The Big Show and Great Khali are two of the more memorable big men active in wrestling over the last few decades, with both men able to tower over the vast majority of their fellow performers.

Kayfabe: Keeping up the illusion that pro wrestling is not scripted ... A crucial aspect to making scripted moves look unscripted. Shoot: Going off-script and making something real.

In the 1970's and 1980's, shoot fights in a wrestling ring were much more common due to promotions being territorially based. The industry also cleaned up a lot during the 90s and early 2000s as ...

What began as “shoot” (wrestling jargon for legitimate) competitions on the early 20th Century carnie circuit evolved into “worked” (meaning staged or pre-planned) exhibitions that enabled ...

WWE legend Booker T has named a few stars he believes were the best shoot fighters in pro wrestling, unsurprisingly including names like Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle -- stars who could cause ...

This shoot helped shape the industry - ironic that the old school Cornette would be the one to do it, but they’re all carnies - and catalysed the longest-running feud in pro wrestling history.

seemingly indicating that it’s all been a shoot (wrestling lingo for “real”) all along. Ben Axelrod is a veteran of the sports media landscape, having most recently worked for NBC's ...

Essentially created as a vanity belt for Antonio Inoki, who promoted himself as a legit tough guy, the title was, supposedly, only defended in shoot wrestling matches, although most of them still ...

Local photographer Brandon Watson ? took portraits for the local indie wrestling group ?‍♀️ Nickel City Wrestling ?‍♂️ at Polish Cadets of Buffalo while DJ Carr shot stills of the action.

If pro wrestling conjures notions of overdeveloped meatheads throwing indiscriminate punches, Andrew "MadDog" Mccrae is here to tell you that you've got it all wrong. "People think pro wrestling ...

"Big Show and Khali got into — I wouldn't say it was a fight, it was like a shoot wrestling match, overseas one time," JBL said. "Both of them ended up on the ground. Yeah, apparently ...