Wrestling terminology you don't hear anymore

[tafkaga]

I can't think of the last time I heard about "aerial maneuvers" or "scientific wrestling". 

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

Referring to heels as "rule breakers"

[Ultimo Gallos]

I rarely hear anyone use the term Shine anymore.

Maybe a few of the vets that are in their late 40s or older.

[Jacy Derangement Syndrome]

JR on commentary in the 90s talking about when wrestlers "turned pro" is f***ing surreal

[Soultastic]

Correctly pronounced suplex.

[Rave]

Mar 28, 2024 21:12:55 GMT -5 Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite said:

Referring to heels as "rule breakers"

And faces as "fan favorites".

[karl100589]

Outside of OSW, you never hear someone getting “Pearl Harboured” anymore.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I don't hear "Bizarro World" much anymore for crowds in places like Canada, probably because Vince is gone, and thank god.

[Gunhaver]

Mar 28, 2024 21:38:50 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

I rarely hear anyone use the term Shine anymore.

Maybe a few of the vets that are in their late 40s or older.

This one's new to me.

[fg]

When a wrestler gets beat up, a commentator sometimes would say something along the lines of: “There are getting an education.”

When a wrestler wins, a commentator (often Gorilla Monsoon) sometimes would say: “Let’s get the official word.” (Meaning let’s get the news of the winner from the ring announcer.

[Gunhaver]

Mar 29, 2024 11:10:02 GMT -5 fg said:

When a wrestler wins, a commentator (often Gorilla Monsoon) sometimes would say: “Let’s get the official word.” (Meaning let’s get the news of the winner from the ring announcer.

I like this one, and a lot of Gorilla's commentary focusing on officials and other staff. It gives it a real sports feel.

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

I hate Vince's dumb alien vocabulary as much as the next person, and in a lot of ways the overemphasis on buzzwords in WWE was the catalyst for the end of my fandom because it all became just too cringe for me.

That said, I really miss fat guy wrestlers being called "behemoths."

[Allie Kitsune]

"Educated Feet" for someone who uses martial arts kicks.

Caveat : I haven't listened to Jim Ross in ages, so if he still does it, somebody make him stop.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

When was the last time a wrestler’s moveset described as “catch-as-catch-can?”

[thecrusherwi]

A lot of these are terms that were mostly exclusive to a particular commentator like Gorilla Monsoon or Jim Ross. Im not sure how many were ever common terms outside of those guys’ respective commentary.

[tafkaga]

Mar 29, 2024 11:14:48 GMT -5 Denny Zen is Cooking™ said:

I hate Vince's dumb alien vocabulary as much as the next person, and in a lot of ways the overemphasis on buzzwords in WWE was the catalyst for the end of my fandom because it all became just to cringe for me.

That said, I really miss fat guy wrestlers being called "behemoths."

or in Vince lingo:  BO-HEE-MUTHS

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Blue Chipper

[Jacy Derangement Syndrome]

Me about to get out of bed: lemme get a vertical base real quick

[The Thread Barbi]

"Right in the rib basket"

[Ultimo Gallos]

Mar 29, 2024 11:14:48 GMT -5 Denny Zen is Cooking™ said:

I hate Vince's dumb alien vocabulary as much as the next person, and in a lot of ways the overemphasis on buzzwords in WWE was the catalyst for the end of my fandom because it all became just to cringe for me.

That said, I really miss fat guy wrestlers being called "behemoths."

There was a stable in EGO where the big fat dude was known as "The Tribal behemoth".

Such a great word that isn't used that much anymore.