*Editors Note: DoctorOhno and Jack_The_Ripper would like to thoroughly thank you for the support you've shown over the past three months. We’ve both put many hours of work into this series and are proud of what we have accomplished. Also, we are very excited to announce that we have a brand new series in the works. More information will be available for that in the coming days. Without further ado, please enjoy the final installment of “A Tale of Two Adversaries: AJ Lee vs. Paige”.
Episode Four: "A House Collapsed"
The Divas Champion, AJ Lee, and Paige look to end their rivalry at the biggest show of the summer, SummerSlam. Paige broke away from her “frenemy” status with the champion three weeks ago when she deceived her via a savage beatdown. AJ did get a small glimpse of redemption the following week by depantsing the first ever “Paul Heyman Girl”. However, with Paige’s victory in the “Beat the Clock Challenge” last week, she chose to take on AJ Lee in a Bra and Panties match for the Divas Championship. Paige has the opportunity to earn back her title while AJ Lee strives to maintain her spot on top and put the “Anti-Diva” to rest.
Michael Cole: Welcome back to SummerSlam! We are live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California! Up next, we have what’s guaranteed to be a high intensity matchup between two of WWE's premiere Divas.
Jerry Lawler: Not to mention this is going to be the first Bra and Panties match in seven long years! I can barely wait!
CFO$ performs Paige’s entrance music, live and in person for the members of the WWE Universe in attendance. They play the birthday girl to the ring as she soaks in her less than stellar ovation. Paige comes from the back in a new pair of red wrestling bottoms and a black shirt with the phrase, “Paul Heyman Girl”, plastered over the chest in white text. Her egotistical mannerism permeates confidence as she makes her way down the ramp and to the ring, closely followed by her advocate, Paul Heyman. Paige screams at the top of the apron and bends slowly into the ring. She makes her way to the corner where she stands in preparation, smiling back at Heyman who claps in approval.
The largest ovation of the night comes when AJ Lee arrives onto the stage with the sound of her entrance music in the background. AJ is clad in black and blue two-tone shorts and a silver “Ice Cold” top. Around her waist is her beloved possession, the WWE Divas Championship. She skips down to the ring, ignoring the mockery that comes from Paige and Heyman. Upon her entrance to the squared circle, she asks for a microphone from the time keeper.
Before she can even begin to speak, Heyman takes his microphone and beats her to the punch.
“Ladies and gentleman, my name is Paul Heyman. I became the one behind the one in twenty-one and one when my client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Undertaker’s undefeated streak at Wrestlemania! Certain members of the WWE Universe draw comparisons between Paige and the so-called "Deadman" but that could not be further from the truth. You see, twenty-two will go down in history, not as the number of consecutive wins the Undertaker failed to accomplish at Wrestlemania, but as the age Paige will win her second WWE Divas Championship. She will have her hands raised to the heavens as one thing: a winner. The seventeenth of August will be the day that one birthday celebration leads to another's ultimate demise. AJ Lee will join her husband in the unemployment line when she quits World Wrestling Entertainment in front of an international television audience, half-naked in her underwear. If you are not a fan of spoilers, this is not the match for you." says the founder of ECW.
The reigning title holder takes in the cold words of Paul Heyman. She spends a moment staring down the inaugural NXT Women's Champion while gathering her thoughts and preparing for the upcoming match. She is doing her best to refrain from an uncontrollable burst of rage as her anger builds up internally.
“This championship means everything in the world to me.” AJ states while propping the pink Divas Championship over her shoulder. “I have worked my whole life to get to where I am today. This is my baby and it belongs to me. If I can make the WWE Universe one guarantee, it is that I will be walking out of here with this belt around my waist. Our problems have become a battle of pride and I'll be damned if you take that away from me. I have brought the Divas Division to unprecedented heights and I will not leave with my efforts in vain. I just hope that your bra and panties are enough to hide your embarrassment."
The Staples Center cheers wildly for the WWE Divas Champion. On the other hand, Paige yells in vexation and swats the microphone right out of AJ’s hands and then shoves her with force, causing the women to stumble backwards. The referee quickly gets between the two and separates them back into opposing corners of the ring. The three sounds of the bell go off, signifying the start of what has already turned into a war.
The two noted Divas stand in their respective corners of the ring, staring each other up and scouting their every movement. This contest means much more than a win to both Divas; it is a battle for integrity, pride, and championship gold.
Lee and Paige meet in the center of the ring and lock up. The two Diva’s push with all of their might, trying to score the early advantage. Paige cunningly gets one arm free and wraps her hand at the collar of AJ’s silver top and pulls. April yelps in shock but is able to push her opponent off balance while she retreats into the corner. Just like that, AJ’s cotton wardrobe is already slightly hyperextended from the front. Paige wears a smirk as she has taken control of this matchup.
Lee quickly understands the extent of this match. She will need to fight to keep her clothing clad to her body as Paige will take every measure needed to ensure victory.
The newest addition to the Divas Division initiates another lock-up with AJ, but the fan-proclaimed “Crazy Women” sinks her teeth into Paige’s hand. Paige screams in pain and surprise all the while AJ Lee shows no mercy biting her fingers. Lee quickly follows up on her offense by tackling a kneeling Paige down to the mat.
There is not a single opportunity for Paige to recuperate from the animal-like attack as April walks over her body and wraps her fingers around her jet black hair and pulls as hard as possible. Paige let’s out an agonizing scream as her hair is being pulled from her scalp. With a hard final tug, AJ tears out a few strands of extensions, leaving the former champion stunned on her rear-end. She is in disbelief that AJ has taken control of the match so suddenly.
The petite 115-pound Diva springs back up and begins her trademark skip around the ring. While this is happening, Paige catches the orders of Paul Heyman and follows his command to leave the ring and regroup.
"Come on! She was not ready! My client was not even ready!" remarks Heyman to the referee who demands that his client get back into the ring and allow the match to continue.
AJ Lee does not have time for her rival's petty tactics as she exits the ring and run towards her opponent, pummeling her to the ground outside. The women residing from Union City, New Jersey grabs at Paige’s locks once more and guides her to the announce table. The ref is at a complete loss for words when AJ rams Paige’s spine into the desk and then rolls her back into the ring.
“The sweet little crumpet” crawls to the middle of the twenty by twenty on all fours and holds her injured spine in pain. The feisty Divas Champion comes up behind her and grabs a hold of the back of her attire and easily tears the black top off her body and pass her shoulders.
Michael Cole: Oh my! There goes Paige’s top! AJ is halfway to victory!
The British bombshell pauses, perhaps in shock, while she watches members of the WWE Universe in attendance take photos of her terrible predicament. Wrapping her arms around her 34C cups, the shirtless challenger shrieks in both anger and humiliation. Her undergarment choice, a lacey dark gray bra, is on display as she falls flat to her stomach while AJ laughs at her opponent with satisfaction. The champ then climbs her way to the top of the turnbuckle, with her white teeth glistening, as she dangles Paige’s top around before throwing it to the crowd of fans. She turns, looking down at Paige, who is now standing and holding her breasts toward herself with an unforgiven look on her slightly reddened face.
With a big burst of energy, April capitalizes on her momentum and jumps off the top rope for a crossbody. To her dismay, however, an enraged Paige makes it to her feet and catches her out of nowhere. She places the champion over her shoulder and throws Lee, headfirst, into the turnbuckle.
It’s Lee that is now on her back, heavily breathing with exertion. The British Diva looks to gain control and begin her road to victory. She starts by dropping to her hands and knees and seductively crawling over the body of her smaller opponent. Paige laughs at her fallen enemy and blows a kiss directly in her face. She wants to do nothing more than exert some revenge. The “Paul Heyman Girl” is still astounded that she only has a tight laced bra covering her chest, but she knows that there is no time to dwell on that; she must focus on her opponent. Paige takes the brunnette and slams her head hard into the mat.
When AJ’s head bounces back up after the impact, Paige catches her by the hair. She unloads with seven merciless headbutts to Lee’s skull. With each brutal strike, Paige’s modest breast wiggle in place, nearly spilling out of her underwear. Realizing this, she quickly adjusts the positioning of her brassiere before pushing forward with more offense.
Paige stands and looks down at her fallen opponent moments before she turns to her manager. Smiling from ear to ear, Heyman nods his head in approval, as if giving Paige the go-ahead to exact revenge.
Paige reciprocates with a grin and stands at AJ’s feet. She flicks her tongue across her lips and then lets out a piercing cry, a trademark done best by the Norwich-born Diva herself. She bends over and reaches for the pair of two-tone denim. The champion is too quick, despite her dazed state, and thrusts her legs as forcefully as she can into Paige’s sleek gut.
The impact catches Paige off guard and she falls through the middle rope, tumbling to the matting that lies outside of the ring. The "Spitfire” sluggishly regains her bearings with the wrestling fans in attendance clapping her on. She rallies the WWE Universe in the arena as she prepares for something new. She swiftly runs the ropes and then launches herself through the middle rope for a Suicide Dive to the outside of the ring where Paige stands. The challenger yet again proves to be fast on her feet by catching Lee with a forearm that renders her to a near-unconscious state.
Paige grabs a hold of AJ and guides her limp body up onto the apron and then in between the ropes. She exits the ring with AJ right where she wants her to be. The challenger begins to violently strike her, knee after knee, right in her chest. The former RAW General Manager has awoken from her slumber with shocks of striking pain coursing through her veins. She sounds off with each vintage bash.
AJ Lee, groggy on top of the second rope, is left prone for an attack. The "Geek Goddess" is by no means prepared when Paige abruptly places her fingers at the end of her shirt. In one swift and clean movement, Paige pulls her opponent's top over her head. Lee yells, in a completely helpless position, with her blue and white plaid bra revealed. She rapidly backpaddles into the ring where she loses her footing and falls off balance, humiliated and immediately regretting her decision to wear a push-up bra. Lee wraps her arms around her rather revealing cleavage.
Unfortunately for AJ, she has once again left herself in a compromising position and underestimated just how far Paige will go to regain the Divas Championship. Paige teases the Staples Centers when she slowly unbuckles her own studded leather belt and takes it off of her waist. She dangles it above the 5’3 Diva before she instills fear into her opponent. A dejected AJ is lying on her belly, covering her chest. Not a single word is spoken as she looks up at Paige but her eyes symbolize a plead for mercy. Her former "frenemy" will have none of it and proves it to be true as she bends over a victimized AJ and violently unlatches the connecting pieces of velcro that holds her breasts into place.
Jerry Lawler: Talk about moments to relive on the Network! Paige is out of her mind!
Lee is in utter disbelief. Her bra has just been unstrapped from her body! AJ yells on her stomach in attempts to save her dignity from the live audience that looks on with fierce anticipation. She quickly attempts to strap her bra back on, but Paige has other ideas in mind. She relentlessly beats her spine with the the leather material in her hands. The degraded champ yells in horrible pain as the thrashing belt strikes her naked back over and over again, leaving her coated in pink lash marks.
Paige tosses her belt to the outside of the ring and raises her arm over her moaning adversary. "Miss Hell in Boots" wears an arrogant smirk that compliments her presumptuous demeanor. With the help of the official, AJ straps her brassiere back on and then rolls to the corner where she sits down and tries to catch her breath and regroup. Her face is beet red; she cannot believe the actions that were just taken upon her.
The pale beauty mocks her opponent by skipping to where AJ sits and then squats down so that they are face-to-face. Paige wears a conceited smirk. She might be moments away from the greatest birthday gift one could ask for: the Divas Championship.
“This is my house, you crazy b*tch!” Paige screams right in AJ’s face.
Paige slaps AJ with a brutal palm right across her rosy cheeks. The champ turns her head to the side but is disgusted when Paige shows some unnecessary retribution. This gives the contender the opportunity to latch her fingers around AJ’s flowing brown hair and begin ripping at her scalp.
Paul Heyman stands at ringside right where the action is taking place. He laughs at the sight and then barks orders for his client.
“A woman who has no access to her limbs cannot wrestle! Punish her!” says Heyman, directing the flow of the contest.
The "Diva of Tommorow", following the instructions of her advocate, crosses a hurting AJ’s legs for her patent PTO. She weakly attempts to prevent the inevitable only to be turned onto her belly and directly in front of Paul. Paige wrenches back in her submission to increase the pressure.
Jerry Lawler: Come on now! This isn’t a submissions match, Paige!
JBL: You heard Heyman, a woman with no access to her limbs cannot wrestle!
Jerry Lawler: She should be more focussed on her shorts, not her limbs.
The “Evil Mastermind” sees this time as an opportunity to devalue and antagonize the foe. He goes to ringside where the glossy championship belt lies and holds it in front of a screaming AJ Lee.
“Is that all the longest Divas Champion in history can take? Quit now before it’s too late, AJ! Give up!” demands the noticeably frustrated manager.
Paige drops AJ from the submission as her opponent collapses to the mat, barely able to move a muscle. The pain from the Scorpion Crosslock, exucuted with perfection, is simply excruciating. The champ attempts to calm herself down in the midst of a very one-sided beatdown. This is the most important contest of her life and she needs to win. She needs to turn the tide.
Paige mockingly prances around the beaten and battered AJ Lee. Her momentum has been completely halted since the beginning of the match where she showed only a glimmer of hope. The raven-haired beauty deadlifts her opponent and slams her back onto the floor continuously. On the third attempted bodyslam, April mounts a surprise comeback once she reverses into a headscissors out of nowhere.
Paige stumbles and regroups in the ringposts as does AJ. Lee has gotten her much needed shot of adrenaline. They’re fired up; they can feel the conclusion of the match drawing in and sense the urgency of closing this match out. The number one contender comes at the New Jersey native with speed, attempting a running spear, but AJ shows off her ring awareness by rolling out of harms way at the last possible second. The twenty-two year old connects her shoulder with nothing but steel.
JBL: Did you hear that collosion? Her traps must be in a world of pain!
With Paige hurt, she is rolled into a schoolboy where her adversary grabs her red tights. Paige’s legs kick frantically, knowing she must save her shorts to avoid defeat. This proves to be a difficult task as AJ is pulling with the power of thousands fans behind her, eventually getting her red shorts halfway down her rear end. Paige yells and, with a burst of power, manages to break the hold and get her shorts pulled back up, covering her pale buttcheeks and her dark gray lace panties that were momentarily revealed.
Paige, who is completely stunned, crawls to the opposite corner where Heyman stands. She is on her knees, looking at her advocate. Embarrassment kicks in for Paige in as all members of the arena watch a replay of the sequence that has just occurred. She looks at Heyman who is at a loss for words, speechless. Paige turns her head back to the action in the ring but is laid out with a Shining Wizard.
Paige collapses out cold for the first time in the match. Heyman’s eyes go wide and he puts his hands over his head. Words like horrified and astonished enter Heyman's mind. His client is lying helplessly in a precarious position. Suddenly, the chances of Paige walking out with the Divas Championship has turned grim.
Michael Cole: Paige is out cold! Capitalize, AJ!
Jerry Lawler: All AJ has to do is get those bottoms off and she retains. This could be it!
For the first time in quite a while, AJ smiles after being dominated for so long. Retribution is right around the corner. She crawls over her opponent's lifeless body and plants a kiss right on her forehead and then just looks down in absolute satisfaction. It’s pleasing for her to look down at the woman who has been the root of her suffering and humiliation and see her defenseless. This is her opportunity to make things right for herself.
“This is My House!”” Lee yells in the face of her beyond groggy opponent.
JBL: What the hell is she doing! Win the damn match already, AJ!
The reigning champion wraps her fingers around Paige’s hair, who is beginning to steadily regain consciousness, and sets her up in the corner for her finishing maneuver of choice, the corner Shiranui. AJ can still feel the seething lashes on her back. She wants Paige to share a similar feeling.
Right before the execution of the move, Paul Heyman makes a last resort effort, as he has been inclined to do in his management career, and reaches underneath the bottom rope and swipes at Lee’s ankles. AJ loses her grip on Paige. The “Anti-Diva” falls to her side, slowly getting up while the champ turns her attention to the one behind the one.
The stout advocate sinfully chuckles but is cut short when AJ stomps on his hands with all her frustration, sending him aback. AJ yells an inaudible obscenity in the direction of Heyman and tosses a wristband at him for good measure.
When AJ turns, she’s dumbfounded that Paige has made it to her feet. In the blink of an eye, Paige performs a powerful superkick to the jaw of AJ Lee.
The impact sends AJ bouncing off the ropes and into the grip of Paige who cradles her dazed opponent off the ground. After executing a Rampaige DDT, AJ’s head slams into the mat with colossal force. Within the aid of a mere distraction, the champion, has fallen again for good.
The British-born grapper, clad in her sexy bra and velvet shorts, looks at Heyman whos laughing against the ring skirt. He starts to enthusiastically bang his hands on the edge of the apron.
"Finish it! Finish it!” he commands to his client in a frantic manner.
Paige sees the Divas Champion, knocked out cold on her stomach in a blue and white plaid bra and blue and black two tone shorts. Paige ridicules her by skipping around her body.
Paige stops at the feet of Lee and drops to her knees. The crowd becomes silent as Paige wraps her hands around AJ’s shorts and tugs. The tight shorts become a challenge for Paige who has difficulty getting them to glide off. Her opponent, however, is laid out and defenseless. The shorts slowly come down with each haul, revealing Lee’s small white thong and sizable tanned bottom.
With the shorts around the champion's ankle, Paige licks her lips and smiles. She looks around the Staples Center, soaking in the thunderous amount of boo’s that reign down on her. The fans hope AJ can make one last push and keep this match alive.
Paige turns back to her opponent and, with a final tug, forcibly rips the shorts right off from her ankles. These actions are enough to make Paige a two time WWE Divas Champion.
Michael Cole: It’s over! The birthday girl has brought the Divas Championship back to her family in the United Kingdom but more importantly, that man standing at ringside. Paul Heyman has exploited his client and transformed her into a champion.
Jerry Lawler: Do my eyes decieve me? AJ has been stripped to her bra and panties!
Paige is ecstatic. The smile on her face says it all while Paul Heyman, who appears to be in a greater sense of awe, embraces the new champion. He comes into the twenty by twenty and wraps his arms around his client, spinning her in a circle.
The referee hands Paige the WWE Divas Championship. She falls into a sitting possition, admiring the pink, "butterfly belt" before making it back to her feet, climbing the turnbuckle, and posing to the heated fans in the Staples Center.
Paige could not be more thrilled. She could not think of a better way to celebrate than by regaining her most prized possession. At the other end of the spectrum, there is AJ Lee. She is just now regaining her consciousness and is entirely unaware of the situation at hand. She is in a state of great undress.
As more life begins to flow to the now former champion, she becomes increasingly mindful of her surroundings. The look of shock and humiliation grows onto her face. Was she really just stripped to her bra and thong? AJ reaches for her backside and feels the skin of her nearly bare ass. Her question is answered and the ultimate look of despair falls upon her face.
Through she can hardly comprehend the situation at hand, AJ’s only thought it to get out of the arena. AJ Lee makes it to all fours and sets her sights for the outside of the ring. A celebrating Paige sees this happening and the smile quickly vanishes from her face. After letting out one of her screams, she kicks AJ with all her might in the gut, sending the disrobed Diva back to her stomach in agonizing pain.
Paige turns back to Heyman and the two laugh with one another. The new champion again looks down at her freshly won championship and lifts it into the air again as the creator of Extreme Championship Wrestling bows at her feet in melodramatic fashion.
Thoughts bullet through the babyface's mind. She is breathing heavily and mortified. While Paige continues her celebration, Lee begins to once again crawl in the direction of the stage with absolute shame. Her hands grip the bottom rope when she realizes that her humiliation has just began. Paige hooks her fingers around AJ’s skimpy white thong to the chagrin of photographers inside the arena.
Lee flails her entire body like the crazy women she's depicted to be and screams out of utter desperation. As she is pulled to the center of the ring, her remaining fabric slips down far past her thighs, revealing her beautiful backside in all of it’s glory.
AJ has lost her composure. She screeches as her hands quickly stagger behind her back to hide what she can of the exposure. She frantically squirms around, briefly revealing her most intimate area, before shooting her rear directly to the air. Paige squats over Lee and slaps her bottom with force, sending her right back down to her stomach. The former champion's rival sits on her back, mounting the Diva backwards.
Paige peers around the Los Angeles audience; the WWE Universe is in shock at what they are witnessing. Paige licks her lips and then stares down at the helpless AJ Lee. She’s kicking her legs and flailing her arms while tears are running down her face.
Paige cocks her hand back and strikes hard right onto AJ’s bare ass cheeks. She smacks the opposite cheek and then completely unloads on a screaming AJ. Paige alternates from cheek to cheek with each stiff, and menacing spank. The New Jersey native's posterior shakes after every single blow and has become increasingly red.
To the poor women, the spanks feel like a never ending beat down. Her back end is seething but more than anything, the dishonor that she is experiencing has stolen her pride. Finally, the spankings come to an abrupt stop.
AJ clenches her fist with a forlorn expression and unsuccessfully tries to hold back the tears that are flowing from her eyes. Her bottom is throbbing. How could this have happened to AJ Lee? She has dedicated her life to proving herself to the WWE Universe and now she lies before them in the worst predicament she has ever encountered in her twenty-seven years of existence.
Paige laughs wickedly and then slowly licks her hand before coming down with one last coercive spank that sends Lee into a world of pain.
The Divas Champion finally gets off of her beaten opponent and rolls out of the ring. She taunts AJ yet again by casually prancing up the ramp before stopping right at the stage. She stands victorious with Paul Heyman who takes out a microphone.
AJ has rolled her thong back up but remains on her belly, softly rubbing her derriere ass in sadness while she looks on at the victors. Paul Heyman, unable to silence himself, addresses the fallen hero.
“Now, I have been in this industry in one form or another ever since I was a child but I have never seen a more dominant defeat than the one witnessed just minutes ago. ” Heyman begins. “This women has been set as the example as for what NXT's developmental talent are striving to become. But you have to give credit where credit is due, any other women in this unprecedented position would have given up halfway through the contest. She would of given up and hand the title to Paige in order to survive another day but no. My client stands here, victorious, on her twenty second birthday, with a win over AJ Lee as the new, reigning, defending, WWE Divas Champion of the World! In Paige's Universe, Mrs. Lee walked into Summerslam a champion and now is in the center of the ring as nothing more than a martyr. Just look at yourself, AJ. You've been shattered into pieces, victimized and humiliated. Page imposed her will against you with a term I used to call "ruthless aggression". Much like I stated earlier, let this be the moment in time where AJ Lee, took her ball and went home as an embarrassed shell of her former self. CM Punk will gladly aid you in your departure.”
AJ can answer with nothing but sobs. She entered the contest tonight as a proud, confident woman. She entered as a champion. Now, she remains in the ring as a battered shell of the woman who lost everything only a few brief moments ago.
As the triumphant duo of Paige and Paul Heyman leave, AJ Lee remains in the heart of the WWE ring. She is on her knees, gently feeling her severely targeted backside. AJ endures a variety of emotions, but none stronger than the feeling of vanquishment. Will she ever show her face in the WWE again? She’s not sure. In the “Tale of Two Adversaries”, there can only be one winner and one loser and, tonight, AJ Lee has lost.
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