"In professional wrestling, kayfabe /\u02C8ke\u026Afe\u026Ab/ is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as \"real\" or \"true,\" specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or pre-determined nature. Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this \"reality\" within the realm of the general public."@en .