Meeting a mark:

[AdrianM]

so i'm watching the rumble yesterday and then my housemate came home for lunch with a mate of his, turns out his mate is a wrestling fan. probably about 19 at a guess. And then the mate says "oh sweet, the royal rumble. Fuck I hope John Cena keeps his title, he's awesome!" HAHAHA, its my first encounter with a mark in so damn long, it was awesome..

And he couldn't understand how I could like Edge and randy orton and King Booker, and couldn't understand why I wanted CM Punk to win the rumble.

Also I was at a shop with my girlfriend and a little kidwas there, and there was a magazine with king booker in it, and the kid screamed "I hate king booker!" lol


any1 have any fun,interesting or stories in general about meeting marks?

[Kane Knight]

Fuck, I don't understand why you like half those guys.

[M-A-G]

You realize your wanting CM Punk to win makes you a mark as well, right?

[M-A-G]

And why is it so damn funny that they like who they like and hate who they hate?

[Blitz]

So basically liking/not liking anyone that you like makes someone a mark.

[M-A-G]

Never mind that cheering who you like and booing who you hate is the basis of being a fan.

[Xero]

Well of course it's because they're following who WWE TELLS them to cheer and boo.

Baa.

[Fignuts]

Also I was at a shop with my girlfriend and a little kidwas there, and there was a magazine with king booker in it, and the kid screamed "I hate king booker!" lol

haha

[lort]

I can't believe a kid doesn't like the heal! That's amazing.

[Jura]

Do you know what heal means?

[Thriller]

Me and a buddy of mine went to go see Unforgiven 2005 at a theater.My buddy then got into and debate with a 10 year old on who was better Angle or Cena.The 10 year olds arguement was Cena beat angle 4 times already so of course he was better.

[AdrianM]

You realize your wanting CM Punk to win makes you a mark as well, right?

freakin' sweet.

so I'm still a mark

[Corkscrewed]

Do you know what heal means?

I hate that Verb Meaning to Recover from an Injury!!!!

[Jeritron]

We should all envy that kid.

[Jeritron]

for the record I used to work with a kid when I was in highschool who was a huge fuckin mark, especially for Triple H who he said was the best because "hes that damn good" and because "he's the cerebral assasin". He also used to elbow drop and suplex carboard boxes.

[El Fangel]

My 8 year old cousin is a Cena mark :lol: So everytime we would play SvR2006 I would play a diva and he would play Cena, and I would win, and then say Cena got his ass kicked by a girl. He would get mad, and say lets play again, also it almost made me cry when he said "Im a Chaingang General, Can You See me?

[Jeritron]

theres a subtle difference between being a mark and being a living joke. The last part of that story displays the transition.

[Jeritron]

I'm kidding around, but seriously, you gotta sit that kid down and have a talk with him before its too late.

[El Fangel]

I did, and now he is a Chris Benoit mark :)

[Jeritron]

Who isn't?

[Jeritron]

Benoit's pop was excellent Sunday night.

[El Fangel]

:yes:

[Outsider]

I once went out with a mark. It wasn't that interesting.

My housemate is a mark. He throws things at me when I point out that the Undertaker is the wrestling equivelent of a gone off peach.

[Kane Knight]

We should all envy that kid.

I refuse to envy someone for enjoying bad TV.

That's like envying someone who's tone deaf for wanting to grow up to sing as good as Will Hung.

[Pardeep 619]

I remember being in a HMV in Australia last year and 2 kids were looking at WWE DVD's. One kid picked up the Taboo tuesday 2004 DVD and noticed the Eugene - Bischoff match being loser has his head shaved. The kid then goes 'oooh, that's why Eric Bischoff's head is shaved'. Also the 2 kids noticed the Greatest Wrestling Managers DVD, looked at the front cover and one of them said 'why isn't Ric Flair on this?' :nono:

[Xero]

:rofl: at "Why isn't Ric Flair on this?"...

[The One]

Over time I have come to the conclusion that I am more mark than smart.

[RGWhat316]

I know this one guy, and he watches most of the programming, but he missed New Years Revolution. So he asked me of how the title match went. So I said of how Cena couldn't pick up Umaga to do the F-U, but he rolled him up for the victory. But the guy couldn't understand why Cena couldn't F-U Umaga, yet he could always F-U the Big Show.

[Testicle]

I think your friend was thinking that Cena fucked up the move.

[Xero]

I know this one guy, and he watches most of the programming, but he missed New Years Revolution. So he asked me of how the title match went. So I said of how Cena couldn't pick up Umaga to do the F-U, but he rolled him up for the victory. But the guy couldn't understand why Cena couldn't F-U Umaga, yet he could always F-U the Big Show.
In all honesty, I can't figure it out either. I mean, even with Umaga resisting it it still wouldn't equal the size of Big Show.

[M-A-G]

Didn't JR explain the reasoning behind that?

[Xero]

I don't know. I don't listen to him half the time. The other half I don't understand him.

[Übermensch]

Me and a buddy of mine went to go see Unforgiven 2005 at a theater.My buddy then got into and debate with a 10 year old on who was better Angle or Cena.The 10 year olds arguement was Cena beat angle 4 times already so of course he was better.

Your friend sure showed that 10 year old.

[Xero]

Oh God, I hate being seated near hardcore marks at shows. I mean, I'm happy their there, but when I yell something pretty smarky out, not many get it.

I remember my section started a Cena Sucks/Cena Rules dueling chant at a SuperShow. I believe it spread through the entire building.

[Arnold HamNegger]

Didn't JR explain the reasoning behind that?

If this were to ever happen successfully, it would be the final sign of The Apocolypse.

[Jeritron]

I was at a Raw in 99 and I was supporting Jericho and Triple H (heels at the time) and stuff of that nature, and the people behind me just didn't get it.

[Jeritron]

Though they loved my sign that said "I'm holding this so the roody poo behind me can't see"

[RGWhat316]

Little kids just really annoy me at live events. At Survivor Series 2005, we had a "Lets Go Angle, Lets Go Cena" dueling chant. Most of my row was in the Angle section, but I had to be set next to this little girl, and she was cheering loudly for Cena.

Another show was a SmackDown house show in early 2005. I was actually second row for this one. And one little kid behind me was just yelling and screaming for Undertaker to look his way.

[Jeritron]

Dude, they're kids let them have their fun.

[Xero]

When I'm seated near kids I feel bad for yelling profanities. (Nothing too bad, but still...)

Then there's an ass segment, DX segment or a sex-heavy diva segment and I tend to stop giving a shit.

[McLegend]

People need to chill.

[Jeritron]

Yea, I mean whats so wrong about a KID being a mark? You need to start somewhere, they're kids and as much as we love wrestling and care about the business as a whole and all its aspects, theres a value to the casual mark and the show itself for kids and father/son trips and stuff.
So the kid next to you chants for Cena, it could be worse, he could be watching Pokemon or something.

[El Fangel]

Cena is like Ashley Ketchup, or whatever the fuck his name was, in that he never loses. I find that kind of funny, and yes I would rather all the kids under 14 watch Pokemon, Cena would be left fanless.