Spot Monkeys or Wrestling Clinics?
Yet again I got distracted whilst searching the vast wilderness that is You-tube and there are two big names in the industry that always come to my attention one way or another, these two athletes are A.J Styles and Kurt Angle. Both have amazing levels of talent which is shown most weeks on iMPACT. But what this article is about is; what is better "spot monkeys" or "technical wrestlers"?
The thirty year old and eleven year veteran of the indies AJ Styles is most famous for his high flying, high spot fest matches. These matches usually have a lot of high spots in which we see him spring boardingof the ropes from the outside to the inside and vice-versa.
Also we see him hitting amazing feats of athleticism in the form of pele kicks. These help to keep the crowd engaged with the match and this is what primarily helped put the TNA X-Division on the map.
However diversely opposite to this is the forty year old and ten year veteran Kurt Angle has a different style to Styles. Angle has the stylings of a traditional match shoot wrestler in which he can chain wrestle with the best of them. He has the ability to lock a man in multiple submissions and then link that to another. This style can also keep the crowd engaged as they respect the chain wrestling style.
But what I would like to know is; What is the most entertaining of the two, is it a "high spot" match or a "technically sound" match?
I do not have a preference as I love to see a ground based chain wrestling style match like the one Angle had with Benoit back in the day or the one he had with Shawn Michaels.
But I am also encapsulated in a match where I can see two men fly around the ring and set a very fast pace (sometimes so quick its insane). Styles has had countless matches like this throughout his stint with TNA. With this said I personally cannot deduce my favourite of the two.
Even though both styles have there good points, they also have there negatives. Some of which include:
A fast paced match which links and blends multiple spots can really bore the fans it doen't have any structure as the match needs to have the obvious; start, middle and the ends. Whereas if too many spots are used it can just be a mess and somewhat of a miss match of move after move.
Also if too many spots in a " cruiser weight-esque" are blown (not performed correctly) it can highly affect the satisfaction of the crowd which won't help the talent get over.
Mat based matches can also have there bad points as if a highly skilled wrestler has his or her opponent on the mat for the majority of the match then the fans will most likely get bored very quickly and start loosing there engagement in the match. Also this can have a very negative effect on the talent trying to get over with that crowd.
So I ask you this; which in your opinion is better and more entertaining:
A high spot match or a technically sound match?

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