Noun
near-fall (plural near-falls)
(wrestling) A wrestling maneuver where shoulders are pinned to the mat for between one and two seconds. Alternatively a two second approach of shoulders to within two inches of the mat also counts for scoring.
A big superkick to Goto led to a hot near-fall, but the champion kicked out at the last second. Source: Internet
Parker fell 7-6 to No. 11 Dom Forys of Pitt while Karam, again uncharacteristically giving up late near-fall points as he had Friday night, fell 6-1 to Panther senior Nick Zanetta. Source: Internet
He then barred up an arm and rolled Martinez over to pick up two near-fall points. Source: Internet