In professional wrestling, the term over means making a wrestler look good. Example: "Tonight Chris Jericho is going over and Kane is going under." This means that Jericho is to win his match that night and the fans have a pop towards him, while Kane is to lose his match and is rousing up the crowd. When a wrestler makes his opponent look good, for example by taking spectacular bumps, he is said to put over his opponent. Bruno Sammartino wrestles with Stan The Man Stasiak. ... Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York, USA), better known as Chris Jericho, is a Canadian musician and (currently inactive) professional wrestler, best known for his six year career with World Wrestling Entertainment between August 1999 and August 2005. ... Glen Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967 in Madrid, Spain, but raised near Nashville, Tennessee, USA, currently residing in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand, best known for wrestling as Kane. ... In professional wrestling, a pop refers to the reaction of the crowd, often integrated into the show. ... A bump occurs whenever a wrestler hits the mat or the arena floor after receiving a move from his/her opponent. ...

To be over also means being popular with the fans. This term is not limited to fan favorites, or babyfaces, but can refer to heels who are good at getting a negative crowd reaction as well; to be "over" means that the crowd cares about you, which is the most important thing in pro wrestling. In his heyday, The Rock was massively over with the WWE fans, who cheered loudly the moment they heard his entrance music. During that era Triple H The Rock's greatest adversary was booed loudly as he was able to generate huge amounts of heat from the crowd meaning that he was over as a heel. As of 2005, Edge and JBL were over as heels, being booed whenever they appeared. Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California), better known by his stage name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (invariably abbreviated to Triple H or HHH). He is a 10-time World Champion: 4-time WWE Champion, 1-time Undisputed Champion and 5-time... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler known as Edge (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario) who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... This article is about the professional wrestler. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. ...

See also

• Professional wrestling slang