Only 30% Of WWE Fans Can Pass This Quiz On Wrestling Lingo. Can You?

If you're a sailor, you should know what port, starboard, and the jib all mean because it's part of sailing lingo and if you're not able to speak the language, you're not going to enjoy the entire experience. That's true with most hobbies, professions and sports. When you think about it, professional wrestling is all three.

It's a quasi-sport in that the people participating are great athletes. It's a profession in that many people work in the industry, and it's a hobby for all of us who enjoy following it. There are those who work in the profession who are very true to its carnival roots and don't believe that the audience (known as the "marks" to those who look down on fans) should have any idea what is really going on behind the curtain.

The Internet sure changed all of that, despite the fact that a lot of wrestlers don't like that the fact fans are smarter toward the product than ever before. As fans have gotten smarter, they've also become more into one-upping each other when it comes to knowledge. Well here's your chance to show your friends that you know more than they do when it comes to the words used both inside and outside of the ring.

We've got questions that cover every aspect of professional wrestling. A real big fan should be able to get most of these right, and those who just think they are real fans will fall on their face – just like in a typical wrestling match. So what's it going to be? Good luck as you try to show the world you know more about wrestling than anyone else.

Question 1

What is it called when two wrestlers exchange words in the ring?

Did you know that even on a major pay per view like WrestleMania, less than half the show is actual wrestling. That's even more true on the weekly shows like Monday Night Raw and SmackDown live. In order for the audience to care about why two people are going to fight in the future, a story needs to be told in advance and talking to each other in the ring is the easiest way. What is this exchange of words called?

Question 2

What is The Undertaker's signature match called?

Who could have ever guessed when The Undertaker debuted in the WWE more than 25 years ago that the character of a guy who is dead and bring souls to the other side would still be going so many years later, especially considering how silly the idea is. Silly or not, he's lasted and he's been involved in a lot of specialty matches. One involves putting a wrestler into a coffin to be declared the winner. What is this style of match called?

Question 3

What are the guys who always lose called in wrestling?

The proper term is "enhancement talent" but we know them by a different phrase. TV matches back before Monday Night Raw used to be a superstar against a no-name guy and the result was hardly in doubt. Now, all of the wrestlers are usually well-known, even if like Curt Hawkins, they rarely have their hand raised in victory. Not all of the wrestlers who serve as enhancement talent like this slang for what they do, but it is pretty accurate. What is it?

Question 4

What does Vince McMahon NOT like to call his championships?

When you're a champion in the WWE, be it in a tag team or as a singles competitor, it's a big vote of confidence from the company, but you'e still largely told what you can and can't say. When it comes to his championships, Vince McMahon has banned a word being used to describe them. What word will you never hear on WWE programming in reference to the championships that you see around the waists of the best wrestlers at the moment?

Question 5

What was the match called that ended the rivalry between Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt?

They certainly are two of the more creative characters in the WWE and it makes sense that Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy would form a tag team since they both talk a lot about the spiritual world. They were, however, bitter enemies for months until a very unique match was held between the two of them. In the end, Wyatt fell into the "Lake of Reincarnation" and wasn't seen for several weeks. What was this match, held at Matt Hardy's home, called?

Question 6

What is NOT one of Chris Jericho's nicknames?

Chris Jericho has been tearing it up as a professional wrestler for nearly 30 years, which is hard to believe when you compare him to a lot of people who are 50 years old in the ring. He's a master of constantly changing his character and knows how to wrestle a safe, but exciting style. Through the years, he's been called a lot of things and given himself plenty of nicknames. Of the following, what has he NOT been called?

Question 7

What is the style of wrestling called where most Latino wrestlers learn the trade?

While Eddie Guerrero will always be associated with his successful runs in the WWE, WCW and ECW, this all-time great, like many Latino wrestlers, learned his trade in Mexico. In his case, his family became famous in Mexico and southern California for mastering this specific style of wrestling. While it has creeped more into the mainstream than before, it still hasn't taken over American audiences like some have hoped. What is this style of wrestling South of the Border called?

Question 8

What were women wrestlers called between 2008 and 2016?

While almost all of them will tell you how much they didn't like the term, nor the pink butterfly-shaped belt that came with being the champion, the women of the WWE were neither called wrestlers not superstars between 2008 and 2016. Heck, they weren't even called women. Sure, you can say that WWE was just using their branding skills to market the women's division, but eventually fans revolted against the term and Charlotte Flair became the first WWE women's champion. What was this term?

Question 9

What does Shane McMahon call his version of The Van Daminator?

Rob Van Dam was the first wrestler in North America to introduce a move where a wrestler would jump from one rope, across the ring, and dropkick their opponent who was resting on the ropes on the other side of the ring. Van Dam aptly called this the Van Daminator when he debuted it in ECW. Shane McMahon, known as a big ECW fan, started to use the move in the WWE since most fans hadn't seen it yet. What did he call it?

Question 10

What is it called when somebody is *FINALLY* tagged into the ring?

There are very few variations of stories in wrestling matches and that's because the few that they have work well and none of them better than when one of the fan favorites is getting the snot beat out of him for an extended amount of time. He'll try to tag his partner, but be denied by the rule breakers time after time. He'll get close and miss, closer and miss, and then he'll get there, but the ref didn't see. Finally, he makes that tag. What's that known as?

Question 11

What was Bret Hart's most famous nickname?

Wrestling is one of those businesses where the longer you stick around the longer you're given new nicknames to freshen things up, although there are usually a couple that really stick. Bret Hart was known as The Hitman first and foremost and liked to call himself The Best There Is, The Best There Was and the The Best There Ever Will Be, but what nickname seemed to be the favorite of the announcers who called his matches in the WWE?

Question 12

What is the last match in a long-standing feud called?

It's one thing to tell a story that just leads to a match between two people, but when the audience reacts, the promoters want to keep it going as long as possible, so there will be twists and turns to the story. Usually there will be a series of rematches where things go back and forth, but every story has to end and a big match is held to finish the feud once and for all. What is this match called?

Question 13

Bayley is called the female version of Ricky Morton. What does that mean?

Ricky Morton is one half of the famous 1980s and 90s tag team "The Rock and Roll Express" with Robert Gibson. They were known for a very formulaic wrestling match always involving the hot tag. Because of the cutesy, babyface nature of Morton, people have always used him to describe wrestlers who fit a certain stereotype with their matches. Bayley has been called a female Ricky Morton for a while now. It's not an insult, just a comment on her style. What's it mean?

Question 14

What was the inter-gender tournament held in early 2018 on Facebook Live called?

The WWE was looking at the need to renegotiate its TV, cable and online contracts in late 2018, so they wanted to run some tests to see just how popular they were. They teamed with Facebook Live to run an intergender tournament for seven weeks. Every Tuesday night a team of a man and woman would face a similar team. Eventually the Miz and Asuka won this tournament, which rarely cracked 300 viewers. What was the tourney called on Facebook Live?

Question 15

What is the term for what Ric Flair was supposed to provide to his daughter, Charlotte?

It's a standard move in wrestling for promoters to use somebody who is an established star to help build the new person coming in the door. Usually that just means the young guy beats the old guy in a match, but there are variations, such as the case with Charlotte and Ric Flair. The elder Flair was brought in to serve as his daughter's manager for a while after her call-up from NXT. What was his job to provide for her?

Question 16

What were matches first known as that used tables and chairs?

While it seems commonplace these days for tables and chairs to be used in matches, along with kendo sticks, fire extinguishers, trash cans and anything else that can be found under a wrestling ring (and what are all those things doing there in the first place?) it was once a rare sight for these items to be used. ECW changed that, introducing all kinds of outside objects to be brought into the ring. When WWE started, what did they call this kind of match?

Question 17

What kind of comments did John Cena use to goad The Undertaker into a match?

For weeks leading up to WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans, John Cena would appear on WWE television insulting The Undertaker to try and get the legend to appear in a match. Instead of the typical "I'm gonna kick your butt" rhetoric most storylines use, Cena went a different route and addressed the real life situation of The Undertaker. The idea of using real things in a story to "blur the line" for the fans is known as using what kind of comments?

Question 18

What is it called when a belt changes hands in a match that never happened?

In the world of the Internet, it's nearly impossible to pull off a title change where there is no actual match, but in the past, promoters used the concept all the time if somebody got hurt, a wrestler left the company or they wanted to introduce a new title. For instance, the lore is that WWE's first Intercontinental Champion, Pat Patterson won the title in a tournament in Rio. That never happened. But back then, fans weren't there, so they didn't know better. What's this kind of match called?

Question 19

Randy Orton isn't actually hurt, but we're supposed to believe he is. What's the term for what he's doing?

Think about it for a second... If these wrestlers were actually trying to hurt each other, they wouldn't be able to wrestle 200 matches per year. Sure, they do get hurt, but they are mostly acting like they are hurt. There's a reason that MMA grapplers and boxers only have a couple of bouts per year at most. When it's real, you don't come back as fast. But in this photo, Orton has to make us think it's really, so he's doing what?

Question 20

What are groups of wrestlers working together called?

While there have been different groups over the years such as The NWO, D-X, and The Four Horsemen, and managers have called their groups different things like The Heenan Family or The Varsity Club, there has always been a term used to describe groups of wrestlers who are paired together fighting for a common cause. It's not just a tag team, so there must be at least three people, like The Riott Squad. What do you call this kind of a group?

Question 21

What was Jerry Lawler known as the King of?

He didn't use this nickname often when he worked with the WWE, opting to go with just "The King" but for all of the fans who watched him in the 1970s and 1980s before he started working for them, he was known as the king of something very specific. And we're not talking about the insult "Burger King" which fans used for a very long time. WWE really should have tried to sell that to the restaurant. So what was Lawler the King of?

Question 22

This match was dubbed "The Immovable Force vs. The....?

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant is still considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, matchup in the history of WrestleMania as far as main event hype is concerned. The match itself was not very good since Andre was barely able to move, but it did draw 93,000 to the arena near Detroit for the match. Commentator Gorilla Monsoon uttered a famous phrase when the match started that lingers today. The commentator call the match The Immovable Force vs. The....what?

Question 23

What are the organizations called where most wrestlers first start?

Fans who don't really know what's going on may think that most wrestlers just start in Japan or NXT and eventually get called up to WWE if they're good enough, but that's not the case. Most wrestlers start in small arena, ballrooms and VFW halls wrestling for organizations that are barely companies and run one or two shows a month. Since there aren't a lot of matches to be had, wrestlers have to travel from company to company getting work where they can. What are these companies called?

Question 24

How is Sonya Deville's offense best characterized?

There are certain type of fighting styles that have been featured in the WWE over the years: high-flying, hardcore, technical, etc. and new ones are always being developed. One of them is being pioneered by Sonya Deville, playing off of her MMA background. Other wrestlers in the WWE who also use this style would be Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura. It's probably safe to guess that Ronda Rousey will use the same. What is this style of fighting or wrestling called?

Question 25

What was Goldberg's finishing move called?

And no, it wasn't the spear. That was just a set-up for his finisher, which was a variation of a suplex piledriver, that twists into a powerslam position in the last seconds. There are some crazy finishing move names out there that end up being so popular, they no longer are just the move name for that wrestler, like Jake Roberts' DDT or Bret Hart's Sharpshooter. Goldberg's finisher has probably reached that point if other people start doing it, so what's it called?

Question 26

What is the Japanese word for wrestling?

In the last couple of years, New Japan Pro Wrestling has started to make inroads in the United States by putting on a few live shows and featuring some top American talent like Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. Japanese wrestling was briefly this popular about 20 years ago when ECW brought in wrestlers from FMW in Japan, but sadly both of those companies are gone now. They obviously don't call it "wrestling" in Japan. So what's the word they use?

Question 27

What is the person who determines the outcomes of the matches called?

Whoops, we just let you know wrestling isn't a completely legit sporting contest. It's true that they are just as much actor as they are athlete and all are following a script that is now written by a "Creative Team" in the back. However, for most organizations, and even for the WWE until about a dozen years ago, it was the role of one person to determine the direction of storylines. What was this job title, held of course by Vince McMahon, called?

Question 28

What is the money made at a show from tickets called?

One of the statistics that WWE is always touting after every WrestleMania is how much money was brought into a city, including how much they made on ticket sales at the venue the show is held at. It doesn't include things like what fans spent on merchandise or food while they were at the show. If you take that dollar amount and divide it by number of fans in attendance, you get your average ticket price. What's it called when it's all added together?

Question 29

What is Triple H's corporate position at WWE?

While he's known as The Game and The Cerebral Assassin when he's inside the ring as a competitor and he's known to fans as the creative genius behind NXT, Triple H doesn't just play an authority figure on television, he actually is one behind the scenes and has a corporate office during the day like the other executives. Marrying into the McMahon family has its perks. So when you're able to find Triple H's office in Stamford, what title will you see on the door?

Question 30

What kind of match is pictured?

This is to test those people who just look at the pictures and then quickly answer without spending the time to read the question fully. In this picture, the women in the ring had been surrounding the ring for the first 15 minutes of the match between two women. They would toss the women back in as they fell out, but like many of these matches, there was a spot where every woman ended up in the ring at the same time. So, good reader, what kind of match is this?

Question 31

What does WWE call a superstar who has won all of their titles?

Back in the day, you could either be the world champion, intercontinental champion or tag team champion. They called you a Triple Crown champion, in homage to the horse racing Triple Crown. When WWE acquired WCW more than 15 years ago it took on a lot of new belts and then there have also been a few brand splits that created more belts. Now, it's hard to hold all the belts and they've called this rare feat of holding them something else. What is it?

Question 32

What are shows that are not televised called?

Along with Raw, Smackdown and pay-per-view shows, the WWE also produces several other shows during the week that are not televised. These shows are just for fans in smaller markets where it doesn't make sense to bring an entire television production. It could be that there isn't the population needed, the proper facilities or wrestling is just not as popular in that location. WWE still wants to make some money though, so they cut the expense of filming television for this kind of show. What's it called?

Question 33

What term is not used when a championship doesn't have a person representing it?

Sometimes a champion gets an injury or fired in real life or the story demands that they simply give up the title. The usual routine is for the company to hold a tournament, although few have as many competitors as the 205 Live tournament had leading up to WrestleMania in 2018. They use all kinds of terms to describe this empty championship. Which of the following is not one of the terms that is used to describe when a championship has no holder?

Question 34

Who coined the phrase "Five Moves of Doom"?

There are a lot of superstars, who let's face it, are not very good wrestlers. And there are those who are very good wrestlers that hit upon a formula that works for their matches and their fans want to see those moves over and over. The phrase "Five Moves of Doom" has been used to describe the workrate of wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart and John Cena. The person who coined this phrase is well known in wrestling, but never worked a day for WWE. Who is it?

Question 35

If this match went on first, what is that called?

In professional wrestling jargon, there are all kinds of labels for matches and the role that they're supposed to play on the show. Obviously, the main event is the biggest match and the comedy spot is a break for some silliness. The match after a great match is known as being in the cool-down spot. However, when two people have to go out and set the stage for the rest of the show, they are in a certain kind of match. What's it called?

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