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Originally Posted by Alienoid06 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.

Look at TNA's ratings, they have slowly declined over a period of time. Now you COULD credit Jarrett for this. I don't. If Jarrett is the reason they left that would be saying that they were there for him in the first place, and clearly that is not the case. Every mark I've talked to from here to Louisiana has given the same reason as to why the liked TNA. It's cool. Not "so an so is awesome." Or anything of the like, Just that they they love the spotfest style. Well here's the problem with spotfest wrestling: Once the new car smell wears off, people loose all interest. All most everyone I knew that watched TNA, doesn't anymore because they claim it's boring. If they X division brought them there, it seems to have gotten rid of them as well.

The cruiserweights are the main reason to watch WCW during its dying days, and the main reason to watch know.

They sure didn't save the company did they?

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!

What about your Bret Harts? Your Jake the Snakes? Stone Cold Steve Austins? Sure you've got guys claiming that telling stories is better when they themselves cant do it, but that doesn't stop them from being right.

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.

The Hardy Boyz are good example. Look at their longevity, they ran there course VERY quickly, and a lot of its because of constantly wrestling their spotfest style, it left them with nothing left to do. Had they held off and only put on those spotfest in EXTREMELY special occasions they might still be around.

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.

If Batista is your example, I agree with you. But he could go down as one of wrestlings worse story tellers. So I dunno.