Bull Ramous Tribute

Bull Ramos Tribute Page

THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO ONE OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLINGS GREATEST ATHELETES

God's peace Dutch

It was my pleasure to have watched Bull Ramos wrestle during the years he was in the Pacific Northwest. I still remember how I would stand in the aisle going down to the dressing rooms and watch my favorite heels and faces come into the Portland Sports Arena. I remember how I would sometimes go up and say hello to Dutch, Lonnie, and others. I would not go up to Bull because he scared the daylights out of me. Many years later it became my distinct privilidge to be able to become the webservant of this website and I was able to get into contact with Bull and his interview is on this site today. What I found was a warm, caring individual who loved the sport of professional wrestling. What that tells me is that he was a true Ring General. He could command the attention and respect of all of his fans. Yes, I was a fan of his and proud to say it. He was one of the finest pro wrestlers to get into a ring. I will never forget how I would watch a match of his and many a night leave with a hoarse voice from yelling at him. I will never forget the warmth and compassion he shared with me during our interview and a couple of phone visits. God rest you Bull... Kevin

It's very hard to pick a favorite Bull Ramos moment...there so many!!! I could pick any of the Ramos-Savage matches, or any with Mayne, The Skull, Rose, Ventura...the list goes on. Or even pick how great his interviews were (the man could could scare the HECK out of anyone).

But I keep remembering a Street fight with Stan Stasiak in Waldport, Oregon about 1974 or so. Very brutal match...every dirty trick you could think of from both men. The match may have gone about 10 falls with Bull not being able to beat the 10 count after Stasiak ran his head into the outside ring post.
You would think that match would be the high-light of the night. NOPE!!! Now Bull could have called it a night and gone home to his loved ones after losing his match, but he had other idea's. Not taking his loss well, Bull decided to knock-over, toss and smash every chair he could get hold of. A very stunned sold-out crowd parted like "The Red Sea" as Ramos tore the Waldpot High School gym apart. About 10 minutes later referee Sandy Barr finally got Bull back to the dressing room saving the crowd from all-most certain death....well at least it felt that way.

You are missed Bull and you will always be remembered- Cushing

A Bull Ramos memory from the mid-70's:

Bull was teaming with Jesse Ventura at the time. One night after the matches, I was waiting at the back entrance of the arena to watch the wrestlers leave. The plan was to wave at them and just have the fun of watching them drive past us on their way out. I had a younger brother of mine with me at the time too.
Well, Bull and Jesse were consummate heels and knew how to draw heat like no others. And my brother and I had the misfortune to be standing near some people that did not like them. These people had the poor judgement to throw rocks at Bull and Jesses car. The rocks had the misfortune of hitting their car. Jesse slammed on the brakes and both of them jumped out of the car intent on doing major damage to the folks who had thrown the rocks. Unfortunately, when those people saw Jesse hit the brakes on the car they ran leaving my brother and I standing there. We were actually fans of Jesse and the Bull but due to these unfortunate circumstances it appeared to them that WE were the one who threw the rocks.
Well, it took some fast talking but we explained that the ones they were actually looking for had bailed and ran and that we were FANS of theirs.
They let us go without doing bodily damage to us but an angry Bull Ramos in my face, ready to go to war is something I will never forget! I have not been THAT scared before or since!! .....But we remained fans of Bulls!

Several years ago Dutch posted that Bulls health was
failing and posted a phone number encouraging us to
give Bull a call and wish him well. Well, it took me
about a month to summon the courage to call, but at
last I did. (You have to know that as a kid Bull
scared the daylights out of me. To this day I feel he
was the best heel the PNW EVER had. Buddy Rose was
amazing, but Bull was the next level..... AND I
BELIEVED IT ALL! Hey, I was only eight years old.)
Anyway, back to the call. Bull spent about thirty
minutes on the phone with me and was very gracious and
thanked me for thinking enough of him and his work to
take the time to call. I shared my story of how he
scared me and he laughed and said that it was nice to
know that he did his job well, something he took great
pride in. He spoke fondly of working with Dutch and
the joy they had working for us fans. He was a true
gentleman and was proud to know that he had made such
a big impact on us fans.

I want to thank Dutch for posting that number back
then and giving this fan an opportunity to talk with a
true legend of the northwest. I agree with the
sentiment that the Dutch / Bull feud was one of the
best, if not the best, EVER in the PNW. It's a shame
that those days are gone forever, but the memories in
my head are clear, and take me back to a time when
wrestling was "real". My thoughts go out to the Ramos
family and I wish them strength at this time of
sadness.

Thanks for ALL the priceless memories! ~Cato

Yes I have a Bull Ramos moment to tell...I was working at SEE's Candy in Jantzen Beach in I think 1972 anyway I was still in high school and one Saturday Bull Ramos came up to the counter and I was FROZEN at the sight of how very big Bull was...next to me he was like the empire state building...he ordered of all things...I still remember to this day...one pound of chocolate covered pecans...I served him...he paid and I wanted so badly to ask for his autograph but I was kinda frozen...he started walking away and I remember pulling off my apron...grabbing an order book and following him to Payless Drugs and having him sign the order book..what was so funny was he asked me who was minding the store...my god...I left See's candy with no one there...Bull Ramos said "Head on back little sister before all the candy gets stolen"...anyway,I often think back on that moment with fondness as Bull looked like a monster but he was really sweet...and I do not think it was just the chocolate covered pecans.Marla
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Marla

I'm trying to think of good stories about Bull Ramos from the Portland Wrestling days but it's hard to come up with any observations about his sweet nature outside of the ring--not that I doubt the stories one bit, he really sounds like he was the classic "gentle giant" in his personal life. My only exposure to the Big Bull came when he was on the job, and if there was ever a better heel in pro wrestling I've yet to see him. I can remember just hating his guts when I started watching the matches on Channel 12, and also what a thrill it was to see the big man in person when I started going to the matches at the Portland Sports Arena in about 1974. His matches were always top notch and he sure knew how to whip the crowd into a frenzy.

I do remember seeing him as he walked out after the card was over one night...just strolling through the crowd down the main hallway that led to the font doors. He and Tony Borne had been partners in a tag team match that night and there they were, yukking it up like two old buddies, Bull slapping Borne on the back as they laughed about whatever they were talking about. The funny thing was, I could remember seeing them practically killing each other in TV matches from a year or so before this...and I finally started to realize that, hey, these guys do this for a living, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that their real life personalities aren't anything like their ring personas.

My deepest condolences to his family, there will never be another one like him,
Marc C.
Portland