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Post by Dennis 2 Society on Jan 28, 2006 14:12:23 GMT -5
okay....i get it.
You guys don't like me?
Fine.
Then I'm leaving.
and you will not have to hear about Clutch or wrestling ever again.
fags
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Post by Warreng on Jan 28, 2006 16:52:48 GMT -5
Fuck Wrestling.
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Post by thefakewarreng on Jan 28, 2006 23:17:40 GMT -5
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Post by larrybird on Jan 29, 2006 10:16:37 GMT -5
Dictionary definition for “kayfabe”
kayfabe n. -the showbiz and stagecraft of professional wrestling, including the ring personas of professional wrestlers, especially when maintained in public; insider knowledge of professional wrestling. Also keyfabe.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb) 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 breaking kayfabe during a show would be likened to an actor breaking character on camera.
A wrestler who breaks kayfabe often can see his career suffer for it. One of the most notable cases being that of Triple H, whose rise to professional wrestling stardom in the WWF (now the WWE) was stunted for some time after he embraced his soon-to-be departing on-screen rivals at the end of a show in Madison Square Garden.
In recent years kayfabe has referred more to the suspension of disbelief used to create interesting stories, in a similar manner with other forms of entertainment, such as soap operas and movies. With the advent of the Internet, professional wrestling's backstage secrets have become more difficult to keep than they were in earlier decades, making kayfabe seem much less sacred in terms of its importance to the industry and in fact the breaking of kayfabe has been used repeatedly as part of various storylines.
Examples of Kayfabe
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Wrestlers having ring names like Justin Credible or The Undertaker, often with exaggerated personality traits like being 'evil' or having a gimmick.
Feuds between wrestlers which are highly implausible and would never happen in real life.
Suppression of 'internal events', such as when a wrestler is hired or gets fired; he simply appears or disappears without explanation.
Heel and face wrestlers not fraternizing in public.
The wrestlers are actually striking each other (and causing injury as a result), even though the punishment they appear to be inflicting would badly incapacitate or kill anyone else. The wrestlers emerge from the matches unscathed, and are able to compete at a show the next night or (in the case of TV) he is seen just a few weeks later in a new match.
Commentators referring to healthy wrestlers as "injured", either as the result of an "injury" suffered during a show, or to explain an absence. This was used frequently during the 1960s and 1970s to explain the absence of wrestlers touring Japan.
Some recent examples:
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In the summer of 2004, Shawn Michaels took time off to be with his pregnant wife with WWE approval. He was written out of storylines as a victim of an attack by Kane that left him with a "crushed larynx."
Later in the same year, Kane was the victim of a "crushed larynx" inflicted by Gene Snitsky, ironically in the exact same way Kane "crushed" Shawn Michaels' larynx. This was used to allow him to film See No Evil, a WWE-produced movie.
At the same time, WWE used an injury storyline to allow John Cena to film another WWE-produced movie, The Marine. In Cena's case, he was the victim of a "nightclub stabbing" by Jesús, the then "bodyguard" of Carlito Caribbean Cool, that left him with an injured kidney.
Wrestling personalities that are "fired" by the promotion. A notable example is the "firing" of WWE announcer Jim Ross (in reality, he is recovering from colon surgery).
Origins of Kayfabe
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Pro wrestling can trace some of its stylistic origins back to carnivals and Catch Wrestling, where the term "kayfabe" is thought to have originated as carny slang for "protecting the secrets of the business." The term "kayfabe" itself may ultimately originate from the Pig Latin form of "fake" ("ake-fay") or the phrase "be fake."
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Post by dianee on Jan 29, 2006 22:59:13 GMT -5
i love Wikipedia
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Post by diane on Jan 30, 2006 9:27:09 GMT -5
okay....i get it. You guys don't like me? Fine. Then I'm leaving. and you will not have to hear about Clutch or wrestling ever again. fags i don't get it. |
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Post by tori88 on Jan 30, 2006 18:05:23 GMT -5
have you become [shadow=red,left,300]disenfranchised[/shadow] |
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