1. kayfabe - Noun
2. kayfabe - Adjective
3. kayfabe - Verb
(professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.
(figuratively) Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.
kayfabe (not comparable)
(professional wrestling) Of or related to kayfabe, especially forbidden to mention or show in order to maintain kayfabe.
kayfabe (third-person singular simple present kayfabes, present participle kayfabing, simple past and past participle kayfabed)
(professional wrestling) To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character.
Also, ODB's kayfabe husband and tag team partner Eric Young held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship for a record 478 days before it was stripped by Brooke Hogan because Young was a male. Source: Internet
For MJF, the weekly updates on AEW's rising star's injuries strengthen his gimmick by blurring the lines of kayfabe and reality. Source: Internet
In February 2009, Shawn Michaels, who was under the kayfabe employment of John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), interfered in a match and hit a superkick on JBL in front of the referee in order to get his employer the win via "outside interference". Source: Internet
Miro has been in AEW long enough now where they can book themselves around a kayfabe ranking system if they really wanted to. Source: Internet
Instead, the "rules" in this article are implemented and supposedly enforced for the sake of suspension of disbelief (known as kayfabe in the jargon of the business ). Source: Internet
"Kayfabe" is subtitled "A Wrasslin' Opera," and unites librettist Jerre Dye with composer, arranger, and old-school rocker Sam Shoup to tell the story of a pretty boy grappler called Face coming to grips with his personal demons — and the big bad heel. Source: Internet