[2000-04-07-JAPW] Ian Rotten vs Louie Ramos

[soup23]

A hardcore sprint? This is worked in a different pace as Louie and Ian go after each other quickly and really only use one chair as a weapon. That is kind of refreshing in a way but the action is only about five minutes long. Louie ends up winning off of a botched powder attempt which felt more Memphis than ECW. Afterwards, Ian puts over Louie and gives him a spot in KOTDM. **1/2

[Loss]

This didn't last long, but while it lasted, it was tremendous. Ian took most of the offense and looked great doing it. I loved the lariat where he hit Ramos squarely in the nose with the bone side of his forearm at the beginning, and I even though the attempted suplex on the chairs where the chairs moved looked good because it showed how fatigue had set in already. This was more fight than stuntshow, which is exactly what these matches should be. I don't know that going short was a weakness in this case. These two were cutting a hard pace and the blood was flowing early, so it makes sense that it couldn't last all that long. ***1/4

[Tim Evans]

How can JAPW have a suicidal champion and it not be Sabu? Short and sweet match with Louie bleeding all over from the chairshots. It was weird how he put his hands to his face instead of over his head to block the shots. The finish was hilarious tho. All the punishment and it ends with powder and a roll up.

[Moonsault Marvin]

Well, Louie bled a lot. The close cameras expose too much in these matches like Rotten looking and waiting to receive the chair shot. The powder finish was unintentionally funny.

 

**

[GSR]

Ian looks to have put on weight every time we see him! Louie jumps Rotten and does a low rent Hack Myers, making some noise as he clubs Ian and wanting the crowd to join in with him. His punches look like dog shit though and Ian fires back with a couple of stiff forearms to the jaw. He throws him to the outside and a vicious chair shot to the head opening him up. Ramos blocks having his head rammed into the ringpost and turns the tables ramming Ian’s into it instead. A much safer chair shot to the back, but the camera then does no favours zooming in on Louie’s soft looking pulled punches. DDT on the floor and now Ian’s busted open too. Back inside, Ramos misses a splash in the corner and a great looking release German with Ramos landing on the back oof his neck. Ian with a suplex onto a couple of chairs on the arena floor and when Louie gets back up he leaves a puddle of blood behind. Two more absolutely brutal unprotected chair shots follow. Ian whips Louie into the corner, charges, however Ramos moves out the way. Louie with a low blow, he then throws powder in his face taking Ian off his feet and covers him for the win. Post-match Ian puts Louie over and says how they’ll do it again one day.

 

Surprisingly short for an Ian hardcore match. I’ll maintain that Louie isn’t very good and can’t do anything bar bleed, although he bleeds a gusher here. Those chair shots were nasty mind! Lovely German by Ian during this, but that was one incredibly weak finish for a hardcore match.

[jasch]

When Cornette goes on his diatribes about hardcore wrestling, Louie Ramos is what he's describing.

[Robert S]

Lowlife Louie Ramos is an awesome wrestling name, sadly he seems to be a very not-awesome wrestler. Nothing he does here, except bleeding, looks remotely decent.

[Edwin]

This sucked. Neither guy looked good, but apparently Louie is some kinda of JAPW cult hero. Which makes me think, if that fan really considers Louie his hero, then he really needs to reevaluate the people he looks up to. Ian did stiff Louie with a nasty elbow in the corner at one point. Aside from that, there wasn't much else to look forward to here.

[TravJ1979]

I've been watching wrestling for over 30 years and for the life of me, I cannot see how anyone things this resembles anything close to good. Walking around bleeding only to stand looking stupid while the other is setting up spots ... I just can't.