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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''
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->''"'Smarks' means "smart marks," and they are typically people who keep up on the behind-the-scenes aspects of wrestling. They know when a performer has been legitimately injured, versus a story-based fake injury. They know which performers are dating. They know that the reason Chad Wrestleman has not been on TV for a month is because he got busted for snorting oven cleaner. Wrestlers. Fucking. ''Hate.'' Smarks. Smarks are the ones who can get an entire crowd chanting about real-life controversies, right on the air."''

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->''"'Smarks' means "smart marks," and they are typically people who keep up on the behind-the-scenes aspects of wrestling. They know when a performer has been legitimately injured, versus a story-based fake injury. They know which performers are dating. They know that the reason Chad Wrestleman has not been on TV for a month is because he got busted for snorting oven cleaner. Wrestlers. Fucking. ''Hate.'' Smarks. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Wrestlers.]] [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Hate.]]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Smarks.]] Smarks are the ones who can get an entire crowd chanting about real-life controversies, right on the air."''
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->''""Smarks" means "smart marks," and they are typically people who keep up on the behind-the-scenes aspects of wrestling. They know when a performer has been legitimately injured, versus a story-based fake injury. They know which performers are dating. They know that the reason Chad Wrestleman has not been on TV for a month is because he got busted for snorting oven cleaner. Wrestlers. Fucking. ''Hate.'' Smarks. Smarks are the ones who can get an entire crowd chanting about real-life controversies, right on the air."''

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->''""Smarks" ->''"'Smarks' means "smart marks," and they are typically people who keep up on the behind-the-scenes aspects of wrestling. They know when a performer has been legitimately injured, versus a story-based fake injury. They know which performers are dating. They know that the reason Chad Wrestleman has not been on TV for a month is because he got busted for snorting oven cleaner. Wrestlers. Fucking. ''Hate.'' Smarks. Smarks are the ones who can get an entire crowd chanting about real-life controversies, right on the air."''

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-->--'''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/insider-terms-that-change-way-you-see-wrestling/ How Knowing A Few Key Phrases Completely Changes Wrestling]]

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-->--'''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20180314103448/http://www.cracked.com/blog/insider-terms-that-change-way-you-see-wrestling/ How Knowing A Few Key Phrases Completely Changes Wrestling]]
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-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/ortons-vs-undertaker/ "The Ortons vs. The Undertaker"]]

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-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/ortons-vs-undertaker/ "The Ortons vs. The Undertaker"]]Undertaker"]]

->''""Smarks" means "smart marks," and they are typically people who keep up on the behind-the-scenes aspects of wrestling. They know when a performer has been legitimately injured, versus a story-based fake injury. They know which performers are dating. They know that the reason Chad Wrestleman has not been on TV for a month is because he got busted for snorting oven cleaner. Wrestlers. Fucking. ''Hate.'' Smarks. Smarks are the ones who can get an entire crowd chanting about real-life controversies, right on the air."''
-->--'''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/insider-terms-that-change-way-you-see-wrestling/ How Knowing A Few Key Phrases Completely Changes Wrestling]]

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->''"Our story begins at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 21'', where Wrestling/RandyOrton tried and failed to end Wrestling/TheUndertaker’s Streak. Of course, all smart fans knew there was 0% chance of Randy actually winning (mainly because he had been booked to lose; his odds would have gone up to 100% if he had been booked to win)."''
-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/ortons-vs-undertaker/ "Orton vs Undertaker"]]

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->''"Our story begins at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 21'', ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania Wrestlemania 21]]'', where Wrestling/RandyOrton tried and failed to end Wrestling/TheUndertaker’s Wrestling/TheUndertaker's Streak. Of course, all smart fans knew there was 0% chance of Randy actually winning (mainly because he had been booked to lose; his odds would have gone up to 100% if he had been booked to win)."''
-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/ortons-vs-undertaker/ "Orton vs "The Ortons vs. The Undertaker"]]
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->''"Our story begins at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 21'', where Wrestling/RandyOrton tried and failed to end Wrestling/TheUndertaker’s Streak. Of course, all smart fans knew there was 0% chance of Randy actually winning (mainly because he had been booked to lose; his odds would have gone up to 100% if he had been booked to win)."''
-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/ortons-vs-undertaker/ "Orton vs Undertaker"]]

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