Styles of wrestling

Where this is the case and an article exists, it may appear in and be linked to from two or more of the lists below.

Note particularly that the phrase professional wrestling normally refers to sports entertainment, but can also refer to the professional level of wrestling as a competitive sport.

[1] The term sports entertainment was coined to describe the sports spectacles promoted by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

[3] The term is now used to describe all staged wrestling matches and similar versions of other sports.

[4] In the context of sports entertainment, the term professional wrestling is used both to mean all staged forms of wrestling, and also more specifically for those of the particular style developed by WWE.