For The Better

Part 1

Smackdown General Manager Paige was shaking her head over James Ellsworth's actions that kept replaying in her head while she stood in the middle of the ring, her body facing him. She knew that James was nothing but trouble, even when she last wrestled, despite being on Raw at the time.

James had been playing very sneaky games to allow someone else to win, particularly Carmella. He had been costing others including Dean Ambrose, AJ Styles, Becky and most recently Asuka.
Paige then looked up at James, her body full of confidence but her expression looked more agonized. James' actions had sickened her enough to the point beyond just banning him from ringside.

She knew that this time, she was not going to let his actions slide any longer. She had seen Daniel Bryan and Shane seem more likely to either let it slide or not take much serious action.

The Smackdown GM wasn't going to do that this time. She was going to take a completely different approach to deal with him, even if it meant nearly hurting her neck again to get him out.

She just glared at him harder than anyone else had, let alone an authority figure, for a few seconds. After that, she was ready to say the four words that most people would take much relief in.

"James Ellsworth," she began, confidence ringing in her voice. "You're... fired!"

A chorus of cheers exploded throughout the arena and it wasn't hard to see why besides the obvious.

Paige could only laugh at James' shocked expression as he looked around in utter disbelief. Paige didn't drop her amused expression mostly over exactly what she did, but she was amused by James' reaction as well.

Elsewhere that wasn't the arena, someone, a few, or several people cheered or laughed at hearing Paige's words. It was such a relief to them that James Ellsworth would no longer cause any trouble to the wrestlers.

"Na na na na, na na na na," they sang. "Hey hey, goodbye James Ellsworth."

The result brought several snickers from others who had heard the singing. Some though were trying their hardest to hold back at least the volume of their laughter likely because their family members decided to go to sleep. Still, the whole thing was amusing to the fans watching at home or a sports bar.

It probably at one point had a fan guffawing, "good bye Ellsworth, you son of a bitch" and more laughter would follow.

"Na na na na, na na na na," sang the crowd in the arena. "Hey hey, good bye James Ellsworth."

Several snickers echoed throughout the arena as Paige pushed James to motion him out of the ring, she followed behind him. She tried hard not to laugh along with the crowd but to her, it was more than satisfying to see Ellsworth get exactly what he deserved for being the snake that he was.

"Good bye, Franklin the Turtle!" guffawed a fan that wasn't far from Paige before he cackled.

Several fans around him cackled along with him and some having a hard time to stop laughing.

Paige heard the comment and she quietly chuckled to herself. She continued to motion James out of the arena just when more comments erupted loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Bye chinless freak!"

"What the hell is an Ellsworth? Oh yeah, that chinless dude!"

"That's Franklin the Turtle, dude. Damn, what a change. I feel old."

"That is an upgrade for Franklin."

The laughs continued as they watched the scene in front of them unfold. Seeing Paige escort James out of the arena had been sheer comedy and what made the scene more enjoyable.

At that point, no one knew what would happen next.