Ultra Sports Entertainment Glossary

Compiled by Anonymous and Stefan 'Twoflower' Gagne

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Boiler Room Brawl - A match held in a boiler room.  First one out the 
                    door wins.  A boiler room brawl appears in Ultra 
                    vs. WWF #1.

Booker - The person who schedules the fights, fighters, and guests for 
         an episode or omake, i.e. the author. 

Card - The fights scheduled for a particular episode.

Casket Match - A match where a casket is set up outside the ring.  The 
               goal is to put the other fighter in the casket, and 
               close the lid.

Evening Gown Match - A match where both fighters wear evening gowns, 
                     and the first person to strip the evening gown 
                     off their opponent wins.  Most commonly, this 
                     kind of match will be between two women, but men 
                     can have evening gown matches too.

Face - Short for 'babyface', a good guy wrestler, who usually believes 
       in clean matches, honor, and so on. The crowd cheers for them.  
       Dan is a mega-babyface, as are all the other shotokaners; Kasumi 
       is as well. (Stone Cold Steve Austin redefined this role to 
       include aggressive tendencies and foul behaivor, as long as it's 
       targeted against someone the crowd hates, such as a heel, and he 
       shows some 'good' traits as well.)

First Blood Match - A match where the first person to bleed loses.

Gauntlet Match - A match where a fighter must face a number of 
                 opponents one after another.

Handicap Match - A match where a fighter must face a number of 
                 opponents at the same time.

Hardcore - A no rules, falls count anywhere, weapons allowed match. 

Heat - Fan response. Can be cheers or boos, depending on if you're a 
       face or heel.  'No heat' is when you get no cheers, no boos, no 
       response at all -- aside perhaps from someone shouting 'Boring!' 
       during your matches, which is Not Good At All...

Heel - A rule breaking 'evil' character.  Will frequently interfere in 
       fights or win fights by interference from the outside, and still 
       consider it a clean win -- will use cheap tactics in general.  
       Usually mocks or disregards the audience, to gain 'heel heat'.  
       Example, Shin Akuma was clearly acting as a heel and gained 
       'heel heat' when he knocked Lina out in one cheap sucker punch 
       and didn't care how cheap it was.

Hell in a Cell - In this match, a steel cell (with four walls and a top) 
                 is placed around the ring.  The goal is to knock down 
                 one's opponent along enough to reach a door located 
                 somewhere in the cell. 

I Quit Match - A match with no falls, won only be forcing the other 
               fighter into submission.  Person must say 'I Quit' or 
               tap the mat rapidly to signal a quit.  Focuses on 
               painful submission moves.

Inferno Match - A match where a small ring of flame is lit under the 
                ring's lowest rope.  The first person lit on fire loses.

Jabronie - Italian for 'Jobber'. Used by The Rock.

Jobber - Derived from 'doing the job', as in doing what's asked of 
         you and lying down for someone else to beat you.  This is 
         usually done to give your opponent a good push for defeating 
         you cleanly.  Johnny Cage is Ultra's biggest jobber.

King of the Ring - A standard progression series match.  The Beta 
                   Tournament was an extended example of this, and a 
                   more manageably sized one appeared in Ultra Rage 
                   Alpha. 

Ladder Match - A match where a ordinary step-ladder is laid outside the 
               ring, and the fighters must retrieve it, take into the 
               ring, set it up, and retrieve an item (usually a belt) 
               suspended over the ring.  Naturally, the ladder often 
               doubles as a weapon.

Lion's Den Match - A rounded, sloped cage with a catwalk at the top 
                   and a door on one side. Winner is the first one to 
                   climb out or exit via the door.  Normal cage match 
                   otherwise.  Specialty of Ken Shamrock.

Love Her or Leave Her Match - A match used to revolve a relationship, 
                              generally with the loser forfeiting the 
                              girl (or guy).  The *only* example of this 
                              type of match was seen in the most recent 
                              WWF Summerslam (but it's still a good 
                              schtick).

Mark - Someone who falls for every dramatic stunt an organization pulls,
       or who believes that sports entertainment is 'real'.

Marking Out - When you flip out and behaive the way you're 'supposed' to
              from sheer excitement and surprise.

Over, To Get Over - To be over means that one has been accepted by the 
                    fans.  Thus, Dan is already over, but Felicia hasn't 
                    gotten over yet.

Pop - An audience chant such as 'ROCK-Y! ROCK-Y!' (face pop) or when he 
      was a heel, 'ROCK-Y-SUCKS! ROCK-Y-SUCKS!' (heel pop) is a common 
      type of pop; loud, excited cheering in general is also a pop.

Push - A series of wins done to pump up a fighter's reputation.  However, 
       a push isn't always a win. Push can also come in the form of a new
       angle for the wrestler designed to make them more recognizable and 
       popular with the audience, more opportunities to fight period, or 
       a screwjob loss against a heel which earns sympathy for the 
       fighter.  Recently, Iori Yagami has received a push.

Random Wacky Ultra Contests - In Ultra, a match doesn't have to be a fight.  
                              Like in Beta, staring contests, cooking 
                              contests, karoke marathons, or any other kind 
                              of strangeness is valid.  Just so long as it's 
                              interesting.

Royal Rumble - The match starts with two fighters, and a new fighter enters 
               the ring every 30 seconds.  This continues until all fighters 
               have entered the ring and only one is left standing.

Screwjob - A match wherein the heel uses every cheating tactic imaginable, 
           but still registers a legal pin because the ref didn't see it or 
           the ref was corrupt to begin with. The face loses, but both gain
           heat because of the nature of the loss.  A good way to lose a 
           belt so the face doesn't lose, well, face.

Smart - Someone who 'gets it' and knows sports entertainment is pre-planned
        with storylines and characters, rather than a straight sport of
        competition.

Smart Mark - Someone who 'gets it' but marks out anyway.

Steel Cage Match - A match were a steel cage (with four walls but no top) is 
                   placed inside the ring, the goal being to knock one's 
                   opponent down long enough to successfully climb out of 
                   the cage.

Strap Match - A match in which a strap is attached to the right arm of each 
              fighter, thus limiting the fighters to a short range from each 
              other.

Swerve - When the fans were expecting one thing, but something else happens.
         Has taken on new meaning in the age of the internet, when 'smart
         marks' routinely trade inside information on what will happen; some
         of which was spread by the organization so it can swerve away from
         the commonly accepted view of the future.

Tornado Match - A two on two match, using two tag-teams.  All four fighters 
                are allowed to fight simultaneously.

Turn - When a character 'turns' from heel to face, or face to heel.  Usually
       done in a single dramatic gesture.

Tuxedo Match - A variant of the Evening Gown Match for men.  Same idea, but 
               with tuxedos.

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