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Kayfabe characters Sgt Slaughter and The Grand Wizard in a wrestling ring. In professional wrestling, kayfabe (/ ˈ k eɪ f eɪ b /) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.
Yoshihiko (ヨシヒコ) is a professional wrestling character and roster member of Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). [1] The character of Yoshihiko has been portrayed exclusively by a series of inflatable or stuffed female sex dolls, but he is treated as a real competitor within kayfabe and has held four different championship titles.
Jimmy and his kayfabe brother Johnny Valiant held the tag belts from 1974 to 1975 and main evented Madison Square Garden against Chief Jay Strongbow and Bruno Sammartino (Strongbow and Sammartino won 2 out of 3 falls, but one fall via disqualification; hence the belts didn't change hands).
And it’s the kind of entertainment in which the central conceit, known as “kayfabe,” has never been more relevant. Put simply: The wrestling you associate with names like Hulk Hogan is scripted.
The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team who consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. [3] The team was also joined by various Dudley family members, notably Spike Dudley and former valet Stacy Keibler. [1]
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and podcaster.He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken freaking neck, and achieved wider fame for his tenures in WWE and TNA.
In 2012, a WWE article ranked him as the 41st best wrestling villain in history. [257] In 2019 he altered his "Big Red Machine" nickname into "Big Red Mayor" when doing a Twitter AMA. [258] Veteran wrestler Ric Flair described Kane as "the best in the world", [259] while Big Show dubbed him "the best big man ever". [260]
WWE's term for 'hospital'. Used in kayfabe scenarios when a wrestler is injured and was coined to prevent fans from calling an actual hospital during the time in which kayfabe was not yet broken. lock up . Also link up. A portion of a match, usually the very start of the match, where two wrestlers join together in a collar-and-elbow tie up. low ...