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These days, since the vast majority of the pro wrestling fanbase tend to fall into the smark category under the old definition, the definitions have mutated somewhat. Now, marks are the people who follow wrestling casually and tend to care more about the drama and the stories than the actual construction of the match, and smarks are the people who study and analyze matches, root out backstage gossip, and generally take wrestling [[SeriousBusiness more seriously]]. Few marks have enough knowledge of the business to self-identify as marks; indeed, the term is more often thrown about by smarks as an insult. Another perception is that "smark" is an incorrect term and shouldn't be used. Connection with the business is required to be a smart, ergo, no one who isn't in the business can be anything other than a mark. Of course, as the Internet gets bigger and more wrestlers, especially independent ones, develop an online presence, some have become more receptive of the term.[[note]]Some use "smark" [[StealthInsult the way smarks use mark, though]].[[/note]]
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These days, since the vast majority of the pro wrestling fanbase tend to fall into the smark category under the old definition, the definitions have mutated somewhat. Now, marks are the people who follow wrestling casually and tend to care more about the drama and the stories than the actual construction of the match, and smarks are the people who study and analyze matches, root out backstage gossip, and generally take wrestling [[SeriousBusiness more seriously]]. Few marks have enough knowledge of the business to self-identify as marks; indeed, the term is more often thrown about by smarks as an insult. Another perception is that "smark" is an incorrect term and shouldn't be used. Connection with the business is required to be a smart, ergo, no one who isn't in the business can be anything other than a mark. Of course, as the Internet gets bigger and more wrestlers, especially independent ones, develop an online presence, some have become more receptive of the term.[[note]]Some On the other hand some use "smark" [[StealthInsult the way smarks use mark, though]].[[/note]]
mark]], Wrestling/KevinNash called them the biggest marks of all "because you get to work them twice, once on TV and once in the sheets." "Sheets" (or "dirtsheet", "scandal sheet", or "ragsheet") refers to publications ([[TechnologyMarchesOn now websites]]) like Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter that provide this inside dirt, though today such insider news can be found on Creator/{{ESPN}} and even places like ''Forbes'' and ''Variety''[[note]]While that may seem silly WWE is still a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company (one that's now merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} as TKO Holdings), and if backstage trouble is going to hurt business and affect the stock price a magazine like ''Forbes'' will definitely report it[[/note]].
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->''"That's the beauty of it. Whenever anyone tells me they're a smart mark, I say, 'Yeah, but the key word there, still, is that you're a '''mark.''''"''
-->-- '''Wrestling/ShaneDouglas''', ''Forever Hardcore: The Documentary''
-->-- '''Wrestling/ShaneDouglas''', ''Forever Hardcore: The Documentary''
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->''"What's a smart mark? A mark with a high IQ? Okay smart marks, okay... You know what a mark is? A mark is a guy who pays his last 20 dollars on crack cocaine! A mark is a guy that believes [[Creator/OJSimpson O.J.]] didn't do it. And a mark is each and every one of you son-of-a-fuckin-bitches!"''
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->''"What's a smart mark? A mark with a high IQ? Okay smart marks, okay... You know what a mark is? A mark is a guy who pays his last 20 dollars on crack cocaine! A mark is a guy that believes [[Creator/OJSimpson O.J.]] didn't do it. And a mark is each and every one of you sorry son-of-a-fuckin-bitches!"''
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-->-- '''Wrestling/BrianPillman''', to the Wrestling/{{ECW}} Arena crowd [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ohFSckUL8 in 1996]]
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-->-- '''Wrestling/BrianPillman''', to the Wrestling/{{ECW}} Arena crowd [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ohFSckUL8 in 1996]]
1996]][[note]]As if to prove his point, note the "DON'T WORK ME PILLMAN" sign and the crowd chanting "Read the sign!"[[/note]]
