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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)n 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 [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and [[Jeff Jarrett]] in [[Total Nonstop Action|TNA]]) and support underdogs who they feel have been overlooked by management.

Some smarks have turned to 
TNA and [[Ring of Honor[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] rather than WWE, 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]].