Ian Rotten talks about changes to IWA-MS

[JoeDirt 0]

"I answered alot of things at the Highland show about these issues. But people were too busy booing me and trying to talk over the top of me to listen. The deathmatches: Many of you people fail to realize the danger in doing these matches and really have became so use to them that you don't see the injuries. As for instant, all we heard last year was the tournament was great but the finals sucked. No one even cared that Pondo could barely walk to the ring or how chewed up J.C.'s body was by the time he got to the finals. As I said, it would be hard (if not impossible) for us to top last years tournament and to continue to do this tournament like I said when making the annoucement that this will be the last year for the KOTDM tournament. I'm afraid it will come to someone getting severely or permanantly hurt. If you were listening, I didn't say it was the end of deathmatches in IWA. It was just the last year for the KOTDM tournament. It is tough to get a venue and when I do get a venue, people want to bitch about the location. Along with the direction the company has taken, I feel that the deathmatch tournament has ran its course. Other companies are having some of the same problems I am having with this kind of tournament. Alot of fans do not realize how hard it is to put on a tournament of this kind. Continued in next post."

 

"As far as the controversy over how I responded to the booing over the announcement of the end of the KOTDM, many people think I was wrong when I responded "Too Fucking Bad". It was probably not the best answer in the world, but alot of that had to do with things going on in my personal life and how my attitude has became towards what not only myself ,but a large part of the locker room feels is a very disrespectful crowd. I'm not saying everyone in the Highland crowd are disrespectful, but many people come there to try to be the show. And that has became very frustrating and I am not use to that at all. But like I said, my main concern is that someone is going to get hurt and I'm the one who has to live with that. (Continued)"

 

"The deathmatches are what make us the most money(tapes, live gate, etc..) So I have made this decision for the safety of the guys that do this style because I know them well and I know what they think. And the thinking is you always have to top yourself. And as corny as this sounds I'm the one who has to know when to say when. So come out and enjoy the KOTDM this year. I hope that answers all your questions on that.

The NWA deal: There will be a 20 count on the floor, a referee will have the right to dq a wrestler if he or she chooses too. Those are about the only changes that will come to the style of the IWA. No one from the NWA board of directors will have anything to say about IWA booking. It will still be myself, Dave or Chris. Just like what happened when we got involved with XPW. This is my company, always will be. Till the day they put me in the ground. And then it will belong to my children! We will get a secondary title out of this. As far as the NWA-TNA thing is concerned, I already have a good working relationship with the NWA president Bill Berhens. (continued)"

 

"And I'm sure a fair arrangement will be worked out. I know the NWA is not what it use to be, but anybody that knows me knows I take great pride in being a fan of this business. And my hopes are we can make a better business for the boys and girls that bust their ass every weekend to become more than just every weekend. To just maybe build a old style territory where they can work 5 or 6 days a week. I hope this puts to rest all the rumors and to are true fans who know how to act when their at shows. I hope you know myself and the rest of the iwa family are always looking forward to helping out are fans, with any and all questions you may have. thanks for your support Ian"

 

"One last thing, the "If you ain't hardcore, you ain't shit" : Folks, hardcore does not mean you wrestle in barbwire and glass, do deathmatches and stuff. It means you wrestle the same whether there are 30 people or 300 people in the crowd. You wrestle your ass off! The IWA crew never mails it in. They always bust their asses. You always deliver the show to the best of your ability. That is what hardcore wrestling is. It is for the fans that are tired of the bullshit in mainstream wrestling. It's not about the blood and guts. I hope that clears that up. Because in my book, Jimmy Jacobs is hardcore, hurt and beat-up he goes out and finishes his match a few months ago in Highland. That to me is hardcore wrestling. Ian"

 

EDIT: Ian also announced they had to cancel the 5/15 and 5/21 shows due to the armorys they were booked in being used. The next show is 5/22 in Ooltic.

[thecitythesky 0]

i certainly think that Ian makes a valid point with the effort to avoid the one-upsmanship in the KOTDM.

 

considering that the US indies lost Nick Mondo due almost entirely to the roof bump at TOD2 last summer.* a bump that he himself realizes very very easily could've killed him had things gone a little bit too awry.

 

 

 

*... i am aware that his graduation also played a role in that decision.

[Epic Reine 0]

Meh, small changes with the NWA things, from Ian's mouth, but I imagine there's a few more smaller *details*.

[Guest Aecas]

Ian does indeed make a valid point, it does seem that most of the fans have become so used to deathmatch's that they don;t realise when somebody is really hurting. I remember watching that match between Zandig and Mondo and most people should have been able to see that both men were in shit state after that bump.

 

I know that Zandig was having trouble walking since he went tailbone first through those tables, and one look at Nick's back after that bump should be more than enough to tell anyone that he's in a lot of trouble. That massive bandage he was wearing in the finals against Ian only reinforced that, he was most likely in a hell of a lot of pain but he still sucked it up and went out there.

 

"One last thing, the "If you ain't hardcore, you ain't shit" : Folks, hardcore does not mean you wrestle in barbwire and glass, do deathmatches and stuff. It means you wrestle the same whether there are 30 people or 300 people in the crowd. You wrestle your ass off! The IWA crew never mails it in. They always bust their asses. You always deliver the show to the best of your ability. That is what hardcore wrestling is. It is for the fans that are tired of the bullshit in mainstream wrestling. It's not about the blood and guts. I hope that clears that up. Because in my book, Jimmy Jacobs is hardcore, hurt and beat-up he goes out and finishes his match a few months ago in Highland. That to me is hardcore wrestling. Ian"

 

A fucking men to that.