I would have included Vader for his incident on Good Morning Kuwait.

Ric Flair claiming anything is a "Step too far" is fucking hilarious considering some of the heinous shit he's done

Nakita koloff's entire career was in kayfabe; dude refused to speak anything but Russian despite being from the us.

I love the old story of how Hulk Hogan was pulled over by the police riding with The Wild Samoans and they wouldn’t break character and speak English to help him deal with the situation! Samoan stitch-up!

Woh woh woh. 1:44 That was NOT an "infant fan". He was at the very least 9-10 years old. 😆👍

The iron shiek never broke character for 30+ years

I wouldn’t say all those worms for nothing regarding The Boogeyman, he was a very memorable character!

That's an open hand slap!

I would have went with the sandman. I forget what year it was, but at some point in the 90s, he was kayfabe hurt. Broken neck. It was all a work. However, the lengths he went to not be exposed was inside. He never left his house. He never answered the door without a neckbrace on. He never was seen in public. He never did a siingle thing to let even 1 fan know he wasn't hurt. This at a time before internet. This at a time when he was working for a small ECW promotion. He didn't have to do ANY of that. But that's what he did.

John Tenta was a beast ❤️

I met Boogeyman a few years ago and he was the nicest, coolest guy! half in kayfabe, half himself. I loved it.

When I went to WrestleMania 31, I met the Boogeyman, and caught him off guard for the pose request. My partner and I are both Haunte House actors, so we asked to do a pose where all 3 of us tried to eat Zack Ryder's head. (As you do) Boogeyman thought it was funny, and Ryder was VERY confused.

There probably wasn't anything kayfabe about what JBL did in Germany knowing the type of character he is

Remember when the Undertaker saved Van Vader from being on this list?

I love that MJF keeps kayfabe like 98-99% of the time.

The Wild Samoans didn't break character when their car was pulled over in a traffic stop.

I think WWE needs to recognize ECW performers in HOF. Sabu, Sandman and Tommy Dreamer.

8:16 to 9:17 = Holy Crap. The Hulkster put Detective John Munch to sleep??? How the heck did I never hear about this??? Sucks that Elliot, Olivia, Finn, Cragan, Casey, Alex, Warner & Huang weren't there to backup Munch😧

You have to love mjfs commitment to the business

Why are German taxi company call centers always so efficient? Because it's illegal to hail a taxi in the street.

imagine if all these wrestlers took kayfabe to the make a wish foundation and tribute to the troops and connor's cure and crown jewel other charities and events. hulk hogan deliberately wrenched too hard on belzer's neck on a hold he hardly ever used on anyone in the ring. it was a front chinlock guiilotine that he was calling a "headlock" while boasting it was part of his usual moveset, which it was not. and he claimed he would use more force on his opponent than he was doing to belzer while injuring him on purpose.

David Schultz was protecting the business by slapping that reporter.

Garth Morgan thank you for doing so many lists lately keep up the good work.

How do you now include James Warrior?

Hacksaw Jim Duggan used to yell at kids and fans asking for autographs or pictures when he was a heel. My buddy went with his son to meet Hacksaw when they saw him at a restaurant and he told them "Go to hell!". He was just acting out being a jerk but still convincing.

Kayfabe is sneaking back in. Thank goodness!

Wrestler Vader, also hit a news man during a interview, in middle east, I think he also ban for the country too,

Benoit definitely took the whole "rabid" part too seriously.

Mr Kennedy and Davari had Nick Dinsmore speak at their school once and none of students signed up because they thought Eugene gimmick was legit

Jim Cornette deserves an honorable mention.

There was an incident on the NJ turnpike where Hogan was riding with Afa and Sika and got pulled over. Hogan had his gun in the glove compartment and asked the both of them to vouch for him. Afa and Sika stayed in character the whole time

Boogeyman is actually a really nice guy. He still makes appearances and does house shows, and he even gives the fans gifts such as his clock, his neck wig thing, and his finger claws.

I'd say Vader butting his popped out eye back into the socket to continue the match afterwards should be on the list.

Surprised Vader in Kuwait didn't make the cut

So about the MJF thing. With the kid theres two things that were reported a) it was suppose to be water and the mom (who alleged work with AEW) forgot to change the drink from alcohol (I think it was tequila?) to water and b) the kid while upset at getting alcohol in his eyes (burns etc) was allowed backstage afterwards and apparently MJF did apologize saying he didn't realize it wasn't water. As for the glasses going flying as someone who wears glasses as long as they werent broken I would consider it an honour to get my glasses knocked off by MJF.

I can say without doubt that it absolutely should not have taken 24 hours to do Tenta’s coverup, lol.

I thought Undertaker would be on the list for literally living that character. But he never lost cool like these lunatics on this list

MJF should come back from his injury and return to being a heel character. He certainly seems to do better as a heel. But of course he's won the fans over now so that might be tough.

The fact this video was even made baffles me. How could you ever take it too seriously

Everyone leaves the part out where Belzer was coked up to the gills. That's why he passed out so quick when Hogan put him in a facelock.

Jericho apologised, how is that taking kayfabe to seriously? Surely he should’ve doubled down and actually get arrested 🤷🏻‍♂️

I miss kayfabe

Steve-O asked for that beat down, you don't come into someone's place of work and turn it into a joke and make them look like a clown.

Man the great Inoki was a man you didn’t want to f with. I think he is the 2 scariest man in the sport number one being bruiser Brody.

Boogeyman needs a return. Rumble 2024. Make it happen.

That drink stunt happened before in 2011 with R Truth yet no one cried then 😂

Belzer was the host if I remember correctly

Golddust when he got beat up for kissing Ahmad Johnson.

What Belzer n Hulk did was the THE MOST ENTERTAINING THING BELZER EVER DID AND IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING THIS CHANNEL HAS DONE

Well, Steve-O fuxked around, and found out.

Still glad Steve-O got hurt from that spot. I am overly joyed at that fact.. and the reason is as the video stated. Will Sasso knew to take the bump and stay down.. clearly Steve needed a wake up call.

I will say Bret Hart took his character too seriously in terms of keeping kayfabe.

What JBL did looked like a normal wave to me. 🤷

1:15 Chris Jericho "I know what'll get heat disrespect the flag. It worked for Hart it'll work for me" yeah Chris about that,..... You might want ot check local laws to make sure that's legal as Brazil isnt the only country that has "Don't disrespect the flag" as a law.

The funny thing is in today's age of always on camera, kayfabe is so welcome.

I sympathise with Umaga. While Steve-O didn't deserve that concussion, he should have done his job better.

Maybe I missed it but okay fade person who really went out of the way was macho Man Randy Savage ooooooaaahhhh yeah

10:37 he should of sued him sorry Ali I meant

I'm surprised some in the comments have umbrigde with Hulk's inclusion. Man wrestling fandom is drastically different than from the 90's when I started i guess

JBL's heel run was amazing. I know some people aren't a fan of it but damn was it good and it made him into a legendary heel wrestler

There is no such thing as too much Kayfabe

11:32 to right too beaten up someone yes

Stossel deserved it. He told the guy that what he did was "fake" in that interview. So you dare not insult actors, magicians and other entertainers for their chosen profession, but a professional wrestler is fair game- and especially back in those days? Nah man. You made a purchase, Schultz just gave you a receipt.

No such thing as taking kayfabe too seriously

I personally didn't like the Boogeyman. But im pretty sure he made some bank, regardless of his placement on the card.

No Jim Cornette OVW 2005 ? 😆

You are totally correct 😳🤦‍♂️

No. Such. Thing.

Lou These

This just in, Fox News smart enough to understand what Profesional Wrestling is......

of course Fox News would pick JBL up right after

Jericho did nothing wrong. Top tier heel work unappreciated by a crowd of dorks.

I miss Kayfabe

I tattoo for a living and they jacked my boy Earthquake up.whoever did his shark tattoo should be ashamed of themselves..

Also, eating the live worms caused the Boogeyman serious digestive problems.

Hey Earthquake is also know for his amazing tag team run with typhoon as the natural disasters

Yeah, people used to respect a business they were lucky to be in before the whole "it's a joke bro" crowd came in Also, good on Umaga, if he don't want to sell, fucking make him sell

That was definitely not an infant that mjf threw the drink on lol. Is that what he says? That kid was like 8-10. Still dumb, but it definitely wasn’t an infant lol.

I think that most people didn't know that Dominic Mysterio also keep kayfabe alive but he's not doing alone because his dad, Randy Orton even Logan Paul decided to do so too

What is kayfabe

Reading these comments, I have to say it *again* ; Wrestling fans who know what kayfabe is wanting kayfabe to return is an oxymoron...

Thats messed up. I would never disrespect someones country flag.

Up until the 90s, every wrestler had a pact and brotherhood, so to speak, they were all expected to protect kayfabe no matter what. So it's stupid to say that any one person went "too far". Thats what they were supposed to do back then.

Kayfabe can almost never be taken too far. It added to the sport. Now we see these wrestlers are regular people & very different out of the ring. It just kills the allure of it all.

One thing learned from this list, USA has Freedom of Speech and heel wrestlers better watch themselves in other countries

Somewhere out there Jim Cornette is watching this with pride

No such thing as taken Kayfabe too serious

Lou Thesz

Really??? Hulk protecting the business????? The guy who stooged on the union push??? The guy who stooged on the boys about roids when Vince threw him to the feds??? The guy who took the finger poke of doom???? M8. Come now me son. Not only ye taking the piss, your bloody drinking it now!

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Kay Fabe should have stuck. Part of why wrestling fell off so bad.

Hogan sucks

Jericho is awful.