Did Kayfabe Matter to you ?

**Stu Hart** · 10-26-2022, 06:16 AM

Growing up as a kid I'm sure you believed wrestling was real - even though questionable things happened , or didn't happen (why is that guy still standing after taking a punch to the head?)

A magic trick loses all effectiveness once you know the secret. For a lot of us it is the perfect analogy to wrestling. Just as youtube has ruined so many great magic tricks, social media(and wrestling itself) has stripped the mystique away.
Nowadays, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks wrestling is real. Indeed, a lot of it is hokey at shit. So this begs a few questions

1. How long did it take you to truly see wrestling for what it is?

2. Is it less enjoyable now that you know how scripted/ pre-determined it is?

3. Can you suspend disbelief while watching or is your "insider knowledge" evaluating everything presented?

4. Can the "toothpaste ever be put back into the tube ?"

10-26-2022, 06:16 AM	#1
Stu Hart Posts: 279	Did Kayfabe Matter to you ? Growing up as a kid I'm sure you believed wrestling was real - even though questionable things happened , or didn't happen (why is that guy still standing after taking a punch to the head?) A magic trick loses all effectiveness once you know the secret. For a lot of us it is the perfect analogy to wrestling. Just as youtube has ruined so many great magic tricks, social media(and wrestling itself) has stripped the mystique away. Nowadays, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks wrestling is real. Indeed, a lot of it is hokey at shit. So this begs a few questions 1. How long did it take you to truly see wrestling for what it is? 2. Is it less enjoyable now that you know how scripted/ pre-determined it is? 3. Can you suspend disbelief while watching or is your "insider knowledge" evaluating everything presented? 4. Can the "toothpaste ever be put back into the tube ?" Come down to my dungeon..eh...I'll stretch the feck out you Only legends know..ehhh..