I'm a noob and was just wondering ways to plan matches.
At byx brock taught me an interesting way where you plan the finish first and instead of one upping your previous idea you can do something lesser then the finish, I think it was. Brock, correct me if I'm wrong. But I was thinking about when he told me that and was wondering if anyone else had any interesting ways to plan matches.

All my matches go like this

Circling hand claps
Yell funny remark to audience member (usually Mike Damage)
Lock up
Chain wrestle
Unnecessarily big spot early in the match
Opponent takes heat
Heat change
Take off my pants
Proceed to tell someone that I'm blown up
High spot
High spot
Kick to the face
Neck bump
Canadian Destroyer
Neck Bump
Shitty plancha
Bump on the outside
High spot
Forget the next high spot
High spot
Finish

put emphasis on an opening and a finish. then come up with several key spots. label them a,b,c,d,e ect. but they dont have to go in order. also understand the heat. and the changes of heat. but that is how i would plan a simple singles match. i would go into planning a match like bowes vs i from elite 2010 much differently...much more precise.

The last thing I alwyas come up with is the hope spots. Mainly because I fucking hate them.

Definitely don't do that.

I always love seeing how other people plan matches. I wrestled a lot of different dudes this year and realized that every one plans differently and has different names for every thing. But this is the layout that I use in my head every single time I plan a match at a supershow. Even if my opponent is planning their way, this is how I construct it in my head.

Shine and Cutoff - Start the match off with the face one-upping the heel with a bunch of shit (shine), then the heel eventually finds a way to cut them off. Either by catching onto their shit or cheating like a douche.

Heat - Heel does really simple stuff to work the face over and get dudes to root for the face. You don't have to plan this part at all, just do whatever. For now I'd just worry about doing stuff that's more boring than what the face is gonna do in the upcoming sequences so it makes the face look cool as fuck when he does his stuff. Start adding more heel-ish stuff in there as you get used to everything.

Hopespot - Some dudes call it a false comeback, some call it a heat spot, I've heard it called a million different things. But it's the same principal. The face starts to make a comeback, but gets cut off by the heel again. Can be something as simple as a the heel having them in a chinlock, face starts to fire up, heel grabs their hair and mat slams them. I usually have two of these and I find a way to work my bigger moves into them rather than going the simple route. But it all depends on who you're wrestling and what you're comfortable with.

Heat - Same shit as before. I usually keep the dude grounded and just knee drop them and shit so they can have a long break from here til their comeback.

Double Down - The face can reverse something of yours and hit one of their big moves. You're both down for a bit theeeeen..

Comeback - Face makes his comeback and gets all his stuff in. These are supposed to be really fast paced, but in yarding it's usually just the face doing all of his signature moves in a row lol.

False finishes/finish - Heel hits a finisher, face kicks out, face hits a finisher, heel kicks out. Pretty much happens over and over until someone loses. You can plan some cool little sequences in there once you get the hang of it.

The way I drilled this stuff into my head is by planning quick 5 minute matches with my friends and just doing them over and over and eventually it became a part of every single one of my matches. If it's a face vs. face match, same concept. Just don't act like a dick and pick one guy to play the role of the would-be face if it were heel vs. face. If one face is bigger than the other, obviously he should be the one playing the role of the heel. It seems confusing now, but once you get the hang of it, it's really simple. From my experience this is how a lot of dudes plan, some just have different names for everything and all that. Hopefully it helps!

Thankss Matt. That's really helpful. Much appriciated

I like to plan teh double down after the faces comeback. Then give a little more come back after that.

Example ; When Tj and I wrestled. I staretd coming back, hit a bunch of things. He reversed it into a combo, but I cut off his combo with a pele. Both down. Me: From getting my last wind to come from my comeback and the heel is down due to me hitting him with my comeback.

They've all covered the 7 stages and whatnot, so I'll tell you how I'm able to incorporate the big fancy spots in my matches with no problems.

My method is completely different from pretty much anyone and has drawn A LOT of criticism towards my opponents and myself, but I've never cared. Basically, I use my football play-call wristband (the ones you see the Quarterbacks wearing, with the play-call numbers written in it) and I slip a note card in there, with all the big planned spots written on it, stages, psychology notes, ETC. Whenever I take a bump and I sell, I kind of survey the band and communicate with my opponent to let them know what we're doing next. Flow never gets disrupted, and spots are almost NEVER forgotten.

I understand not following my method, because there likely isn't anyone else here who has played football (more specifically, quarterback) that would own one. But I'd still HIGHLY recommend getting one if you're a newer yarder. They're cheap at sporting goods stores and, in my case, looks really cool along with the rest of my gear.

I got everything in my head. I never forget! However, that's a good idea if someone has a tough time remembering spots.

I go by the Bill Goldberg philosophy when it comes to a match.

Lock up
throw your opponent
Lock up again.
Opponent punches me
Kick him in the face.
Spear him
Jackhammer.
Finish.
I win.

i usually let the person i am wrestling plan it out then if i come up with something i'll throw it in with the person's set up

i think we're underestimating how AWESOME joey's match structure is.

Plan the finish first, and then plan the opening work up to the end. I usually plan a few false finishes, the double down, and a good comeback spot and then call everything else by ear. And then explain any moves that your opponent or yourself do that you may not know.