>>8506596He's right though. Wrestling used to look real because the wrestlers had a vested interest in keeping kayfabe alive. If any wrestler exposed the business, the others would beat the shit out of him because it could affect all of their income.
Contrary to popular belief today, adults always knew wrestling was a work. But there was debate over how much was a work, or about "that one time it was real." Working a believable style let the audience buy into the action and suspend their disbelief for a little bit, similar to the goals of an action scene in a movie: we all KNOW it's fake but everyone involved in the scene treats it as 100% real while it's happening, so the audience can buy in also.
