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But Charlotte Flair was a genetic freak of nature. As AJ leaped into the air, Charlotte simply caught her! Charlotte halted all of AJ's forward momentum, holding the champion effortlessly in the air. With a mocking smirk, Charlotte executed a catastrophic, release fallaway slam that launched AJ completely across the ring!
"Look at the sheer power of Charlotte Flair!" Cole shouted. "She just tossed the Divas Champion like a ragdoll!"
AJ crashed hard onto the canvas, rolling frantically toward the ropes to create distance. Charlotte simply strutted in the center of the ring, letting out another loud "WOOOOO!" as the crowd cheered.
Charlotte stalked her prey. She grabbed AJ by the hair, dragging her up to her feet, and unleashed a blistering, echoing knife edge chop to AJ's chest!
SMACK!
"Woooo!" the crowd chanted in unison.
Charlotte delivered another one!
SMACK!
"Woooo!"
AJ screamed in pain, her chest instantly turning a bright, angry red. Charlotte whipped the champion into the ropes, lowering her head for a back body drop. But AJ, utilizing her elite agility, jumped over Charlotte's back, hitting the opposite ropes, and connected with a beautiful, sliding dropkick to Charlotte's knee, chopping the taller woman down to size.
AJ immediately transitioned into her submission game. She grabbed Charlotte's arm, locking in a vicious, wrenching Fujiwara armbar, desperately trying to hyperextend the joint.
"AJ Lee is incredibly dangerous on the mat!" JBL praised, his voice thick with anxiety. "She knows she can't overpower Charlotte, so she has to systematically dismantle her limbs!"
Charlotte grimaced, using her incredible core strength to roll forward, breaking the hold. She popped up to her feet, but AJ was relentless. The champion hit the ropes, launching herself into the air, and successfully executed a beautiful, wildly rotational flying hurricanrana that spiked Charlotte onto the top of her head!
AJ scrambled for the cover!
One! Two!
Charlotte powered out with authority.
On the outside of the ring, the panic was beginning to set in for the Queens. Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss realized that AJ was struggling to keep Charlotte grounded. They needed to execute a distraction.
Alexa Bliss hopped up onto the ring apron on the left side of the ring, screaming frantically at the referee, claiming that Charlotte had pulled AJ's hair. The referee, distracted by the yelling, rushed over to argue with Alexa.
On the opposite side of the ring, Nikki Bella saw her opening. She slid under the bottom rope, looking to deliver a cheap shot to the back of Charlotte's knee.
But Nikki Bella had entirely forgotten who was standing at ringside.
The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, saw the trap unfolding. With a massive, incredibly entertaining smirk on his face, Ric quickly strutted over to Nikki's side of the ring. As Nikki grabbed the middle rope to pull herself into the ring, Ric reached out and firmly grabbed Nikki's ankle from the outside!
Nikki let out a shriek of surprise, completely losing her balance and falling flat on her face on the ring apron!
"Look at the Nature Boy!" Booker T laughed uproariously. "He caught her right in the act! You can't out trick the master!"
"That is blatant outside interference!" JBL screamed, completely outraged. "Ric Flair just assaulted Nikki Bella! Disqualify Charlotte! Disqualify her right now!"
"Oh, shut up, John!" Lawler fired back. "He just leveled the playing field!"
Ric Flair let go of Nikki's ankle, let out a massive "WOOOOO!", and hit his signature, styling and profiling strut right in front of the furious Nikki Bella, who was scrambling back onto the ringside mats.
Inside the ring, the failed interference cost AJ dearly.
Charlotte, realizing what had just happened, capitalized on the distraction. As AJ turned around, Charlotte delivered a massive, devastating running big boot that caught the Divas Champion perfectly flush on the jaw!
AJ collapsed like a sack of bricks.
Charlotte dragged AJ toward the center of the ring, grabbing the champion's legs. The seventy thousand fans rose to their feet. Charlotte stepped through, flipping AJ over, and brilliantly locked in her catastrophic, agonizing submission hold, the Figure Eight Leglock!
Charlotte arched her back into a perfect, breathtaking bridge, applying an unbelievable amount of agonizing pressure to AJ's knees and lower back!
"She's got it locked in!" Cole shrieked over the deafening roar of the crowd. "The Figure Eight is locked dead in the center of the ring! AJ Lee has absolutely nowhere to go!"
"AJ has to tap!" Lawler yelled. "Her legs are going to snap!"
AJ screamed in absolute, unfiltered agony. Her face was twisted in pure pain. She desperately clawed at the canvas, trying to drag herself toward the bottom rope, but Charlotte had her trapped directly in the center of the squared circle.
On the outside, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Bella were in absolute hysterics. They screamed for AJ to hold on, slamming their hands against the ring apron. They knew that if AJ tapped out right here, the Queens of the Undisputed System were finished.
AJ reached her hand out, her fingers trembling, hovering just inches above the canvas, mere milliseconds away from tapping out and surrendering her championship to the genetic superior.
"Don't do it, AJ! Hold on!" JBL begged into his microphone, his voice cracking with pure desperation.
The tension inside the Georgia Dome was an absolute, suffocating weight. The entire professional wrestling world held its collective breath, waiting to see if the third domino of the God King's empire was about to violently fall.
AJ reached her hand out, her fingers trembling, hovering just inches above the canvas, mere milliseconds away from tapping out and surrendering her championship to the genetic superior.
"Don't do it, AJ! Hold on!" JBL begged into his microphone, his voice cracking with pure desperation.
The tension inside the Georgia Dome was an absolute, suffocating weight. The entire professional wrestling world held its collective breath, waiting to see if the third domino of the God King's empire was about to violently fall.
Charlotte arched her back even further, putting her hands on the mat to increase the torque.
AJ let out a blood curdling shriek, her eyes wide with a mixture of physical agony and the absolute, paralyzing terror of Sandro Zhang's ultimatum. If she tapped out, she wasn't just losing the Divas Championship, she was losing her entire position within the Undisputed System. She would be exiled, cast out into the wilderness of the locker room by the God King himself.
Fueled entirely by that dark, unadulterated fear, AJ Lee refused to surrender.
Instead of slapping the mat, AJ dug her fingernails directly into the canvas. She used every single ounce of her elite, flexible core strength to violently twist her upper body. She dragged herself forward, inch by agonizing inch, dragging Charlotte's bridged weight along with her.
"Look at the sheer willpower of the Divas Champion!" JBL shrieked in absolute delight. "She is not giving up! She is fighting for the empire!"
"She's almost there!" Cole yelled. "Just a few more inches!"
With one final, desperate, agonizing lunge, AJ extended her arm and managed to wrap her fingertips entirely around the bottom rope!
The referee instantly saw the break. He dove between the two women, waving his arms and initiating the mandatory five count.
"One! Two! Three! Four!"
Charlotte, her face flushed with frustration, relinquished the Figure Eight just before the disqualification. She rolled backward, popping up to her feet, letting out an angry "WOOOOO!" and running her hands through her blonde hair.
"AJ Lee survives!" Booker T exclaimed. "But look at her, man! She can barely stand! The damage to those knees is completely done!"
AJ used the ropes to literally pull herself up to a vertical base, her legs trembling violently underneath her. Charlotte didn't wait. She charged forward, looking to end the match with her signature Natural Selection cutter.
But AJ, operating on pure survival instinct, sidestepped the attack. As Charlotte crashed to the mat, AJ quickly transitioned, leaping onto Charlotte's back and wrapping her arms and legs around the challenger like a spider.
"Black Widow!" Cole screamed. "AJ has the Black Widow locked in out of nowhere!"
Charlotte was trapped, the intricate submission hold putting immense pressure on her neck and shoulder. But Charlotte Flair was not a normal competitor. Utilizing her terrifying, genetic strength, Charlotte slowly pushed herself up to a vertical base, entirely carrying the parasitic weight of the Divas Champion on her back!
Charlotte walked toward the corner and violently threw herself backward, crushing AJ between her back and the heavy turnbuckle pads!
AJ gasped, breaking the hold and stumbling forward. Charlotte quickly scaled the turnbuckles, realizing she needed to hit a high impact maneuver to keep the resilient champion down. Charlotte stood perfectly balanced on the top rope, turning her back to the ring, preparing for her breathtaking Moonsault.
On the outside, the panic within the Queens of the Undisputed System reached a critical mass. Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss realized that their grip on the gold was slipping away.
Alexa Bliss hopped up onto the ring apron on the right side, screaming at the referee, claiming her top was unwardrobed, executing a blatant, desperate distraction. The official immediately rushed over, trying to get Alexa down.
On the left side of the ring, Nikki Bella saw her opening. She scrambled onto the apron, reaching out to push Charlotte off the top turnbuckle.
But the Nature Boy was waiting.
Ric Flair strutted over with lightning speed. He didn't grab Nikki's ankle this time. He grabbed the middle rope, pulling it back and snapping it violently against Nikki's hands! Nikki shrieked, letting go and tumbling backward onto the ringside floor.
"The Nature Boy strikes again!" Lawler cheered wildly. "He is neutralizing the numbers game!"
Ric Flair let out a massive "WOOOOO!" and hit the dirt, executing a perfect, hilarious strut across the ringside mats.
But the chaos on the outside had served its ultimate purpose. The distraction delayed Charlotte's ascent by just a fraction of a second. As Charlotte launched herself backward into the air for the Moonsault, AJ Lee miraculously rolled out of the way!
Charlotte crashed hard onto the canvas, her knees taking the brunt of the impact!
AJ, clutching her own battered knees, knew this was her absolute final chance. She pushed herself up, measuring the recovering challenger. As Charlotte slowly pushed herself up to a kneeling position, AJ charged forward, accelerating to maximum velocity, and delivered a catastrophic, echoing Shining Wizard knee strike directly to the side of Charlotte's skull!
The impact sounded like a baseball bat hitting a watermelon. Charlotte collapsed to the mat, completely unconscious.
AJ frantically hooked the leg, hooking it as deep as she possibly could, burying her face into the canvas as the referee finally turned away from Alexa Bliss and dove into position.
One!
The Georgia Dome held its collective breath.
Two!
"Kick out, Charlotte! Kick out!" Cole begged.
Three!
DING! DING! DING!
The heavy, pulsating electronic beat of "Let's Light It Up" blasted through the stadium speakers, immediately drowned out by a massive, frustrated groan of disappointment from the seventy thousand fans in Atlanta.
"She did it..." Cole whispered, genuine shock and disappointment lacing his voice. "AJ Lee... somehow, miraculously... has retained the Divas Championship."
"It's a miracle!" JBL cheered, completely losing his mind, standing on his chair and applauding wildly. "The Queens survive! The Undisputed System holds the line! That is the heart of a true champion! AJ Lee outsmarted the genetic superior!"
"She didn't outsmart anybody, John!" Lawler fired back angrily. "She capitalized on a chaotic distraction! If Nikki and Alexa hadn't caused that massive scene on the outside, Charlotte would have hit that Moonsault and we would have a new champion right now!"
"Shucky ducky quack quack, the record books don't care about the details, King!" Booker T noted, shaking his head. "AJ Lee is walking out of WrestleMania with the gold still around her waist. The God King's ultimatum has been met by the Divas division."
Inside the ring, the scene was one of absolute, desperate relief. AJ Lee rolled off of Charlotte, clutching the Divas Championship to her chest, tears of actual, unadulterated relief streaming down her face.
Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss quickly scrambled under the bottom ropes, rushing to their Queen. The three women embraced tightly in the center of the ring, crying and holding the title up, entirely aware that they had just narrowly escaped professional execution at the hands of Sandro Zhang.
As the Queens backed their way up the incredibly long WrestleMania ramp, blowing mocking kisses to the hostile crowd, the focus inside the ring shifted to the fallen challenger.
The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, quickly slid under the bottom rope. His crimson suit was slightly wrinkled from his ringside antics, but his face was filled with pure, heartbreaking concern for his daughter.
Ric knelt beside Charlotte, who was slowly, agonizingly regaining consciousness after the devastating Shining Wizard. He gently brushed her blonde hair out of her face, whispering words of encouragement and absolute pride into her ear. Charlotte sat up, clutching her jaw, tears of frustration welling in her eyes. She had come so incredibly close to shattering the Undisputed System's grip on the women's division.
Ric wrapped his arms around her, helping her to her feet. The seventy thousand fans inside the Georgia Dome immediately rose to their feet, delivering a massive, sustained standing ovation for the incredible, instant classic performance she had just put on.
"WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO!"
Charlotte looked out at the massive sea of fans, the disappointment slowly melting away into a profound appreciation. She nodded her head, raising her father's hand into the air. Ric wrapped his arm tightly around her waist, physically supporting her as they slowly walked out of the ring and made the long, emotional walk up the ramp, heading backstage to the respectful applause of the WWE Universe.
"What an unbelievable effort by Charlotte Flair," Cole said softly as the camera faded from the father daughter duo. "She took the champion to the absolute limit. But the golden empire survives another battle."
"I have to agree with you, Michael," Lawler nodded, his voice tinged with lingering disappointment. "Charlotte brought everything she had. She brought the genetics, she brought the strategy, and she brought the Nature Boy. But sometimes, the sheer desperation to keep your job makes you do incredible, unpredictable things. AJ Lee survived by the absolute skin of her teeth tonight."
"Shucky ducky quack quack, you can't take anything away from the champion," Booker T chimed in, adjusting his headset. "AJ Lee was in the Figure Eight! Most women would have tapped out in three seconds, but she dragged herself to those ropes. She fought like a cornered animal because Sandro Zhang backed her into a corner!"
"Oh, cry me a river!" JBL completely dismissed his broadcast colleagues, slamming his hand on the desk. "You three are acting like it was a fluke! It was not a fluke! The Queens of the Undisputed System secured the victory! AJ Lee dug deep into her champion's heart and proved exactly why the God King keeps her in his empire! The Divas Championship stays where it belongs, and the Undisputed System is still dripping in gold!"
The commentary team's bickering slowly faded into the background as the massive stadium lights inside the Georgia Dome began to dramatically shift, bathing the seventy thousand fans in a cool, ominous blue hue. A heavy, palpable tension instantly gripped the entire arena.
The crowd didn't need a video package to know what was coming next. The low hum of anticipation swelled into a massive, buzzing roar.
"Gentlemen," Cole said, his voice dropping an entire octave, adopting a tone of pure, reverent seriousness. "We have witnessed the absolute fracturing of the Undisputed System tonight. We have seen champions crowned and careers potentially ended. But right now... we are about to witness what many consider to be the true main event of this industry. We are about to see if the greatest streak in the history of sports entertainment will live on, or if it will be completely laid to rest."
"This is it, man," Booker T whispered, leaning forward, completely captivated. "This is the match. The Game. The Phenom. No Holds Barred."
Suddenly, the heavy, aggressive bassline and distorted guitars of Motorhead's "The Game" ripped through the Georgia Dome!
The stadium erupted into a massive, polarizing reaction! The seventy thousand fans unleashed a deafening mixture of loud, appreciative cheers and harsh, visceral boos.
Stepping out onto the massive WrestleMania stage, completely enveloped in a thick cloud of green mist and blinding strobe lights, was the Cerebral Assassin, Triple H. He did not look like an executive tonight. He was stripped down to his wrestling trunks, his heavily taped fists clenched at his sides, carrying a water bottle. His physique was absolutely chiseled, a testament to the grueling, obsessive preparation he had undergone for this specific night.
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Name: Alessandro Zhang
Age: 21 (2011)
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, USA
Brand: WWE - RAW
Wrestling Style: Mixed Of All Styles
Faction: The Undisputed System
Championships History: 1x FCW Tag Team Champions, 1x FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion, 1x TNA World Heavyweight Champion, 1x TNA X Division Champion, 1x WWE United States Champion, 1x WWE Champion, & 1x World Heavyweight Champion
Other Achievements: 1x Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale Winner, 1x Mr. Money In The Bank, Youngest WWE Champion, PWI Top 500 (No.1) - 2010, & 1x KOTR (2010)
Wrestlemania Record: 1 - 0