>>14948671Anyone who tells you that "kayfabe is dead" is just a coping, jaded wrestling fan. People, even if they know something is a work, still get wrapped up in the programs they watch.
Just go watch MMA, for example. Conor McGregor will say something outrageous that leaves swaths of the community going "he really crossed the line, that's disrespectful" or "I really hate mandrama, it has no place in the sport" and then he goes on to break another live gate or PPV record with his fight.
Life is full of marks, anon.