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Boss Proves Posse Are No Posers

Posted: May 29th 2009 By: CMBurnham

Respect has always come hard for Boss Campbell. For much of his career in ComPro, he's been seen as the "other" manager, the goofball, the guy who just can't get it done. Even with an assemblage of talent like Shane Morbid, Cast-Iron Cothern & Cold Blooded Chris, Boss always had to overcome inner turmoil and squabbling to get his men to victory.

Perhaps now is the time that Boss gets respect, as he has put together a larger and more diverse group which he calls the Popped Collar Posse. Organised on March 14 for an tag team elimination match against a group led by Tyson Armstrong, Boss maintained a secret association with them, only revealing himself as the match drew to a close and his appearance was enough of a distraction to cost Tyson's team the match.

It took a couple of weeks, but Boss slowly began to turn his motley group of charges into something the fans took seriously. His first step was the reinstitute the Body Slam Challenge for C. B. C. to contend in. Boss even went so far as to crush several children't dreams when he paid someone to dress in a Easter Bunny costume and get bodyslammed. Next, Boss turned his attention to the rookie of the team, Goldeneye. Goldeneye's reputation was severely damaged earlier in the year when he lost 6 matches in one night to TAP Champion The Canadian Red Devil. Boss led Goldeneye to victory over the Devil and Das Karnage in a Triple Threat Match, then two week's later, guided the masked man to the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Title with a win over Jake McCoy.

And then there was his tag team of Michael York & Brett Taylor, known collectively as Crazy Beautiful. York's talent was oftened questioned and Taylor's size seemed to limit him to the Light Heavyweight ranks. But on May 9, they did the unthinkable when they defeated The Saints of Twilight and ComPro Tag Team Champions Team SuperBad in a Triple Threat Match to win the titles. This gave Boss control over two of the championships in the company and immediately people were forced to take notice.

The problem with this is that Boss is never satisfied with what he's done. He always wants credit for the things he hasn't accomplished. Part of the reason that his team won the tag team titles is because Justin Lee injured himself performing a high-risk move and had to be helped to the back. That left El Super Colibri on his own against two other teams and the odds just weren't there for him to retain. The next week, as Goldeneye faced El Super Colibri, Boss announced to the crowd that he had put Justin Lee out of wrestling, doing what "Shane Morbid, Rocco Valentino & Cast-Iron Cothern couldn't." And even after defeating Colibri (due to distraction by Boss which allowed Brett Taylor to double team Colibri with Goldeneye), he then participated in a 3-on-1 post match beat down until Sensei Bolo came to Colibri's rescue.

And so the rumours began to spread. Was it true? Was Justin out of wrestling?: A couple of days before the May 23 show, Justin posted on the ComPro message board that he had a major announcement at the beginning of the show. And when that show opened, Justin came out with his boots in his hands. Justin addressed the crowd and ran down his achievements. He had won the OPW Oklahoma Light Heavyweight Title from Dexter Hardaway on his 18th birthday in his first match. He had gone on to win X Division Titles in several federations, as well as tag team titles. He'd been a member of the Compound Varsity. But there had been some changes recently and he had a big announcement to make.

Before that announcement came, Boss Campbell erupted from the curtain and demanded to know if it was true that Justin was retiring. Justin told him to go away, but Boss was persistant, saying he would take all the glory for taking out Justin's knee. As far as he was concerned, Justin was done. Justin's temper began to flare as he confronted the portly manager, saying that he was tired of people taking credit for taking him out. He was quitting on his own terms. Boss demanded that Justin admit that he was quitting because of what Boss did and turned to the crowd to further his point. When he turned back, he received a face full of Justin's foot, courtesy of a superkick and was laid out in the middle of the ring. Justin then saluted the crowd and told them it's been an honour.

Justin's apparent retirement has effects that reach outside ComPro. He was scheduled as one of the five participants in the Ladder Match to crown the first Max Division Champion in MWA on June 6. At this point, no replacement for him has been announced, although it is possible that he will still compete in that match to fulfill contractual obligations. As for Boss, even though he has taken credit for putting Justin out and controlling half the titles in ComPro, that's not enough. Although his hopes of putting the newly created ComPro Showtime Title under his control have been dashed with both C. B. C. and Goldeneye being eliminated, he still has dreams for the Heavyweight Title. C. B. C. publicly challenged his former Violence Alliance partner, ComPro Champion Draven Cross, for the title. If Boss could gain control of it, there would be no doubts that he would be recognised as the Manager of the Year in ComPro.

But it's also certain that Boss would want more.

Tags: Boss Campbell, Shane Morbid, Cast-Iron Cothern, Cold Blooded Chris, Popped Collar Posse, Tyson Armstrong, ComPro, C. B. C, Goldeneye, TAP, Canadian Red Devil, Das Karnage, Jake McCoy, Michael York, Brett Taylor, Crazy Beautiful, Saints of Twilight, Team S