A match performed before the live TV/PPV show. Seen by the live crowd but not by the TV audience.

A match at a TV taping that is not taped for broadcast.

A non televised match at a TV taping.

In professional wrestling, a dark match is a match that is part of a televised card, but is not itself televised. Most dark matches are held at the beginning of wrestling cards; usually, one or two dark matches are used to "warm up" the live crowd for the upcoming televised event. A dark match may also be held at the end of a card, after TV cameras have gone black.