Cuts Heal In Time (CM Punk)

Chapter 47: Punk and Bella

Bella sat on the middle rope protective face mask and all, waiting for her mystery opponent. She was a little nervous, but she didn't look it. 

She narrowed her eyes and focused on the TitanTron.

Then she heard it, Tyson Kidd's music.

She smirked to herself. Vince was right. This would be a fair fight. Tyson was obviously a talented wrestler, but he wasn't that much bigger than her, standing at only 5'9.

This was her chance to prove how good she really was. Fighting against guys was just different. Even though he only had three inches on her, he was still stronger than her by a lot. She would have to outsmart him, out maneuver him, and ultimately out crazy him. 

He had a cocky look on his face, like he had this in the bag. 

He got in the ring with Bella and said, "I'll go easy on you sweetheart," causing her to roll her eyes.

The bell rang and they locked up. He immediately wrapped his arm around her in a headlock.

"Come on Bella," he mocked.

She elbowed him in the stomach a few times, causing him to let go. He looked at her with a scowl on his face and went for a punch, which she ducked. Then she hit a Muay Thai Sweep causing him to fall over.

The crowd was fully behind her and cheered loudly when he was down. She went to work, kicking him in the ribs, then on his right shoulder. But he countered by grabbing her leg and locking in an ankle lock. He had it locked in tight, but she wasn't gonna give. 

"Come on Bella!" he continued to ridicule her.

She used her strength to reach the ropes, and he didn't let go until the ref got to four. He backed up while the ref checked on Bella, but ran at her when the ref moved out of the way.

He went for a clothesline that she ducked, then she hit an arm drag. He got back up and she hit another one.The crowd cheered as she glared at him while he was down.

He got up and went for a forearm, but she caught it, jumped up, and locked in a cross armbar out of nowhere.

The crowd was going crazy at this point. It really looked like he was about to tap. But he used his strength to lift her up and powerbomb her. Instead of covering her right away, he ripped off her protective face mask, threw it into the crowd, causing the crowd to boo, then he hit her in the face with a nasty forearm, causing her already broken nose to bleed again. 

He covered her, but she kicked out before two. She rolled out of the ring to gain composure. The blood was beginning to flow quickly. 

When the ref, who was counting, got to 8, she slid back in the ring glaring at a smug-looking Tyson. 

"Does that hurt?" He mocked her pointing to her nose. She went for a kick that he caught, so she hit him with an enziguri, that knocked him over.

She covered him for a two count.

They both got up relatively quickly and he kicked her in the stomach before hitting a leg hook whiplash. Now he covered her, but she kicked out at two. While she was down, he climbed to the top rope, presumably going for his signature diving elbow. 

She began to stand up when he made it to the top rope and hit him with a super kick while he was still in the air. 

The kick had tremendous impact and he laid in the middle of the ring nearly knocked out cold.
So she took the opportunity to lock in the Grand Crossing. She squeezed her legs together tighter than ever and applied maximum pressure on his arm as well, pulling and twisting it in ways an arm shouldn't be pulled or twisted.