The Shoot is a piece written and shared directly from the people inside the business of professional wrestling. In this week's edition, the Week in Wrestling turned to Kayfabe News for an in ...

In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event—that is, an event that is "real" and not staged. The term originally referred to a takedown in amateur wrestling; this was ...

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.

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.

William Regal had other plans however, as he started shoot wrestling the big man. That didn’t please Goldberg, as he couldn’t get out of Regal’s holds. The finish of the bout went as planned ...

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.

Wrestling can no longer operate under the pretence ... The death of kayfabe, however, has at least given rise to the shoot interview. The shoot interview is an odd beast. Sometimes smacking ...

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 ...

Lashon Tolbert said he believes his older brother’s success this season stems from his willingness to “shoot” — wrestling jargon for attempting the takedowns which lead to points.

"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 ...