10 ways in which the internet has killed pro-wrestling

#8 Breaking kayfabe

There was a time when David Schultz, to quote the great Jim Ross, slapped a reporter around like a government mule. This was after the reporter made the grave mistake of accusing the wrestlers, and the business of being fake.

While it is public knowledge now that professional wrestling is scripted, until the ‘80s, and even in the early ‘90s, professional wrestlers safeguarded the business and its secrets with their lives. If someone did not exercise good judgment and went about accusing wrestlers of “faking it”, they would either end up with a concussion or broken bones.

However, with the explosion of the internet, and people having the opportunity to peek behind the curtains, ‘kayfabe’ is all but a foregone memory.