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Shots Fired! Cowboy & Saints Wage Brutal War For Control Of MSWA

Posted: Aug 8th 2014 By: Michael Hunt

One month ago a decision had to be made. That decision was made. And since then, the Roc-N-Roll Cowboy has made it clear to anyone that will listen, especially MSWA commissioner C. M. Burnham and MSWA owner Bad Boy that it was the wrong decision.

Cowboy wanted to be commissioner. He believed his experience and knowledge could help guide MSWA into the next era. Or at least that is what he said. It appears that he had already formed an alliance with several other wrestlers, putting together a group known as the Saints of Pro Wrestling. But when Bad Boy chose Burnham over Cowboy, that group became a hit squad and Cowboy promised to make the lives of both Burnham and Bad Boy miserable.

On July 13, Cowboy and the Saints confronted Burnham and made some demands. Specifically, the Syndicate questioned how much longer MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The K. C. Wolves were going to be allowed to hold on to those titles without defending them. Cowboy also demanded that Brandon Barricade by given a match on the show. Burnham could not answer the first issue directly, but did acquiesce to the match for Barricade, who served as an opponent for len Steel. At the end of the show, the Saints arrived again following a victory by Spike over Nathan Estrada. Cowboy called Burnham out and said that because it was his first day on the job and because he had done some of what they wanted, the Saints were willing to give him a pass. He then lead his men out of the building through the front entrance, a clear signal to any watching that the Saints were not willing to play by the rules of Burnham or anyone else in care.

The next time the Saints were seen, they would be coming back in through the front entrance. But they were not coming in alone. Instead, on July 27th, they came in dragging Spike with them and threw him in the ring to join the fallen members of the New York Express, who had been annihilated by Warhammer. The Saints proceeded to deliver more punishment to all three fallen combatants as Cowboy continuously called out Burnham. When Burnham arrived, things immediately bean to escalate. Burnham addressed Cowboy, first politely, then intensely, then calling him Michael James and finally addressing him as Mr. Russel (his real last name). Cowboy immediately turned that around and called Burnham Chris (his real first name) and it became apparent to everyone that this issue was way more personal than anyone could imagine. Again, the Syndicate demanded that the issue pertaining to the Tag Team Championship be resolved, but Cowboy wanted to address another title situation. At the previous show, a Triple Threat Match had been set up for the vacant MSWA Oklahoma Title between Kenneth K. Kenneth, Buster Cherry and Spike. Cowboy offered to back his men off and allow the show to continue so as not to threaten that title opportunity and even went so far as to say that in the Triple Treat Match, only Brandon Barricade would be at ringside with Buster. It was a hollow offering as the damage to Spike was already apparent: Shoulder and rib injuries (and, unbeknownst to him until after the show, a concussion). But it allowed the show to continue and the Saints departed from the destruction they had caused.

Cowboy had promised that the Saints would not interfere in the Triple Threat, but said nothing about other matches. For instance, Tyson Jaymes had a Lumberjack Strap Match against len Steel and the Saints were one entire side of the lumberjacks. Under normal conditions, this type of match would be difficult to control, but under these conditions, even with special referee Nathan Estrada handpicked by Burnham, the Saints were still able to take advantage of a physical altercation with the referee to jump in the ring and beat down Steel gang-style, which allowed Tyson to pick up a victory.

And then it was time for the main event, but it did not look like the fans were going to get what was advertised. After intermission, Burnham came out to tell the crowd that and inform them that the injuries suffered by Spike were too severe and he was not going to be medically cleared by the doctor on site to compete in the match. Burnham promised that Spike would receive the first title opportunity at the next show he could compete in against the eventual winner, but at this point, it would just be a 1-on-1 match between Kenneth and Cherry. And even with that situation, referee Nathan Estrada still attempted to make it a fair situation by ejecting Buster Cherry from ringside. A couple of minutes after the match began, Spike came through the curtain, clutching his shoulder, but also with papers in his hands. He was followed by his valet Misty Lynn and then Burnham came running after him, begging him to reconsider and think about his future career, but Spike was insistent. He had convinced the doctors that he WAS able to compete and after seeing the look in his eyes, Burnham allowed him to participate under his own recognisance. Throughout the match, the bandages on the upper torso area of Spike made it a target for both Cherry and Kenneth, but the heart and determination of Spike never gave up. After throwing Cherry from the ring, Spike was able to pin Kenneth to capture the first singles title of his career.

And then the Saints arrived to spoil the party.

As Spike was celebrating the win, the Saints came to the ring and bean laying waste to everyone. First Spike, then Kenneth, then, in a despicable display, they even lowered the boom on Misty Lynn. Burnham sent multiple members of the locker room out to try and stop the carnage and madness, but no matter who was sent, the Saints just put them down in the middle of the ring.

With so many bodies laying in the ring that it looked like the end of a Shakespearean tragedy, Cowboy told Burnham that this was what would continue to happen each and every show. He told Burnham to call everyone he knows in Oklahoma wrestling because he was going to need them all to show up if there was any hope of him keeping control of thins. Once again, the Saints departed. And after they left, Burnham took the microphone and said that Cowboy needed to be careful what he wished for. He knew people up north and he knew people down south. With that statement, Burnham made it clear that he was not going to wage war against Cowboy unprepared. Cowboy may have more in-ring experience, but there is probably no one in the entire state with more connections to wrestlers than C. M. Burnham. Roc-N-Roll Cowboy may have made the first tiny error in his war for control and that error could potentially prove to be his downfall.