professional wrestling

English

Noun

professional wrestling (uncountable)

1. A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.
2. A theatrical presentation of a choreographed wrestling match as part of the professional wrestling business.
3. Any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating.

Translations

entertainment characterized by choreographed wrestling

• Catalan: lluita lliure f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 職業摔角 / 职业摔角

  Mandarin: 职业摔角 (zh)

• Finnish: showpaini
• French: catch (fr) m
• German: Wrestling (de) n, Catchen n
• Hebrew: היאבקות מקצועית
• Hungarian: pankráció (hu)
• Japanese: プロレス (ja) (puroresu), プロフェッショナルレスリング (purofesshonaru resuringu), プロレスリング (puroresuringu), 興行レスリング (kōgyō resuringu), 職業レスリング (shokugyō resuringu), 西洋相撲 (seiyō sumou) (old-fashioned)
• Korean: 프로 레슬링 (peuro reseulling)
• Polish: wrestling (pl) m
• Russian: реслинг (ru) (resling), рестлинг (ru) (restling)
• Spanish: lucha libre (es) f, lucha libre profesional
• Ukrainian: реслінг (reslinh)
• Welsh: reslo m
• Yiddish: פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע ראַנגלען (profesyonele ranglen)

See also

• kayfabe
• professional wrestler
• puroresu
• sports entertainment
• trashsport