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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 w(contracted; show full)he 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 [[Samoa Joe]], and have expressions of hope for [[Franklin Lashley|Bobby Lashley]] and [[Paul Burchill]].  [[Brock Lesnar]] was also a big man that was liked by smarks at large due to his combination of power, technique, and agility, but fell out of favor with them after a match against [[Bill Goldberg]] at [[Wrestlemania XX]].


The smark are also  seen as hypocrites because they complain about the entertainment angles in the WWE (such as the RAW diva search)even though they are fully aware that the WWE is a sports entertainment company and that their are other wrestling organisations that offer a pure wrestling product they choose to watch it and complain about these angles even though it is what the WWE are all about. Also if a non-smark indicates that he/she enjoys the entertainment side of the WWE they are looked down upon by the smark community as either inferior or crazy.⏎

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 publicly 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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