ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Angle (professional wrestling)

Imagine you're playing pretend with a friend and you want to pretend to hit them. You can't really hit them hard because it's not safe, but you can pretend to hit them by making your arm go in a certain way. This is like an angle in professional wrestling.

In wrestling, an angle is when two or more wrestlers pretend to have a fight or a rivalry. They might talk trash to each other, pretend to hit each other, or do other things to make it look like they don't like each other. The angle is like the storyline or the plot of a movie or TV show.

Wrestlers do angles to make the match more interesting for the fans. It's like telling a story with characters and a plot. The angle can make people excited to watch the wrestlers fight because they want to see what will happen next.

Angles can be made up by the wrestlers themselves, or by the people who write the storylines for the wrestling show. They can last for just one show, or they can go on for months or even years. It all depends on how interesting the storyline is and how much the fans like it.

So, an angle in professional wrestling is like a pretend fight between two or more wrestlers. They do it to make the match more interesting for the fans and to tell a story with characters and a plot.