9 Wrestlers That Refused To Break Kayfabe
5. The Greatest Poker Face In History
One of the greatest heel wrestlers of all time, Classy Freddie Blassie had an ability to maintain his kayfabe game face so incredible that it occasionally seemed as if he was actually delusional. Blassie was so loathed as a heel that he could cause riots and drive fans to attempted murder.
By the close of his career in the ring, he'd been stabbed twenty-one times, been declared dead twice, nearly blinded and had acid flung at his face. Never once did he break character or expose the business in order to prevent himself from being hurt, or even maimed. The feared heel would become an equally feared heel manager, and famously represented comedian Andy Kaufman during his forays into the world of professional wrestling, appearing in character in his film My Breakfast With Blassie, as well as on television on the Letterman show.
It was his Letterman appearance that showcased Blassies commitment to the business, maintaining his gimmick even in the face of tongue-in-cheek goading from the shows host and open ridicule from the studio audience, especially when comparing the doughy Kaufman's wrestling ability to stars of the day like Big John Studd and Crippler Stevens, and with a straight face.
That was Freddie Blassie for you - irascible, bold as brass and with a poker face so committed that it looked like granite.