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To 'Fabe Or Not To 'Fabe ... (Pt. I)

To 'Fabe Or Not To 'Fabe ... (Pt. I)

Whether Or Not You Want To Admit It, Kayfabe Still Matters Quite A Bit!

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Nov 28, 2022
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Kofi Kingston celebrates with his New Day partners, Big E and Xavier Woods, after winning the WWE World title at WrestleMania, April 2019
PHOTO BY GEORGE NAPOLITANO
TEXT BY KEVIN McELVANEY [Editor-in-Chief]

EVERY YEAR, WITHOUT fail, observers across social media refer to the PWI “500” ranking (and its siblings, the “Women’s 150” and “Tag Team 100”) as a “kayfabe list.” While that label is certainly not unearned, it’s also a strange way to try to discredit or reduce the importance of the lis…

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