Spot Monkey: Difference between revisions

** Special K was negatively contrasted with [[Low Ki]], a "[[Serious Business|shoot-style]]" pro wrestler who relied more on stiff kicks. It didn't help Special K's reputation (or them in kayfabe) that [[Low Ki]] was one of ROH's top stars and kayfabe threats at the time.

* A particularly infamous example is indy ''primadonna'' Teddy Hart. In addition to being a royal pain backstage and [[Small Name, Big Ego|having delusions about his own popularity]], Teddy was well known for no-selling within seconds of a match's finish just so that he could show off with more athletic moves. The height of this was Teddy performing several unplanned spots off the top of a cage following a [[Ring of Honor]] cage match. The spots made no sense, diminished the story of the match by having Teddy be energetic enough to perform them, were a blatant attempt at drawing attention to himself, and put the other wrestlers in danger because they had to catch him with no preparation. ROH blackballed him, and future WWE Heavyweight Champion [[CM Punk]] [http://cmpunk.livejournal.com/9301.html publicly lambasted] Teddy for his actions. This single incident is probably the most extreme example of everything that is wrong with the [[Spot Monkey]] style.

** Not to mention that both Punk AND Hart got blackballed (at least from that company) for a fight that they had while both employed by TNA.

* Jack Evans in a big bad way. Practically every single move he does involves at least one flip. The worst part, he's sloppy as hell and has landed on his head countless times.