, Wrestling/{{Fandango}}
857* Wrestling/TheBriscoeBrothers - Jay and Mark Briscoe (Jamin and Mark Pugh)
858* Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle - (Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, Trent Seven)
859* Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes - Ares, Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli, Wrestling/SaraDelRey, Wrestling/DaizeeHaze, Pinkie Sanchez, Tim Donst, Tursas, [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]]...
860* Wrestling/BulletClub - [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]], Wrestling/KarlAnderson, Wrestling/AJStyles, [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]], Wrestling/BadLuckFale, Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny, Wrestling/JayWhite, Wrestling/JadoAndGedo, Wrestling/TheYoungBucks, Yujiro Takahashi, Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/AdamCole, Wrestling/{{Cody|Rhodes}}, Wrestling/MartyScurll, Gino Gambino, Hikuleo, Bone Soldier, Chase Owens, [[Wrestling/AdamPage "Hangman" Adam Page]], [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi KENTA]], El Phantasmo, Wrestling/TaijiIshimori, Robbie Eagles, Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}, Chris Bey
861* [[Wrestling/TheBushwhackers The Bushwhackers/The Sheepherders]] - Butch Miller, Luke Williams
862* Wrestling/CadeAndMurdoch - Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch
863* Wrestling/{{Caged Heat|Wrestling}} - Loca, Delta Lotta Pain
864* Wrestling/{{CHAOS}}
865* Wrestling/{{ChickBusters}} - Wrestling/AJLee, Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}
866* Wrestling/TheCorporation - Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/BigBossman, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/{{Test}}, Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/TripleH...
867* Wrestling/ContraUnit - Wrestling/JacobFatu, Josef Samael, Simon Gotch, Ikuro Kwon, Mads Krugger, [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Daivari]]
868%% * Wrestling/CrymeTyme - Shad, JTG
869* Wrestling/CrushGals - Wrestling/LionessAsuka, Wrestling/ChigusaNagayo
870* Wrestling/DamageCTRL - Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]], Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]].
871* Wrestling/TheDangerousAlliance
872* Wrestling/TheDarkOrder - [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]] (Jon Huber), Evil Uno (Nicolas Dansereau), Stu Grayson (Marc Dionne), Alex Reynolds, John Silver, 10, 5, Anna Jay (Anna Jernigan), Mr. Brodie Lee Jr. (Brodie Huber)
873* Wrestling/DGenerationX - Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/RoadDogg, [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]], Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/RickRude
874* Wrestling/{{Demolition}} - Ax (Bill Eadie), Smash (Barry Darsow), [[Wrestling/BrianAdams Crush]]
875* Wrestling/DeuceNDomino - Deuce (James Reiher Jr.), Domino (Cliff Compton), [[Wrestling/KaraDrew Cherry (Kara Drew)]]
876* Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys - Bubba Ray (Mark [=LoMonaco=]), D-Von (Devon Hughes), Wrestling/SpikeDudley (Matt Hyson)
877* Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom - Wrestling/KevinSullivan, Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, [[Wrestling/JohnTenta The Shark]], [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake The Zodiac]], [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]], Wrestling/{{Meng}}, The Yeti (Ron Reis), Wrestling/LexLuger, [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus]], Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Loch Ness]], Z-Gangsta (Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr.), The Ultimate Solution (Robert Swenson, Maxx (John Czawlytko), Braun ([=DeWayne=] Bruce), [[Wrestling/BigBossMan Big Bubba]], Wrestling/{{Konnan}}
878* Wrestling/TheElite - Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/TheYoungBucks, Wrestling/AdamPage, Wrestling/AdamCole and Wrestling/CodyRhodes.
879%% * Wrestling/EdgeAndChristian
880* Wrestling/TheEliminators - Wrestling/PerrySaturn, John Kronus
881* Wrestling/EnzoAndCass - Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt), Colin "Big Cass" Cassady (William Morrissey)
882* Wrestling/{{Evolution}} - Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/{{Batista}}
883%% * Wrestling/TheFabulousFreebirds
884* Wrestling/TheFabulousKangaroos - Al Costello (Giacomo Costa), Roy Heffernan, Don Kent (Leo Smith)
885* Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes - Steve Keirn, Stan Lane
886* Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen - Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/ArnAnderson, Ole Anderson (Alan Rogowski), Tully Blanchard, Wrestling/BarryWindham, J.J. Dillon (James Morrison)
887%% * Wrestling/TheFourHorsewomen - Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, Wrestling/SashaBanks, Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, Wrestling/BeckyLynch
888* Wrestling/{{Fortune}} - Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/AJStyles, [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]], Wrestling/BobbyRoode, Wrestling/JamesStorm, Wrestling/MattMorgan, Douglas Williams (Douglas Durdle), Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels
889* Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls - Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Cameron}}
890* Wrestling/GoldenLovers - Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/KotaIbushi.
891* Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny - Tama Tonga (Alipate Leone), Tanga Loa (Tevita Fifita)
892%% * Wrestling/TheHardyBoyz
893%% * Wrestling/TheHartFoundation
894* Wrestling/TheHeadbangers - Mosh, Thrasher
895* Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers - Samu, [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} Fatu]], [[Wrestling/TheBarbarian Sionne (The Barbarian)]]
896* Wrestling/HouseOfBlack - [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Malakai Black]], Brody King, Buddy Matthews, Julia Hart
897* Wrestling/TheHurtBusiness - [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter Montel Vontavious Porter/MVP]], Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin, Cedric Alexander
898* Wrestling/InnerCircle - Wrestling/ChrisJericho, [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jake Hager]], Wrestling/SantanaAndOrtiz, Wrestling/SammyGuevara
899* Wrestling/JadoAndGedo - Jado (Shoji Akiyoshi), Gedo (Keiji Takayama)
900* Wrestling/JerichoAppreciationSociety - Wrestling/ChrisJericho, [[Wrestling/JackSwagger Jake Hager]], [[Wrestling/ThreePoint0 2point0]], Daniel Garcia, Wrestling/SammyGuevara, Tay Conti/Melo (Taynara Melo de Carvalho), Anna Jay
901* Wrestling/TheJOBSquad - Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/TooColdScorpio, Wrestling/BobHolly, The Blue Meanie, Wrestling/{{Gillberg}}
902* Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay - Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, Damien Priest, Wrestling/RheaRipley, Wrestling/DominikMysterio, JD [=McDonagh=]
903* Wrestling/JumpingBombAngels - Noriyo Tateno, Itsuki Yamazaki
904* Wrestling/TysonKiddAndCesaro - Wrestling/TysonKidd (T.J. Wilson), [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]]
905* Wrestling/TheKingsOfWrestling - Wrestling/ChrisHero, Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli, Wrestling/LarrySweeney, Wrestling/SaraDelRey, Arik Cannon, Icarus, Chuck Taylor, Gran Akuma, Mitch Ryder, Shayne Hawke, Max Boyer
906* Wrestling/TheKliq - Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman The 1-2-3 Kid]]
907%% * Wrestling/LatinAmericanExchange
908* Wrestling/{{LayCool}} - Wrestling/{{Layla}}, Wrestling/MichelleMcCool
909* Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick - Paul London, Brian Kendrick
910* Wrestling/LosIngobernables - Rush, La Mascara and [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas La Sombra]] (founders).
911* Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon - Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}} (Takaaki Watanabe), Bushi (Tetsuya Shimizu), (Seiya) Sanada, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, Shingo Takagi
912* Wrestling/LuchaBrothers - Wrestling/PentagonJr, (Rey) Fénix
913%% * Wrestling/TheMainEventMafia - Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/{{Sting}}, Wrestling/BookerT, Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/ScottSteiner, [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]], Wrestling/SamoaJoe, Wrestling/TraciBrooks, [[Wrestling/NickAldis Magnus]], Rampage Jackson
914%% * Wrestling/LosMatadores
915* Wrestling/TheMegaPowers - Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/MissElizabeth
916* Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress - Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane
917* Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness - Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/PaulBearer, [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]], Mideon (Dennis Knight), Viscera (Nelson Frazier Jr.), [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]], Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, Wrestling/{{Christian}}
918* Wrestling/TheMoondogs - King (Ed White), Rex (Randy Colley), Spot (Larry Booker)
919* Wrestling/MotorCityMachineGuns - Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin
920* Wrestling/TheNastyBoys - Jerry Sags, Brian Knobbs
921* Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination - [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]], Clarence Mason (Herman Stevens), JC Ice (Jamie Cruikshanks), Wolfie D (Kelly Wolfe), [[Wrestling/BrianAdams Crush]], Savio Vega (Juan Rivera), Wrestling/DLoBrown, [[Wrestling/CharlesWright Kama Mustafa/The Godfather (Charles Wright)]], Wrestling/AhmedJohnson (Tony Norris), [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rocky Maivia/The Rock]], Wrestling/MarkHenry, Wrestling/OwenHart
922* Wrestling/TheNaturalDisasters - [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]], [[Wrestling/FredOttman Typhoon]]
923* Wrestling/TheNewAgeOutlaws - Wrestling/RoadDogg, Wrestling/BillyGunn
924* Wrestling/TheNewDay - Wrestling/BigELangston, Wrestling/KofiKingston, Wrestling/XavierWoods
925* Wrestling/NewWorldOrder ([=nWo=])
926* [[Wrestling/TheNexus The Nexus/The New Nexus/The Corre]] - Wrestling/WadeBarrett, Wrestling/DavidOtunga, Wrestling/JustinGabriel, Wrestling/HeathSlater, [[Wrestling/{{Ryback}} Skip Sheffield]], Michael Tarver (Tyrone Evans), Wrestling/DarrenYoung, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Curtis Axel]], [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Husky Harris]], Wrestling/CMPunk, Mason Ryan (Barri Griffiths), Ezekiel Jackson (Rycklon Stephens)
927* Wrestling/TheOddities – [[Wrestling/DonCallis The Jackyl]], Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}}, [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Golga]], Wrestling/GiantSilva, Wrestling/LunaVachon, Wrestling/{{Sable}}, [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]], Music/InsaneClownPosse
928* Wrestling/ThePinnacle - Wrestling/{{MJF}}, Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}, [[Wrestling/TheRevival FTR]], Shawn Spears, Tully Blanchard
929* Wrestling/ThePowersOfPain - The Warlord (Terry Szopinski), Wrestling/TheBarbarian (Sionne Vailahi)
930* Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers - Wrestling/DarrenYoung (Fred Rosser), Wrestling/TitusONeil (Thaddeus Bullard)
931* Wrestling/PromocionesDorado - Salina De La Renta, Wrestling/LowKi, [[Wrestling/LaParka LA Park]], El Hijo de LA Park, LA Park Jr., Mil Muertes, Ricky Martinez, Wrestling/JimmyHavoc, Sammy Guevara, Garza Jr., Bestia 666...
932* Wrestling/ThePublicEnemyTagTeam - Johnny Grunge (Michael Durham), "Flyboy" Rocco Rock (Ted Petty)
933* Wrestling/RavensNest - Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/StevieRichards, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], Beulah [=McGillicutty=], etc.
934* Wrestling/{{reDRagon}} - Wrestling/BobbyFish (Robert Anthony Fish), Wrestling/KyleOReilly (Kyle Greenwood)
935* Wrestling/LaResistanceTagTeam - René Duprée (René Goguen), Sylvain Grenier, [[Wrestling/RobConway Rob/Robért Conway]] (Robert Thomas Conway)
936* [[Wrestling/TheRevival The Revival/FTR]] - Scott Dawson[=/=]Dax Harwood (David K. Harwood), Dash Wilder[=/=]Cash Wheeler (Daniel Wheeler)
937* Wrestling/RightToCensor - [[Wrestling/StevieRichards Steven Richards]], Bull Buchanan, [[Wrestling/CharlesWright The Goodfather]], Wrestling/ValVenis, Wrestling/{{Ivory}}.
938* Wrestling/TheRiottSquad - Wrestling/RubyRiott (Dori Elizabeth Prange), Wrestling/LivMorgan (Gionna Jene Daddio), Sarah Logan (Sarah Bridges).
939* [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors The Road Warriors/Legion of Doom]] - Animal (James Laurinaitis), Hawk (Michael Hegstrand)
940%% * Wrestling/TheRockers - Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/MartyJannetty
941* Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress- Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson (Ruben Cain)
942* Wrestling/RoughStuff
943* Wrestling/RusevAndLana - (Alexander) Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev), Lana (C.J. Perry)
944* Wrestling/SamoanDynasty
945* Wrestling/{{Sanity}} - Wrestling/EricYoung (Jeremy Fritz); Alexander Wolfe (Axel Tischer); Wrestling/NikkiCross (Nicola Glencross), Killian Dain (Damian Mackle)
946* Wrestling/SantanaAndOrtiz - Tag team formed by Santana and Ortiz.
947* Wrestling/TheShield - [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]], Wrestling/SethRollins, Wrestling/RomanReigns
948* Wrestling/TheSuperSmashBrothers - Player Uno/Evil Uno, Stupefied/Player Dos
949* Wrestling/SuzukiGun - Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki, Taichi, Wrestling/TakaMichinoku, Lance Archer, Yoshihiro Takayama, Black Tiger, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kengo Mashima, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado, Takashi Sugiura, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Wrestling/ZackSabreJr, Douki
950* Wrestling/TaguchiJapan
951* Wrestling/TeamHellNo - Wrestling/{{Kane}}, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]
952* Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra - Wrestling/AdamCole, Wrestling/BobbyFish, Wrestling/KyleOReilly and Wrestling/RoderickStrong
953* Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire - Wrestling/WillOspreay, Bea Priestley, Great-O-Khan (Tomoyuki Oka), Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare (Aaron Henry)
954* Wrestling/TheUsos - Jimmy (Jonathan Fatu), Jey (Joshua Fatu)
955* Wrestling/TheVarsityClub - Wrestling/KevinSullivan, Wrestling/MikeRotunda, Rick Steiner, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/DanSpivey, [[Wrestling/KimonaWanalaya Leia Meow]]
956%% * Wrestling/TheVaudevillains
957* [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erich (Adkisson) Family]] - Fritz, Kerry, Kevin, Mike, David, [[Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople Lacey]], Marshall, Ross…
958* Wrestling/TheWildSamoans - Afa, Sika
959* Wrestling/TheWoodBrothers
960* Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam - Charlie Haas, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin
961* Wrestling/TheWyattFamily - Wrestling/BrayWyatt, Wrestling/ErickRowan, Wrestling/LukeHarper, Wrestling/BraunStrowman
962* Wrestling/TheYoungBucks - Matt Jackson (Massie), Nick Jackson (Massie)
963[[/folder]]
964
965[[folder:[=PPVs=] and Other Events]]
966* ECW originated Pay-Per-Views and events:
967** Wrestling/DecemberToDismember
968* WCW originated Pay-Per-Views and events:
969** Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash
970* WWE Pay-Per-Views and events:
971** Wrestling/{{Armageddon|WWE}}
972** Wrestling/{{Backlash}}
973** Wrestling/BadBlood
974** [[Wrestling/WWEBrawlForAll Brawl For All]]
975** [[Wrestling/WWECruiserweightClassic Cruiserweight Classic]]
976** Wrestling/CyberSunday (formerly ''Taboo Tuesday'')
977** Wrestling/EliminationChamber
978** [[Wrestling/WWEFastlane Fastlane]]
979** Wrestling/HellInACell
980** Wrestling/JudgmentDay
981** Wrestling/KingOfTheRing
982** [[Wrestling/WWEMaeYoungClassic Mae Young Classic]]
983** Wrestling/WWEMixedMatchChallenge
984** Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank
985** Wrestling/NewYearsRevolution
986** Wrestling/NoMercy
987** Wrestling/{{No Way Out|WWE}}
988** Wrestling/RoyalRumble
989** Wrestling/SummerSlam
990** Wrestling/SurvivorSeries
991** Wrestling/{{Unforgiven|WWE}}
992** Wrestling/{{Vengeance}}
993** Wrestling/WrestleMania
994* WWE Eras
995** Wrestling/WWEGoldenAgeEra
996** Wrestling/WWENewGenerationEra
997** Wrestling/AttitudeEra
998** Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle
999** Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra
1000** Wrestling/WWEPGEra
1001** Wrestling/WWERealityEra
1002** Wrestling/WWENewEra
1003** Wrestling/WWEEndeavorEra
1004* WWE Other:
1005** [[Wrestling/WWEDivaSearch Diva Search]]
1006** Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame
1007[[/folder]]
1008
1009[[folder:News and Opinion Sources]]
1010* Creator/ScottKeith
1011* Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter
1012[[/folder]]
1013
1014[[folder:Other]]
1015* Wrestling/BigGoldBelt
1016* Wrestling/BrokenUniverse
1017* Wrestling/GrandSlamChampion
1018* Wrestling/MassTransitIncident
1019* Wrestling/MondayNightWars
1020* Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob
1021* ''Wrestling/SuperSmashBrosSlamfest99''
1022* Wrestling/TripleCrownChampion
1023* Wrestling/WWEWomensEvolution
1024[[/folder]]
1025
1026[[folder:Professional Wrestling in Various Media]]
1027!!![[AC:Anime and Manga]]
1028* ''Anime/AyanesHighKick''
1029* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}''
1030* ''Manga/TigerMask''
1031* ''Anime/TigerMaskW''
1032* ''Wrestle! Idol''
1033* ''Koko ga Uusawa No El Palacio'' (Welcome to El Palacio)
1034* ''Matsuri Special''
1035* ''Manga/WannaBeTheStrongestInTheWorld!''
1036
1037!![[AC: Card Games]]
1038* ''Champions of the Galaxy''
1039** ''Legends of Wrestling'' (and ''many'' other spinoffs such as ''Chikara'', ''CZW'', ''Ring of Honor'', ''SHIMMER'' and ''Championship Wrestling From Hollywood'')
1040* ''Raw Deal Indy Card''
1041* ''Supershow the Game''
1042** ''WWE Raw Deal''
1043
1044!![[AC:ComicBooks]]
1045* ''Behind the Curtain – Real Pro Wrestling Stories''
1046* ''The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling''
1047* ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets''
1048* ''ComicBook/TheCrimsonCage''
1049* ''Rad Chismo & The 88 Terras''
1050* ''Sensacional de Luchas''
1051* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' (his OriginStory in most versions is heavily tied to the sport)
1052* ''Super Pro K.O.''
1053* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}''
1054* ''ComicBook/WWESuperstars''
1055
1056!![[AC:FanFic]]
1057* ''Fanfic/TheJWL''
1058* ''FanFic/ToonZoneWrestling''
1059* ''FanFic/UltimateCrossoverWrestling''
1060
1061!![[AC:{{Film}}]]
1062* ''Film/AllTheMarbles''
1063* ''Film/BeyondTheMat''
1064* ''Film/TheCalamariWrestler''
1065* ''Film/CardSubjectToChange''
1066* ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily''
1067* ''The Foul King''
1068* ''Film/TheIronClaw''
1069* ''Film/KayfabeAFakeRealMovieAboutAFakeRealSport''
1070* ''Film/MonsterBrawl''
1071* ''Film/NachoLibre''
1072* ''Film/NightOfTheBloodyApes''
1073* ''Film/NoHoldsBarred''
1074* ''Film/ThePeanutButterFalcon''
1075* ''Film/ProWrestlersVsZombies''
1076* ''Film/ReadyToRumble''
1077* ''Body Slam''
1078* ''Film/SpiderMan1''
1079* ''Film/TheWrestler''
1080
1081!![[AC:{{Literature}}]]
1082* ''One Fall''
1083* ''[[http://redstonesciencefiction.com/2010/10/wrestling-with-alienation/ Wrestling with Alienation]]''
1084* ''[[http://www.everydayfiction.com/body-slam-by-howard-cincotta/ Body Slam]]''
1085* ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''
1086* ''Literature/RingOfHell''
1087* ''Gig Marks'' (Available in audio format [[http://pseudopod.org/2013/05/10/pseudopod-333-gig-marks/ here]]).
1088* ''Literature/HaveANiceDayATaleOfBloodAndSweatsocks''
1089
1090!![[AC:Wrestling Shows]]
1091* ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' - [1995-2001]
1092* ''Series/WorldOfSport'' - [1965-1985]
1093** Creator/{{ITV}} resurrected its Saturday evening ''World of Sport'' show to showcase the best in British pro wrestling in 2018, under the WOS banner.
1094* ''[[Wrestling/WWEMainEvent Main Event]]'' - [2012- ]
1095* ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]'' - [1993- ]
1096* ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'' - [2010-]
1097** ''[[Wrestling/NXT3 Season 3]]''
1098* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Smackdown Live!]]'' - [1999- ]
1099* ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'' - [2009-2016]
1100* ''Series/TotalDivas''
1101* ''[[Wrestling/WWEToughEnough Tough Enough]]'' - [2001-2004, 2011, 2015]
1102
1103!![[AC:Other LiveActionTV]]
1104* ''Series/TheBigShowShow''
1105* [[Recap/CharmedS3E12WrestlingWithDemons "Wrestling With Demons"]], episode of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''
1106* ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing''
1107* ''Series/GLOW2017''
1108* ''Series/{{Heels}}''
1109* [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS5E22RobotsVersusWrestlers "Robots Versus Wrestlers"]], episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
1110* ''Series/ThumbWrestlingFederation''
1111* ''Series/TotalDivas''
1112* ''Series/TheWrestlingKennection''
1113* ''Series/WWELegendsHouse''
1114
1115!![[AC:Music]]
1116* Music/MomoiroCloverZ, an obscure Japanese Idol group whose gimmicks revolve around professional wrestling and {{Toku}}, they're even appearing on an actual match as Keiji Mutoh's allies. In return, several NJPW casts also appear as guests in their live concerts.
1117* Music/InsaneClownPosse have wrestled, licensing a video game and eventually starting their own promotion.
1118* Filipino rock groups Music/ParokyaNiEdgar and Music/{{Kamikazee}} have a collaboration single titled "The Ordertaker". Its music video has the bands dressing as several WWE superstars.
1119* Music/ShiningWizado, a Seattle musician who writes songs about wrestling.
1120
1121!![[AC:{{Pinball}}]]
1122* ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble''
1123* ''WWE Wrestlemania''
1124
1125!![[AC:{{Podcast}}s]]
1126* ''Podcast/DarkMatch''
1127* One of the worlds briefly visited in the Gemini Arc of ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}''.
1128
1129!![[AC:TabletopGames]]
1130* ''WWE: Know Your Role''
1131* Supers game ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}''
1132* ''[[TabletopGame/HeroSystem Lucha Libre Hero]]''
1133* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Ring Dreams'' (a Japanese-only sourcebook about women's professional wrestling)
1134
1135!![[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
1136* ''The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity''
1137
1138!! [[AC:{{Toys}}]]
1139* ''SLAM Buddies''
1140
1141!![[AC:VideoGames]]
1142* ''Videogame/ProWrestling''
1143* ''King Of Colosseum''
1144* ''3 Count Bout''
1145* ''[[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] Fight Forever''
1146* ''[[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam Vendetta]]''
1147* ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling''
1148* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfWrestling''
1149* ''Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring''
1150* ''VideoGame/MexicanWrestling''
1151* ''Natsume Championship Wrestling''
1152* ''VideoGame/RetromaniaWrestling''
1153* ''VideoGame/RoyalProWrestling''
1154* ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''
1155* ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''
1156* ''VideoGame/{{Slammed}}''
1157* ''VideoGame/TotalExtremeWrestling''
1158** ''VideoGame/IDomination''
1159* ''VideoGame/WrestleAngels''
1160* ''Wrestle Kingdom''
1161* ''VideoGame/WrestleQuest''
1162* ''VideoGame/WWEVideoGames''
1163* ''VideoGame/WWEAllStars''
1164* ''VideoGame/WWFNoMercy''
1165* ''[[VideoGame/WWFWrestleManiaTheArcadeGame WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game]]''
1166
1167!![[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
1168* ''Webcomic/BotchedSpot''
1169* ''Webcomic/RivalAngels''
1170* ''[[http://boogereaters.webcomic.ws Booger Eaters]]''
1171
1172!![[AC:Web Original]]
1173* ''WebVideo/AreYouSerious''
1174* ''WebVideo/BeingTheElite''
1175* ''Creator/BillAndDoug''
1176* ''{{Website/Botchamania}}''
1177* ''Wrestling/CAWLeagues''
1178** ''WebVideo/HoganVsFlair''
1179** ''WebVideo/OlympusChampionshipWrestlingFederation''
1180** ''WebVideo/SCAWSuperstarsOfCAW''
1181** ''WebAnimation/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling''
1182%%* ''WebAnimation/ChibiWrestlers''
1183* ''WebVideo/{{Cultaholic}}''
1184* ''Website/DivaDirt''
1185* ''WebVideo/TheEdgeAndChristianShow''
1186* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khp8H7KJeLc F*** Kayfabe: Wrestling With Labels]]''
1187* ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark''
1188* ''[[http://www.kayfabenews.com/ Kayfabe News]]''
1189* ''WebVideo/NewLegacyInc''
1190* ''Wrestling/{{RXW}}''
1191* ''WebVideo/SouthpawRegionalWrestling''
1192* ''WebVideo/UpUpDownDown''
1193* ''WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling''
1194* ''Website/WrestleCrap''
1195* ''WebVideo/WWESlamCity''
1196* ''WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret''
1197* ''WebVideo/WrestleWrestle''
1198* ''WebVideo/ZTrueLongIslandStory''
1199
1200!![[AC:WesternAnimation]]
1201* ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling''
1202* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha''
1203* ''WesternAnimation/MongoWrestlingAlliance''
1204* ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Monster Truck Mater]]''
1205[[/folder]]
1206[[/index]]
1207[[folder:Tropes Examples A-Z]]
1208* TenMinuteRetirement:
1209** The cliche is true. Old wrestlers never retire. Even if they're not that personally invested in wrestling, even if their knees turn to powder, even if have a profitable side-venture going, they'll be back. Every time.
1210** "Retirement" matches in professional wrestling rarely stick. (See the 1001 "firings" or "retirements" in the last few years. It's done purely to work the crowd; the number of times people "retire" and are back the next week is ridiculous.) Furthermore, declarations of retirement often give way to part time work in the business part time or otherwise become less extensive than initially suggested more times than not. (Sometimes for money reasons, sometimes just for the love athletes have for their sport). Wrestling/TripleH is a sterling example of juggling both roles.
1211* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: None of the televised wrestling matches seem to end when the show goes to commercial. But if they did, it would be really aggravating. This started out as a common tactic of the Southern promotions: "We'll keep the tape machines rolling, and if this match finishes while we're in commercial, you'll see what happened!" The few exceptions to this trope are:
1212** It happened on an early edition of ''WWF Raw'' when [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] beat Rick Martel during a commercial break. They quickly replayed the finish when the show resumed.
1213** It also happened on a 2011 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' when Wrestling/MarkHenry was legitimately injured during a match and they had to improvise a countout finish.
1214** Wrestling/KofiKingston beat [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]] during an ad break in 2014 as part of promoting the WWE Network. Only people watching the live stream saw the finish of the match.
1215* AntiHero: Professional Wrestling ''thrives'' on these type of heroes, as the very nature of the show requires even the most idealistic to pound someone into a gooey paste for a living. Plus, if a woman dumps a man and betrays his trust, the audience will often demand [[DomesticAbuse physical retribution]] from the wronged hero.
1216* AskAStupidQuestion: It's quite common that wrestlers, usually the heels, will insult or intimidate interviewers for asking obvious questions.
1217%%* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: All the time.
1218* AwesomeButImpractical: Several moves look great in the ring, but are banned or restricted due to the danger of inexperienced wrestlers performing them incorrectly and injuring their opponents or themselves.
1219** With the exception of Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, the former being an experienced long-time star capable of delivering it correctly and the latter being his half-brother in kayfabe and also with a long record of delivering it safely, piledrivers are banned in the WWE (be it the original sit-out version or the kneeling "Tombstone" version used by 'Taker and Kane) due to the risk of opponents sustaining concussions. Wrestling/RandyOrton dropped his punt kick from his regular move roster for the same reason (not to mention that, being relatively easy to do, consisting simply of kicking someone in the head while they're in all fours, makes it prone to be easily mimicked by children), only being permitted to use it for big moments as a sort of DangerousForbiddenTechnique.
1220** Wrestlers will take safe positions during a fall to minimize the chance of serious injury, like rolling and tucking their chins, but sometimes these protective measures can be counterproductive for specific moves. Wrestling/AJStyles' signature facebuster is nothing more than a very safe faceplant on the mat in theory, but only if you ''don't'' tuck your chin, [[DamnYouMuscleMemory which goes against a wrestler's training instinct]]; it's broken the necks of Lionheart and Wrestling/YoshiTatsu, and James Ellsworth could have broken his neck too if not [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCGQFbr_TC8 for AJ Styles correcting for it at the last moment.]]
1221* BShow:
1222** With non-televised events (often known as "house shows"), a B-Show roster is comprised of middle- and lower-level talent of a wrestling promotion, and can sometimes include well-known wrestlers making a comeback, finishing a career or making a special appearance. These shows will perform either in smaller markets – often, new ones being tested – or in established markets on the same night that the A-Show roster is performing in another market. Secondary individual title matches, or sometimes matches for the tag team titles, are often considered the main event, although sometimes the flagship title is contested between the champion and a challenger who normally may not receive this opportunity on an A-Show. These shows often have a unique experience and flow to them, and very often B-Show wrestlers are able to develop their skills enough to be promoted to the A-Show.
1223** ''Xplosion'' to ''Impact'', ''Thunder'' to ''Nitro''. People often cite ''[=SmackDown=]'' as a B-Show compared to ''Raw'', but it's more like a second A-Show in terms of this trope.
1224** When Wrestling/{{ECW}} was brought back as a WWE television brand it was almost a middle ground of this trope. It had its own angles and World title. It was considered an actual brand with PPV time, but its main purpose was to get talent ready for the A shows by giving them television experience and having them work with seasoned veterans such as William Regal, Tommy Dreamer, Finlay, etc., a context now given to WWE Developmental Program Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} in Florida.
1225** ''Velocity'' and ''Heat'' were B Shows to ''[=SmackDown=]'' and ''Raw'' respectively.
1226** ''[[Wrestling/WWEMainEvent Main Event]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WWESuperstars Superstars]]'' are both considered the B show to both ''[=SmackDown=]'' and ''Raw''. NXT could be thrown in there too, even though these days it's a show for their developmental talent.
1227** Back in the day, ''WWF Wrestling Challenge'' was considered the B show to ''WWF Superstars of Wrestling'', in that most of the major angles began on and title changes were aired on ''Superstars'', although ''Challenge'' would always air noteworthy segments.
1228* BackhandedApology: A standard part of wrestling TrashTalk.
1229* BackyardWrestling: A profession not widely respected among traditional promotions but many of wrestling's biggest stars started out this way, such as The Hardy Boys. More literally, some "falls count anywhere" matches have ended up in actual backyards.
1230* BallsOfSteel:
1231** This trope was used once when Wrestling/{{Chyna}} was wrestling Road Dogg and he wore a cup.
1232** Part of indy wrestler The Human Tornado's gimmick was that he absolutely no-sold all groin shots - in fact it was more likely that his opponent would hurt him/herself trying one.
1233** Azusa Kudo, of FMW, was able to shrug off any and all groin shots due to his gimmick being a post-op transsexual.
1234** Wrestling/JoeyRyan has this as his gimmick.
1235* BearsAreBadNews: "The wrestling bear" gimmick goes back to at least the 1930s with Ginger. ''Usually'' the matches are actually against the bear's trainer, who will use the bear to threaten the heels who mess with him, but some men such as Willie Williams and Kamala actually did wrestle the animal itself. Williams ''won''.
1236* BeautyIsBad: Female wrestlers who are pretty usually have to work extra hard to prove themselves as wrestlers and even then they will get hated purely because they are pretty. God help them if they have ever done even a bit of modeling. Women wrestlers who aren't conventionally beautiful usually get a free pass and are considered wrestlers regardless of whatever experience they have.[[note]]One example of this, combined with having passable ring skills in comparison with her peers at the time of her debut, is Wrestling/TaminaSnuka, though she eventually lost support, especially after more talented female wrestlers debuted.[[/note]] This can sometimes cross over into the men's divisions with the guys getting called "gay" and "pretty boys".
1237* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Used to varying degrees with female wrestlers. WWE and TNA's women never bleed on purpose, by contrast women in Japanese feds brutalise each other just as much as the men, even in the more mainstream promotions like AJW. Averted occasionally, particularly in 2002-03 in WWE where there were a lot of women's hardcore matches and the likes of [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] and Wrestling/TrishStratus bled quite a lot, and also by AEW in bloody matches between Wrestling/BrittBaker and Thunder Rosa in 2021 and 2022. TNA averted it some times, having Roxxi bleed out constantly in her matches (to the point of being nicknamed "The Hardcore Knockout"), and having a First Blood Match in 2010 between Daffney and Tara, though only ''somewhat'' in the latter, because at the conclusion of that match there was only a tiny trickle of blood. For reference's sake, here's what [[http://imgur.com/gallery/NrBLn Japanese women's pro wrestling looks like.]] Brutal.
1238* BigWhat: Originated in WWE (WHAT?!) by Stone Cold Steve Austin (WHAT?!), this has become a fan chant (WHAT?!) at WWE events. (WHAT?!)
1239* BlasphemousPraise:
1240** WWE billing Triple H as "King of Kings", seeing as how it is a title normally given to Jesus.
1241** Some people started bringing signs saying "[[Wrestling/MickFoley Foley]] is God." He expressed his preference for them not to do that so the signs changed to "Foley is Go'''o'''d," which became the title of his second memoir.
1242* BraggingRightsReward: See MacGuffin below.
1243* BrainsEvilBrawnGood:
1244** Most face/heel rivalries in Professional Wrestling play out like this, with most of the drama centered around the heel cheating and tricking his way to victory against a more powerful and/or skilled babyface. Whereas a heel who's legitimately skilled gets cheered a lot of the time, the heel still gets booed because the fans know he doesn't "deserve" to keep winning and are waiting until he finally gets demolished. [[WrestlingMonster Monster heels]] are an exception to this tendency, and instead gain heat by using excessive force and putting faces out of commission through brute strength.
1245** Prominent examples (as heels, of course):
1246*** Wrestling/RicFlair
1247*** Wrestling/ChrisJericho
1248*** Wrestling/TheMiz
1249*** Wrestling/JerryLawler was pretty much the Ric Flair of Memphis.
1250*** Wrestling/TripleH is a perfect example of both. As a heel, he can't win a match clean to save his life, yet as a face, all he needs are his fists and maybe a sledgehammer in order to take out his opponents.
1251** A variant specific to tag team matches, and forming the standard psychology for most of them: The heel team is more skilled at actual tag team wrestling, isolating [[RickyMorton one face]] and utilizing numerous (often illegal) tag team maneuvers. This builds tension for the Hot Tag, whereupon the fresh babyface finally tags in and demolishes the heels singlehandedly.
1252* BreakupBreakout: Though the USA, WWE in particular, is notorious for its attempts to {{invoke|dTrope}} this trope often backfiring.
1253* BreathWeapon: The "poison mist" used by many wrestlers, especially in Japan. According to Japanese {{kayfabe}}, only certain wrestlers can do it because they have a special gland that allows them to produce the mist. Most wrestlers can produce only certain colors of mist, and [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience each has its own effects]]: The most common, the green mist, blinds the opponent, the red mist both blinds and burns, the blue mist puts the opponent to sleep, the yellow mist paralyzes, and TheDreaded black mist is a [[MoralEventHorizon career ender]].
1254** Yoshinobu Kanemaru uses alcohol as this, unlike the mist he has to drink the alcohol before he can spit it.
1255* CListFodder: Despite this trope involving almost exclusively lower-tier stars of a promotion, it's not as bad as one might think it may be. Often, these shows are run in smaller (or new) markets, are almost always anchored by one or two bigger-name stars (to draw fan interest and guide the younger wrestlers), and provide opportunities for the lower-rung wrestlers to work and improve skills. Secondary and tag team titles are often contested, often with lower-tier wrestlers getting opportunities they would never get on the A Show, as are unique stipulation matches. Matches against local talent are often contested as well. And the cameras may be rolling, as to capture an unexpected storyline development or title change but more often than not to allow promoters and trainers a chance to evaluate their wrestlers and use it as a learning tool. With all of this in mind, being "C-List Fodder" isn't always a bad thing.
1256* CareerEndingInjury:
1257** Whether from a single catastrophic injury or years of wear and tear, a wrestler's retirement is almost inevitably due to one of these: Hayabusa (botched springboard moonsault into a broken neck), Darren Drozdov (botched running powerbomb into a broken neck), Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (botched piledriver into a [[RuleOfThree broken neck]]), Wrestling/TedDiBiase (neck injury), Wrestling/BretHart (multiple concussions), the list is almost endless.
1258** While real-life career-ending injuries frequently happen, the use of "career-ending" injuries is sometimes used in kayfabe, often to build drama with the involved wrestlers. If such is the case, it will be to allow the wrestlers time off - often to heal from actual injuries or to simply take time off. One example is Wrestling/RickySteamboat, who suffered a "career-ending injury" in late 1986 as part of his feud with Wrestling/RandySavage.
1259* CatFight: Apartment wrestling is the major reason why the term cat fight is associated with comedy and FanService, to the point "apartment wrestling" redirects to "cat fight" on Website/ThatOtherWiki. It began in the 1950s when television became more widespread and bored housewives watching it began imitating pro wrestlers in the privacy of their own rooms. Presumably bedroom/living room wrestling wasn't as catchy, though it literally became apartment wrestling in the 1970s when The Fabulous Moolah began renting rooms to take pictures of her students applying holds on each other for Bill Apter's magazines, [[FollowTheLeader inspiring]] a short lived but full fledged "apartment circuit". To this day there remain fans in the US who are happy if they see a women's match degenerate into hair pulling and screaming.
1260* CausticCritic: In the English market at least, the Holy Trinity are ''Bad Wrestlers Exposed'', ''You Are Not Getting Booked'' and ''The World Famous Flea Market''. However, the most caustic critic is probably original Four Horseman and surly heel extraordinaire Ole Anderson, though he doesn't actively seek out platforms to voice his opinions. Bryan Alvarez of ''The Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' is a particularly long running example, although less infamous due to his parody program ''Figure Four Online Weekly'' giving way to actual journalism, negativity not being the main purpose of his outings and being overshadowed by the much more placid Dave Meltzer (who ironically enough, is a favorite target of Anderson, [[BitingTheHandHumor despite Meltzer giving him a platform]]). Despite the name ''Website/WrestleCrap'' usually doesn't veer into this territory.
1261* TheCharacterDiedWithHim:
1262** Sadly, this is starting to become true as of late, as professional wrestlers nowadays seem to have very short lifespans: an enlarged heart, fibromyalgia, prescription pill and cocaine addiction, PCS, neck, back and knee surgeries all contribute to wrestlers in their forties having the bodies of 70-year-olds. Hence why many of the greats from the 1980s have already departed.
1263--->'''[[http://www.franchisefansite.com/commentary.html Shane Douglas]]:''' Once again I sit here at my computer to write my epitaph of [[ToAbsentFriends a close friend, co-worker, and pioneer.]] I guess that, due to the sick nature of our business, this will be a never-ending responsibility.
1264** Wrestling has had a number of high-profile deaths that seem to come out of ''nowhere'', most notably Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, or more recently Wrestling/BrodieLee and Wrestling/BrayWyatt. Certainly fans are now conditioned to expect any wrestler to die at any time.
1265** Not to mention the fact that accidents can happen when stunts are performed in a ridiculously unsafe manner, as Wrestling/OwenHart tragically showed.
1266** To their credit, WWE has worked hard in making their company more safe, from eliminating chair shots to the head (which wrestlers like Shelton Benjamin have stated can cause headaches for up to a week) to a stricter drug policy. According to WWE themselves, Triple H and The Undertaker (two of their biggest names) were both fined after Triple H hit 'Taker in the head with a chair during their match at Wrestling/WrestleMania XXVII. To put this in perspective, at the time of that event, Triple H was an executive vice president in the company as well as the son-in-law of the owner while Undertaker was their most veteran performer with among the largest amounts of influence, and they were competing in Undertaker's supposedly biggest match (and about his only one left!) every year -- The Pursuit To End The Streak. So they took the health of their performers so seriously, they were willing to fine people that would be otherwise untouchable and who they would otherwise be averse to insulting.
1267** After the passing of Randy Savage, a report was put out that showed over 25% of performers from [=WrestleMania=] VII in 1991 were dead. At 58, Randy Savage had lived over 10 years longer than the other deceased.
1268** Wrestling/CMPunk would {{lampshade|Hanging}} this trope on the July 11, 2011 edition of ''Raw'':
1269--->'''CM Punk:''' In [[RealLife the real world]], the WWE has always gotten a mention or two for two reasons-- the first one being that CM Punk is speaking his mind; the second one is because somebody died.
1270* CheapHeat: It's real easy to come out, act like an arrogant prick, mock the local sports teams and get booed.
1271* ChekhovsGun: If a table is set up at the beginning of a match, a wrestler will go through it by the end.
1272* {{Chickification}}:
1273** Happens to women often when promoted from an independent promotion to a major one and/or because of a poorly-executed gimmick change.
1274** Wrestling/{{Chyna}} started in the WWF looking very manly, and could hold her own with male wrestlers such as Kane, X-Pac, and Chris Jericho. Over the years, she had more and more surgery to make herself look more feminine and moved towards fighting women.
1275** The women's division itself in WWE at one point went through this. Many members of the female roster weren't actual trained wrestlers, but rather models/actresses who then became wrestlers, and, as a result, were rarely the best in-ring performers (Trish Stratus is known for averting this). WWE appears to be averting the trope with the 'divas revolution starting in 2015. There have been many shows with multiple Divas matches, whereas at one point, the company could go multiple shows with ''no'' Divas matches, there's even going to be an all women Pay Per View.
1276* ComicallyMissingThePoint: People who run around insisting the professional wrestling is fake. Actually, this is only comical some of the time, as it can really piss off professional wrestlers to hear this. Professional wrestling is not ''fake'', it's ''entertainment''. There's a world of difference, and to enjoy professional wrestling requires WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief just the same way no one actually thinks Arnold is an unstoppable android from the future or that Tom Cruise really flies F-14's. The training and preparation professional wrestlers have to do is very real, as are the injuries they suffer. All this because they love it and want to put on a good show for the fans.
1277* TheConsigliere: Managers, while reluctant to actually set foot in the ring ([[BattleButler usually]]), act as hypemen and ringside plants. Unfailingly cowardly, they will either interfere in matches or jeer the babyfaces from the safety of the commentator table.
1278* CoolOldGuy: Anyone born before 1960 who's still in the game. Would ''you'' mess with Wrestling/RicFlair? or Wrestling/HulkHogan? Ot Wrestling/HarleyRace or Wrestling/TerryFunk when they were still living? Or [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon the nearly 80-year-old multi-millionaire who lets himself get hit in the head with steel chairs on national television?]] And God help you if you piss off Wrestling/TheUndertaker. For that matter, '''Wrestling/{{Batista}}''' is actually, in [[Creator/DaveBautista real life]], a grandfather. Yes, THAT Batista. And he had two grandchildren ''before turning 40''.
1279* CurbStompBattle:
1280** The technical term for this in pro wrestling circles is a "{{squash match}}". Not nearly as common nowdays as it was in the '80s, when most televised matches consisted of a star wrestler pitted against a hopeless "jobber"/"enhancement talent" who would be destroyed in a matter of minutes without offering any offence at all. Still occasionally happens in modern times, especially if a wrestler is being given a "Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} push."
1281** Perhaps the two biggest examples are ''[=WrestleMania=] I'' where King Kong Bundy beat SD Jones in 27 seconds (although the announcers said the match ended in under 10) and ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 1988'' where Ultimate Warrior defeated The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship in under 2 minutes to end a 15-month championship reign.
1282** The difference here is that a wrestler can be curbstomped and still "win", such as when Wrestling/{{Batista}} totaled Wrestling/ChrisBenoit on ''Monday Night Raw'' but was disqualified for refusing to relent while Benoit was tied up in the ropes or Paul Burchill's literal curb stomping of Mr. Kennedy. They do not lose as much credibility this way and at times makes the curbstomper look incompetent for ultimately being unable to do their job (win matches) correctly.
1283* CutscenePowerToTheMax: When a wrestler performs a finisher during a match, it isn't always enough to end it despite the beating their opponent may have already taken beforehand, yet if a wrestler performs a finisher ''outside'' of a match the victim often stays down for a very long time.
1284* CyclicTrope: How appreciated technical wrestling is versus more simplistic styles. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhq-xFcDIjI As this video explains]], no matter how over a Wrestling/HulkHogan or Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin may be, wrestlers with solid technical skills (a Wrestling/BretHart or Wrestling/KurtAngle or [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan]]) are always the fallback position.
1285* DemotedToExtra:
1286** The pro wrestling term for this is "getting buried".
1287** Random shifts in [[CharacterAlignment alignment]] can also cause this. The theme of "a wrestler well-respected by fans who would honestly prefer to cheer someone who does high risk moves than boo them" would become a staple of the Sports Entertainment genre.
1288* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:
1289** Wrestling/HulkHogan defeating Wrestling/AndreTheGiant at ''[=WrestleMania=] III'' was viewed as this.
1290** Whether or not Bill Goldberg has ''ever'' been pinned cleanly is up for debate (mostly due to the issue of semantics regarding the word "cleanly").
1291** Wrestling/TheUndertaker at [=WrestleMania=]. Started at ''[=WrestleMania=] VII'' and went to ''XXX''.
1292* DentedIron: As careers progress, the pads and ring gear get switched out from models designed to cushion to those that squeeze nerves and muscles in ways that make functioning with damaged parts still possible.
1293* DiabolusExMachina: The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob is the most infamous example, and the "Wrestling/{{Dusty|Rhodes}} Finish" is probably the most common.
1294* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Can happen alongside BreakupBreakout.
1295* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In August 2017, Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} condemned Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} for, among other things, turning the [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship belt into "a toy" (Naomi had flashing lights added to it upon winning the title, as part of her "Feel the Glow" gimmick). This seems very similar to what many people said about Wrestling/JohnCena's WWE Championship "spinner" belt, but the latter was never brought up in {{kayfabe}}.
1296* DoNotCallMePaul: Triple H and the Big Show have both said this to fans that have called them by their birth names. If you meet a wrestler, it is considered proper etiquette to address them by their ring name. According to some sources, this even applies to new wrestlers-- if Undertaker introduces himself to you and says "I'm The Undertaker", don't call him "Mark" or "Calaway", call him "Undertaker". (Once you've known him for a while, he'll let you use "Taker".)
1297* DoubleStandard: Many, usually invoked by heels, such as the "Piggie James" angle. People were outraged at [[Wrestling/LayCool Michelle and Layla]] making fun of Mickie's weight and anyone who called Mickie overweight on the IWC was immediately vilified. Yet many people started cruelly calling Michelle "Skeletor" on the internet and calling her underfed and a stick insect. Anorexia can be just as lethal as obesity and Michelle has struggled with anorexia in the past.
1298* DracoInLeatherPants: The pro wrestling term for this trope is called "Popular Heel". CM Punk, The Road Warriors, Chris Jericho, and on and on and on... some wrestlers are so good at what they do that their villainous actions are ignored, and the crowd cheers for them anyway.
1299* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Most wrestlers go through several looks or gimmicks before hitting superstardom. A select few are so dramatically different it's hard to believe they're the same person. See Wrestling/ScottHall's Hulk-like physique and mustache in AWA, or Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's long blond hair in World Class Championship Wrestling.
1300* EasilyDistractedReferee: It is a job requirement for any referee in pro-wrestling to be easily distracted, and exacerbating the circumstance is that a referee will rarely make a call based on something he didn't see (even if he's detained with one wrestler in a one-on-one match, there's a sound of steel hitting flesh somewhere behind him, and suddenly the other wrestler is unconscious-- Wrestling/EddieGuerrero would [[GenreSavvy take advantage of this fact]] many times during his career).
1301* EasilyForgiven: In pro wrestling, the fact that someone may have said or done something horrible doesn't mean that their victim won't eventually let bygones be bygones and become friends again, seemingly with no limit. This goes from saying horrible things about another wrestler (Wrestling/CharlotteFlair towards her father {{Wrestling/Ric|Flair}}, for example), to selling out one's own wrestling family (Wrestling/SethRollins towards Wrestling/RomanReigns and [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]]), to literally trying to cripple someone (Wrestling/TripleH towards Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/KevinOwens towards Wrestling/SamiZayn).
1302* FascinatingEyebrow: Thanks to The Rock.
1303* FeudEpisode: Pro wrestling is almost entirely composed of this.
1304* FinishingMove: The finisher is a one-time only move, usually exclusive to that wrestler (unless inherited or stolen from somebody else in kayfabe) which usually lays out the opponent in one shot. We say ''[[NotQuiteDead usually]]'', as kickouts are known to happen.
1305* {{Fireballs}}: Used to be somewhat common, especially in the southern "wrasslin" territories, but a combination of obvious safety issues and a ''badly'' botched and embarrassing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_onsAu6SZH8 attempt]] at one of these by Wrestling/HulkHogan in a match with Wrestling/UltimateWarrior[[note]]"Badly botched" as in he couldn't get it to work and it looked really fake and exposed the business, not as in both guys got third degree burns[[/note]] has mostly relegated these to the [[GarbageWrestler deathmatch promotions]].
1306* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Known to fans as "Evil Foreigners" and not all evil foreigners are heels, Kaientai turning face but still being EVIL! Indeed!
1307* FunWithAcronyms:
1308** Rosey, '''S'''uper-'''H'''ero '''I'''n '''T'''raining.
1309** Also, in WCW for a short time, Lance Storm held the '''S'''askatchewan '''H'''ardcore '''I'''nternational '''T'''itle.
1310** Terri Runnels also ran the '''T'''erri '''I'''nvitational '''T'''ournament in 1999.
1311** Terri, Jacqueline, and Ryan Shamrock: the '''P'''retty '''M'''ean '''S'''isters.
1312* TheGambler:
1313** Kinda. Wrestling ''had'' a performer called The Gambler, but he [[{{Jobber}} wasn't very lucky]].
1314** An old gimmick of Wrestling/KevinNash was "Vinnie Vegas," a fast talking conman and gambler. His finisher (now used as one of Wrestling/TheUndertaker's FiveMovesOfDoom) was "Snake Eyes" (dropping your opponent face-first onto a turnbuckle). Nash would prefer that [[CreatorBacklash you not mention this]] if you ever meet him.
1315* GameBreakingInjury: Submission artists employ this tactic all the time. They will use a variety of locks and holds that target a specific part of the human body until their opponent can no longer make use of the limb in question.
1316* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity:
1317** In the USA, the major promotions treat their talent as "free agents" and so can fire and hire them much easier than most other employers (though they often get away with working these "free agents" just as hard as any employee).
1318** Also true InUniverse. Some wrestlers have been "fired" in kayfabe and rehired several times ("Stone Cold" Steve Austin is probably the best example—he's been ''arrested'' on WWE television many times). Even if they are stated to be absolutely and permanently fired, there's a pretty good chance it's not going to be their last match or appearance.
1319* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff
1320** Jushin Thunder Liger is regarded as one of the best Japanese wrestlers ever, in the United States. In Japan, he's respected, but was never the most popular super junior compared to say, Último Dragón or Tiger Mask.
1321** Vampiro was regarded as nothing special in Canada, but in Mexico, he was a major draw for every enterprise he worked for, with the exception of Lucha Libre Internacional, where he was rejected fiercely.
1322** Wrestling/BobSapp was another forgotten NFL transfer on the independent circuit of the US. But in Japan he became one of the most popular athletes and one of the best-paid athlets in the world, going so far as to become International Wrestling Grand Prix Heavyweight Champion.
1323** Wrestling/TheGreatKhali, for all his poor wrestling ability, was massively popular in his homeland of India. He managed to draw 60,000 people to what were basically showcases for CWE students he represented.
1324* TheGimmick: For the most part, to work in the professional wrestling industry is not like being an actor on stage playing a character part, but more so being yourself with a gimmick that (hopefully) makes you readily identifiable and easy to remember. Scotty Flamingo is Scott being the best (or most annoying) womanizing party boy he can be. Scotty The Body is Scott showing off as much as he can. Wrestling/{{Raven}} is Scott with depression. Fans know they are all the same person and all three gimmicks work because of Scott's real personality. The colorful masks of Lucha Libre allow for {{secret identit|y}}ies and reused gimmicks, but the most successful tend to work on the same principle of making yourself more identifiable and memorable. Simply sticking another man in Wrestling/{{Mistico}}'s mask did not make him as popular as the last, while the third Dragon Lee's personality was distinct from his predecessors and he was accepted as a new luchador by the crowds.
1325* GoodIsDumb:
1326** Generally played straight, although occasionally subverted. Batista, who [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] when he heard his stablemates plotting against him and who displayed above average keenness as a face, is the biggest of those (Triple H even told Flair, during said plotting, that Batista isn't very smart).
1327** The most JustForFun/{{egregious}} example of this is Wrestling/{{Sting}}, who is commonly referred to as "The dumbest man in wrestling." Although he's averted it mightily over his years in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and later [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]].
1328* GratuitousEnglish: Japanese promotion names such as Wrestle And Romance (later Wrestle Association R) and Big Mouth Loud. American wrestlers/promoters/reporters who never learned Japanese often find themselves speaking in broken English when they're with Japanese wrestlers.
1329* HamToHamCombat: Naturally, since hamminess is any wrestler's stock in trade.
1330* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The format of most wrestling promos.
1331* HopeSpot: Spot being a professional wrestling term, there is bound to be at least one of these on any given wrestling show. Oh sure, we known Wrestling/KurtAngle is unlikely to lose to [[Wrestling/NickDinsmore Eugene]] since he's already been announced to be in an upcoming match against WWE Champion Wrestling/JohnCena, [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil posters and pre-orders all ready]] but that doesn't mean Eugene is not going to get any two counts before it's over.
1332* HotBlooded: The exception here for a long time were the Japanese fans, known for politely sitting with their hands clasped and maybe giving light applause every now and then, unless your were Inoki, Chigusa or something. The wrestlers by consequence tended to {{scream|ingwarrior}} and [[TheatricsOfPain sell]] more than elsewhere to make up the difference.
1333* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: It's generally agreed that "legit" professional wrestling matches started to fall out of favor in 1876 after a Collar and Elbow style match between Jacob H Martin and James Hiram [=McLaughlin=] went on for six hours without a decisive winner at Whitney's Opera House in Detroit on June 29 of that year. By working matches, you could keep long matches interesting and ensure they never went on ''that'' long without depriving anyone a winner.
1334* HoYay: While virtually everything about wrestling is this, special mention should go to old video packages meant to showcase tag teams to female audiences.
1335* IncomingHam: Any wrestler with entrance music. Bonus points if that music opens with said wrestler's catchphrase, or some kind of loud sound effect (the sound of breaking glass at the start of Steve Austin's theme easily being the most prominent example).
1336* InvincibleHero:
1337** A complaint most infamously leveled against Wrestling/HulkHogan, and later at Wrestling/JohnCena. Tends to get invoked against any {{Face}} champion who is dominant enough, though.
1338** The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior is arguably the prime example of this trope. He only had a handful of clean losses on record. Not even Hulk Hogan could stop him (without cheating, that is).
1339** Bill Goldberg plays the trope straight, but was rarely vilified for it. In fact, his 170-plus-match winning streak in WCW was one of the reasons the company was so popular.
1340* InvincibleVillain: Wrestling/TripleH, from 2002-2005. Ditto for Jeff Jarrett from 2003-2006, so much that fans called him "Triple J" and chanted for him to "DROP THE TITLE!" whenever he appeared.
1341* ImprobableWeaponUser: There is no farm implement, piece of furniture, musical instrument, or article of clothing that hasn't doubled as a weapon ''at least'' once (probably twice -- there's almost nothing original in wrestling):
1342** A [[Wrestling/PaulBearer cremation urn.]]
1343** A [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts snake.]]
1344** A [[Wrestling/EdFarhat hadoken.]][[note]]Actually flash paper, creating the illusion of [[KamehameHadoken a lobbed fireball.]][[/note]]
1345** A [[Wrestling/JimmyHart megaphone.]]
1346** A [[Wrestling/MickFoley sock.]]
1347** A [[Wrestling/RickMartel cologne bottle.]]
1348** A [[Wrestling/ScottHall toothpick.]]
1349** A [[Wrestling/AlSnow mannequin head.]]
1350** A [[Wrestling/SherriMartel purse.]]
1351** A [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman cell phone.]]
1352** A [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson necktie.]]
1353** A [[Wrestling/RandySavage scepter.]]
1354** A [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} cigar.]]
1355** A [[Wrestling/OwenHart Slammy award.]]
1356** A [[Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}} dwarf.]]
1357** A [[Wrestling/XavierWoods trombone.]]
1358** A [[Wrestling/JimCornette tennis racquet.]]
1359* ItsPersonal: Okay, try finding a promotional package for any given wrestling event that does not hype a personal feud.
1360* JerkJock: A lot of heels (and some of the nastier faces) can be this. Coming from an entertainment full of athletes, this is expected.
1361* JustFriends:
1362** This trope often plays out between a valet/manager, the wrestler who is romantically entangled with said valet, and a third person who is often the wrestler being managed by the valet or someone who keeps rescuing the valet from attacks by opponents of the boy/girlfriend.
1363** Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/KurtAngle and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon name dropped the trope several times when Triple H became jealous of the attention Kurt and Stephanie were paying each other when Kurt kept saving Stephanie from [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. Of course, it resulted in a triple threat match with The Rock for the WWF Championship, at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'' in 2000.
1364* LargeHam: Mostly the wrestlers, but more than a few of the announcers are guilty of this, especially when dealing with a wrestler or faction they show particular favoritism towards. If a wrestler can't talk, they're often given a manager who can.
1365* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Wrestling on TV is seemingly made of this, with the men as WalkingShirtlessScene {{Mr Fanservice}}s, and the women as {{Stripperific}} {{Ms Fanservice}}s.
1366* LegFocus:
1367** Often used with the female manager/valet -- see Miss Elizabeth in the 2-on-3 match at ''[=SummerSlam=] 1988'' for when used minimally for maximum effect. Taken to the extreme during the Attitude Era (and similar on WCW) with Wrestling/StacyKeibler and her 42 inches of "'nuff said."
1368** In a rare male example, an anecdote exists that cites the reason for Wrestling/TheMiz switching from capri shorts to trunks: Vince [=McMahon=] thought he had nice legs that he should show off.
1369* LeotardOfPower: An older wrestling costume design that still shows up nowadays every once in a while.
1370* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Have you ''seen'' the buildup to some of these high-profile matches? CMLL's Super Libre, ROH's Fight Without Honor and EVOLVE's End Of Evolution are more so agreements to ''not'' fight like Gentlemen.
1371* LighterAndSofter:
1372** Blame it on socio-economic distribution. The southern booking philosophy could still work in wrestling today. It would also produce shows that fewer TV networks would be willing to air.
1373** Wrestling/{{Chikara}} was a good example of family-friendly wrestling that didn't alienate kids or insult the intelligence of adult fans. NXT is also an all-ages product that works well. Its primary demographic is the more-cliquish wrestling fans, but they can do that while being PG and having gimmicks that still appeal to kids, like Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/{{Bayley}}.
1374** You can discuss how kayfabe stuck it out longer in the south, but it was equally in relation to which areas had blue-collar, working class people. Vince Sr.'s WWF could be quite brutal as it ran in front of a lot of migrant fans (Poles, Italians, Irish, etc...), while [[Wrestling/EdFarhat The Sheik]]'s territory in Detroit had its share of blood. In contrast the West Coast/flyover states were more technical and cleaned up, while in the south where there were a lot of mining towns and post-Depression communities that knew a hard life and what a hard fight looked like. (Which is still the case today in Appalachia, where coal mining is the only thing feeding a lot of communities.) So, when you're wrestling in front of two hundred ornery miners who know how a face looks when you punch it just right...
1375** On the topic of WWE: The "PG Era" worked when Cena was champion, but may soon be coming to a close -- now that the company has tried (and failed) to work the same magic with Cena imitators.
1376* LivingLegend: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino was called "The Living Legend". Larry Zbyszko appropriated the name as "The New Living Legend" during a feud. Chris Jericho referred to himself as a living legend during his Undisputed WWF championship reign after he unified the WWF and WCW world titles. Other wrestlers/workers who have been labeled (unofficially) as such: Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Jim Ross, John Cena, The Rock.
1377** Aside from Sammartino, it's generally accepted that the three living legends of the three main wrestling regions in the 1950s and 1960s were Wrestling/LouThesz (America), Wrestling/ElSanto (Mexico) and Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} (Japan), though Rikidõzan would meet an untimely end in 1963.
1378* LovableRogue: The Rock, Ric Flair, Eddie Guerrero at the end of his life.
1379* MadeOfIron: Pretty much anyone who steps in the ring. Just cause actions are done in cooperation doesn't mean hits don't hurt like hell (which is a common misconception among the "You know it's fake, right?" crowd). A wrestler who can't take a lot of punishment is in the wrong line of work.
1380* MaskedLuchador: [[UrExample Origin]] unknown, [[TropeMaker birthplace]] Mexico. See CoolMask.
1381* MeleeATrois: Three-way matches, called, depending on the promotion and stipulations, a "Three Way Dance" or a "Triple Threat."
1382* MonsterClown: The fanged clown Coco Blanco, Doink the Clown as a heel, PowerStable Los Payasos Diabolicos, The Psycho Circus trio...
1383* MotiveRant: This is very common whenever a wrestler undergoes a FaceHeelTurn. The next week after, they will often tell the fans why they did what they did to a face wrestler, whether it's being tired of living under their shadow, because they are sick of the fans and the locker room not giving them respect, or simply because they can.
1384* MultipleDemographicAppeal: Wrestling fandom is like chickenpox: you get it when you're young, and it can come back stronger than ever as shingles when you're an adult, but it never truly goes away.
1385* MusclesAreMeaningless:
1386** Somewhat surprisingly, you don't have to have tremendous physical strength to execute a number of non-luchador moves. Part of this is the fact that a large number of moves require (or are more safely performed with) the cooperation of the person getting slammed or what have you.
1387** Take Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, for instance. He looked pretty scrawny compared to most other main-eventers, but he could still execute a scoop slam on the 270-pound Triple H. Ditto for Wrestling/StacyKeibler.
1388** Wrestling/TripleH is a great example. During his career, he's stood roughly 6'4", weighing around 270 pounds and is as muscular as almost any other wrestler you can think of. Despite this, he doesn't use power moves and isn't billed as being any stronger than the average male wrestler.
1389** [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]] averts the trope. He's roughly average-sized (but extremely toned) for a wrestler, but was at one point able to lift '''The Big Show''' for a scoop slam over the top rope to win a Battle Royal.
1390** [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz(z)]] is an aversion as well. A stout 5'9", 230 or so pounds, he was known as The Human Suplex Machine, and would make a habit of throwing around men much larger than he.
1391* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt "Foolish child! I am the eater of worlds!"]], "[[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get ya!]]"
1392* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Abdullah the Butcher'', ''The Boogeyman'', ''The Undertaker'', ''Psicosis'', ''Kane'', ''The Dungeon of Doom''... it never ends. Wrestling/SantinoMarella once was smacked around legitimately by Wrestling/JimCornette for ignoring this meme on the second guy.
1393* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Mention you like wrestling around a group of people, and someone will tell you the not-so-surprising news that wrestling is fake. Played straight, as they will seriously think you're not aware of this.
1394* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Employed against faces to build heat, and against heels when they get their comeuppance.
1395* NoHoldsBarredContest: In the catch as catch can days, no holds barred literally meant "all holds allowed", as air chokes, for example, were usually considered cheating. While this is still true in some post-catch pro wrestling enterprises, it often means "expect to see GarbageWrestling". Sometimes there are distinctions between traditional "no holds barred", "hardcore rules" (garbage), falls count anywhere and any number of more dangerous GimmickMatches, but this varies from region to region and promotion to promotion.
1396* NoSuchThingAsHR: A contract dispute with the boss? A {{love triangle}} with another wrestler and his girlfriend? Suspicions of trying to stage a hostile takeover of the company? There's only way to settle something like that... [[{{kayfabe}} in the ring]]!
1397* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The mantra of [[Wrestling/GeorgeWagner Gorgeous George]] and practiced by heels everywhere.
1398* OhCrap: Typically seen when the Heel finally comes face-to-face with a Face he's been trying to avoid... or when just about anyone goes one on one with The Undertaker (although, in kayfabe, many wrestlers attempt to avert the trope against Undertaker, so as not to allow him to be fueled by their fear).
1399* OlderThanDirt: [[http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/18wv76/what_is_the_oldest_game_known_to_man/c8ivb19 Wrestling is the oldest game/sport in the world.]] Modern Professional Wrestling is at least older than television, with some arguing it to be as old as radio. There is evidence of worked matches as far back as the mid-1800s, though until 1920 it's impossible to tell just how much was legit or worked.
1400* PaintedOnPants: Traditionally associated with female wrestlers, but it became more common on men, who traditionally didn't wear pants of any kind, as time went on. Depending on the region, there were actually laws about how much skin an athlete could show, usually more strictly applied to females, either in distribution (no legs led to such "pants") or overall (which usually lead to tights with LeotardOfPower).
1401* PecFlex: Trust us. This trope is pretty popular in professional wrestling.
1402* PintSizedPowerhouse: Mini-Estrellas, Mexican promotions CMLL and AAA having the most famous rosters of them with Mascarita Sagrada being particularly popular. Anyone under a certain height, most commonly 153 cm, can be a Mini-Estrella. Often times a young mini-estrella will hit a growth spurt and have to leave the division but sometimes a short adult, such as a dwarf, will become popular enough to face larger wrestlers too. AAA even had a "mascot" division made up of tag teams of a large wrestler and a mini version of himself or sometimes a small wrestler and a larger version of himself. While mini's never really caught on anywhere else, other regions such as US and Canada got a few decades mileage out of "midget wrestling", with a few such midgets being able to lift men three times their size, and some Japanese promotions like Ice Ribbon are infamous for hiring tiny kids without the heightweight classes lucha libre uses to protect them.
1403* PoisonIsEvil
1404** One of the oldest and dirtiest tricks in pro wrestling is to poison an opponent by soaking some fabric on your person in an ether-based substance and getting it close to his face during the match. This practice was discontinued as pro wrestling became more corporate and liability concerns were raised. Part of the trick inevitably involves [[ContrivedCoincidence letting the poisoned fabric slip into the crowd]] so that [[ShowDontTell the audiences knows the drugging is "legit"]] and suits worry someone [[ViewersAreMorons will inhale too much]].
1405** The "Asian mist", known as the "poison fog" to the Japanese, that was introduced by The Great Kabuki, was initially "just" strong spices, rather than traditional "poison". However, a lore of {{technicolor toxin}}s developed over time, including a babyface version in Yuji Nagata's "blue justice mist".
1406* PoliceAreUseless:
1407* PopularityPower: Wrestling runs on the fans taking an interest in you, more so than liking you. It's an old expression among wrestlers that "it doesn't matter if the fans love you or hate you, as long as they care". John Cena is arguably the codifier for this concept.
1408-->'''[[http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000074m.htm DDT]]:''' For you gamers out there, I was playing ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' the other day and fought the main boss ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin named Diablo]], oddly enough)...I had the fight well in hand. That is, until Diablo got all pissy and broke script, shooting on me with a vicious lightning attack that nearly laid me out legit. I ended up running away so I could suck down some healing potions. Since I was the top face of the promotion, though, I came back and beat the tar out of Diablo for trying to do a Paul Roma '95 on me. I've since been told after the battle that Diablo mouthed off to the bookers backstage and was quickly fired for his unprofessionalism in doing the job. If you're wanting to know where you can see Diablo, look in [[strike:shareware]] the indies.
1409* PowerStable: Usually a group of bad guys who get together to help each other win matches, though they can form for other reasons, such as Drew Gulak's campaign to sanitize Wrestling/{{CZW}} or Right To Censor enforcing censorship on the WWF.
1410* PowerTrio: While they have probably always existed in Professional Wrestling to some capacity and the NWA did it about ten years before them in the 60s, it was the Mexican UWA, who oversaw Lucha Libre Internacional, that introduced a division and title belts for "tercias matches" or trios, which was quickly copied by other organization all around the world, including the NWA, who revived their own six man tag team division in the 1980s in direct response. Los Tres Fantásticos are perhaps the most successful ever and definitely the one every other enterprise wanted to duplicate.
1411* PrejudicedForPecs:
1412** Professional wrestling is notorious for the difficulty "small" (as in average-sized) people have making a break in it. Perhaps the most famous example is Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger, whom dojos in Japan refused to train after deeming him 'diminutive' despite his height being the national average. A later example would be the Minnesota Stretching Crew, both members of which had the same strength and weakness as performers (highly athletic, charisma deficient) with Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin having the higher work rate of the two. Wrestling/BrockLesnar was larger though, so he got pushed immediately after their breakup and got to go over Shelton multiple times when they were at odds.
1413** Being a big dude is half the battle. On his podcasts, Steve Austin said that someone once advised him: "This business is all about big upper bodies. So long as you're still in proportion, no one will care", and Hogan was once quoted as saying, "big arms equals big paychecks." Look at all the stars from the late 80s and early 90s, and they've all got wide shoulders, big chests, huge arms and--with the exception of a few--not-great legs. Since the business used to be about Greek-style godlike humans (albeit with not-so-godlike acting) going to war, most of the guys where big, over the top, and blond-haired. That all changed due to the Attitude Era and the influence of ECW, though you can still see it today with guys like John Cena and Rob Terry. It's well known to be Vince [=McMahon=]'s AuthorAppeal, Eric Bischoff to a lesser extent, and the reason why Vince Jr.'s always trying to get Cena over even when someone else is selling more merchandise, and why Vince put on a ton of muscle when he got into the ring for the first time.
1414* PromotedFanboy: The industry basically runs on this. A quite large portion of wrestlers during any given time period got into it after having watched a wrestling event or television show as a kid.
1415* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: The basis of Wrestling/HulkHogan's comeback spot, Wrestling/{{Sting}} too. Also used by many monstrous/supernatural wrestlers, such as Wrestling/{{Kane}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
1416* PunctuatedForEmphasis: While WWE didn't invent this trope, they certainly revel in it--just ask The Rock ("If ya suh-mellllll....what the ROCK....is....COOKING!") or Booker T ("Can you dig it....SUCKA?!) or especially the guy who stamped his whole meal ticket with this trope, Mr. Kennedy ("[=MMMMMisterrrrrr=]....Kennedy....KEN-NE-DY!"). It's also a pretty good bet that, at least in WWE, every heavyweight champion will state that he's the "World. Heavyweight. CHAMPION" at least once during his reign.
1417* TheQuisling:
1418** Usually local heels who sides with an ForeignWrestlingHeel.
1419** Also, any visible executive who sides with a major heel group. Eric Bischoff's heel turn to the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] on the November 18, 1996 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' is likely the first example of this.
1420** In Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Derek Sabato did this ''twice'', as the liaison for the BDK and again for GEKIDO.
1421* RageQuit: Via intentional disqualification (or count out) by the (usually) {{Heel}} champion who knows the (usually) {{Face}} challenger has them beat. Often leads to a "Title changes hands via DQ (or count out)" stipulation being added to a rematch so as to prevent this. Sometimes, though, this doesn't need to happen in a match. For some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2fulVqmQc reason]], Batista comes to mind...
1422* RealitySubtext:
1423** Wrestlers' real-life issues often provide fodder for their gimmicks and angles. One of the most famous examples is the Matt Hardy/Edge feud: Edge stole Matt's girlfriend (Lita) while he was out with an injury (and subsequently released by WWE); when Matt returned, his first feud was with Edge, and much ado was made of the Edge/Lita/Matt triangle.
1424** His brother Jeff's drug issues were also used as the basis of Jeff's feud with the UsefulNotes/StraightEdge Wrestling/CMPunk.
1425** The entire Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob.
1426** In hindsight, Wrestling/RicFlair's notorious "damaged goods" promo, in which he claimed to have previously dated Wrestling/MissElizabeth, wife of Wrestling/RandySavage in both kayfabe and reality, had more than a bit of this. During the promo, Flair claimed that Elizabeth and Randy were having marital problems because she couldn't forget her past with Flair. At the time, the couple was having ''real-life'' marital problems, although Flair had nothing to do with them; they would be divorced by the end of the year.
1427* RedemptionDemotion: Sometimes when a Heel does a HeelFaceTurn, he'll lose his push as a result.
1428* RedemptionPromotion: ''Other'' times, when a Heel does a Heel–Face Turn, they'll get a push.
1429* ReformedButNotTamed: This happens a lot in DarkerAndEdgier programming where a wrestler who started as a heel will immediately turn into a face due to his popularity with the crowd, but they will still behave the same way they started as a heel. A noticeable example is Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin in the late 90's after Wrestling/BretHart [[FaceHeelDoubleTurn turned heel]] at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 13''. He still got into fights with the faces and would give anyone a Stunner, no matter who they were.
1430* RingOldies: Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/BobBacklund, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher...
1431* TheRival: Since their primordial foundations, collar-and-elbow along with catch-as-catch-can have competed with the 'sport' of 'prize fighting' for viewership. Most of pro wrestling's development, such as moving away from ''wrestling'' itself to ''fights'' and eventually decided outcomes before the fact were in response to boxing's own developments and popularity. On the other hand, boxing and pro wrestling were governed by the same athletic commissions in the USA prior to the National Wrestling Alliances's rise and remained governed by the same in Mexico even afterwards.
1432* RuleOfCool: Some moves done during matches, which are depicted as being basically the equivalent of a noogie, can actually injury people if not done in controlled conditions. If a snapmare was applied the way wrestlers do it in an uncontrolled environment, it would cripple most people. A reverse chinlock can snap tendons in the neck. Again, in professional wrestling these moves are about as effective as a noogie.
1433* RuleOfFunny: The purpose of "exóticos" in Lucha Libre, who are more about emasculating the opponent than hurting him. Several moves such as [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious's face wash]] work entirely on this rule.
1434* RuleOfThree: In pro wrestling, the number three comes up in many instances. A three-count is necessary for a win, many moves are done in threes (triple suplexes, for example). Also, many times, a wrestler will perform three identical strikes in a row as a filler sequence before being countered or transitioning into a follow-up sequence.
1435* SchlubbyScummySecurityGuard: A variation, as security guards in wrestling aren't portrayed as being sleazy and power-hungry, but their PoliceAreUseless qualities are played up quite a bit. In heated feuds, between two wrestlers, whether the two are signing a contract or getting really personal in a promo, most security guards getting sent out to break up the two wrestlers from fighting will typically get knocked down like bowling pins and fail ''badly'' at being able to break up a heated confrontation despite their numbers and trying to hold the wrestlers back.
1436* SelfFulfillingProphecy: It's common for guys and girls in the business to be told they won't succeed or they can't draw for whatever reason, so they don't get booked in on going programs or get to have matches, so they don't get over. Sometimes the bookers will throw them a bone and say, "Okay, prove to us you can be a hit with fans," and throw them into a match with no build up and no significance, often against someone it's clear they won't beat (like a midcard champion) so the crowd has no reason to care about the match and will go dead during it, making the bookers think they were right and the wrestler will never be hot, proving they shouldn't get a push, and because the wrestler doesn't get a push they can't get the fans' interest, meaning it's extremely hard for them to break out of this cycle. Aside from happening with individual wrestlers, this same effect can also happen with entire divisions and styles of wrestling - such as Cruiserweight divisions, Women's divisions, or lucha-style wrestling in the USA.
1437* SeriousBusiness:
1438** There is absolutely no situation that cannot be resolved with a wrestling match on PAY PER VIEW! ORDER NOW!
1439** Kayfabe, in the old days, was major SeriousBusiness, with at least one instance of a wrestler losing a court case because he would not break kayfabe, even under oath.
1440*** On the flip side, wrestlers are genuine athletes and, since the earliest days, ''actual wrestlers''. One of the earliest attempts to get butts in seats, by bringing in a professional football player to win the belt even though he had no experience wrestling, was derailed because his opponent, who did both worked matches and shoots as needed, was so insulted by the idea that he refused to follow the script and kept putting the linebacker in basic holds until the ref was forced to ignore the script and call the pin. The result was that even though there was a script in order to build drama and bring in the crowds, it was a script around a real sport and if the promoters didn't honor the athletics, the athletes might pull the rug out from under them and wrestle for real. This state of affairs lasted for decades.
1441** Then there's the FanDumb. Everything from what qualifies as a "world title" to how seriously wrestling should take itself. The fact that wrestling draws upon the framework of a sport while actually being entertainment creates a lot of this thinking, since fans often try to see some kind of order or hierarchy that doesn't exist.
1442* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: The realism of worked matches varies. On one hand, "shoot-style" matches endeavour to be as realistic as possible. On the other, certain wrestler gimmicks (such as Wrestling/TheUndertaker's) and promotions (such as Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}) can go into outright fantasy territory at times.
1443* SpanishAnnouncersTable: The table where the broadcasters for the Spanish-speaking audience sit to do their commentary became famous for, as a rule, gets demolished by a wrestling move at least once a pay-per-view. It has been even confirmed that, unlike the English team's, the table is specially designed to collapse upon impact.
1444* SpotlightStealingSquad: Wrestling/HulkHogan may have been the UrExample, as his BigDamnHeroes moments after matches would inevitably lead to his music, not that of the face he had ostensibly run out to save, being played. Wrestling/TheKliq are pretty much the {{Trope Codifier}}s.
1445* SmartMark: Or "Smark" as it's often abbreviated is the name given to the fans who know that wrestling is staged, but enjoy it anyway. However, since practically every fan falls into that category from 1986 onward, the term has changed somewhat and now refers to a hardcore wrestling fan who has a passing knowledge of the inner workings of the business and cares more about in-ring mat work than angles or programs.
1446* SpotMonkey: Term to describe a wrestler who does moves simply because they look cool rather than because they make sense at any given moment. They are also known for selling poorly.
1447* SlutShaming: Zig-zagged sometimes. "Slut" and variations on it are popular chant against heel women, like in the cases of Wrestling/EveTorres, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and Wrestling/{{Lita}}. At other times, the heels will be [[SourPrudes prudes]] (like Right to Censor or Wrestling/MollyHolly) and the faces will be defiantly stripping for the audience.
1448* TagTeam: Every tag team match ever, starting with Tiger Daula and Fazul Mohammed vs. Whiskers Savage and Milo Steinborn in Houston, TX on October 2, 1936 and continuing all the way to today. Mexican style parejas are less "tag" though, as simply exiting the ropes allows a partner to come in.
1449* TagTeamTwins: The Harris Brothers, Wrestling/TheUsos, the Head Hunters, the Shane Twins, the Wrestling/BellaTwins, The Tate Twins, TNT etc. etc. etc.
1450* TakeThat: Especially during the Wrestling/MondayNightWars. Most shoots contains these ([[{{Flanderization}} but not all]]).
1451* TalkShowWithFists: Although "Buddy Rogers' Corner" predated it, [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]'s segment "Piper's Pit" is easily the {{Trope Codifier}} and the standard against which all others are compared.
1452* TheThemeParkVersion:
1453** In relation to amateur wrestling and mixed martial arts...[[InvertedTrope though the latter was originally a creation of pro wrestling]].
1454** Literalized by WCW starting in 1993 with the infamous "Disney tapings," when they did huge TV tapings for their syndicated weekend show ''WCW Worldwide'', at a studio at Disney World in Orlando. These tapings served to give away title changes and other developments ''months'' in advance, exposing the business and essentially etching everything in stone. This also meant that WCW drew ZERO dollars at the gate.
1455** TNA took this even further, doing both their weekly TV show AND their "[=PPVs=]" at Universal Studios, also drawing ''zero'' dollars at the gate.
1456* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet:
1457** More like "There Are No Female Wrestling Fans", and if there are, the assumption is that they're shrieking fangirls who don't know a Sharpshooter from a suplex.
1458** Completely and utterly averted and destroyed with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. During the '70s and '80s, tag teams like the Beauty Pair and Crush Gals enjoyed massive mainstream popularity among girls to the point where arenas were packed mainly with screaming girls.
1459** Also averted in the case of British wrestling when it was televised on ''Series/WorldOfSport'' in the 1970s and 1980s; back then, middle-aged and older women were among wrestling's biggest fans (Wrestling/BigDaddy in particular had a large female following that was said to include Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII.
1460** Also the majority of Hardy Boyz fans were screaming young girls, demonstrated by the massive pops they got whenever they removed their shirts during matches. The likes of Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/TrishStratus also proved to draw in hundreds of female fans.
1461** Likewise, [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls most wrestler fansite owners are female.]] Even official ones.
1462* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: The face angrily stomps out to the ring and proudly continues tradition as he demands the heel to get out there.
1463* TonightInThisVeryRing: Basically short hand for "Soon, you are going to see something we did not advertise prior!"
1464* TooDumbToLive: It was all too often during WCW's nWo era (and, to be sure probably elsewhere as well) for fans, for whatever reason, to rush into the ring and take a poke at whichever wrestlers were there. This was massively inadvisable for two main reasons; for one, the camera will immediately pan away, denying said fan his 15 seconds of Fame and discouraging anyone else from trying it in the future - "Hey, we can get on TV!" And second, as soon as said fan hits the ring, it gives the wrestlers the legal right to defend themselves against whatever shenanigans he's trying to pull. In other words, they can beat the shit out of you and not face any consequences for it. And in some cases, they may not even get as far as the wrestlers - there have been instances where invading fans have been taken down by referees before even getting to the wrestlers themselves. Remember, referees are often trained as wrestlers themselves or otherwise intimately familiar with what's going on.
1465* UnderwearOfPower: You want a list? Too many to count. This has its roots in the carnival and circus strong men, which is why the mawashi, singlets, and other clothing [[FullFrontalAssault or lack there of]] otherwise associated with wrestling are less common here.
1466* UltimateJobSecurity: Wrestling/TripleH appears to have it [[{{kayfabe}} since becoming COO of the company]].[[note]]Come 2024 and Triple H is basically the COO for real (or in their lingo, "Chief Content Officer") but now ''doesn't'' have this since Vince was ousted in a sex scandal, the company has since been sold to the parent company of UsefulNotes/{{UFC}}, and Stephanie is no longer involved[[/note]] Spike Huber, who was married to Wrestling/DickTheBruiser's daughter, had it until the divorce, after which Bruiser blacklisted the guy out of the business.
1467* UnnecessaryRoughness
1468** From least to greatest, closed fists, small joint manipulation, scratching, hair pulling, facial stretching(fish hooking the mouth, bending the nose, pulling the ears), eye pokes, biting, airway chokes(blood chokes are valid), attacking before the bell, using the opponent's clothing for leverage, not giving a clean break from the ring ropes, greasing your skin, strikes to the groin, using foreign objects, ripping off a luchador's mask and outside interference are grounds for disqualification in professional wrestling. You're usually fine so long as you stay below ring ropes and almost always if you stay below restricting the airway.
1469** Wrestling/{{Chikara}} takes it a step forward with the "castigo excesivo" rule allowing the referee to disqualify based on anything deemed "excessive punishment".
1470** ROH has a sliding scale from the stricter "pure wrestling", to "standard", to "relaxed rules", to "[[NoHoldsBarredContest fight without honor]]".
1471* UnrelatedBrothers: Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}, most Andersons, Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys (who even claimed to be "Twin brothers from different mothers"), etc.
1472* WagTheDirector: Savvy wrestlers who can no longer work without risk of permanent injury can cultivate other opportunities as a trainer, commentator, or -- most ominously -- booker. The SOP goes as follows:
1473## pack the roster and booking committee with [[{{Nepotism}} friends and relatives]]
1474## bury the undercard with completely ridiculous matches and gimmicks
1475## keep a select few guys protected and [[CreatorsPet book them into the main event constantly]]
1476* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most male wrestlers tend to go shirtless in the ring.
1477* WatchWhereYoureGoing: Two wrestlers go for a Clothesline or Cross body splash at the same time. DoubleKnockout ensues.
1478* WildCard: The pro wrestling term for this trope is called ''Tweener'', [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes which previously served]] as the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
1479* WorldOfBadass: Unless you are a referee or an announcer, though even they have their moments sometimes.
1480* WorldOfBuxom: Breast implants became noticeable in pro wrestling during the mid 1990s and were pretty wide spread before the decade was even over. Luna Vachon and Jacqueline Moore used to standout among women wrestlers because they were so stacked but don't look all that special when you've got enhanced fitness models and enhanced body builders being pushed into the ring, even wrestlers they use to be much larger than like Madusa getting boob jobs.
1481* WorldOfHam: Wrestling is home to so many enormous slices of ham. When someone as hammy as John Cena looks fairly normal by comparison, you ''know'' you're in a WorldOfHam.
1482* WrestlingDoesntPay:
1483** WWE and, to a certain extent, WCW, were known for having up until the dawn of the Attitude Era (though a few others popped up afterwards) various wrestlers whose gimmicks were that they worked a second job in their downtime. Examples include: [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]], the [[IntimidatingRevenueService wrestling IRS agent]]; the Wrestling/BigBossMan, the wrestling prison guard; Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake, the wrestling barber; The Repo Man, the wrestling, well, repo man; [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} Isaac Yankem]], the wrestling dentist; [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz]], the wrestling baseball player; [[Wrestling/BobHolly Thurman "Sparky" Plugg]], the wrestling racecar driver; among others. AEW plays with this trope with Dr. Wrestling/BrittBaker, another wrestling dentist... who (unlike Isaac Yankem) is ''really'' a dentist with a full-time practice.
1484** This can also apply literally in real life. "The audience isn't the marks, '''we're''' the marks" is an old wrestler's joke. In the WWE, the biggest promotion in the US, most are probably paid in the 45k-80k range. Which seems like a lot until you factor in that they're technically all independent contractors and so must pay their own travel costs, medical costs, and so forth. At one point, it came to light that the TNA Women's Champion was working a second job at a Sunglasses Hut in order to pay the bills. Now imagine the pay scale for those working in smaller promotions.
1485--->'''Wrestling/BobHolly:''' I think wrestling today would be better if Wrestling/EricBischoff had managed to buy out WCW and keep it going. Competition is good for the industry and was definitely better for the wrestlers. For a few years, we were in a position to get paid better. I still don't feel we were ever paid entirely fairly. Both companies were making so much money that they could have afforded to pay the boys a lot more...
1486** Some try to make their personas more interesting by incorporating a second job. Sometimes it is real, such as Wrestling/PaulBearer the mortician; sometimes it is just for show, such as Honky Tonk Man; and sometimes the job pays so poorly that they're forced to apply for food stamps, like Jesse Neal.
1487--->'''[[http://percysposts.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-friend-sherri-and-more.html Paul Bearer]]:''' The promoters are the ones who actually prostitute the young talent. They know how much the kids want to wrestle, and will have them drive for hours, set up their ring and not even offer then a hamburger muchless gas money. It is a damn crying shame, taking advantage of the unknowing just to pad their pocketbooks.
1488* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle:
1489** Has become a standby for Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank winners. The big fan-favorite face has just retained his championship title in a grueling effort against all odds - and, often enough, against multiple opponents. Thinking the battle is finally over, he lifts the belt triumphantly above his head to the delirious cheers of the crowd. But....not so fast, bucko! An ominous entrance theme blares over the P.A. and the face's mortal enemy - the promotion's most dastardly heel - struts into the arena carrying his Money in the Bank championship opportunity contract, which he has acquired either fairly or not. The big main-event match starts all over again as the heel cashes in his contract and - following a brave but futile effort by the exhausted face - gets a pinfall to become the new World Champion.
1490** Only a couple of people have announced before hand when they would cash in the briefcase and stick to it; the first person being Wrestling/RobVanDam, who had a legitimate full-length title match with Wrestling/JohnCena at ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand''. The second; none other than Wrestling/JohnCena, who cashed in his briefcase for a full-length title match with Wrestling/CMPunk on the 1000th episode of Wrestling/WWERaw. He also became the first to cash in the briefcase and not win the title. [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] said after he won Money in the Bank that he would wait and cash it at [=WrestleMania=]. Then he became the punching bag for Wrestling/MarkHenry during his feud with Wrestling/BigShow, and at TLC after Henry's and Show's match cashed his contract in, claiming that the experience had made him realize he may not even ''make it'' to [=WrestleMania=], and therefore passing by opportunities presenting themselves right then was foolish.
1491** Inverted when CM Punk did this to Edge using the Money in the Bank contract. This time it was the face using the contract at the opportune moment. Punk later {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this, stating that had he done it to anyone but Edge, he would have been perceived as the bad guy. Edge had won a title using the exact same tactic twice, so this was seen as karma coming back to bite him.
1492** And then hilariously averted in 2011, also by CM Punk, when Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio came down to cash in his contract, Punk kicked him in the back of the head before the referee had the chance to ring the bell.
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