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shoot wrestling

shoot wrestling noun: a combat sport derived from professional wrestling which is not freestyle but which allows the inclusion of unscripted moves where the combatants actually try to hurt one another.

Noun

shoot wrestling (uncountable)

  1. A combat sport derived from professional wrestling which is not freestyle but which allows the inclusion of unscripted moves where the combatants actually try to hurt one another.
    • The second reason for the disappearance of legitimate shoot wrestling was that it allowed promoters to hold all of the power in the business.2012, Zachary Ingle, David M. Sutera, Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays, →ISBN, page 150
    • And a lot of people don't realize what he really did learn on the shoot wrestling type side.2013, Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons, →ISBN

Examples of shoot wrestling in a sentence

  • As his in-ring career wound down, Gotch trained countless Japanese standouts, including those who helped bring shoot wrestling to the forefront in that country.2013, Larry Matysik, 50 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time: The Definitive Shoot, →ISBN:
  • When the legitimacy went out of the sport at the end of the 1920s, and professional wrestling matches started being staged with predetermined endings, the art of shoot wrestling went underground.2015, Bob Backlund, Robert H. Miller, Backlund, →ISBN:

Questions about shoot wrestling

What does shoot wrestling mean?
Shoot wrestling means a combat sport derived from professional wrestling which is not freestyle but which allows the inclusion of unscripted moves where the combatants actually try to hurt one another.
How do you use shoot wrestling in a sentence?
As his in-ring career wound down, Gotch trained countless Japanese standouts, including those who helped bring shoot wrestling to the forefront in that country.
What part of speech is shoot wrestling?
Shoot wrestling is a noun.

Words near shoot wrestling in the dictionary

  1. shoot the shit
  2. shoot through
  3. shoot through like a Bondi tram
  4. shoot trouble
  5. shoot up
  6. shoot wrestling
  7. shoot-'em-up
  8. shoot-'em-ups
  9. shoot-em-up
  10. shoot-em-ups
  11. shoot-out

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