Hopeless Marks

[Guest Blackston]

I think it is awesome to make fun of marks. Nothing makes me feel better about myself then laughing about what wrestler someone else likes. One time, when I was at a wrestling show, I heard a kid asking for a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt. I said to him, "OMG, WTF, I can't believe that you mark for Austin. Everybody knows that the only decent wrestlers in the WWE are Kurt Angle, Lance Storm and Chris Benoit. Try watching Ring of Honor sometime for some really good wrestling." I then called him a fagg0t mark. He went back to his seat crying, but I felt better about myself. If I can spread the good word of Scott Keith to one more mark, then I have done a good thing, AFAIAC.

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

I can deal with marks because I was (and to some extent) still am one. Talking to them is another story. In my line of work (video store clerk) I deal with a fair amount of parents and children renting wrestling videos and video games.

 

I'll say this much: HHH has brainwashed a generation of children into thinking he is the best wrestler. I suppose Jim Ross can take some of the blame on that one too.

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

When I went to Raw in April, sitting near me were some HHH marks. First there was like a 16 year old girl who went crazy every time there was someone with long blond hair. She had an "I Love HHH" sign. During a backstage segment, Flair called HHH the best world champion of all time. So naturally I yelled out "Yeah only cause you're banging Stephanie". The girl gave me a look like "I can't believe you just said that about my man." Then later on it was RVD/Kane vs. HHH/Flair. This dude looks to be about my age was like "HHH may cheat to win, but other than that he's the man." I just looked at my friend and we shook our heads.

 

I remember the Smackdown right before the Survivor Series that ended the Invasion angle. There was this stupid little kid behind my group. When Lance Storm came out, we all cheered and he was like "You like Lance Storm?" So my friend turned back to him and said "He's a terrific wrestler." The kid shut up. Later on in the night, Bradshaw clubbed Dreamer's back and we all cringed. The little kid asked "Is there anyone in WCW that you don't like?" RVD vs. Kane match. We all cheered RVD. Kid says "RVD stands for very dumb retard."

[Lil' Bitch 0]

When I went to Raw in April, sitting near me were some HHH marks. First there was like a 16 year old girl who went crazy every time there was someone with long blond hair. She had an "I Love HHH" sign. During a backstage segment, Flair called HHH the best world champion of all time. So naturally I yelled out "Yeah only cause you're banging Stephanie". The girl gave me a look like "I can't believe you just said that about my man."

 

Props to ya, never be afraid to speak your mind. And I enjoyed flipping that mofo off at the house show I went to. Flair pointed me out to him, the look on Trip's face: priceless.

 

"Is there anyone in WCW that you don't like?"

 

I can list at least a dozen guys from WCW I didn't like. Problem was WWE didn't bring a lot of those guys over.

 

RVD vs. Kane match. We all cheered RVD. Kid says "RVD stands for very dumb retard."

 

WTF? How old was this kid would you say? Anyway, it pissed me off how RVD wasn't getting cheered as much as Jeff was during their feud (at the house show I went to anyway which was 2 days before SummerSlam).

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

RVD vs. Kane match. We all cheered RVD. Kid says "RVD stands for very dumb retard."

 

WTF? How old was this kid would you say? Anyway, it pissed me off how RVD wasn't getting cheered as much as Jeff was during their feud (at the house show I went to anyway which was 2 days before SummerSlam).

Kid was probably like 5 or 6. His whole family was annoying too. Whenever one of our guys would curse. His dad would be like, "hey watch your language." If you don't want you're kid hearing any cursing, don't take him to anything where people are gonna shout. Another one of our guys got sneezed on by another kid in the same family. Probably also 5 or 6. Whenever one of us would put up signs, his father was like "Put your sign down or we'll shove it up your ass." Nice of you to curse at his fucking hypocrite.

[Guest ViciousFish]

I loved going to Smackdown in Edmonton when Benoit made his return. Me and my friends were surrounded by marks and we all cheered like hell when Benoit came out and then did the whole 'bought a ticket' thing later on.

 

Then he attacked SCSA from behind. Everyone around us was booing and we were cheering like crazy. Some guy in front us actually looked like he was going to kill us.

 

Of course that was also the night people were cheering 'Taker for making Dreamer drink his tabacco spit

 

Stupid sheep...

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

At WrestleMania I was smacked right in a heel corner. We're probably a good deal responsbile for the hint of Y2J chanting you can hear during the match. Lot of guys shouting stuff like "Yeah, do it for Bret!" during the Walls, too.

 

Oddly, everybody really likes Austin though. I suddently turned into the only Rock mark when their match came on.

 

I was also the only guy who hated Goldberg.

 

RAW was kind of weird. We had Hardy fangirls behind us breaking our eardrums with their screaming, but they were Matt fangirls and very indifferent to Jeff. In fact, all they talked about during the Jeff match was if there would be a Matt run-in.

[Guest Random Hero]

I think it is awesome to make fun of marks. Nothing makes me feel better about myself then laughing about what wrestler someone else likes. One time, when I was at a wrestling show, I heard a kid asking for a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt. I said to him, "OMG, WTF, I can't believe that you mark for Austin. Everybody knows that the only decent wrestlers in the WWE are Kurt Angle, Lance Storm and Chris Benoit. Try watching Ring of Honor sometime for some really good wrestling." I then called him a fagg0t mark. He went back to his seat crying, but I felt better about myself. If I can spread the good word of Scott Keith to one more mark, then I have done a good thing, AFAIAC.

Heh, someone needs to get a life.

What's wrong with buying an Austin shirt? I have 2 Austin shirts. Another thing- I hate the phrase 'I mark for' or any alteration of that phrase. It sounds so geeky and pathetic it's not funny.

 

Lance Storm is awful.

[TheFranchise 0]

Lance Storm in the WWE is awful, word it better.

[Guest Random Hero]

Nah, he's never been anything special. Criticism gets levelled at Benoit on occasion due to his lack of personality, but at least he has an aura about him, like you know he's not to be messed with etc. Lance on the otherhand is just bland. He can't half throw a chairshot mind you, just ask RVD

[TheFranchise 0]

He held several titles at the same time in WCW!!

 

oh wait, i'm argueing FOR Lance...

[Guest Random Hero]

He held several titles at the same time in WCW!!

 

oh wait, i'm argueing FOR Lance...

When one of them was called the SHIT title, I wouldn't use that argument. I'd use the 'he used to have a cool bleached blonde rats tail' argument.

 

And I'm still waiting to hear why buying a Stone Cold T Shirt is just cause to be called a 'fagg0t mark'.

[TheFranchise 0]

I own a Stone Cold shirt!

 

The ORIGINAL 3:16 one, with just plain writing, that one kicks ass

 

Which was the Shit title?

[Guest Random Hero]

SHIT = Saskatchuwon(SP?)

Hardcore

International

Title

 

And I own the 'Wanna Raise Some Hell? Hell Yeah!!!' Stone Cold T Shirt, and the 'Blood stone- Austin 3:16' one...

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

And I'm still waiting to hear why buying a Stone Cold T Shirt is just cause to be called a 'fagg0t mark'.

Its called sarcasm...or satire...or something.... he was being tongue in cheek with his response...he wasn't serious...he was kind of joking....

[TheFranchise 0]

Ah... the Hardcore title then That title was doomed from the start though, i mean, it was an invitational (nothing screwy yet) in a junk yard (okay, starting to waver now...) and the winner didnt get a belt, he got... a trophy!

[TheFranchise 0]

And I'm still waiting to hear why buying a Stone Cold T Shirt is just cause to be called a 'fagg0t mark'.

Its called sarcasm...or satire...or something.... he was being tongue in cheek with his response...he wasn't serious...he was kind of joking....

What, or who, is that in your sig!?

[Guest Random Hero]

And I'm still waiting to hear why buying a Stone Cold T Shirt is just cause to be called a 'fagg0t mark'.

Its called sarcasm...or satire...or something.... he was being tongue in cheek with his response...he wasn't serious...he was kind of joking....

Ah well I'll forgive him. Sarcasm doesn't work so well over message boards.

 

And I find your 'retro stud of the day' to be in bad taste

 

Richard Ramirez is a far cooler serial killer.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I just hate it when fans wear shirts of wrestlers that aren't even at the show you go to. I went to a RAW house show and some guys wear Hogan shirts. I just rolled my eyes and shook my head.

 

And when I went to the WWE house show two days before SummerSlam back in 2001, Booker T came out, cut a promo dissing the Rock basically. Everybody was chanting "Rocky!" and he never came out! So when the show was over, I was making of all of the Rock's fans since most of them were wearing a Rock shirt or something. They didn't like it, but I told them, "Hey, at least my favorite wrestler showed up!"

 

Edited July 14, 2003 by Rico_Constantino

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

This is sort of a mark moment. At No Mercy in 2000, Kurt Angle defeated The Rock for the WWF title. While we were driving out of the arena. My friend saw some people wearing Rock shirts so he rolled down the window and yelled out "It's true! It's true!"

[Guest Shaved Bear]

I think it is awesome to make fun of marks.  Nothing makes me feel better about myself then laughing about what wrestler someone else likes.  One time, when I was at a wrestling show, I heard a kid asking for a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt.  I said to him, "OMG, WTF, I can't believe that you mark for Austin.  Everybody knows that the only decent wrestlers in the WWE are Kurt Angle, Lance Storm and Chris Benoit.  Try watching Ring of Honor sometime for some really good wrestling."  I then called him a fagg0t mark.  He went back to his seat crying, but I felt better about myself.  If I can spread the good word of Scott Keith to one more mark, then I have done a good thing, AFAIAC.

Heh, someone needs to get a life.

What's wrong with buying an Austin shirt? I have 2 Austin shirts. Another thing- I hate the phrase 'I mark for' or any alteration of that phrase. It sounds so geeky and pathetic it's not funny.

 

Lance Storm is awful.

I actually laughed out lousd upon hearing the Lance Storm comment

[Guest undisputedjericho]

This is sort of a mark moment. At No Mercy in 2000, Kurt Angle defeated The Rock for the WWF title. While we were driving out of the arena. My friend saw some people wearing Rock shirts so he rolled down the window and yelled out "It's true! It's true!"

That is just...great.

[Guest Askewniverse]

At a house show, two fans behind me asked why my friend and I were cheering for John Cena when he had just insulted the crowd and the Phillies. My friend's response: "I don't live in this town, so I don't care. Besides, the Phillies do suck. Now, let me ask you why you're cheering for Billy Gunn?"

 

Later that night, the same fans repeatedly shouted "Wine me, dine me, 619 me" during a Mysterio vs. Hardy match. Where the hell did that phrase come from?

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

Later that night, the same fans repeatedly shouted "Wine me, dine me, 619 me" during a Mysterio vs. Hardy match. Where the hell did that phrase come from?

I thought they just pulled it out of the blue and put it on a shirt.

[Guest Downhome]

The only thing I hate worse than a mark, is a smark who gets off by posting about how much THEY hate marks, heh.

 

They are a different breed of wrestling fan. Just either let them be, or try to "teach" them about the industry without fucking with them or making fun of them. We were all marks at one time, and hell, I'd almost love to be back to that point totally.

[Guest claydude14]

I just hate it when fans wear shirts of wrestlers that aren't even at the show you go to. I went to a RAW house show and some guys wear Hogan shirts. I just rolled my eyes and shook my head.

I don't see what the big deal about this. Wrestling events/going to the sports bar to watch ppv are the only times I see fit to break out a wrestling shirt, so hell if it's the correct brand. That's way too nit-picky. If said fans were chanting for their wrestler to come out, it'd be a different story.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Later that night, the same fans repeatedly shouted "Wine me, dine me, 619 me" during a Mysterio vs. Hardy match. Where the hell did that phrase come from?

I think Tazz has said it a few times.

[Guest Askewniverse]

Later that night, the same fans repeatedly shouted "Wine me, dine me, 619 me" during a Mysterio vs. Hardy match. Where the hell did that phrase come from?

I thought they just pulled it out of the blue and put it on a shirt.

That's actually on a shirt?

 

The phrase doesn't really make sense, and I've never actually heard it before until those fans said it.

 

EDIT: Thanks for the info, APO. I must have missed Tazz saying it. Maybe I should start to pay more attention to the commentary.

[Guest JHawk]

I just hate it when fans wear shirts of wrestlers that aren't even at the show you go to.  I went to a RAW house show and some guys wear Hogan shirts.  I just rolled my eyes and shook my head.

I don't see what the big deal about this. Wrestling events/going to the sports bar to watch ppv are the only times I see fit to break out a wrestling shirt, so hell if it's the correct brand. That's way too nit-picky. If said fans were chanting for their wrestler to come out, it'd be a different story.

I don't mind people wearing shirts like that to a show. I actually get more offended when I go to a SmackDown house show and can't buy a Benoit shirt when there are four HHH T-shirts for sale.

 

On topic, and I know I've told this before, but at last year's King of the Ring, I was the only person in my section who was rooting for Angle vs. Hogan. So not only was I being told Angle sucks, but some chick two rows behind me tried to reach far enough in front of me to smack me. Hey, it's not my fault I was rooting for the guy who could still walk!

 

Another set of marks that annoy me are the sign holders. Not the ones who bring them to try to get on TV, but the ones who don't realize that either their favorite isn't there or that the cameras won't see it in midmatch. I nearly missed the Heat match at KOTR 2002 altogether because a Hardy fangirl held up her freaking Lita sign when Lita wasn't even there due to her neck injury. And then I get the evil look when I ask her to put it down. Free tip: Before the match, hold it up. Interview segments, it's annoying, but go ahead. During matches, the cameras aren't going to find it unless you're facing the hard camera, so put it the fuck down!

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Re: "Wine me, dine me, 619 me"

 

There's a phrase that is used in porn sometimes (when advertising a pictorial or a collection of clips, at least that's when I've seen it done) that goes "wine me, dine me, 69 me." It's a pretty clever take-off once you think about it.