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Seth Rollins and Becky lynch Discuss the Difficulty of Maintaining Kayfabe During Rollins’ 2023 “Injury”
Despite the widespread belief that kayfabe is dead, Seth Rollins successfully fooled the wrestling world with a mostly fabricated injury in 2023. the latest season of “WWE Unreal” revealed the extent of the ruse, specifically the discomfort it caused Becky Lynch.
Lynch expressed how much she disliked having to lie to rollins’ family – particularly his father – and her own friends and manager, who were all reaching out for information. She found it much harder to deceive people she knew personally than to “lie to the fans” as part of the business. She described navigating conversations with a strategy of “not lying but lying,” attempting to toe the line between truth and deception.
Rollins chimed in, stating he believed Lynch hadn’t anticipated the need to involve others in the deception and claimed to be a better liar himself. the article highlights the surprisingly complex and emotionally taxing nature of maintaining kayfabe,even in the modern era of social media.
