• The phrase "the late" should be removed before the names of now deceased wrestlers.

Per MOS:TM, WP:CAPS, and MOS:CAPS

• In referencing both the show and brand, WWE's Monday night program is to be written Raw, with only an initial capital letter.
• CamelCases are optional on Wikipedia, but in the interest of uniformity, WWE's Friday night program is SmackDown, with a capital S and capital D. Post-January 2008 SmackDown references should be written without an exclamation point.
• Likewise, TNA's Thursday night program is written Impact Wrestling or Impact for short, with only an initial capital letter.

Per WP:HEAD

• Limit heading titles to five words or less (not counting dates).
• Try and limit headings by promotion, although some alternatives are acceptable. If the text for one promotion is getting long, it can be broken up with further subheadings. Use common sense.
• Do not refer to the subject of the article within the article's headers.
• Headers should never be wiki-linked.
• Capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest in lower case.

Per MOS:TITLE, WP:ITALICS, and MOS:MUSIC

• Italics are only to be used when referencing a show such as in these scenarios:
  • "The January 21 episode of Raw"
  • "The week before on SmackDown"
• Taglines are to be written with italics and in quotation marks.
• Album titles are to be written with italics and song titles with quotation marks.
• Pay-per-view events are to be written with no italics.

Warning notes to editors may be included in sections that are subject to constant, unnecessary or unencyclopedic change. Remember, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dedicated professional wrestling site.

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This is the formatting used when creating or editing a professional wrestler article:

First add a lead paragraph about the wrestler, then add their professional wrestling profile using the ((Infobox Wrestler)) template. Add metric conversions for all wrestler heights and weights, including new entries. Make sure feet and inches are represented as "ft" and "in" and pounds are listed as "lb". Note that SI weight should be rounded to the nearest kilogram and height should be rounded to the nearest centimeter.

Summarize the career of the wrestler, but make sure you leave it to major events and key points. Try not to include week-by-week synopsis of what that wrestler did on whatever show they're on.

• Finishing moves

*[[Finishing move without a special name]]

• Moonsault

*''Finishing move with a special name'' ([[Regular name for move]])

• Western Lariat (Lariat)

• Signature moves

*[[Signature move without a special name]]

• Dropkick

*''Signature move with a special name'' ([[Regular name for move]])

• Orange Crush (Vertical suplex powerbomb)

If a wrestler uses multiple kinds of the same move commonly (suplex, powerbomb, etc.) it may help to list them like this:

• Multiple suplex variations

• Exploder
• Leg hook
• Northern Lights

Finishers should be listed alphabetically first, regardless of frequency of use or time of use, then regular moves in the same manner, per MoS. Bolding should no longer be used to differentiate between finishing and signature moves (per MOS:BOLD), as the two are now listed separately.

"In wrestling" should be limited to Finishing moves, Signature moves, Nicknames, Theme music, and Managers (and/or Wrestlers managed). Any taunts, gestures, or other descriptions are better suited for the article prose. Furthermore, these items should only be listed when a reliable source is present. Template:Cite episode should not be used for citing moves as commentators often call moves wrong or do not give full technical names, leading to speculation.

Track names in Theme Music should not be Wikilinked to articles about the compilation albums on which they are sold, unless the article contains further information on the track itself (not just name, number and wrestler who used it).

Then add the following categories: [[Category:(Insert nationality here, American, Canadian, etc.) professional wrestlers]], [[Category:(Insert birth year) births]] and [[Category:Living people]] if the wrestler is still alive. If the article becomes long and the profile section interrupts the flow of the text, you may want to convert the profile section to use ((Infobox Wrestler)). Remove commas to lists in statsboxes, to ring names and trainers, unless the name or gimmick takes up more than one line. But remember to keep the line changes. So "Name 1,<br />Name 2" becomes "Name 1<br />Name 2"

Championships and accomplishments are to be followed like in this example:

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Championship (2 times)
  • World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Marty Jannetty (1), Bob Holly (1) and Kane (2)
  • King of the Ring (2006)
  • Royal Rumble (2 times – 2005, 2006)

--- Please note that:

1. The name of the promotion is in bold.
2. The part proceeding the championship/accomplishment name (i.e. 2 times, 4 time, 2005, 2006) are linking to the list of champions for that accomplishment.
3. Promotions are to be listed alphabetically per WP:MoS, with titles won in each promotion in order of importance.
4. Accomplishments (like King of the Ring and Royal Rumble) come after Championship title belts (like the WWE Championship and the World Tag Team Championship).
5. If an accomplishment (like the Royal Rumble or King of the Ring) is accomplished twice, both dates should be added and separated by a comma.
6. With regards to the PWI 500 awards, only the wrestler's highest ranking is noted.
7. Other notes (such as oldest, youngest, first, last, only, etc.) are only listed in the relevant prose section, and are not listed in the championship and accomplishments section.

• Change "attacker" to "wrestler" and "victim" to "opponent" in move articles.

When writing tables for a list of champions, they should appear as this:

• Note: Successful defenses is included if the promotion keeps track of them.

What to include in the notes section for each reign:

• If the new champion defeated someone other than the old champion.
• If the new champion received the title outside the match.
• Match types that weren't straight one-on-one.
• When the title was vacated.

What NOT to include in the notes section for each reign:

• What move they used to win.
• Who interfered.
• Title defenses, unless it relates to how the title was vacated.

When working with pay-per-view articles, you should use the following headings for the main body of the article:

==Production==

===Background===

===Storylines===

==Event==

===Preliminary matches===

===Main event matches===

==Aftermath==

===Reception===

==Results==

==See also==

==References==

==External links==

The article should not be written in-universe, which is outlined in the Manual of Style on written fiction, it should be written so that everyone can understand the article, not just professional wrestling fans. If you feel you are writing in-universe, please do ask at the project talkpage whether anyone would like to perform a copy-edit. If you are actively working on a pay-per-view article, please insert a ((underconstruction)) tag at the top of the article. This helps reduce edit conflicts. All pay-per-view articles, should be written in past tense, excluding future events. The following guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be classified as a B-Class article, in order to be nominated and passed as a Good Article nomination, and/or as a Featured article candidate.

The lead of the article should contain brief details of the event. The lead overall should be three paragraphs; for instance, the first paragraph should contain the promotion that produced the event, the date of the event, and the location and venue of the event. It should also contain information of who starred in the event. The second paragraph should explain how many matches were scheduled on the event's card. It should also contain an overview of the event, elaborating the main event(s) and most hyped matches on the undercard. Do not list the process of scoring in this paragraph, only state the outcome of the match and in the type of match it was contested in. Generally, the lead can be written in an in-universe perspective since many of the statements in the lead are explain in an out of universe perspective in the main body prose. The final paragraph should contain a brief overview of the reception of the event; the reception given by generally reliable critics and a reception of the DVD, VHS, and/or Blu-ray Disc. The ((Infobox Wrestling event)) template should go at the top of the article and each field should be filled out accordingly.

The production section comprises of two sub-sections, background and storylines. If one of the sub-sections is not present, then the name of the present sub-section will take precedence as the section name over production.

The background section should contain ...

The storylines section should contain details on at least three rivalries leading into a pay-per-view. When expanding this section, avoid using wrestling jargon. Generally, the first paragraph contains a brief overview of the way professional wrestling functions. This paragraph should explain that professional wrestling involves scripted plots and storylines. In addition, it should be stated that rivalries cast the wrestlers as a face or a heel. Optionally, it can be stated that the scripted events took place on certain television programs of the promotion. If the pay-per-view article is about a promotion that features a brand extension, the prose should state that is a storyline division of the company in which employees are assigned to a specific program, called a brand.

When beginning a sentence to describe a rivalry, the word feud should be avoided, unless an explanation of the term is given, which is staged (or scripted) rivalry. Alternately, words such as narrative and plot can be used to provide variance in the writing. The background should only summarize important events that enhanced the rivalry, such as important segments or matches that took place on television shows or pay-per-view events. Since professional wresting is a work of recorded media, Wikipedia's plot guideline should be adhered to, which states that Wikipedia treats fiction in an encyclopedic manner, discussing the reception, impact, and significance of notable works. A concise plot summary is appropriate as part of the larger coverage of a fictional work. As a result, do not write in-depth when describing a rivalry. Do not write weekly results of the rivalry, only elaborate the most important events that took place during the production time of the pay-per-view, which is generally the time between the previous pay-per-view and the weeks leading to the event which is being expanded. If the rivalry extends from a long period of time, briefly summarize how it began. Important events during a week or a show, such as in-ring segments or matches, should be briefly summarized.

In this section, the wrestler's ring name and birth name in a Wrestler A stage name([[Wrestler A birth/legal name]]) format should be used. The wrestler's birth name should only be mentioned and linked the first time it appears. Unless the wrestler is commonly known by his ring name, which means that they gained prominence under that name, it is unnecessary to list their birth/legal name. If elaborations of matches, gimmicks, or wrestling concepts are explained in this section, they should not be linked or explained at any later point in the article, as that is repetitive and does not adhere to the overlinking guideline of Wikipedia. To avoid wrestling jargon, professional wrestling moves should be explained in a brief and neutral point of view. Writing the name of the wrestling move and then the explanation of how the move is performed should be avoided because it produces grammatical errors in the prose. For example, if the term "chokeslam" is being used, it should not be written in the following format...

The Undertaker then performed a chokeslam, a move where The Undertaker grabs the opponent by the throat, lifts them up, and then slams them down to the mat, on Kane.

Note the length of the sentence and grammatical errors produced by the use of excessive commas. The same term can be explained and pipelinked in the following format...

The Undertaker performed a Chokeslam on Henry, lifting him by the throat and slamming him down.

If the name of a move is a nickname for the actual term, such as the "Batista Bomb" for the sitout powerbomb, the nickname should be in quotation marks. For moves that are more technical than others, like the sitout powerbomb, a brief overview of the move should be explained to avoid a sentence of great length and grammatical errors. For example...

Batista then executed a "Batista Bomb", in which he lifted and sat Cena on his shoulders, and slammed him down to the mat.

The following match was a ladder match, where the objective was to climb a ladder and retrieve an object suspended in the air by a cable.

The main event was an Elimination Chamber match, featuring wrestlers fighting in a ring surrounded by a steel structure of chain and girders, called the "Chamber". In this match, two wrestlers began the match while four others were locked in pods made of Acrylic glass; they were released at time intervals until all six competitors were inside the Chamber. Eliminations occurred through pinfalls and submissions.

The first match was Samoa Joe versus John Cena in a Hell in a Cell match.

The next (or The following) match was etc..

Matches during the event should only be covered; relatively, backstage segments should not be covered unless they are considered notable. Certain examples of where backstage segments may be notable would be for instance at December to Dismember (2006), where Sabu was found injured backstage. This section should also be split into two subsections, one labeled Preliminary matches and the other labeled Main event matches. In the main level two header labeled Event, the pre-show (dark matches, pre-taped match, etc.) should be covered. In the first level three header, the preliminary matches should be covered, which are the matches that received low promotion by the company.. In the final level three header, the highly promoted matches should be covered; for instance, the most hyped preliminary matches should be in this section, as should the matches from the main event (which are generally the final two matches). The highly promoted preliminary matches are to be included in this section because the term main event refers to bouts that were mainly advertised by a company, and these matches were the only ones under the main events to receive high advertising.

After hitting him with a sledgehammer, Triple H covered Shawn Michaels for the pinfall.

Cena then performed the FU on Michaels, in which he lifted and threw Michaels off his shoulders down to the mat. This followed with Cena gaining a pinfall.

The aftermath section should contain details of the "aftermath" of the rivalries outlined in the article. In this section, a brief overview of what occurred after the event should be elaborated. When elaborating the aftermath of a feud, only the important events that affected the feud afterwards should be explained in this section. The difference of writing this section and background is that this section should go in even less detail on the aftermath. Generally, the aftermath should be one paragraph, which states straightforward on what occurred after the event. If staged rivalries completely stopped, or whether they continued for several months afterwards, it needs to be elaborated in this section in the briefest way possible.

Aside from the aftermath of rivalries, a subsection should be included labeled Reception. In this section, a reception to the event should be included. This subsection should be at least one paragraph long. This section should include the attendance for the event, the ticket sales from the attendance, and the buyrate of the pay-per-view, if that information is available from reliable sources. Aside from economy, reception by a critic should also be included; an example of a critic is Canadian Online Explorer and their professional wrestling section SLAM! Sports – wrestling. In general, critics don't have to be from reliable sources, but they should be from sources that have a reputation for their reviews. Another example would be 411Mania.com or WrestleZone.com (these are only reliable for criticism). After elaborating this information, a reception to the DVD, VHS, and/or Blu-ray Disc of the event should also be included. If the media is ranked by a major sales chart, for example on Billboard, that information should be included. Other DVD information that may be included is reviews from major critics like Rotten Tomatoes.

The results section should only list the results of each match, the order in which they occurred, the stipulation of the match, and the amount of time that each match took. other details of the match should be established in the event section. The results of the event should be written in a table, shown below:

See ((Pro Wrestling results table)) for instructions on how to use the table.

• The No. column represents the order in which the matches took place. If the article is about a future event, the order should be based on the order in which they were announced.

• The Results column should contain the result of the match and should be modeled after the following example: Wrestler A defeated Wrestler B. The only exception would be if the match ended in disqualification, which would result in having to add by disqualification to the end of the example above.

• The Stipulations column is any other information relating to the match itself, such as the type of match, any championships being contested for, or a storyline stipulation in the match. The first word in each row under this column should be capitalized.
  • If the match is contested in a standard singles match, Singles match should be listed. Similarly, if the match is a standard tag team match, Tag team match should be used.
  • If a championship is contested in a match type, it should be listed as "Match type for the ___ Championship", e.g. Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship.
  • If the match is contested in a different match type, the stipulations column should list the match type, e.g. Steel cage match.
  • If there is a stipulation to a championship or non-championship match, it should also be listed, e.g. Singles match; had Cena lost he would have had to join The Nexus.

• The Times column should contain the length of each match as provided by a reliable source. If the time is not available, it should be listed as N/A.

Note: It is okay to wikilink articles in this section because tables are the only exceptions to the overlinking guideline of Wikipedia.

Every pay-per-view article should contain a section labeled References, which is where the references are to appear when the ((reflist)) templateis used. If more than twenty references are used, the list should be formatted in two columns, which can be done by using the extra parameter, ((reflist|2)).

The final section (which is not mandatory) should contain relevant External links to the pay-per-view article. Examples would include the official website of the event, the website of the venue of the event, or a profile page by a pay-per-view provider. This links should be written in alphabetical order, as shown below.

• Reliant park official website
• WrestleMania official website

Aside from external links, if there are any relevant templates to the article, it should be placed under the external links. Alternately, if there are no external links, the article should end with the references section and any templates should be placed below the references. Every event article should also contain relevant categories, which are placed below the templates (if any).

Thank you for adhering to the above guidelines,
WP:PW members.