Kayfabe

[mhw]

In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ['keɪfeɪb]) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. Referring to events as kayfabe means that they are worked events, and/or part of a wrestling storyline. In relative terms, a wrestler

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[darkpattern]

Very cool word

[krasota]

Damn. I wish my husband's great-grandpa (Coney Island boardwalk wrestler back in the early 1900s during the off-season for the circus, in which he was also an acrobat) was still alive. Maybe hubby's godfather (great-uncle) has some insight.