SouthernBoy
League Member
{{..CUE-UP: Standing Outside The Fire - Garth Brooks..}}
(...We call them cool,
Those hearts who have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane Southern in front of an CSWA backdrop...)
SOUTHERN: " Fer years I was worried ah'bout what people thought of me, I played tha' role I was given ... I never took chances because I didn't wanna' loose what I had. At CSWA FIFTEEN, it's time ta' pull out all tha' stops ... it's time ta' become tha' man I always should have been, it's time ta' BE Shane Southern, not just play him. "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them fools,
Who have to dance within the flames
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting on his Bourbon Street apartment balcony...)
SOUTHERN: " It's quite simple Dan, tha' man you thought you knew ... tha' man you think you've figured out so well ... ain't me. I've finally found mah'self. It took help from people I love ... it took lookin' deep within' mah' soul, but tha' REAL Shane Southern is here. I don't expect you ta' understand ... I don't expect ya' ta' care ... I don't even expect ya' ta' believe me ... but come CSWA FIFTEEN ... come tha' big match, you WILL understand. "
(MUSIC UP)
(But you got to be tough when consumed by desire
Cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting on the back of his pickup truck dressed in camouflage...)
SOUTHERN: " For too long I've watched others be great. I've stood on tha' edge of greatness ... I've tasted it ... I've HUNGERED for it, but I've never feasted. I was always too scared. I never understood what it took ta' be respected, I never understood what it took ta' be a legend. At CSWA FIFTEEN, I'll take mah' final test, ta' see if I'm ready ... ta' see if greatness is something I can swallow ... or if it's just something I spit out and never truly taste. "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting in a hotel room, beer in hand...)
SOUTHERN: " I've always considered mah'self a role-model. But I never truly wanted ta' be. I'm not ah' guy people should model themselves after. I'm weak. I tried to live life as a loner, while at the same time trying ta' be ah father, a husband and an entertainer. I'm wishy-washy. I feel one thing one day, and tha' opposite tha' next. But I realized something ah'bout ah' month ago ... I'm human. I can't live mah' life as a super hero ta' anybody. I've simply gotta' be me ... "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting across a dinning table from a young woman, her back is to the camera ...)
SOUTHERN: " People say that when yer ah' wrestler ... you can't BE anythin' else. For years that's all I was ... but now I have somebody that I want ta' be somethin' different to. I have something ta' fight for outside this sport. N' it's made me not only a better human being ... but a better wrestler. 'Cause now ... mah' mind isn't focused on wrestlin' twenty-four seven. I can take a break from it n' be a normal guy. N' believe it or not, that was ah' missin' ingredient in mah' success. You can be TOO focused on somethin'...n' I was TOO focused on wrestlin'. SO focused that I couldn't see tha' forest for tha' trees. Perhaps that makes no sense ta' anybody ... but it makes sense ta' me. N' that's all that really matters anyway. "
(MUSIC UP)
(There so hell-bent on giving
Walking a wire
Convinced it's not living
If you stand outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane standing alone in a wrestling ring...)
SOUTHERN: " I'm LIVIN' LIFE now. I'm tha' complete package I never could seem ta' be before. It's time ta' step up. THIS is my chance ... I may never get one again. THIS (motions to the ring) is MY domain. It's time fer Shane Southern ta' take tha' next step.
(MUSIC UP)
(Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire
There's this love that is burning
Deep in my soul constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to glide higher and higher
I can't abide standing outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane standing back in front of the CSWA backdrop...)
SOUTHERN: " Dan, you n' me ... it's been a long time comin'. Ever since ya' beat me over in NFW, I've wanted this match ... n' now it's on tha' grandest stage of 'em all. Headlinin' ANNIVERSARY. I don't dislike you Dan. I respect tha' HELL out of ya'. Yer a man that's gone out n' TAKEN what he's wanted. Yer tha' CSWA WORLD Champion, n' that's somethin' only a few handfuls ah' people can say they've done. But until you BEAT me, until you take me to mah' limit fer that belt ... you can't say you've done it all. Can you do it ALL Dan? CAN you beat me? You've done it before ... but this time ... "
" It means so much more. "
" It's time ta' step inside tha' fire Dan. "
((MUSIC UP)
(Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried it is just merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire....)
SOUTHERN V/O: " Party's Over. "
{{...FADE OUT...}}
(...We call them cool,
Those hearts who have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane Southern in front of an CSWA backdrop...)
SOUTHERN: " Fer years I was worried ah'bout what people thought of me, I played tha' role I was given ... I never took chances because I didn't wanna' loose what I had. At CSWA FIFTEEN, it's time ta' pull out all tha' stops ... it's time ta' become tha' man I always should have been, it's time ta' BE Shane Southern, not just play him. "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them fools,
Who have to dance within the flames
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting on his Bourbon Street apartment balcony...)
SOUTHERN: " It's quite simple Dan, tha' man you thought you knew ... tha' man you think you've figured out so well ... ain't me. I've finally found mah'self. It took help from people I love ... it took lookin' deep within' mah' soul, but tha' REAL Shane Southern is here. I don't expect you ta' understand ... I don't expect ya' ta' care ... I don't even expect ya' ta' believe me ... but come CSWA FIFTEEN ... come tha' big match, you WILL understand. "
(MUSIC UP)
(But you got to be tough when consumed by desire
Cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting on the back of his pickup truck dressed in camouflage...)
SOUTHERN: " For too long I've watched others be great. I've stood on tha' edge of greatness ... I've tasted it ... I've HUNGERED for it, but I've never feasted. I was always too scared. I never understood what it took ta' be respected, I never understood what it took ta' be a legend. At CSWA FIFTEEN, I'll take mah' final test, ta' see if I'm ready ... ta' see if greatness is something I can swallow ... or if it's just something I spit out and never truly taste. "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting in a hotel room, beer in hand...)
SOUTHERN: " I've always considered mah'self a role-model. But I never truly wanted ta' be. I'm not ah' guy people should model themselves after. I'm weak. I tried to live life as a loner, while at the same time trying ta' be ah father, a husband and an entertainer. I'm wishy-washy. I feel one thing one day, and tha' opposite tha' next. But I realized something ah'bout ah' month ago ... I'm human. I can't live mah' life as a super hero ta' anybody. I've simply gotta' be me ... "
(MUSIC UP)
(We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane sitting across a dinning table from a young woman, her back is to the camera ...)
SOUTHERN: " People say that when yer ah' wrestler ... you can't BE anythin' else. For years that's all I was ... but now I have somebody that I want ta' be somethin' different to. I have something ta' fight for outside this sport. N' it's made me not only a better human being ... but a better wrestler. 'Cause now ... mah' mind isn't focused on wrestlin' twenty-four seven. I can take a break from it n' be a normal guy. N' believe it or not, that was ah' missin' ingredient in mah' success. You can be TOO focused on somethin'...n' I was TOO focused on wrestlin'. SO focused that I couldn't see tha' forest for tha' trees. Perhaps that makes no sense ta' anybody ... but it makes sense ta' me. N' that's all that really matters anyway. "
(MUSIC UP)
(There so hell-bent on giving
Walking a wire
Convinced it's not living
If you stand outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane standing alone in a wrestling ring...)
SOUTHERN: " I'm LIVIN' LIFE now. I'm tha' complete package I never could seem ta' be before. It's time ta' step up. THIS is my chance ... I may never get one again. THIS (motions to the ring) is MY domain. It's time fer Shane Southern ta' take tha' next step.
(MUSIC UP)
(Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire
There's this love that is burning
Deep in my soul constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to glide higher and higher
I can't abide standing outside the fire...)
(MUSIC FADE...CUT-TO: Shane standing back in front of the CSWA backdrop...)
SOUTHERN: " Dan, you n' me ... it's been a long time comin'. Ever since ya' beat me over in NFW, I've wanted this match ... n' now it's on tha' grandest stage of 'em all. Headlinin' ANNIVERSARY. I don't dislike you Dan. I respect tha' HELL out of ya'. Yer a man that's gone out n' TAKEN what he's wanted. Yer tha' CSWA WORLD Champion, n' that's somethin' only a few handfuls ah' people can say they've done. But until you BEAT me, until you take me to mah' limit fer that belt ... you can't say you've done it all. Can you do it ALL Dan? CAN you beat me? You've done it before ... but this time ... "
" It means so much more. "
" It's time ta' step inside tha' fire Dan. "
((MUSIC UP)
(Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried it is just merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire....)
SOUTHERN V/O: " Party's Over. "
{{...FADE OUT...}}