The Cowpoke (RLS CAS)

Jordan Hamer (born 13th May 1988 in Dallas, Texas) is an British-American professional wrestler and booker, and is a founder of UNION Wrestling, where he performs under his Cowpoke gimmick and is the current Head of Men's Division Creative.
He is the son of UNION's Director of Wrestling Eddie Hamer, and brother to semi-retired wrestler and current trainer Sean Hamer, current Exhibition Wrestling: Canada performer Caroline "Kara Hammer" Hamer and current Wrestling upLOUD! talent Edward Hamer, Jr..
== Career==
===Eddie Hamer Presents: Pro Wrestling (2005-2011)===
Having been trained by his brother Sean and godfather's son Jimmy Arson, Hamer would debut on his father's EHP Pro Wrestling promotion in 2005 as Joe Hammer, a jobber mainly utilised in pre-show or curtain opening matches.
He'd form a tag-team in 2006 with Sean, The Cowpokes, altering his name to Cowpoke Joe alongside his brother as Cowpoke Sam.1 They'd dominate the tag team division for the next few years, feuding with the Kennedy Bros., ConneXion and The Pact. They would hold the EHP Tag Team Championships seven times between 2007 and 2011, when they'd both commit full-time to Exhibition Wrestling: Canada.
===Exhibition Wrestling: Canada (2010-2014)===
The Cowpokes debuted in EW: Canada in March 2010, and feuded with The Deck (at various stages consisting of Mikey Ace, Mayhem and/or The Maverick, and occasionally Sehova) on-and-off for much of their duration with the promotion, winning the Canadian Tag Team Championships on three occasions between 2010 and 2012. Cowpoke Sam would- while Joe was injured- win the EW: Hardcore Championship, which teased the beginnings of a feud between the two.
The Cowpokes would implode at Count Your Blessings 2013 in December, after losing to The Wunderkinds for the vacant Canadian Tag Team Championships. Sam would attack Joe, and over the next few months assert that he was "The Ultimate Cowpoke". In February 2014, Joe would defeat the Ultimate Cowpoke by pin-fall before grabbing the mic and telling his brother; "You can keep the name, 'Ultimate' Cowpoke... I don't need to lie about who I am.". He'd leave the promotion after this.
===British Wrestling Federation (2010-2013)===
While still signed to EW: Canada, Hamer would wrestle on-and-off for BWF as The Cowpoke (due to Sean not making the trips over with him). He'd notably be screwed out of the BWF Championship by a heel-turning Mikey Ace (as Mike Fantastic) during a cage match against Rafe Daniels, eventually gaining the belt from Fantastic in early-2012 as revenge.
===Japan MIGHTY! Wrestling (2013-2014)===
The Cowpokes would tour Japan with JMW in mid-2013, prior to their breakup, against the wishes of Exhibition Wrestling due to having their own promotion in the country (something which motivated his 2014 departure from the company). They'd feud primarily with Hayatora Komada and Tetsuyuki, while Joe would enter the Fight For MIGHT! Tournament 2, losing to Komada in the first round.
After leaving EW, in 2014, and now going by the name The Cowpoke, he'd return to JMW as a sometimes English language commentator, sometimes wrestler who'd again feud with Tetsuyuki.
=== UNION Wrestling (2015-present)===
In early-2015, Jordan approached his father about potentially founding a promotion in the UK, eventually forming a consortium- himself, his father, godfather Bill Arson, businessman and former wrestler Paul Vega (who were both largely uninvolved until early 2016) and fellow pro wrestler Mikey Ace- to take over certain former-BWF assets and found what would be initially called Pro Wrestling Underground, then Union, then UNION Wrestling. Hamer would, as well as being active on the roster, lead creative for the men's division.
He'd be semi-regular during the touring phase, and debuted on programming in November 2016, defeating Mayhem by submission on Live From The UNION. He'd be placed into the tourney to crown the first Brawl Champion, losing in the first round to Bangura. Creative would take up much of his time over the coming months, though he would notably take part in the PWU Money in the Bank 2017 MITB Ladder match, though he'd ultimately lose out to Virgil Baker.
Despite teasing a feud with Sinyster, in July 2017 he'd instead embark on a bitter rivalry with World Champion Broderick, who'd taken his father out and forced him to give up the General Managership of the promotion. At Open Challenge 2017, he'd lose to Broderick for the title, failing to get revenge for his father, and being brutally injured by the Real Canadian Destroyer.
He'd return in October 2017 for the debut of the second season, being defeated by Darius on the first episode of UNION Wrestling Live, though this would be his only appearance as injuries took their toll on him. He confirmed in November 2018 that he'd be semi-retiring, focussing on booking. When the promotion was forced to downsize, and return to it's touring roots, he'd become fully active again, usually feuding with local talent and ending matches with a combination of his Cattle Prod and Cattle Mutilation finishers. 
Hamer would begin a new training regime during the COVID-19 pandemic, returning to active competition in November 2021 noticeably more fit. He'd team with Matsuda, as he had done on some of the older tours, against Invicta, losing to them at the Return show and Touchdown '22.
==In-Wrestling==
===Signatures===
Lawn Dart 1
Single Arm Back Body Drop 3
===Finishers===
Cattle Mutilation 1
Cattle Prod (Running Sit-Out Clothesline)
===Nicknames===
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==Accomplishments==
EHP Tag Team Championships (with Cowpoke Sam as The Cowpokes, x7, between 2007-2011)
Exhibition Wrestling Canadian Tag Team Championships (with Cowpoke Sam as The Cowpokes, x3, between 2010-2012)
BWF Championship (2012)
==Trivia==
*Despite portraying a Texan for almost the entirety of his career, Hamer was actually born in Blackpool and has an English mother, with his natural accent being closer to a Lancashire one.2
*His father reportedly hates the "Cowpoke" name, disapproving of his sons taking the name for their team and eventually using it for their feud, and Jordan continuing to use it singularly in the years following that.3
==Behind-the-Scenes==
#There was an old, text-based wrestling game that was free to download and play, years ago, where you could create completely random wrestlers and have the game name them. It loved calling the creations some variation of "Cowpoke", and it's stuck with me ever since.
#This is just narrative fluff.
#At some point along the line, a random thing I decided about Eddie's personality would be that he had a dislike for largely character-based, more out-there gimmicks.
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