Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2004 well I started watching wrestling as a real fan starting with survivor series 90. after that I watched wwf and wcw constantly, as well as local ny area indy feds on tv. I had always haeard aboutit being fake but always thought like a mark. in 8th grade (96ish) we got the net on our school comps, but I didnt go to any smark sites, I was just looking for pics and themes fall of 97 in 1oth grade i went online at school. at first mostly to wcw and wwf sites, but a friend of mine was always going to "rumor" saites, and in my search for wrestling sites I came across these and read that Glen Jacobs aka issac yankem aka fake diesel was going to be portraying kane (this was in sept 97 a month before kane debuted) I guess that technically started me off. But it finally changed in may of 98 when my family got webtv. I started reading sites like the internet wrestling zone, which had insider news and spoilers and the like. So the summer of 98 was when I first started thinking like a smark. One of the sites I went to had a column by a guy who practically worshipped Benoit. I finally found rantslyvania in sept 99 (senior year of high school) after that I started trying to thi k and talk like the keiths of the world, even if I didnt really know what I was saying. I even had my own column from december 99- may 00 on a small site called the Wrestling Cavern (called Frank's Bottom Line) where I basically ripped off every smark writer in how I reviewed the tv shows and news. man was that bad. after 98 I didnt feel so bad to cheer for heels. jericho was one of the heel i actively cheered for in my smark era (as I had been a fan of his since I first saw him in wcw ) Lately I try not to be thinking all smarky like as it has ruined my enjoyment. as I have gotten older and stuff, I don't enjoy a show like I used to, as I can basically know whos going to win the big matches on ppvs and such. (and I was actually bored by some of the benoit dvd so go figure) Going to a live show reinvigorates the mark in me as well as watching wm or old tapes, or a good angle but I guess I can't quit watching, if only by force of habit (and this is coming from someone who subscribes to raw and sd magazine as well as taping every raw/sd and buying lots of tapes and dvds) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 2, 2004 It all started for me in about 1995. I started getting on AOL and going to rumor sites(for some reason Micasa's site strikes my memory...if any of you remember that site.)to read what was going to happen. I also called a local wrestling "hotline" from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette to hear "insider" stuff, and I really blew a few of my friends minds at the time by telling them about it. Also this was a point were I was doing some backyarding(yeah, I was retarded at age 15) and really trying to find out as much as we could at the time about wrestling. Also, 95 coincidentially was the first year I ever went to an indy show........and I simply learned a lot by seeing how things work(a LOT less organized stuff than I was used to at the time and really exposed the business) and I basically have become a bigger fan since. I loves me smarkdom........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Decadent Slacker Report post Posted September 2, 2004 I got online in like late '96-early '97, so i spent most of the time on either learning about the human female anatomy or looking up things on wrestling. When one got me in trouble, i lost both. By early '00 i was back on (had been off & online, i wasn't totally banned or anything), found the classic 2xzone.com during a report i was doing on sports entertainment. I remember it was like the DAY Benoit & the others left WCW, so when they showed up on RAW i was floored. Kept up somewhat ("The Kat is married to WHO?!"), fell out of it, got back in just in time for the invasion. Marked out last: WM20 when Eddie came out to congradulate Benoit. it was so awesome seeing 2 guys who'd been through so much together BOTH have world titles at the most historically significant show in recent memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 I just marked out for benout and eddie at wmxx earlier today watching the benoit dvd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 I was never really that much of a mark, but I still acted a lot like one when I was younger. For example, I knew stuff like Dibiase's partner at SS90 was supposed to be 'Mean' Mark Callous or that Big John Studd was going to win RR89, but I still had some markishness in me. It was definitely all out of my system by the time Flair showed up in the WWF in 1991, although I will still mark out on occasion, even today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 I was never really that much of a mark, but I still acted a lot like one when I was younger. For example, I knew stuff like Dibiase's partner at SS90 was supposed to be 'Mean' Mark Callous or that Big John Studd was going to win RR89, but I still had some markishness in me. It was definitely all out of my system by the time Flair showed up in the WWF in 1991, although I will still mark out on occasion, even today. This may be a stupid question, but how did you know that stuff before the internet? Did you subscribe to all the "dirt sheets"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
