What are wrestling fans called?
The term “mark” is perhaps the most commonly used term among wrestling fans. To be a wrestling “mark” is to be someone who buys into the emotion and characteristics of the storyline and characters. All wrestling fans are marks, some to different levels of it than others.
What is a good guy called in wrestling?
babyface
In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, “good guy” or “fan favorite” wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans, and acts as a protagonist to the heels, who are the villainous antagonist or “bad guy” characters.
What is a wrestling booker?
To determine and schedule the events of a wrestling card. The person in charge of setting up matches and writing angles is a “booker”. It is the wrestling equivalent of a screenwriter. A booker can also be described as someone who recruits and hires talent to work in a particular promotion.
Why do wrestlers turn heel?
Many heels do both, cheating as well as behaving nastily. If a given heel is cheered over the face, a promoter may opt to turn that heel to face or the other way around, or to make the wrestler do something even more despicable to encourage heel heat.
What does it mean to turn heel in WWE?
A “bad” wrestler. When a face betrays his or her allies in the ring or suddenly turns evil, this is known as “turning heel.” When a wrestler is booked to have both face and heel characteristics—typically, half the audience will boo and the other half will cheer—this wrestler is called a “tweener.”
What is a rib in wrestling?
In professional wrestling, a rib is a prank played on a wrestler, or backstage employee of a wrestling promotion, by another wrestler. Ribs may be practiced as a form of stress relief from the grueling schedule of traveling, experiencing the physical exertion of wrestling, and sleeping in a different town most nights.
