Tweener
Tweener has 2 meanings
A wrestler who is neither hero nor villain
In professional wrestling, a tweener is a wrestler who is not quite a face but also not quite a heel. For example, a tweener might be a face who wrestles dirty or a heel who audiences love to cheer for.
For example, The Rock was a tweener for much of his career. Even when presented as a face, The Rock often wrestled using heel tactics, making him more of an anti-hero than a true hero.
Tweeners often wrestle against both faces and heels, making it possible for them to be either the hero or a villain in a particular match. In contrast, faces typically wrestle only heels, and heels typically wrestle only faces.
Example
IMO, Diesel was the original tweener
The aforementioned Diesel (such a bad boy)
Related Slang
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment |
| Shoot | An unscripted event |
| Work | A scripted event |
| Worked shoot | A scripted event that contains unscripted elements |
| Face | Hero |
| Heel | Villain |
| Put over | Make someone look good |
| Jobber | A character who loses fights to make others look good |
| Cut a promo | Stage a promotional interview |
| Stay in your lane | Stick to what you're good at |
| Mark | A fan who believes pro wrestling is real |
| Smark | A fan who knows pro wrestling is scripted |
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