>>13205187Shoot: not part of the "act."
Work: part of the "act."
A worked shoot is a scripted event made to look like it wasn't.
TVTropes says:
When trying to figure out if something is a Worked Shoot, ask yourself the following questions:
Is the wrestler's microphone on?
Are the cameras focusing on him?
Has he claimed that this is a shoot, or that "this is not a work"?
Is he using "insider" language such as face, heel, mark, smark or booker?
Was his entrance music cued?
Are members of staff nowhere in sight or making no attempt to stop him?
Do his actions make sense in the context of a storyline (e.g. crazy man rebelling against the company or out for revenge)?
Is his vocabulary roughly equivalent to his usual, scripted speaking pattern?
Are highlights of his actions shown, mentioned or otherwise recapped by anybody else on the program?
If you answered "yes" to more than half of the above questions, then don't worry: that wrestler's "shoot" was all part of the show. Remember that the default response to something completely unexpected happening is to cut away and pretend it never happened.