5 Things WWE doesn't want you to find out
Professional wrestling has been around for a very long time. The main theme of professional wrestling is the good guy versus the bad guy (babyface vs heel), where most of the time the bad guy loses to the good guy, making him look strong. The biggest professional wrestling promotion in the world where this theme is often used is none other than Word Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Founded over half a century ago, WWE is still the world's most popular wrestling company, with their flagship show Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live airing live in hundreds of countries and to millions of viewers across the world.
Current WWE programming is family-friendly, meaning it s safe for children and all other family members to watch. This was not the case more than two decades ago when then WWF introduced The Attitude Era, which focused more on adult-oriented programming. It was common to use profanity on live TV, blood was also common and the level of violence was increased. All this is in the past now, and blood is rarely seen on TV. Although several of WWE's secrets have been made available to the public, there are still lots of things that they don't want you to know. Here are 5 things that WWE doesn't want you to know about this industry:
Please Note: This contains sensitive information, so if you want to stick to the imaginary belief of wrestling being real, please DO NOT continue reading.
#5 Kayfabe
Kayfabe in professional wrestling is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as real or true, especially the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being legitimate and not of a staged nature of any kind. One example of kayfabe is The Undertaker and Kane being billed as "half-brothers" when in fact they are not related in real life.
In major wrestling companies like WWE, kayfabe is used to make people believe wrestling aspects such as feuds, angles, gimmicks, and other forms of fictional work are genuine. In relative terms, a wrestler breaking kayfabe during a show would be likened to an actor breaking character on-camera. One of the most infamous moment that saw kayfabe being broken was the Curtain Call or MSG Incident, which involved four Kliq members Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Razor Ramon and Diesel.