Bring on the rain

[SouthernBoy]

Into every man's life, a little rain must fall. Why, then, do the thunderstorms always hang over MY head?

Tomorrow’s another day
And I’m thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain



{{...FADE-IN: Shane Southern is standing in front of an CSWA backdrop. He's shirtless, his long brown hair, wet and tangled, is hanging on his shoulders. Faded jeans and cowboy boots are hit only attire...}}

SHANE SOUTHERN: " So there ya' have it. ... Pinned in tha' middle of tha' ring, fair n' square, by Dan Ryan at Anniversary. In quite possibly one of tha' best WRESTLED matches in tha' histery of Anniversary, tha' EGO BUSTER n' tha' SOUTHERN BOY went toe ta' toe, n' by a HAIR, Dan gets tha' win. Once again, Shane Southern can't get tha' final NAIL hammered, once again, Shane Southern can't take tha' "next" step. "

" Does anybody care anymore? "

" Ya' see fer MONTHS now ... match after match ... I've wrestled mah' ASS off. I've put on SHOW after SHOW after SHOW fer everybody ... n' it just don't matter. "New blood" is rollin' in ... n' mah time here may just be comin' to n' end if I don't do somethin' ta' right tha' ship. But I'll be DAMNED if I know what that is. "

" I mean, do I loose mah' mind like Mark Windam? Do I try ta' knock tha' KING off his EXTREME pedestal? Do I search within' my soul fer "redemption"? Do I talk until my mouth falls off ah'bout bein' SCREWED by tha' CSWA? "

(Southern shakes his head)

" Nah ... that ain't me. I'm justa' wrestler. I'm justa' guy that comes after ya' day after day. You think I'm gonna' quit just 'cause I lost ta' Dan Ryan? You think I'm just gonna' GIVE UP 'cause things ain't goin' MY way? "

" Hell no. "

" I don't expect a re-match for tha' WORLD title. ... so Eddy, you do what you gotta' do ta' get yer shot. Hell, I think you deserve it. If anything, it'll shut yer ass up for a few seconds while Dan pounds yer skull in. No, I expect ta' work my way back up. I expect ta' CREATE mah' OWN path BACK to tha' WORLD title. "

" I didn't quit when Hornet beat me tha' first time. I didn't quit when tha' Professionals cut mah' hair. I didn't quit when Tom Adler took mah' US title. I didn't quit when I lost tha' battle royal ta' Ryan, I didn't quit. I'll NEVER quit. N' WHEN I get there again, it's gonna' be tha' SAME Shane Southern. It's gonna' be tha' SAME wrestler, tha' SAME MAN that's had tha' opportunity twice before. "

" N' if I fail again ... I'll keep comin'. I'll keep comin' until either I can't walk anymore, or they FORCE me out. "

" Until then boys n' girls ... if anybody's feelin' froggy ... "

" Just jump. "

" Party's Over. "

{{...FADE OUT...}}

 

[DBrunkGXW]

"Ain't goin' down til....."




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FADE IN....

DAN RYAN up against a solid cinderblock wall, leaning back arms crossed - the CSWA World title strapped around his waist, sunglasses drawn.

Ryan: "It's as simple as that, Shane."

"It's as simple as refusing to give in and refusing to be pushed aside no matter how long it takes."

"You lost the fight this time, but at least you were in it. In fact, not only were you in it....you were a last second realization that I needed to get that shoulder up from winning the World Title. Or, in the very least.....from a draw."

"You did enough to pin just about any man in this business. You know that and I know that."

"I also know that although your shoulders were counted down, it was a defensive move on my part that gained me the win and not a devastating finish of my own doing."

"Ring generalship won the day this time, Shane. Nothing more, nothing less."

"Who is the superior athlete I wonder? For this day, it was me."

"But you haven't let that fact dissuade you I see."

"Good."

"I think nothing would disappoint me more than seeing you give up after your big shot."

"Nothing would be quite so upsetting as seeing you turn away from who you are and sell yourself in order to be what you want to be."

"Apparently, the ends would not justify the means for you and that's an honorable trait."

"Faithful to self to the last all of a sudden."

Smile...

"I've given you a lot of grief over what I have perceived to be a lack of character - your wavering in your beliefs. It was all something that was very evident to me at the time, and proven true when you reversed course and returned to what made you the elite performer that you are in the first place."

"But it's that killer instinct...."

"It's that killer instinct that you tried so hard to project leading up to this match, that's truly still missing."

"It can still be attained, Shane."

"You can still be what you want to be, and still remain who you want to be."

"All too many people confuse hard nosed determination and a do whatever it takes attitude with a lack of honor.....a lack of ethics....a lack of morality."

"I say they don't have to go hand in hand, Shane."

"I don't consider myself lacking in honor, ethics or morality but at times others believe otherwise."

"Tell me Shane....is it selling out to take advantage of every opportunity?"

"Does it compromise your legacy to see a man down on the canvas and go for the kill without regard for his personal well-being?"

"Where is the shade of gray that you're willing to delve into, Shane?"

"Or is it simply black and white for you?"

"What is it that gave me the instinct to pop a shoulder up and remain World Champion, Shane?"

"I'm not so sure I can put a precise finger on it, but I do know that there's a developed sense of survival and of knowing when your back is up against a wall that I've learned to trust."

"But you have to be willing to do whatever it takes before you can ever get near to that point in your life."

"When your first instinct is to drop someone on their neck on the concrete as soon as you see a mat pulled away....that's when you'll be on your way."

"You and I....we're not so different."

"In all of the ways that matter, we're much the same."

"We both have a driving desire to win."

"We both have the type of skill in the ring that men would die to possess....we have it naturally....and have further developed it through unending hard work."

"Family issues have derailed us both at times...."

"So before our paths lead us too far apart, think about something...."

"Are you so sure that when we face the next time....that you want to still be the same man?"

"Discover your weakness, Shane....and you discover the key to everything you've longed for."

"Embrace it....and you become more of a man than you could ever dream to be."

"Overcome it......"

"Overcome it.....and all of the questions will answer themselves...."

FADE OUT....

 

[EastPrez]

Wipe On, Wipe Off

(FADEIN: To a Camel-smoking 'Hot Property' EDDIE MAYFIELD, standing in front of a CHIPOTLE restaurant, with a plastic sack in one hand, the other keeping place the CSWA PRESIDENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIP belt on his shoulder. MAYFIELD is wearing running pants, Stan Smith Adidas and a black t-shirt with a retro image of a Space Invaders alien on it in yellow.)

MAYFIELD: (Talking while the cigarette bounces around on his lip) "Yunno what, Dan? You were killing me with that Sensei crap you just spewed to Shane Southern over how he couldn't get the job done at ANNIVERSARY. Oh Boo-Hoo, and all that - yeah life sucks, go to Chipotle and get you a Chicken with the works about it, but DAMN. I gotta sit here and listen to you cheerlead that guy and give him more advice then a Dr. Phil show on fast-forward.

But yunno what? That's cool. As, what did Casper say? "Oh, hyuk, yoo cn' giv' ah shat to Eddeh an' you cn' pound onnis' skull" Well that's great, Shane, as stupid people who try to believe they're smart, attempt to be clever - Shane's ego can't allow him to just realize he ain't good enough to get it done - so with that thinking, EYE, heh - Hot Property, YOUR PRESIDENT - AND YOU CALL ME SIR, GOD-D[BLEEEP!] it! Eddie Mayfield can't POSSIBLY beat Dan Ryan if he can't. That's great dood. Just peaches. You see, I'm not gonna spend all of my air talking about Shane Southern because it's not worth my time. What IS, is what I'm gonna do at PRIME TIME, so... yunno, Dan, you may just wanna pay attention. Just as a little heads-up, between friends? (Smirks and exhales smoke out of his nose like a dragon) OK then. Carry on. I'm gonna go home and put a hurt on this burritto, if you don't mind."

(FADEOUT as MAYFIELD inspects the bag and smiles!)

 

[DBrunkGXW]

"Some people never learn...."



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FADE IN

Inside of a limo.

DAN RYAN fills the screen, CSWA WORLD TITLE draped over one shoulder.

In the background this and that passes by through the window, but we're listenin' to the champ.

Ryan:(Smiling) "You know what's ironic about what you said, ya know....."

"You actually don't have to sit there and listen to me pep talk Shane Southern. But I am impressed at the way they've chosen to pipe my promos into the local Burrito joint."

"Hell, you're the big legendary talker but I haven't seen you on the tube in Chipotle lately."

"Although, the moment they do you can damn well guarantee I'll be right there basking in a one thousand calorie burrito and listening to the post-ITV Eddie Mayfield spin his thugonomics game like no one else."

"And odd place to be checking out a promo though, don't you think?"

"On a complete tangent to the entertainment value of the warm fuzzy feeling that only Mexican food and wrestling promos can provide is of course your implication that you....oh I don't know....might show up around my time to perform at Primetime?"

"How I managed to cipher that tidbit from ya is beyond me."

"Come off it, Eddie."

"What am I, the little retarded McJobs kid you bought the happy meal from the other day?"

"Don't you think I'm on full Eddie Mayfield alert now that you're movin' on up to East Side, you've shed those pesky Bunkers off your ass and now you're reachin' for that piece of the pie?"

"I'm always ready for what may or may not take place when I go into the ring there, George. That's why I am where I am."

"What you may choose to recall is that every time you've hatched one of your little funtime moments out on us all, I've been right there more than happy to jack your partner, jack your bodyguard and if need be....you."

"Trust me, Eddie...."

"I always pay attention."

"Whatever you think this little post-Intruders singles run is gonna get you....don't forget who you're f**kin' with."

"Oh...and just a little heads up....between friends....."

"Be careful....sometimes those burritos can put on a hell of a hurt of their own...."

Smirk.....

FADE OUT

 

[EastPrez]

Here Comes the Pain

(FADEIN: To 'Hot Property' EDDIE MAYFIELD, standing in front of a black backdrop, no logo. MAYFIELD is wearing the same thing he had on earlier, but now has on a Fisherman's hat, and is smirking at the camera, like he knows the answer to something that we don't.)

MAYFIELD: "Yo Dan, listen man - you GOTTA stop taking yourself so seriously. They weren't piping your promos into the Chipotle - I watched that garbage BEFORE I left the house. I just got finished with a session of Metal Gear Twin Snakes when I turned off the 'Cube to change games, and I saw your little Mr. Miyagi moment. I got bored. SO bored, I got up and went to get some lunch. So THPPPPBT. (Smirks)

So ok, you think you have the drop on me? Well, ok, yeah, you did come and... (Blinking back tears) you... RUINED MY BIRTHDAY PARTY ON ITV A FEW MONTHS AGO - I didn't forget, and Mike McGee keeps telling me to send you his drycleaning bill after you Powerbombed his dumb ass through a cake. (Laughs to himself) that WAS kinda funny. Too bad it wasn't me, huh? And oh yeah, you locked me in a closet and you and your butt-buddies tried to break my leg. Eh. (Waves hand in a 'so-so' gesture) I've done better, but I'll give you an A for effort, Ryan. You don't have to fear me, dood - I've never come out here and said that I could rip a phone book in half, or run 4 miles barefoot through soft sand, so I don't expect you to run and hide. What you WILL do, is get dropped on your f[BLEEEP!] head or worse, when I feel the time is appropriate. I got enough petrol in the tank to do that, AND to come through in the clutch like Degree Antiperspirant, where So-So Shane Southern sputtered out.

You think you're ready for me? HA. You don't know the half, Ryan. Enjoy it while it lasts."

(FADEOUT)

 

[SouthernBoy]

{{...FADE-IN: Shane Southern stands in front of a CSWA backdrop...}}

SHANE SOUTHERN: " Ya' know Dan, I've been given that exact same speech a few times ba'fore ... from managers, ta' family, ta' even tellin' MAH'SELF that's what needs ta' be done. "Shane, you need that 'killer instinct'". It's advice that I've TRIED ta' heed over tha' last few months. In tha' NFW ... I've TRIED ta' make mah' stand ... but here, it's different. Regardless of if it's true or not ... tha' CSWA is considered, by most, tha' pinnacle of this sport. I wanted ta' succeed here, on mah' own, on mah' ABILITY ... n' not have ta' resort to tha' KILLER instinct."

" But just as tha' NFW ... I've now come ta' realize that ability ALONE, ain't enough anymore. Yer right, you DO need that edge, you DO need that little thing in tha' back of yer mind that FORCES you ta' go tha' extra step. You need ta' have ... that killer instinct. You need ta' be RUTHLESS, you need ta' be BRUTAL, you HAVE ta' do it. Or you'll never be successful. "

" For me, however, being brutal n' ruthless is just not part of mah' nature. It goes against how I was raised. Growing up, most people are taught that such traits are a bad thing ... I was too. And that is true-most of tha' time. ... but not in this sport. When it comes ta' bein' a TOP NOTCH wrestler, being ruthless and brutal is a necessity. I realize, that right now, I probably lack tha' emotional fortitude required ta' slip in and out of this dangerous state of mind. Yet tha' ability ta' control a killer instinct and use it only when absolutely necessary is vital ... "

" So Dan, I'm embarkin' on that journey ... I don't know WHEN I'll get there, but I know that I WILL get there ... and yer right Dan ... it won't be tha' SAME ol' Shane Southern, it may be ah' man that nobody wants ta' see ... it might be ah man that I don't want ta' be ... n' Dan ... it also might be ah' man that FINALLY takes that belt from ah'round yer waist. "

" Until that time ... good luck ta' you ... "

" I'll be watchin' "

" Party's Over. "

{{...FADE OUT...}}