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| - Dark Match o Lucha no transmitida/televisada, es una lucha anterior o posterior a un show televisado. Se realiza para mantener al público activo y/o para hacer debutar a nuevos luchadores que aún no están listos para salir en televisión.
- A dark match is a non-televised match at a televised show used to warm up the crowd (compare "house show"). A dark match before the show is usually used to test out new talent (often local to the event) or before a WWE pay-per-view which features wrestlers who are not on the main card. A dark match after the show typically features main-event level wrestlers either to sell more tickets, or send the crowd home happy.
- Script: Frank Larnerd Art: Wayne Reid
* Originally published in: Chillers Vol. 2
* Cover date: February 2013
- A weekly internet wrestling podcast started by about a dozen or so members of the Spoony Experiment forums to fill in the gap for a faltering schedule and a need for their opinions to be known, but not affiliated with Spoony in any way other than being fans of his work. Darkmatch features a revolving door of hosts each week that are rotated in groups of 4 people each, who spend a good hour or so recapping the weekly wrestling shows. Namely, Raw, Smackdown, TNA and sometimes lesser shows such as NXT and Tough Enough, and even untelevised/unaired shows. WWE and TNA Pay Per Views are also covered in separate episodes. The first episode covered the 2011 Royal Rumble and featured The Spoony Experiment forum members Teefus, Ironbite, Revolverman and Matt the Paranoid Katt. As of their one-year anniversary reviewing the 2012 Royal Rumble (the year being measured in PPV events as opposed to days) their shows can also be seen hosted at TRE Productions. A number of side projects and segments have been started by the hosts. These include:
* 'Headlocked' by Teefus, a Q&A session where Teefus answers questions as different personas , such as a Smark, a TNA fan and a Lucha fan
* 'Lars The TNA Mark', the much maligned alter ego of Backlash who is acting like a TNA fan who would defend it with his life, a Running Gag on the forum is to act in Kayfabe and hate on any video he makes.
* 'Faker Than Pro Wrestling' by No Leaf Clover, who reviews things that seem completely bullshit like Rebeca Black or Chris Brown and their bad music.
* 'Doctor Magpie and the Women' by Magpie, who asks random women he finds and sees their opinions on various professional wrestlers.
* 'Wrestle Retro' by Digi-Fox. Who converses about retro wrestling shows, making some jokes about it and wearing a Nice Hat
* 'My Dog Sam Is Smarter Than...' also hosted by Digi-Fox, in which he makes convincing arguments his dog Sam is smarter than wrestling personalities'
* Jobbers Need Love Too: The Arrow has taken it upon himself to do a weekly review of the WWE's C, D & F shows. Tough Enough, Superstars and NXT respectively.
* 'Independent Thinking' has Magpie, and various other cast members reviewing different indie wrestling shows they can get access to in a timely manner. Darkmatch has gained some notoriety on twitter from the likes of Shane Helms in a Crowning Moment of Funny that involved hamburger jokes and also holds the distinct honor of being blocked by none other than Hulk Hogan. Several feuds between cast members and various alternate personalities exist.
- Dark Match是指一些沒有在電視播出的單一賽事，通常是正式比賽之前進行的熱身賽，用來培養觀眾情緒，令正式節目時觀眾可以更加投入。 Dark Match通常都是由一些二三線或者新晉選手打，這些比賽都不會在電視播出，不過選手在 Dark Match 表現良好的話，有可能獲正式演出的機會。而一些非合約選手，也會先以 Dark Match 形式作為試用，表現良好的話便會正式簽約，收為己用。
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