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* A good portion of the [[Ring of Honor]] roster in the early days could be accused of this; most notable is the group Special K, who almost served as a [[Lampshading]] of the wrestling style. All of the members were rich kid ravers who were on so much drugs that they could pretty much kill themselves doing ridiculous moves with no rhyme or reason to it (conveniently sidestepping the question of how they actually had the motor coordination to actually pull these spots off in Kayfabe), and they flaunted their lack of storytelling and "respect for the business" for heel heat.
** 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.
{{quote| '''[[CM Punk]]''': There is no god, and the cage wasn't 30 feet.}}
** 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.
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