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  2. Professional wrestling - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater [2] that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe) that the performers are competitive wrestlers. Although it entails elements of amateur wrestling and martial arts, including genuine ...

  3. Job (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In professional wrestling slang, a job is a losing performance in a wrestling match. [1] It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect information related to kayfabe from being revealed. The term can be used a number of ways. When a wrestler is booked to lose a match, it is described as "a job".

  4. List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars ...

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    New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW 36 7 2 All Elite Wrestling: AEW 14 6.5 3 World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment: WWF/WWE 4 5.5 4 All Japan Pro Wrestling: AJPW 3 5.25 5 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling: TNA/Impact 2 5.5 6 Revolution Pro Wrestling RevPro 1 6 World Championship Wrestling WCW 8 World Wonder Ring ...

  5. Professional wrestling match types - Wikipedia

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    This variation of the tag team battle royale was used during the 2011 WWE Draft on April 25, 2011; where the wrestler's team has to eliminate all members of the opposing team, much like an elimination tag team match where the losing wrestler of a team, who just got thrown over the ring ropes with both feet touching the floor, must return to ...

  6. Dominik Mysterio - Wikipedia

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    WWE Performance Center. Debut. August 23, 2020. Dominik Óscar Gutiérrez (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, where he is a member of The Judgment Day stable. Mysterio is a former two-time NXT North American ...

  7. WrestleMania 39 - Wikipedia

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    WrestleMania 39 (marketed as WrestleMania Goes Hollywood) was the 39th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place as a two-night event on April 1 and 2, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in ...

  8. Battle royal (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia

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    A men's tag team variation of the match, called the Casino Tag Team Royale, was first utilized at Revolution in March 2021. [28] Instead of being contested between 21 individual singles wrestlers, the match features 10-15 tag teams (for a total of 20-30 wrestlers).

  9. Tables, ladders, and chairs match - Wikipedia

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    World Wrestling Federation created and adapted the matches to make it known today as a TLC match. The idea of the TLC match in WWF had its origins in a tag team ladder match for the managerial services of Terri Runnels between Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy), at No Mercy 1999 during the Attitude Era, with the audience giving all four wrestlers a standing ...