9 Wrestlers That Refused To Break Kayfabe

6. The Enforcer Still Protects The Business To This Day

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The Keith Richards to Ric Flair€™'s Mick Jagger, the originator and backbone of wrestling€™'s greatest ever faction, The Four Horsemen, €˜The Enforcer€™ Arn Anderson is legendary for protecting the business.

One of the words most associated with Anderson is €œunderrated€. A master of psychology and drama, €˜The Enforcer€™ would prove himself to be one of professional wrestling€™'s greatest ever ring generals, a technical wrestler par excellence with a mean line in vicious brawling. Along with Harley Race, Anderson would be a young Paul Levesque'€™s blueprint for the perfect professional wrestler -€“ you can see Anderson in Triple H'€™s moveset even today in that snapping spinebuster.

Being the legend that he is, having worked for both WCW and WWF/E over the course of his long career, Anderson has been a perennial €˜talking head€™ in WWE-produced DVD and Blu-Ray documentaries for years now. Watch enough of them, and you'€™ll notice a common theme€... Arn Anderson never breaks kayfabe. While other interview subjects will waver between storyline and real life, Anderson will remain focused, ultra-careful never to talk about a subject a way that might betray the business - a business that was exposed decades ago.

Watching Arn Anderson talk, you€™'d actually think that he believes that professional wrestling isn'€™t scripted or choreographed, and that every one of his matches has been the genuine sporting article.

Now that€™'s commitment to the business.

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