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	stiff \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Stiff may refer to: Stiffness - scientific explanationStiff can also be used as a slang word for when a customer fails to tip a server.Stiff also has two uses in professional wrestling.
		Stiff (professional wrestling) - Used to describe how hard a wrestler is attacking his/her opponent.Also a term used when a promoter does not pay his/her wrestlers.
		Stiff equation - equations that exhibit smooth behaviour, then sudden changes - a book about corpses by Mary Roach.Stiff (movie) - an Australian movie starring David Wenham.Stiff pattern or Stiff diagram, a method of plotting anion and cation concentrations in meq/L [1]Stiff Records - a British record label.
	www.babylon.com /definition/stiff (315 words)

	Professional wrestling - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating in a "Show".
		Modern professional wrestling is commonly associated within a company (often referred to as a fed), where the participants create an entertaining show simulating a dueling match.
		The question of whether professional wrestling is a sport comparable to its freestyle, Greco-Roman, and collegiate counterparts can seem irrelevant, maybe even impossible, to compare as the key difference between both concepts is that professional wrestling's main focus is maintaining its audience and profiting as a business rather than as a form of athletic competition.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Professional_wrestling (2287 words)

	Professional wrestling Totally Explained
		Professional wrestling is the performance, management, and marketing of a form of entertainment based on simulated elements of catch wrestling and theater.
		The Modern professional wrestling is commonly associated, within a company (often referred to as a fed or promotion), where the participants create an entertaining show simulating a dueling match.
		The question of whether professional wrestling is a sport comparable to its freestyle, Greco-Roman, and collegiate counterparts can seem irrelevant, maybe even impossible, to compare as the key difference between both concepts is that professional wrestling's main focus is maintaining its audience and profiting as a business rather than as a form of athletic competition.
	professional_wrestler.totallyexplained.com (3150 words)

	Professional wrestling - OTMWiki
		In the earlier parts of the 20th Century, "professional wrestling" was at times just that, a professional contest of amateur-style wrestlers competing for a purse with a league structure similar to professional boxing.
		Professional wrestling is "simulated" in the sense that the outcomes are predetermined, and their effects upon the opponent exaggerated.
		Women have long participated in professional wrestling, first in woman-versus-woman matches that were low on the bill compared to mens' matches, and then later as managers or valets accompanying male wrestlers.
	onthemat.com /wiki/index.php/Professional_wrestling (2394 words)

	The Wrestling Glossary
		This is not intended to be a list of technical wrestling terms but is, rather, intended to shed light on some of the more arcane terms used in the business.
		a wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a turn.
		The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/resources/glossary.html (682 words)

	Strong Style Spirit ~ Your New Japan resource for six years
		LOCK UP was announced as part of a New Japan brand extension at the end of March, 2006, along with WRESTLE LAND.
		With New Japan in the midst of a reconstruction, the two brands were created to show two extremes of professional wrestling, which would allow New Japan management to study each style for ideas to use in the regular brand.
		Focusing on the very basics of professional wrestling, stiff and physical action, LOCK UP was promoted with the idea of bringing fans as close to the severity of professional wrestling as possible.
	www.puroresufan.com /njpw/lu/what.php (164 words)

	Olympian Danny Hodge NCAA wrestling champ
		After his collegiate wrestling career, Dan Hodge won national Golden Gloves and National AAU championships in boxing, becoming the first athlete in more than 50 years to win national titles in both sports.
		I entered the professional wrestling ranks in the fall of 1959.
		He wrestled in his first Olympics at 19, was undefeated in the Navy, and won a medal in the '56 Olympics.
	www.midsouthwrestling.com /photos-then.html (3042 words)

	Professional wrestling / Female Single Combat Club
		Professional wrestling is a form of performance art where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches in the boxing-like ring.
		In essence, pro wrestling is a circus performance, a peculiar acrobatic clownery, which represents human relations in the hypertrophied and grotesque forms by means of "wrestling in the ring".
		Due to the term, "professional wrestling" is the traditional and stable name of this incredibly popular show, attempting to search in WEB for keywords "wrestling", "women wrestling" leads to getting the enormous number of sites dedicated to pro wrestling and to other pseudo-combat shows.
	www.fscclub.com /vidy/profi-e.shtml (2571 words)

	Professional wrestling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Modern professional wrestling is commonly associated within a company often referred to as a fed, where the participants create an entertaining show simulating a dueling match.
		However, following the decline of the submission-oriented catch-as-catch-can style from mainstream professional wrestling, the tap out largely faded, regaining prominence as a means of victory mostly in the face of the popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the early 90's.
		Women have long participated in professional wrestling, first in woman-versus-woman matches that were low on the bill compared to mens' matches, and then later as managers or valets accompanying male wrestlers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_wrestling (2627 words)

	Professional wrestling - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Professional wrestling is "simulated" in the sense that the outcomes are predetermined, the maneuvers rehearsed and executed cooperatively, and their effects upon the opponent exaggerated.
		The tapout is not a traditional part of professional wrestling; it was introduced during the mid-1990s in response to the increased popularity of mixed martial arts competitions, where the tapout has always been accepted.
		While professional wrestling moved increasingly to fixed matches during the late-1800s and early 1900s, for most of the 20th century professional wrestling was promoted as a legitimate sport.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Professional_wrestling (2426 words)

	College Wrestling
		I have a basic background in wrestling but I am not familiar with the proper techniques I need to be teaching a child of his age.
		Wrestling is growing through high school but we are in a battle at the next levels.
		I didn’t start wrestling until I was a sophomore but I lived in South Carolina where wrestling isn’t that big and managed to get runner up in the state as a junior and won the title as a senior.
	www.collegewrestling.iptv.org /answer.cfm?ResultsOnly=worldchamps03 (12388 words)

	Wrestling Terms Courtesy of pwbts.com
		Wrestling announcers on TBS picked up on this, and a foreign object is still occasionaly, jokingly called the "international object".
		Garbage Wrestling: A style of wrestling that consists of wrestlers frequent use of blading, foreigh objects, gimmick stipulations in matches and brawling without much athleticism or ring psychology.
		Strong Style Wrestling: A style of wrestling, that is worked, found in Japan, where the action seems to be shooting and realistic looking because of the highspots used.
	www.angelfire.com /wrestling/tlm/terms.html (2134 words)

	Stiff Muscles -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stiffness is the resistance of an elastic body to deflection by an applied force.
		The inverse of stiffness is ''compliance'', typically measured in units of metres per newton newton.
		Stiff can also be used as a slang word for when a customer fails to tip a server.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/141/stiff-muscles.html (463 words)

	Shoot wrestling - OTMWiki
		Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling.
		The shoot wrestling techniques are often applied in shoot-style professional wrestling matches, which feature predetermined outcomes, but with much technique applied in a stiff or full contact manner.
		In fact, catch wrestler Karl Istaz (used the professional wrestling ring name Karl Gotch) is widely recognised as the single most important figure in the development of shoot wrestling.
	www.onthemat.com /wiki/index.php/Shoot_wrestling (773 words)

	STIFF Articles Stiff may refer to:span> Look up s (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stiff (professional wrestling) - Used to describe how hard a wrestler is attacking his/her opponent.
		Lower back stiffness and pain, tightness in the neck and shoulders, general muscle aches and tight leg muscles are conditions that affect millions of people, from sedentary couch potatoes to elite athletes.
		This stiff competition in the financial services is being fuelled and activated by the various European banks vying for their Share in the Indian loan market.
	www.amazines.com /Stiff_related.html (2790 words)

	Obsessed With Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wrestling has some unusual terms for things that even date back to its days as a side show in Carnivals back in the early 20th century.
		Plant: A wrestler or someone who works for the wrestling company who is placed in the audience to pose as a fan and is used in a wrestling angle.
		Rest Hold/Rest Spot: A wrestling hold that is applied that is very light and allows for the wrestlers to take a rest or a breather usually after a high spot or after several minutes of fast paced action.
	www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /columns/markrose/07.html (3302 words)

	Wrestling Terms
		- A wrestling show that is put on for the crowd only and is not televised.
		95% of wrestling is "kayfabed", meaning staying in character and not revealing anything secret or not revealing who they really are.
		This is not a bad thing though, as some smart wrestling fans think.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/WrestlingRap/terms.html (349 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - For the Love of the Business
		Many of the would-be wrestling stars of tomorrow first get drawn to the spectacle known as professional wrestling as children watching their favourite stars hammer each other into oblivion on TV.
		"They see wrestling on their TV every week and it seems thrilling, but they don't realize that there is a ton of time away from home, family and friends," said Winnipeg, Manitoba's Chi Chi Cruz (a.k.a.
		Cruz said he has made a living exclusively wrestling at many points in his career, but emphasized holding down a back-up job is a smart move to ensure one's bills get paid.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2006/10/26/2133974.html (2354 words)

	Wrestling Terms
		a wrestling "plot" which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a turn.
		The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks.
		Sometimes known as fish, redshirts PLs (professional losers,) or 'ham-and-eggers.' Steve Lombardi (Brooklyn Brawler) is also a well known jobber.
	www.steveswrestling.com /info/terms.html (583 words)

	FAQ
		Stiff Shots is a photography business that specializes in shooting pro wrestling events in the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania areas.
		In pro wrestling parlance, a “stiff shot” is a punch, kick, or other type of blow that actually connects with an opponent (as opposed to one that is “pulled,” i.e.
		Stiff Shots arrives on time, touches base with the promoter to verify access and/or restrictions, and doesn’t go anywhere or shoot anything they’re not allowed to.
	www.stiffshots.com /faq.html (381 words)

	UGO.com Games - History of Wrestling Video Games - UGO's Masters of the Ring
		Wrestling games hit the 32-bit generation immediately and set down a path towards the modern-day grappler.
		Not only was this the first real 3D wrestling game to come out in the US, it also was the most realistic at the time despite that lack of a license.
		Essentially, the game used an existing Japanese wrestling game engine and slapped some new artwork on it; the kicker was that most in the U.S. had never seen a truly 3D wrestling game up until this point.
	www.ugo.com /channels/sports/features/wrestling/games5.asp (1108 words)

	Ten Questions With . . .
		With the stiff "shoot" style catching on in the states, many wrestlers are feeling it's the way to go in order to be popular with the fans and to earn respect.
		I think the current state of professional wrestling is in a small lull period, meaning that the wrestling business tends to resemble a roller coaster and so it goes up and then it goes down.
		What I like the most about being in the wrestling business is the traveling, although tough at times, it gives me the opportunity (familiar word huh?) to see places I otherwise would never get to see.
	www.wrestlingclothesline.com /PaulLondon.htm (1192 words)

	Kings Wrestling
		Wrestling is a sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other without the use of striking.
		Wrestling has evolved into many different styles and forms, ranging from world-wide, commercialised stadium events to less publicized, local amateur competitions.
		Modern-day professional wrestling has traces back in early traveling carnivals, where showmen would challenge local spectators to compete with them in a ring.
	kingswrestling.org /index.php/page/3 (2555 words)

	stiff - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Stiff, stiff : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
		Phrases that include stiff: stiff necked, stiff backed, stiff heart syndrome, stiff neckedness, stiff man syndrome, more...
		Words similar to stiff: rigid, besotted, blind, blotto, buckram, cadaver, clay, corpse, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, remains, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=stiff&ls=a (343 words)

	Rugby Trivia and Frequently Asked Questions
		A stiff arm tackle is where the tackler tries to knock the player with the ball over using a stiff arm action instead of wrapping his arm around the player's body as required by the laws.
		It is the same action referred to in professional wrestling circles as a "clothesline".
		This is not correct; a fend is not a tackle and a fend with a stiff arm (and open palm) is perfectly legal, provided it is not executed with a striking action.
	www.uidaho.edu /clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/FAQ/faq.shtml (3999 words)

	Heavy Sports Editorial-- Arm Wrestling
		These out of town competitors were usually "professional" armwrestlers, or guys that spent alot of time perfecting the skill of armwrestling, with group practices and travelling countless miles to compete in arm wrestling tournaments.
		For awhile there was talk of banning those nasty out-of-town professional armwrestlers from competing here, but we formed our own armwrestling club instead, and produced a number of top national competitors that in turn went to Manitoba and won many of their events(and luckily didn't have any beer bottles thrown at us!).
		Over the years as more locals were serious, trained armwrestlers, the spectators began to enjoy the stiff competition that they were seeing at the tournaments.
	www.heavysports.com /editorial/armwrestling.html (482 words)

	Wrestling Terms - Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Angle - A wrestling plot which may involve only one match or may continue over several matches for some time; the reason behind a feud or a turn.
		House - The wrestling audience in the building said to be composed of marks.
		Stiff Chops - Hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent.) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker.
	maxpages.com /wrestlepalace/Wrestling_Terms - !http://maxpages.com/wrestlepalace/Wrestling_Terms (672 words)

	Ten Questions With . . .
		i always liked how wrestling was sort of a different world full of heros and villains, kinda like comic books which i was also obsessed with as a kid.
		I was taught the basics of wrestling, developed my stamina, and was taught how to take a beating and also give it back.
		U gotta work hard and take alot of punishment and stiff shots, but its all out of love and for ur own good.
	www.wrestlingclothesline.com /deranged.htm (915 words)

	Prowrestling Daily - Stiff Shots -- Robert Payes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I kind of backed into this line of work a few years back when, shortly after rekindling my interest in professional wrestling in general, my dad [a lifelong amateur shutterbug] passed away and I inherited his camera equipment.
		Other wrestling companies I work for regularly include Cyberspace Wrestling (soon to be NWA-Cyberspace), UXW (the former USA-Pro Wrestling), National Wrestling Superstars, and too many little defunct/fly-by-night Jersey feds to count [grin].
		Couple this with the fact that few wrestling photographers get ANY kind of regular pay for their work -- heck, most indy promoters don't pay the talent doodley-squat, and they're who the fans are paying to see, not us shutterbugs crouched by the ring apron.
	www.prowrestlingdaily.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54 (966 words)

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