When did Vince McMahon start relaxing kayfabe rules?
In the 1980s, Vince McMahon began lobbying various state governments to re-define pro wrestling as a non-sport to avoid taxes. He also testified in the 1985 Stossel lawsuit that pro wrestling is routinely rigged. In 1989, he testified before the New Jersey government that pro wrestling is rigged. McMahon was preparing to end kayfabe or at least relax it because if the government de-regulated wrestling and McMahon's fingerprints were all over it, he'd be unable to deny it. So when did he actually start doing it?
For instance, when did he start allowing his faces and heels to freely socialize when they were not on the job? When did he allow them to give honest interviews to the press?