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I love spot-fests, mainly because they aren't boring. Everyone agrees spots add something to a match, but I think some matches can use them a lot more than others. Longer matches don't need as many spots as shorter matches. Sure, making things too condensed doesn't work, but having a guy take a finishing move in a short match isn't as effective as him being beaten because of something crazy early on.
The cruiserweights are the main reason to watch WCW during its dying days, and the main reason to watch know. Most of the guys who claim to "tell stories in the ring" (like Batista) can't wrestle half as well as the "spot-monkeys". Say what you want, but I believe Chris Sabin to be a much better, and a much more exciting wrestler than Batista. And if they can steal the show with their craziness, let them!
It upsets me that Paul London has not been allowed to fly in the WWE. The Hardy Boyz have actually made money for the WWE by being spot guys, and London can do the same. The man can wrestle well, but no one is going to care if he doesn't do something to seperate himself from the big men who can wrestle. I can watch London's matches over and over and over again, simply because they aren't boring. By taking slightly sicker bumps, he interests and involves me in his match a lot more than most of the roster.
I guess what I am saying is that spot-fests are good. Give me London's Calling over Batista's Bomb anyday. I'll take TLC over Hell in a Cell, and I'd much rather see Gregory Helms bust out The Vertebreaker than the Nightmare on Helms Street. Sure, sometimes guys go overboard with the ADD in their matches. A lot of the guys labelled as being "spot-monkeys" are actually just plain better wrestlers, and plain better entertainers, than a lot of the bigger guys.
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