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Originally Posted by Mr. Monday Morning
1) They're not actors. No matter how much bullshit about sports entertainment you wish to reel off, they're not comparable. The entire wrestling business is built on the illusion of everything being real and people paying money to see guys wrestle. They don't sell PPVs for CSI or 24. It's not a ludicrous proposition to suggest that the more WWE has exposed the business, the worse their profits have gotten. Look at how MMA is booming.
2) You're talking about DEEP SOUTH. Not fucking Raw. They operate in their own little world, to coin a phrase, and they want to keep kayfabe alive in that world. The chances of them being spotted out on the town or whatever are far higher where they are than being on the road 300 days a year. On top of which these guys haven't made it yet, and they need grounding in the business, however 'dated' it might be.
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KAYFABE is really the elephant in the room. Everyone knows it's fake. It's not just "archaic," it's simply not effective. There is no real reason to mandate KAYFABE outside the ring.
Let's leave MMA out of this.
I'm not sure what the point is to mentioning it's not CSI. It's still entertainment. No other entertainment field mandates this illusion, an illusion that dates back to carnie times when people actually bought into it. People don't these days. I don't think it really matters that there aren't 24 PPVs.