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On Spotfests:
They're OK, but as someone said, they don't need to be in a match that goes on longer than 15 minutes. I prefer a "story-telling" match. And no matter how bad the Rock's chain wrestling might be for example, there's always a story to it. I think a lot of the top wrestlers in the business tend to use these more often.
The reason the Hardyz functioned well as a team is because you had a balance. Spot-man Jeff, and wrestling-man Matt. Matt can do spots as well (I will never forget that ridiculous Twist Of Fate he did off a latter on Smackdown during TLC III), but he knows not to overdo them either.
I think Jeff was slowly picking up a decent mat-based game before he went the Rick James route. Hopefully he will do a little bit better if he gets a second run.
Jamie Noble is one of my favorite cruiser wrestlers, hell...he was one of the reasons I kept tuning into SmackDown! His character was hilarious, and his mat-game was ridiculous. Did he train in Japan? He wrestles like someone from there (sorta like Jazz does).
Lamuella: besides Billy Gunn (and before WWE, Shannon Moore), who uses the Rocker Dropper nowadays? True, "Fameassing" someone does seem like it could do damage to the neck...but I haven't seen too much of it nowadays.
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