7 Completely Unnecessary Times WWE Keeps Kayfabe
5. On The Bus To The Show
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, when the secret about wrestling hadn't fully been revealed, it was common for the babyfaces to travel from town to town with other babyfaces, and the heels to travel with other heels. This is so that if a fan catches them at a rest stop or hotel, they won't be confused as to why the good guy and the bad guy are hanging out together.
Real-life relatives Bret and Owen Hart and Eddie and Chavo Guerrero traveled separately while they were feuding. Would you be surprised to know that the practice of babyfaces and heels traveling separately still exists in the modern era of kayfabe?
In an interview with GQ Magazine in 2011, CM Punk confirmed that there were still babyface buses and heel buses.
C.M. Punk: We were just in Australia, and somebody on the babyface bus comes up to me and says, "Cena was at an appearance this morning, so do you know who was on the babyface bus with the most seniority? Kelly Kelly." GQ: So there's really a babyface bus and a heel bus?C.M. Punk: Absolutely. GQ: Which one has the better atmosphere?C.M. Punk: I don't know, depends on who you ask. The business has changed a lot. It used to be about bragging rights between the buses, about who partied harder. Now, I'm the only heel who's awake on the bus; everybody is passed out asleep. I can only comment on the heel bus. I wouldn't set foot on that other bus.
It's very strange to see that the tradition of babyfaces and heels traveling separately survived from the pre-reality era.