0 in wrestling, the practice of trying to make people believe that wrestlers are particular characters, when in fact they are only pretending to be those characters:
Kayfabe is a term used to describe the illusion that professional wrestling is not staged.
Outside of kayfabe, championships are won by a wrestler who the bookers believe will generate fan interest.
This did not endure as professional wrestling became identified with modern theatrics or "admitted fakery" (kayfabe), moving away from actual competition.
These kayfabe sheets featured the latest news and results from the territories and included reports, monthly recaps, and photos.
Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this reality within the realm of the general public.
Kayfabe has been broken many times, though it may not always be apparent to fans as seen below.
The change came complete with on-air kayfabe-style complaining from the station's staff.
The separation of worked, i.e. purely performative, choreographed wrestling ("admitted fakery" or kayfabe) from competitive sport begins in the 1920s.
