TheDieselTrain
Fry's dog Seymour
Chicks Dig Hootie.
Is Stone Cold gonna have to smack a bitch?? WHAT!!!?????
Posts: 23,724
|
Post by TheDieselTrain on Jan 31, 2007 23:17:08 GMT -5
I'm sure that i'm not the only one who has wondered this. Who is this "mark" in the wrestling buisness that was so influentual in the grand scheme of the wrestling business that an insider term was named after him?
When we mark out for something what are we really doing and is it something that Mark would approve of???
|
|
|
|
Post by Tha Kid Joker on Jan 31, 2007 23:20:23 GMT -5
Maybe it just derived from the term "mark" in the world outside of wrestling. Like, before I even knew wrestling terms, me and my friends always called dumb people and people we didn't like "marks". It meant, like, "buster" or "square" or "lame".
But if there was actually some dude named Mark that the term was named after, I'd be forced to track down this God among men.
|
|
Efren
Dennis Stamp
?Andale! ?Andale!
Posts: 3,674
|
Post by Efren on Jan 31, 2007 23:44:16 GMT -5
If you are not kidding its meant to be a mark as in a target, basically it comes from carny slang, a mark was a guy they could fool into their scams and tricked games.
|
|
The Line
Patti Mayonnaise
Real Name: Bumkiss. Stanley Bumkiss.
Peanut Butter & JAAAAAMMMM!
Posts: 36,698
|
Post by The Line on Jan 31, 2007 23:46:48 GMT -5
Mark Briscoe, 1/2 of one of the best tag teams in the world. He is the most important person in wrestling.
|
|
TheDieselTrain
Fry's dog Seymour
Chicks Dig Hootie.
Is Stone Cold gonna have to smack a bitch?? WHAT!!!?????
Posts: 23,724
|
Post by TheDieselTrain on Feb 1, 2007 0:09:12 GMT -5
If you are not kidding its meant to be a mark as in a target, basically it comes from carny slang, a mark was a guy they could fool into their scams and tricked games. hmmmm....... so are we all fools for liking wrestling? |
|
|
|
Post by odanobunaga on Feb 1, 2007 0:44:35 GMT -5
I think the term "Mark" meant "To see in awe"...At least, is one of the translations this got in portuguese.
|
|
|
|
Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Feb 1, 2007 7:24:49 GMT -5
Mark is a stupid term used by smarks to seperate themselves from people at WWE Shows who in their mind are stupid.
|
|
Efren
Dennis Stamp
?Andale! ?Andale!
Posts: 3,674
|
Post by Efren on Feb 1, 2007 11:00:36 GMT -5
If you are not kidding its meant to be a mark as in a target, basically it comes from carny slang, a mark was a guy they could fool into their scams and tricked games. hmmmm....... so are we all fools for liking wrestling? Nah, just for thinking its real id say. Anyway thats the origin, and might have been the way many old school promoters and wrestlers tought about the audience but I doubt thats the case now a days where both the performers and the mayority of the audience realise they are puting up a show... |
|
|
|
Post by Big BosskMan on Feb 1, 2007 11:14:12 GMT -5
Efren and Tha Kid Joker are basically right about the term 'mark.'
Among the many definitions Webster's has for the phrase, this one applies; "An object of attack, ridicule, or abuse; a victim of a swindle."
It does go back to the carnival days and the games of chance (e.g. ring toss). The barkers would look for gullible people/marks to persuade into playing their games - which were usually rigged to favor to carnies.
And as pro wrestling was considered 'real' during those days of the carnival circuit, anyone they could sucker into paying admission for the show would be considered a 'mark.'
This is how kayfabe came about - a code word from carny speak/Pig Latin for "fake" so that the marks wouldn't know what was going on.
|
|
Chainsaw
T
A very BAD man.
It is what it is
Posts: 90,480
|
Post by Chainsaw on Feb 1, 2007 11:15:10 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by lildude8218 on Feb 1, 2007 12:32:37 GMT -5
It was either Marc Mero (spelling changed so he wouldn't catch on) or perhaps it was WCF's own HMark?  Yep, I'm banned now  |
|
|
|
Post by Ultimo Chocula on Feb 1, 2007 13:01:35 GMT -5
Mark Klopfenstein. He invented the turnbuckle. Before they had to have four guys holding the ropes up.
|
|
Square
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Official Ambassador
Grand Poobah of Scavenger Hunts 2011
Square-Because he looks good at all the right angles.
Posts: 18,702
|
Post by Square on Feb 1, 2007 14:05:58 GMT -5
Maybe it just derived from the term "mark" in the world outside of wrestling. Like, before I even knew wrestling terms, me and my friends always called dumb people and people we didn't like "marks". It meant, like, "buster" or "square" or "lame". But if there was actually some dude named Mark that the term was named after, I'd be forced to track down this God among men. WHATS WRONG WITH ME?!?! |
|
|
|
Post by RandomHero on Feb 1, 2007 16:07:27 GMT -5
If you are not kidding its meant to be a mark as in a target, basically it comes from carny slang, a mark was a guy they could fool into their scams and tricked games. As others have confirmed, this is true. |
|
|
|
Post by Michael Coello on Feb 1, 2007 16:08:35 GMT -5
I thought it was an old carnie term for a customer or something
|
|
|
|
Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Feb 1, 2007 16:14:16 GMT -5
You guys are all wrong. It is named after Mark Jindrak, the reflection of perfection.
|
|
Chainsaw
T
A very BAD man.
It is what it is
Posts: 90,480
|
Post by Chainsaw on Feb 1, 2007 17:00:55 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Michael Coello on Feb 1, 2007 17:04:39 GMT -5
We are the most dangerous animal in the world?!  |
|
