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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.
A vague, fictional location. Billing a wrestler as being from "parts unknown" (rather than from their real hometown or another actual place) is intended to add to a wrestler's mystique. In some territories, the phrase commonly was applied to masked wrestlers. In the post-kayfabe era, it is used less and less, and usually with a certain air of ...
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]
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]
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.
This usually occurred when Valiant was (in kayfabe) banned from wrestling. Charlie Brown was billed as someone other than Valiant, despite "Brown" having Valiant's legendarily prodigious beard. January 1984, Valiant was attacked by Paul Jones and The Assassins. They tied him to the wrestling ring ropes so that Jones could cut his beard off.
The wrestling industry convention of kayfabe has increasingly been challenged by the modern concept of sports entertainment, which openly acknowledges professional wrestling's predetermined nature and celebrates its roots in both competitive sport and dramatic theater.