Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A shoot in professional wrestling is any unplanned, unscripted or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. The name does not originate from \"shooting in\" for a takedown, as in amateur wrestling, but rather, it is a carny term shortened from \"straight shooting\" which originally referred to a gun in a carnival target shooting game which did not have its sights fixed (terminology such as this reflecting the professional wrestling industry's roots in traveling carnivals). This term has come to mean a legit attack or fight in professional wrestling and its meaning has broadened to include unscripted events in general. The opposite of a shoot is a work."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 triples per page.
- Shoot_(professional_wrestling) abstract "A shoot in professional wrestling is any unplanned, unscripted or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. The name does not originate from \"shooting in\" for a takedown, as in amateur wrestling, but rather, it is a carny term shortened from \"straight shooting\" which originally referred to a gun in a carnival target shooting game which did not have its sights fixed (terminology such as this reflecting the professional wrestling industry's roots in traveling carnivals). This term has come to mean a legit attack or fight in professional wrestling and its meaning has broadened to include unscripted events in general. The opposite of a shoot is a work.".