I’m not sure wither this should go into the “trainee’s” section or not but here we are. Some fans I've spoke to believe that the ajpw and njpw _style_ is passé and "old school." For a rookie these days is it all about putting on spot fests to impress the crowd? Does this impress promoters also and most importantly does this _style_ of spot working give the rookie a chance to make his name? Will a rookie who works spots and zings the crowd become better known than the rookie who works on the fundamentals? After all if the fans are happy the fans are spending money. If the fans are spending money the promoter is making money, which makes the promoter happy. Is it all about entertainment now? Should a rookie focus on entertainment or should a rookie focus on pro wrestling and risk not going anywhere in his career? Or is it still possible to impress people without working spot fests these days? I'm not asking what is the better _style_ because we all know that a wrestler well versed in the fundamentals is 100% better than a spot worker but it seems to me that the spot workers seem to be getting more recognition for entertaining the fans than the technical mat workers are getting for being good wrestlers. What _style_ should a rookie persue?

Why bother listening to a handful of trendy morons who can't think for themselves but have to have Fin Martin and PowerSlam telling them what to think?

The bigger UK promoters still largely cater for the traditional fans and are far more interested in someone who uses the technical _style_ to maximum effect. They promote more shows than the "New School" promotions and while they don't pay much, they still pay more than the tiny Americanised groups (some of whom don't pay at all). So most of the available work in the UK is with them anyway.

Furthermore if you ever get to America, backstage in the WWE they are massively impressed with Brits who wrestle in the traditional _style_ and it's quite a passport. Just ask William Regal. And if you want to steer clear of the police state that is the WWE locker-room, then bear in mind that technical wrestling is now the hot thing amongst an increasing number of avant-garde US indies, notably ROH.

And then of course there's Japan itself where if you're really good at the technical _style_ they will WORSHIP you - and pay you a pretty decent amount too. And you get a helluva lot more creative freedom in Japan - good money for less arse-kissing.

Just remember - a gang of three or four vocal FWA marks at a show do not make an effective barometer of public taste. Ignore the trendies, wrestle technical. And you can still entertain well even in the technical _style_ - see Danny Boy Collins, Dynamite Kid, Johnny Saint etc.