Week 10 Story: Mahabharata WWE

Tonight, here on SportsCenter, we are going to show you the Top 10 plays in India this year. It was a year with many great athletic feats, but one athlete claims the top two spots. Many compare his bold feats to Rama, but I think he's even more impressive because he doesn't even need weapons. Here are SportsCenter's top two plays of the year. Both feature Bhima, a superhuman superstar in the WWE. Let's roll some footage.


Footage 1 - #2 Play of the Year - Bhima vs Hidimba

Vyasa announced, "In one corner, we have Bhima, who has not yet fought a rakshasa, and in the other corner we have the formidable rakshasa, Hidimba."

In one side, Bhima, his brothers, and his mother enter the room with minimal applause; no one knows exactly who Bhima is yet. On the other side of the room enters Hidimba and his sister, Hidimbi. Hidimba had plans to cheat. Hidimba forced Hidimbi to take the form of a very beautiful girl, and he was planning to distract Bhima so the fight would be quick and easy. Bhima noticed the beautiful girl, but knew not to fall for the trick. Hidimba and Bhima have now entered the ring. Hidimba notices that Bhima is not distracted, but now also notices that Hidimbi has fallen for Bhima.

"Can you believe what we're seeing?! Bhima has gotten Hidimba's sister to fall in love with him! Surely Hidimba will take offense!", Vyasa exclaimed.

And, as Announcer 1 had suspected, Hidimba had taken serious offense. He charged Hidimbi, but Bhima stepped in the way. The crowd fell silent, eager to hear what the hero and rakshasa were going to say.

Bhima boomed, "You coward, you're here to fight me!"

Bhima and Hidimba fight while the Pandavas cheer Bhima on.
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Hidimba turned his anger towards Bhima. Hidimba rushed Bhima, but Bhima caught him by the arms before Hidimba could land a blow. Bhima threw Hidimba to the ground, and then drug him offstage. The crowd was going wild. They had never known of Bhima, and he is manhandling Hidimba! After minutes of wrestling, it became obvious to the Pandavas that Hidimba was trying to make the fight last a long time so he could finish off Bhima once Bhima wore out. Arjuna, aware of the plot shouted, "Finish him, Bhima!"

Bhima climbed to the top rope, and the crowd fell silent. He was towering over Hidimba, who still lies on the ground. Bhima flew off the top rope, bodyslamming Hidimba. The crowd went wild, cheering Bhima's name. Bhima then showcased his signature move in front of the eager crowd - the Bow-and-Arrow. Bhima picked the rakshasa up by the neck and waist and then threw the rakshasa over his knee, breaking Hidimba's back. The fight was now clearly over. However, not only did Bhima defeat Hidimba, he then added insult to injury by marrying Hidimba's sister after she witnessed the stunning victory of Bhima over Hidimba.

Footage 2 - #1 Play of the Year - Bhima vs Duryodhana

Bhima fought Duryodhana in what must have been the match of the year. The list of similarities between the fighters is long. The two are closely related. Both were trained by the same trainer, Drona. Both were in line for the throne in Hastinpur. But, ultimately, the jealousy of the cousins drove them apart from each other. The drama: intense. Duryodhana had won Bhima's wife in a rigged gambling competition. The hatred: inconceivable. The fight between Duryodhana and the Pandavas, including Bhima, had been raging since they were kids. The strength of each fighter: incredible. Bhima had more strengtht than anyone we know of. Duryodhana was an incredibly skilled fighter. We all know the outcome of this miraculous fight, but let's roll some footage.

"Duryodhana, you get out of your hiding hole and fight me. Face-to-face. Right now," Bhima bellowed towards Duryodhana's place in the crowd. Duryodhana knew why Bhima wanted to fight so badly. Bhima had vowed to kill Duryodhana in hand-to-hand combat eventually after the whole losing his wife to gambling ordeal. Duryodhana really didn't see the big deal. He had won her in a gambling match, and he had only begun to disrobe her after winning her. However, to the Pandavas and most of the world, it was a huge deal. And Bhima wasn't about to let it go.

"Fine. I'll make quick work of you, but your brothers are not allowed to join in. I want a fair fight, nothing cheap," Duryodhana stated.

"Deal," Bhima confidently replied, already stepping towards Duryodhana. Bhima was eager for this fight. The viewers in the room knew that this wasn't a good sign for Duryodhana. He ran away and hid for a reason. He certainly knew he didn't stand a chance against Bhima.

Wasting no time, the wrestlers who, at this point in time, seemed more like warriors charged into battle. With a thud, the wrestlers collided in hand-to-hand combat. Duryodhana jumped out to an early lead after landing multiple unanswered blows to Bhima. Bhima was struggling to keep up. But then, Bhima recalled something very important. He was allowed to take cheap shots for Duryodhana's knees because he had vowed to after the wife-stealing incident. Wasting no time, Bhima went for the knees. With an audible gnarly cracking sound, Duryodhana's knees instantly collapsed out from under him. Duryodhana's immediate pain, both emotional and physical, was immediately palpable to the audience. Even the rest of the Pandava brothers felt sympathetic towards Duryodhana. The fight was certainly over, but no one was cheering. However, the referee announced that Bhima's knee-shot was legal because it was agreed upon years ago. Both fighting careers ended that day.

Author's Note

For my week 10 reading, I have decided to edit my story from Week 6 because I am doing a storybook and this was an option. I have enjoyed the repetition of fighting scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. This story was written to use many of the fighting stories involving Bhima from the Mahabharata. I've added another fight scene from later in the Mahabharata involving Duryodhana as I think it is the most action-packed of any fight scene. The hatred for each other was palpable as the whole Mahabharata had lead up to that fight.