kayfabe
noun[U]
uk/ˈkeɪ.feɪb/us/ˈkeɪ.feɪb/inwrestling, thepracticeoftryingto makepeoplebelievethatwrestlersareparticularcharacters, when infactthey are onlypretendingto be thosecharacters:
职业摔跤比赛中的剧情安排Kayfaberequirestheactsofwrestlingmatchestofallunder theillusionofreality.职业摔跤比赛中的剧情安排要求比赛中的行为看起来像是真实的。
Theaudiencedidn'tevennoticethat Shamrock hadbrokenkayfabe.观众甚至没有注意到沙姆洛克已经打破了摔跤比赛事先的剧情安排。
- Kayfabe is atermused todescribetheillusionthatprofessionalwrestlingis notstaged.
- Outside of kayfabe,championshipsarewonby awrestlerwho the bookersbelievewillgeneratefaninterest.
Fighting sports
- aikido
- all-in wrestling
- arm-wrestling
- bantamweight
- black belt
- feint
- foil
- full nelson
- grappler
- gumshield
- half nelson
- outfight
- prizefighter
- pugilist
- pugilistic
- punch-drunk
- punchbag
- puncher
- southpaw
- wrestling