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'''Smark''' is abbreviated [[professional wrestling]] [[professional wrestling slang|slang]]. The term is a [[portmanteau]] of "smart mark," two other terms in their own right. A "[[smart (professional wrestling)|smart]]" is a person who is privy to the behind-the-scenes operations and understands that professional wrestling is choreographed, whereas a "[[mark (professional wrestling)|mark]]" is one who believes that professional (contracted; show full) of the smark community as a dedicated and underappreciated young worker with great charisma and significant potential in the ring. Today, he has become one of the industry's biggest stars and is one of the most hated wrestlers among that same section of smarks due to having a now repetitive moveset, dropping the more popular points of his original gimmick (freestyle, having the crowd curse for him, etc.), as well as being more kid friendly as opposed to the original gimmick having a more adult feel. 
Another example would be a smark may like [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] as a pose to [[John Cena]], and like [[Melina Perez|Melina]] as a pose to [[Trish Stratus]].

Also, many smarks are seen as hypocrites for decrying the fact that the WWE seems to have a prejudice for big men, while at the same time expressing similar feelings of their own about the smaller, faster wrestlers. These views, however, are broad generalizations and do not apply to all wrestling fans (for example, some smarks recognize talent in big men, such as expressions of hope for [[Franklin Lashley|Bobby Lashley]] and [[Samoa Joe|Samoa Joe]]).

Smarks have been blamed many times by various wrestling promotions (mostly WWE) of killing [[kayfabe]], or the suspension of disbelief within the business even though it was WWE owner [[Vince McMahon]] himself at his highly publicized [[steroid]] trial in the early 90s, saying publically and under oath that it is all a predetermined spectacle.

==See also==
*[[Dave Meltzer]]
*[[Internet Wrestling Community]]
*[[Wade Keller]]
*[[Scott Keith]]
*[[411mania]]



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