 The actual wrestlers, called "shooters" because of their ability to "shoot", or fight real matches competitively, were more successful and less common.At the top were the elites, or the hookers, named for their ability to use arcane wrestling hooks to inflict damage and serious injury on the competition without much effort.Wrestlers considered themselves among a select group, and often kept the fact that their sport was commonly faked—to an extent—in high secrecy.