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The ref will always be distracted when bad things are happening. 

Attractive female valets will usually end up being fallen in love with by an ugly advesary of their man.

A wrestler yelling at his opponent will say something which automatically is a verbally-binding contract. 

When wrestlers become referred to as "best friends" or are brothers, it is almost certain one will betray the other.

Over the top battle royals will always have A.) A face who gets eliminated unfairly or B.) A heel who is eliminated but no one notices so he gets back in the ring.

A top fan favourite will always kick the beejesbus out of the top heel until the heel gains an underhanded advantage to turn the tables. Said heel will then rake eyes, use the ropes and use every underhanded tactic at his disposal to maintain control.

"Thou shalt not see the steel chair coming."

Clapping will power up any face in a dire situation.

The cheers of the fans and shaking can power up Hulkamania!

An unexpected clothesline can knock out virtually any referee for 20 minutes, and a simple pat on the back from the babyface in the match miraculously wakes him up.

A face in a submission hold will always wait until the third arm drop to revive himself.

Important faces should save any betrayals for the period 4-6 weeks before Wrestlemania or another major pay-per-view event.

Coming to the assistance of a face will absolve a heel of all past wrongs.

Wrestling venues are sovereign territory. Laws pertaining to assault, battery, personal injury or use of weapons do not apply.

To follow up on my last post, a face will hardly ever go out by submission unless they're a jobber. 

Unlike Oprah, interviews will seldom end without physical violence. 

Women in wrestling seldom celebrate lifetime monogamy.

At the Raw or Smackdown just before a PPV, whoever ends the show with an advantage looking strong going into said PPV- usually the heel (but not always)- will typically lose at the PPV.

Chanting "USA"  at a heel will p!ss him off, even if he is originally from Ohio.

"Parts Unknown" is an actual location. 

If an opponent carries an animal to the ring, his opponent must find one of equal power to carry as well.

The laws put forth by the government simply do not apply to an undead Mortician with mystical powers.  I mean, the Undertaker commits arson, kidnapping, sets people on fire, and murder and yet not one cop shows up at any point to take him in? 

Main eventer in Japan =  jobber in US  (maybe not true about all of them, but a lot)

If a female wrestler or valet goes on vacation, they sometimes come back with bigger boobs or a different face.

The best place to find dangerous weapons is under the ring.

Even though it's supposed to be a surprise, the audio guys somehow know to play a person's theme song when they race into the ring unexpectedly to save someone in a beat down.

Unless he's a Luchador, the foreign guy will inevitably get stuck with a "I'm a jerk who hates Americans" angle. 

Interrupting a match between two low teer wrestlers and beating them both up, will somehow convince the announcers that you're "unstoppable".

Never hit Hulk Hogan three times in a row when he starts to shake like an epileptic. 

Any celebrity who just happens to be getting interviewed will get beaten up and/or someone involved in an inexplicable feud with someone. 

A minor personal slight must eventually turn the best of friends into mortal enemies. One of them must also turn heel.

The only official rules that matter are those that determine who wins (ie. the three count, submission, time outside the ring and under what circumstances you can win a title). All other rules are enforced only if the storyline specifically requires it.

All referees must have some degree of adult ADHD. Nothing improper or illegal that happens while the referee is distracted will be recognized by anyone other than the audience and the commentators.

Post 1980s, refs have forgotten how to count to 20 when a wrestler is out of the ring. 

Pro-athletes and "memorable match" will never be used in correlation in one sentence by wrestling fans.

Oh, another one... if top teer wrestlers fight in a main event match that airs on regular or cable TV, the match will most likely end in a screw job (doubly so if the match is on the night before the Pay Per View event).

Until Bret Hart finally returned to WWE this year it seemed mandatory for WWE to repeat some version of the 1997 Montreal Screwjob almost every year and now that Bret has returned, TNA did it this year.

thou shalt be a villain get a weapon though it will backfire on them.

If a person comes out of the crowd and doesn't get his @ss beat, he's a real wrestler.  

Facepaint isn't meant to last longer than 10 minutes.  

Any and all knee pain will disappear when a wrestler is thrown into the ropes at running speed.  

Despite it being basically the same fall, missing a dropkick can be devastating and leave you prone to pin while connecting with a dropkick and then falling has no ill effect...

Even though Wrestler B is not in anyway related to you, he's your brother.

If something enclosed comes to ringside, there will be someone inside of it.

Never mind that the face has dominated the entire match.  All it takes is one low blow and one finisher for the heel to win.

A finisher is more devestating than any other move, even if it's logically less powerful than a lot of the moves in a wrestler's arsenal. 

Normal moves become finishers when something special like "...from Hell" has been added to the name.

When preparing to perform a finisher, it is proper etiquette to let the crowd know with a random gesture right before it. 

If you are over 300 lbs and are performing a rope maneuver, it is mandatory to bounce on the ropes for a few seconds before going through with it. 

Turnbuckles are edible.

When fighting an opponent, there is nothing wrong with using a move that could more than likely cripple yourself.

Headbutts only hurt those on the receiving end.

Some that predate our more politically correct world (from the old school era) although some of these still get used occasionally,

If you're a black or Samoan wrestler, hitting you in the head or ramming your head in the turnbuckle has no ill effect.

If you're Russian, German, Middle Eastern or Japanese, you're automatically a villain. (Pretty much a given up until the late 1980s when suddenly Russians started becoming faces)

Normally if you're a cowboy, you're a villain but if you're an Indian, you're usually an hero.

Puerto Ricans and Italians are heroes.

All Samoans are savages (until the arrival or Rikishi, the Rock & the Usos). Umaga was kind of a throwback.

Sometimes if families need another member for a replacement for tag team matches, they just add a kayfabe phony brother to the mix (the Funks - Jimmy Jack Funk - actually Jesse Barr, Von Erichs - Lance Von Erich)

Actually, Waldo Von Erich, kayfabe brother of Fritz Von Erich, lived in my hometown after he retired. Not a Von Erich at all. His name was Walter Sieber. I always remember seeing that "W VON E" licence plate around town.

No one ever comes right out and says, "So, yeah, I'm a heel now."  No, instead they beat up an ally.

If an underdog wins a title, he will lose it within a week, and usually back to the same guy he got it from

Punching an opponent repeatedly will only wobble him, however if you wind your arm up before a punch you'll floor him easily.  

People like counting the amount of times a person gets their head slammed into a turnbuckle.

The above rule shall hardly ever exceed "10".  

"Celebrity" appearances will hardly ever exceed B-level.  

There are a lot of aspiring wrestlers in the farming community.  

If you were a major success and well over in WCW, ECW or TNA (Booker T., Rob Van Dam, Christian), expect an harder path to regain similar success in WWE. However if you were deemed misused in WCW, ECW or TNA (Steve Austin, Chris Jericho) your chances of getting used in and risen up the WWE ladder more quickly are greatly improved.

If you're Irish in WWE, you tend to have success. Perhaps it's the luck of the Irish?

10 minutes of flexing is Hulk Hogan's version of a victory dance.

A knife edge chop should always be followed with a "woooooo". 

Dusty Rhode's skin is very thin.

The WWE management must resolve all labour disputes in the ring. If a wrestler assaults, shows contempt for or vandalizes the property of someone in upper management, the proper protocol is to send other wrestlers to defeat and/or humiliate him publicly. Firing, legal action or other traditional means of discipline are strongly discouraged in such situations.

Ringing a bell repeatedly will do little to calm a chaotic situation in the ring, however it is mandatory that it be done.

Managers only seem to manage heels for some odd reason. 

Tag ropes pretty much serve only as a choking weapon. 

If the wind blows, Ric Flair bleeds from his forehead.  If he sneezes, blood squirts out of his hairline. 

No matter what happens, Ric Flair must never successfully complete a maneuver from the top rope.  He must be flipped off of it. 

Ric Flair must need protection for his shins, as his kneepads almost always cover his shins, not his knees.

If you p**s off your former employer/competitor, it's fair game to have said employer mock you at every opportunity (The Huckster, Nacho Man, Midget Bret Hart/Montreal, etc.).  Also, if you leave and then come back, good chance you'll be given a crap storyline (Shawn Stasiak left, comes back, and is deemed 'clumsy and insane', running into things and losing every match), or if you p**s off said employer, you'll get an equally insane storyline (Saturn going berserk on some jobber, legitimately hurts him, then gets stuck talking to a mop and uttering such phrases as "Doggies eat apple sauce to protect the environment.  You're welcome!").

If you appear out of character in public and /or interact in a friendly manner with an on-screen adversary, you'll likely be in the doghouse with the company (especially true of the kayfabe era).

Tapping the mat is now a submission but in the old days, it was used to drum up support from the crowd and a wrestler had to actually say "I Quit" to a referee for it to be a submission.

Lunatics (George "The Animal" Steele, Noman the Lunatic, Festus, Crazy Luke Graham, Jason the Terrible) are quite common in wrestling and are frequently let loose in the ring.

In modern-era wrestling, anyone seemingly can face anyone else on any given night. Doesn't matter if you're a diva, referee, retired or semi-retired wrestler or announcer, if you're in the arena, there's a chance and you work for WWE or TNA you could very well find yourself in a match which could be thrown together on the spur of the moment.