Home › Words › P › puroresupuroresupuroresu means japanese professional wrestling.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese プロレス (puroresu), an abbreviation of プロフェッショナル・レスリング (purofesshonaru resuringu), itself borrowed from English professional wrestling.nounJapanese professional wrestlinge.g.“"As a guy who's wrestled extensively in Japan, and who's obviously a fan of puroresu, [Daniel] Bryan is not unaware of those hopes."” — Rueter, Sean (3 April 2015), “Daniel Bryan unsuccessfully pitched a WWE/New Japan cross-promotional match against Shinsuke Nakamura”, in Cageside Seats, SB Nation, retrieved 25 Jul 2017Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).