What is a "Spot Fest?"

Pretty much any Young Bucks match.

It's generally cast in a negative light due to a lack of selling or psychology in the match.

A "Spot" is a planned move or set of moves. "High spots" are more exciting things like diving off of something, breaking a table, flipping, etc.

A "Spot fest" would be a match mostly being pre planned full of spots and just racing around trying to do them all regardless of how the crowd is reacting or the opponent should be selling. Sometimes guys will continue to repeat a botched or messed up spot and totally throw the flow of the match off just because they wanted to get their stuff in.

Its become a common expectation of indy matches. The whole Rip Rogers/Randy Orton twtter post was about this. Basically wrestling has started to move towards exciting athletic performance, when it used to be telling the story of a dispute and settling it in the ring. Personally I enjoy high spots and athleticism as much as the next guy, but I enjoy compelling storytelling more. Theyre not telling a story or building momentum with a spotfest, theyre just showing off their sick acrobatics to sell tshirts. Which again is fine, its just not all wrestling is about.

For some reason reading it like that made me think of applying spot fests to other forms of entertainment. It'd be like watching an episode of The Walking Dead, and the entire 45 minutes is just Walker kills but not simple using Rick's gun, Michonne's sword or Daryl's crossbow. Every kill involves slamming their heads with car doors, running them over, using old explosives to take out a large crowd, if you've seen Season Seven using the wire between the two cars to take out hundreds, locking them inside a building and either blowing it up or collapsing it. I don't know why I thought that but I guess it's the same thing.

Spot fests when done in the right setting are cool as hell, Lucha Underground where it's gods and monsters fighting no issue with it. But indy's where everyone looks the same and has no originality, ehhhh.

well, that's just ignorant to say. considering bryan danielson was considered the best in the world far before he came to wwe, and he had never been featured in a spotfest match, maybe you should educate yourself a bit more thoroughly.

anyways, spot fests originated in lucha wrestling and have consistently had a place there since mexican wrestling generally follows far looser in ring psychology.

Something the Hardyz can make me enjoy as opposed to anyone else.

I love spot fests. Some people act like they sit with a pen and paper and analyze the Match. I don't care about science when I'm watching wrestling. I'm too busy being entertained

well, considering that your comment has been echoed by those that actually believe that in previous threads, i'm sure you understand my misinterpretation.

The second part is true, however a live crowd doesnt have commentary and guys could do a hell of a lot better job at rest holds. Orton is boring. Owens makes them fun because he trash talks the opponent and berates the crowd. Or Bryan Kendrick. It needs to be a work hold adding to the match/story and not just a 5 min nap for Princess Orton....

To be fair though, you brought up Bryan, who hadn't competed in the indys in almost a decade before his retirement.

The scene has moved on since he left. It's by no means all spots fests, but they do want to sell something to put asses in the seats.