Breaking kayfabe

[Maikeru]

Was at my local indie the other day and the toilets were round the back of the venue - I took my 9 year old round and what do you know: two sworn enemies, one of whom is quite a big name on the UK scene, fist-bumping and practicing spots. I still haven't smartened my son up yet, and given he pretty much never believed in Santa or anything else (but for some reason can't tell what a real fight should look like) I'm trying to retain the last vestiges of his childhood until he's at least ten. You can imagine how creative I had to be in explaining that one away. 

What are your most blatant kayfabe-shattering moments? Loudly calling spots in the ring when I'm sat at ringside is an issue I've even had at one or two NJPW shows. Seems there's just no care taken anymore!

[davertfnewman]

It's the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cannock, 1993. All Star Promotions show. On the card, earlier in the night, the California Surfer Dude, which was Ron Oakes or Oates, the guy Jerry Lawler painted up like Sting in '91 as the Hornet. He loses a match, by submission to the Scorpion Deathlock ironically, to Marty Jones. Jones was a funny one at this point, because my dad told me he was really good in matches from TV and would always cheer him, but he was a bit heelish at this point. Someone heckled him from the audience and he called them out on it, so the guy started coming at first and took his false teeth out, which prompted something along the lines of "It's a good job you took them out because I would've knocked them out anyway".

Later in the night, the American Avalanche, Cannonball Grizzly, AKA PN News. He wrestles someone and wins by foul means, possibly injuring them with his splash of the top. He hangs around and gets some heat, which prompts the aforementioned California Surfer Dude to come out and challenge him to a tag team match with each having a partner of their choosing the next time they're in Cannock. Gordon Pryor on the mic is up for it too, so we have an idea of what we'll be coming to next time.

Next match, the way the ring is set up they've placed it on the floor section where you put out chairs, then chairs on the stage overlooking it so the ring is visible from every angle. My dad is halfway watching the last match, but turns his head and sees News and the Surfer Dude coming out of a side room together and going out through a side door to their car with a driver. He manages to tell me quickly enough for me to see too.

Here's the "worst" thing: neither of them were on the next show, never mind with tag team partners.