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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)marks define themselves by embracing the "[[workrate (professional wrestling)|workrate]]", or talent level, of wrestlers. They have been associated with the practice of criticizing "big men" (in weight and/or muscle), unflatteringly called [[hoss (professional wrestling)|hosses]] by them in favor of smaller, faster wrestlers with a wider variety of moves. Also, being followers of off-screen politics, smart marks typically despise those whom they see as wielding too much power backstage 
(e.g Triple H in WWE and Jeff Jarrett in TNA) and support underdogs who they feel have been overlooked by management.

Some smarks have turned to [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] and [[Ring of Honor]] rather than [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], as their views on workrate over politics and specticality makes these promotions more palatable to them as opposed to  WWE's [[sports entertainment]] orientation. Others also investigate foreign wrestling, particularly [[Professional wrestling in Japan|Puroresu]]. 

==Criticisms of Smarks==
(contracted; show full)==See also==
*[[Dave Meltzer]]
*[[Internet Wrestling Community]]
*[[Wade Keller]]
*[[Scott Keith]]
*[[411mania]]

[[Category:Professional wrestling slang]]