23 Wrestlers Who Took Kayfabe Too Far

[@YeahThatsKyle]

Taker went from being off the grid to blue chew ads 😭

[@tonyslicer7399]

Mike Adam's Sports Word was New England Sports channel 90s

[@MarkJones-hk2sd]

It's like steroids for your wiener.

[@Geraldo-ro9rc]

cant watch his wrestling anymore

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

@@MarkJones-hk2sd It's the hot tag for your weiner!

[@MarcillaSmith]

How did you leave out Kevin Sullivan, the Purple Haze, and the rest of the Ahmy of Dahkness???

[@kadharefinley224]

Paul Heyman is not only one of the best managers in wrestling history but is one hell of a storyteller. The man didn’t sleep for days all to sell a storyline, dedicating on another level

[@joshkroza1369]

I don’t know how you could possibly argue he is not the greatest of all time period without being clouded by nostalgia bias

[@waterwarrior242]

👆4life. Brotha.

[@scottkendrix6231]

One of? No, my friend. He's the greatest manager of all time. There have been good managers, but none have touched his greatness.

[@ufcfan890]

he's also a greedy,cheap slave driver

[@metalanarchy5186]

I would agree Heyman is the closest thing to the greats manager and maybe the greatest mind in the history of pro wrestling Bobby The Brian Heean

[@mrnicemam8523]

Paul Heyman, and undertaker were the greatest of all time for not breaking kayfabe

[@elmaster27428]

Wrong Paul

[@JesusIsKing-ge7hc]

Agreed. They are the best at what they do.

[@williamland9939]

You mean Paul bearer

[@HeyTomBanjo]

Wait what? Nikita Koloff, Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude all went to High School together? That is fucking insane.

[@randallguzik3764]

Also Smash, Brady Boone, Tom Zenk, Scott Norton, and Animal.

[@HeyTomBanjo]

Oh wow every kid in that picture was a wrestler! Even more insane. Ive heard of towns where most of the boys wind up working in the mines, or the factory or the war. Not pro wrestling. That High School is a hallowed incubator lol

[@YuryahG]

Robbinsadale mn

[@BlackFabioNetwork]

I knew perfect and rude were close..I see why

[@demonhead1610]

I said the same thing bruv.....

[@shawnmichaels568]

Paul Heyman gotta be one of the best storytellers in the business, His ability to make everything look legit is incredible.

[@Pub2k4]

There’s all those times Jeff Hardy got arrested for drug related offenses just because that’s what his character does 😅

[@Uptown_Trey96]

Jeff hardy will always be a legend drugs alcohol or not. As a child I tuned in just for Team Extreme they always put on a show

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

@@Uptown_Trey96🤜100% with you I’ve been down with Jeff and Hardy Boyz since summer of 1998 in high school when i NEVER MISSED A RAW/SMACKDOWN Then when Jeff went solo and everything up until now It will be kinda sad for me personally when Jeff does have to retire….I have seen pretty much 98.5% of his matches and that’s going back to him as a WWF JOBBER when he was 16/17 but i KZbin those matches Jeff Hardy FOREVER 🤜🤜

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

@@Uptown_Trey96as a high schooler ar the time I always tuned in for them too 🤜

[@EXAL65]

I'm with you. Jeff was my childhood, and has been my fave since. So unique and different. And well, I don't need describe why we love Jeff. People don't understand how debilitating addiction is. It's horrible. I've been there myself with pain medication due to my chronic pain illness. And I tell ya its horrible. We're lucky to have Jeff. And he pushes through everytime. Relapsing occasionally is something im not surprised by due to the hectic life he lived aswell as putting his body on the line weekly. I'll always have is back. And i relate to him. Although I don't know him personally (obviously) it still feels like I've been going through healing together. Team Xtreme 💯

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

@@EXAL65 Absolutely 🤜🤜

[@kibatgrenbuku]

One other thing you forogt to mention, after Brock had *betrayed* his advocate, Paul Heyman not only didn't sleep, but during the interview, he was also wearing his suit that he wore for his father’s funeral. He hadn't worn it for so long, and that's why you could see not only his eyes are bloodshot, but also streaming with tears. This guy went out of his way to do this kayfabe, and rocked it like a million bucks. Forget HoF, give this guy a freaking Oscar!

[@facerip2222]

I thought you were gonna say "He wore the suit he wore for the funeral, so his clothes were extra tight. This made him look very uncomfortable." Dude just keeps growing.

[@kibatgrenbuku]

@@facerip2222 Hell no, I wasn't going to say that! Jeez, that's just mean.

[@facerip2222]

@@kibatgrenbuku I think I may just be a very cynical person.

[@ShawnCaldwell11]

Sabu breaks his neck, and refuses to break character, even in the ER.......thats BADASS!

[@mondoseguendo6113]

Or stupid

[@thetruej7872]

Man Paul Heyman is very dedicated to sell a storyline

[@pedrobenavides5599]

Sabu refused to break character even with an injured neck... WWE:" They are not wrestlers they are super stars! Its not wrestling it is sport entreteinment"

[@vexiox2234]

LOVE IT! Jumped straight in, no fluff, no annoying into. Just Boom! content. Well done, sir

[@Adam-XL]

Sad that things that were once considered par for the course to be a wrestler are now seen as "taking things too far"

[@cathycatsville67]

No Vince was absolutely not on board with Dustins idea to get real breast implants in fact JR himself revealed that it was ultimately Vince who finally talked Dustin out of the idea after JR, Russo and even Prichard were not able to do that! Also... absolutely no... Edge & Lita didn't have sex on live TV! They were just stripping down to their underwear even when Edge had litas panties in his mouth that was just a second pair. It's also important to mention that Lita never wanted to do the segment and was even threatened to be fired by Vince McMahon if she wouldn't have done it. Both Edge and Cena tried to talk Vince out of it but Vince didn't care therefore it was very Important for Lita to at least keep on her underwear at all time during the segment.

[@Bitterman5868]

Vince was full on Writers disgusting fetish episode

[@Scotch1927]

Amazing video, love it when is not a 4 minute news one!

[@T.Gizzle89]

The undertaker is the definition of someone keeping kayfab alive in WWE 💯💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 how he's staying in character for all those years is beyond me but the guy did it to the absolute best level I've seen seen

[@raymejia2661]

I legit miss the days when most people, or maybe was just us kids at the time that thought wrestling was real. Yeah, wrestling before smartphones and shit was a lot better. Now everybody know they are just acting. It kinda sucks. Great video btw.

[@roddycreswell8613]

Even before all that those guys would be seriously injured from some of those moves, just ask my brother🤣

[@clint4951]

I miss the true kayfabe days. I lost all interest in wrestling after the Attitude Era, as it continued to slip.

[@rickystokes891]

Thanks for remembering Tim woods. As a kid in the 60s i saw him live many times and acutually asked him to teach me the sleeper hold. lol he politely declined and gave me his autograph instead. a really cool character.

[@michaeldoherty5415]

Billy Jack Haynes went really far protecting kayfabe by being legitimately bat shit crazy in real life.

[@TheRealEclipse1]

No such thing as taking kayfabe "too far". That's what the entire business is founded on.

[@Red_dead_Redemption_4_Life]

I think drew mcintyre and liv morgan are the only ones who are keeping kayfabe going strong right now

[@2011nphelps]

Nah, MJF also keeps kayfabe alive

[@jordankuttler1859]

How much you care about kayfabe = how much you love the business. All of these wrestlers who posted pictures of them being buddy buddy with an onscreen rival was basically showing that they don’t truly love pro wrestling.

[@LiftandCoa]

a really bad take, but sure

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

I think that’s a little extreme tbh with you. Like I love when they still abide by kayfabe, but the fact of the matter is social media has made many fans TOO smart and they’re in on it too; this is one of the few forms of entertainment where people acknowledge it’s scripted and the people in the ring were performers above all else. That’s just how kayfabe is now.it’s not dead, but it’s on life support.

[@metal_kitsune]

I agree with the first part. But, kayfabe is not the only thing that wrestlers can do to show their love for the business. That is a HUGE assumption. Everyone already knows about kayfabe, times are very different now. Kayfabe seems a lot less important in current era given it's a known thing and access to information is now on the ready thanks to the internet. But at the same time, I really miss the old days when people didn't know about kayfabe. I miss thinking pro wrestling didn't have a predetermined outcome. The fans lack of knowing about kayfabe brought more magic to me as a fan.

[@williamland9939]

@@metal_kitsune100% agree

[@dquanissavage6287]

Pllana Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@marleneann72]

It's an art form no doubt about it.

[@gueits8586]

Paul Heyman was actually hanging out with Randy Orton before that segment 😂

[@2011nphelps]

They got with Jeff hardy before the show 😂

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

5:12 pours some drink? That sounds beyond ignorant 😂

[@NoLimitNick45]

Kid looked thirsty 💀 -MJF

[@2011nphelps]

I once saw a clip of MJF at an autograph signing. This young girl walks up, MJF goes "so how old are you?" the girl goes "I'm 11" and MJF proceeds to say "is your dad aware that he made a terrible mistake 11 years ago?" 😂

[@senorjuevos9433]

Heyman smoked a blunt to his head and that is how his eyes were bloodshot red.

[@DamonSlater]

No idea who that guy in the burberry is, but burberry is a chav brand. Normal people would be embarassed to wear that

[@robineir]

Bro actually thinks the Sex Celebration was real just because Lita had a nip slip only the horniest of eagle eyes could spot 💀

[@Uripinkas]

Big e breaking his neck:needs to quit wwe😢 Sabu breaking his neck:returning after less than two weeks Both legends,but one is just a tough sob

[@km-js7ws]

fun fact, by breaking Sabu's neck, Chris Benoit also got his nickname "the crippler". also Sabu's neck injury wasn't as bad as Big E's, Sabu had a few cracked vertabrae but big E had his C1 and C6 fractured ... to throw another one in, tyson kidd's neck injury was even worse than Big E's, only a very small percentage of people survive it or even can walk again afterwards.

[@Uripinkas]

@@km-js7ws i know,but two weeks?! That is absolutely crazy,also i feel like sometimes big e is a very strong gummy bear,he is just very nice but he isn’t as good in healing as other wrestlers,although he is strong he will probably never wrestle again🥲

[@anthonyrandall3411]

OK, I’m pretty sure Ricky steamboat mostly did that fireball stuff in the 90s and in WCW

[@MistahBryan]

Disappointed you didn't mention Jake Roberts' father. Man wore his neck brace 24/7 , even at home and his kids thought their father really DID have a broken neck!

[@shashwotmarsani8417]

u don't have to take kayfabe too far in modern times but i agree with what mark henry said about wyatt sicks they just debuted with such a strong segment on raw and just a day after they r seen taking group photos with people in public look at mjf and christian cage they still try to protect kayfabe in today's time of pro wrestling

[@panthertrain1984]

Yea, I hate that honestly. I also hated the behind the scenes thing they just released about WM40 detailing how it all played out behind the scenes, they need to learn to keep some mystery and not show how the sausage is made so to speak

[@2011nphelps]

Yeah, MJF is an asshole to his own fans lmao

[@brianbatie6650]

eyman didn't have to skip sleep, a good blunt would have done the red-eye job nicely. I suspect the "no-sleep" reason was a cover...

[@DisAstra-qx9gq]

Nelson simpson 😂 Did marge adopt him 🫣

[@AndyHoward]

Randy "Macho Man" Savage lived IC/kayfabe 24/7 as well.

[@dylanbryant3547]

Paul Heyman won Oscar

[@CharlesEbarb-v8g]

8:23 I actually met the sheik back in 2004. I knew his daughter, briefly. Even went to his mobile home where he lived with his wife. He was building shadow boxes in his shed. We talked and his career came up. We looked at photo albums and he told us his best stories of inside the ring.

[@foxholiday4308]

There is no thing as taking kayfabe too far....it should be part of the job, I know the cats out of the bag, but if these sport entertainers would act like wrestlers I think the industry would recover a bit

[@2sweet4life2]

Paul slept he just called Van Dam over before the show.

[@bluemym1nd]

Wasn't there a guy in ECW who didn't shower for months to sell his gimmick, or am i misremembering?

[@ShawnCaldwell11]

B.O. Dudley.....jkjk 🤣🤣🤣

[@Richard-ui4so]

Nasty boys wcw

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Balls Mahoney

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Is "misremembering" actually a word in the dictionary?

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Okay. I misremembered that "misremembering" is, indeed, a word.

[@MGower4465]

8:48 This is akun to a story from way back involving a car wreck. All 4 people in the car were wrestlers, 3 heels,1 face, all were injured. The heels went to the hospital, but the face thought it would be obvious he was traveling with a bunch of bad guys, and could break kayfabe. So he wrestled several nights concealing his injuries until they could be worked into a match where he was fake injured so he could finally get his real injuries treated

[@comefeastwithme441]

The wrestlers don’t take Kayfabe serious enough these days

[@LukeAMcKay]

Method acting in wrestling. Love it.

[@dabeln1]

The characters are themselves.

[@tracephage]

Took Kayfabe too far, who was gonna stop them?

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Send for the man

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

11:41 he always looked hilarious with that on his head. I bet he was EMBARRASSED 😂😂😂

[@YnR_ToOnzie]

Kid in crowd : 👁️👄👁️ Mjf: u look thirsty 💦

[@OceanbornAngel]

Paul E. is good friend with the Anoa'ai family, Sika, Roman's Dad, was in poor health and passed away. You think Paul's bedraggled look was kayfabe? Nah, he was morning the loss of Roman's Dad along with Roman.

[@metal_kitsune]

There was also Gene Snitsky when he dyed his teeth yellow for kayfabe. Deserves an honorable mention.

[@nathanielmccarthy3021]

He was a horrible wrestler so yeah... The less he is mentioned, the better.

[@stephenblack5425]

Can you do WWE what if videos again. I even have some suggestions like what if Jake the Snake was the higher power of the Undertaker's ministry of darkness, what if Bret Hart never left the WWE and what if the Rock had faced Roman Reigns at WM 40 as originally planned.

[@dr.loomis4221]

Wait until people find out that Bray Wyatt faked his own death to build up the Wyatt 6 storyline.

[@adamtifone9243]

I really wish the undertaker rode off into the sunset. Never broke kafabe

[@EarthPoweredHippie]

It's been so long since i've watched wrestling.I didn't know they banned blood

[@ryderman274]

Kayfabe out the window now a days

[@nathanielmccarthy3021]

Watched that edge and Lita segment and No they weren't "Doing It" kissong yes anything else? Not a chance!

[@Gayngisconisgayngisconisgay]

That video image reminds me of Inspiringphilosophy besting Aron Ra in a debate. Dude gets mileage out of his red herring appearance

[@Reality_Checkmate]

Not wrestlers or Kayfabe exactly but maybe method acting. Anyway, Sylvester Stallone asked Dolph Lundgren to hit him as hard as he could while making Rocky IV. He did. Sly's heart swelled & he spent 9 days in intensive care afterward. Moral of the story. Never ask Dolph Lundgren to hit you as hard as he can. The End.

[@tonyslicer7399]

I've seen that episode Taker called Mike Adam's Sports World mid 90s

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Do you think that's makes you special or something? Everyone that watched that saw it

[@McNab1986]

Not sleeping for a single night isn't exactly difficult, 2nd wind kicks in and you're as good to go as you would of been if you had slept, especially with how busy I imagine a live show keeps them

[@misterchubbikins]

Secret Service: sir we are gonns need you to remove your mask. Mr. Wrestling: Mr. Wrestling Never Removes his mask.

[@zaphod100]

The Kaufman/Lawler feud remains one of the greatest of all time

[@desertraider8628]

How did the happy corbin gimmick end? I remember it beimg hilarious when he was broke but stopped when he got rich hahah

[@chenstormstout9456]

Mister Wrestling? Nah, that’s Big Hoss McGraw!

[@twistedsevenfold]

“Staying away from Hollywood roles” continues to show undertaker in a movie. lol.

[@grzegorzwroblewski3345]

5:38 is playing watch his interviews before he got famous he is different dude very chill and kind

[@randallguzik3764]

In both Georgia and Mid South Ted Dibiase was pile driven and brain bustered into the concrete. He spent days in the hospital selling the gimmick…and left Georgia for a while to wrestle for Watts

[@Apex-legend468]

Paul heyman smoked a joint with rvd backstage before the bloodline betrayal

[@mattd1142]

Montreal or Minnesota?

[@knightzix_01]

if they are going to do blading again perhaps they ca try to simplify the Process So its safer Like any method there is always a need for improvement

[@voodoom5880]

As far as mjf goes I'm pretty sure that kid was a stunt granny

[@thompson9400]

They didn't take it too far they were trying to preserve the illusion that it was real even though they know it's not we know it's not they did their job and did it well especially the undertaker

[@metalslayergameplays6089]

5:51 yay, Maven!

[@chrisbaker5568]

I’d hate to say this, but if Haymen brought back Brock when Roman comes back, that would be a cool story if it wasn’t done 3 separate WM lol

[@Crash88]

The biggest problem in AEW with "blading" is they do it almost every freaking show. In matches where it makes no sense but they figure folks will watch if there;s blood every week. Check out their numbers, it ain't workin.

[@nickcliff]

A new tribal queef

[@indiglo1971]

Has anyone heard that Paul Heyman is related to Tom Bosley, who played Mr. Cunningham on Happy Days?

[@vincentgrimaldo8583]

Ok I like kayfabe

[@tb-gz3ex]

Cody has the worst tattoo in professional wrestling lol. Could it be the worst in the history of pro wrestling? Im having a hard time thinking of one worse, and Bam Bam had flames on his head.

[@Djarra]

Kendo Nagasaki.

[@Artmoreralph]

Also add Malakai black. Still in AEW he has a paint to his eye symbolize his Lost eye he suffer from Seth rollins/buddy murphy storyline

[@DyspotikOriginal]

Mjf being mjf is part of the experience 😂

[@pedrogabriel414]

You forgot to mention El Santo.

[@levijackson767]

Kayfabe is what makes people want to be marks, but they don't make 'em like they used to. Tbf it's harder with social media and everyone and anyone can catch you in 4k.

[@ryukomatoi592]

What about Dom and Rey? Both of them are never breaking kayfabe

[@acejack33]

Paul Heyman I’m convinced is related to Alfred Hitchcock

[@NottyGurlStyle]

😂😂😂I loved Bum ass Corbin 😂😂😂

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Andy Kaufman was dedicated af to kayfabe. He did it better than most, If not all

[@karandeepsidhu6263]

I just thought Paul Heyman was getting old lol

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

Not gonna put any credits to videos used?

[@L_Train]

Who said Paul didn't sleep? Not Paul himself, did he? Are you just parroting something people on the internet said? Looked like makeup to me.

[@juandemarko8348]

Paul E dangerously

[@tboy10301]

The edge and lita thing is lowkey sexual trauma for some people

[@maddeninghustle6919]

For who? Internet snowflakes. XD

[@augustohernandez6570]

vince dead you ´re fired 0 dead 0 dead 0 dead 0 dead 0 dead 0 dead

[@MRKJ408]

This is what would happen to Clarissa shields if she fights Crawford

[@jetman80pops]

Yeah there's no way to look like you haven't slept besides not sleeping 😂 rub your eyes menthol works too to turn them red. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Steamboat was in the WWF years before the whole dragon outfit. Fuck do some damn research.

[@whobitmyname]

1:35 and Smash. And The Berzerker. And Tom "Am" Zenk.

[@RENIGRAFTING]

bro edge was wearing a ghost shirt hell yea

[@jcc3333]

That MJF segment shouldnt of been on the list... that was all in character mode

[@mrdgenerate]

If Dustin actually wanted the implants... Then I don't feel bad for him getting that gimmick. He liked it. Cody tho... Poor guy.