Professional wrestling in Japan is commonly referre to as puroresu (プロレス, puroresu?) in Japanese, short for "professional wrestling" ("purofesshonaru resuringu"). The the word puroresu was made popular by Hisaharu Tanabe among the English speaking fans in the early 1990s through Usenet and online services. Quite different from professional wrestling in the United States, Puroresu is treated as a combat sport (the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion even use the slogan 'King of Sports') as it mixes martial arts shoot style strikes with complex submission moves and other types of wrestling. While it uses very few storylines or gimmicks, match outcomes are predetermined.