keyfabe

keyfabe
 n.— «HHH lost his push, and was pulled out of all the WWF’s summer PPV’s because of the infamous event at the Garden, i.e. the breaking of keyfabe.» —“Re: [INFO] Hack Notes – 12 June 1996″ by The Chief Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling June 19, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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