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"What an incredible reaction this is for Bayley," Mauro Ranallo said as the former NXT Women's Champion went through her customary entrance routine in the ring. "Everyone's on their feet."

"You already know what I think," JBL griped. "This whole hugging thing is just childish. This is WWE; you don't go in the ring to hug people, you go in there to fight them."

Sarita Lopez and Nikki Bella, the Divas Tag Team Champions, had entered first and were looking on from their corner with a similar level of contempt. "I think the Champions agree with you," David Otunga said. "They've been wanting to get their hands on Bayley for some time now."

"Wanting to get their hands on her?" Ranallo asked, with emphasis on the first word. "Bayley has been beaten down by Nikki and Sarita on more than one occasion, yet every time she's challenged them to a fair fight, they've backed down. That is until tonight, when they were given no choice. They've openly said that they can't stand Bayley or the fans that support her and they want to take her out for good. Luckily, Bayley managed to find herself some help in the form of Becky Lynch, and that's why we have this tag team match here tonight at Survivor Series for the Divas Tag Team Championships."

Becky's music hit, drawing a cheer from the crowd, but it was nothing compared to that which Bayley had received moments earlier. "And her tag team partner," ring announcer Greg Hamilton called out, "From Dublin, Ireland, Becky Lynch!"

Becky's music continued to play, but after thirty seconds or so there was no sign of her on the stage. The music stopped, then started again from the beginning a few seconds later.

"We'll try that one again," Ranallo said, laughing off the awkward situation.

"And her tag team partner, from Dublin, Ireland, Becky Lynch!"

Again, there was no sign of Becky entering the arena. Bayley was now standing facing the stage, with her arms spread wide in a gesture of confusion. "Hello, Becky?" Otunga said, as if he was calling her out to the ring himself. "Time for your match. We don't have all night out here, okay?"

For a second time, Becky's music faded out and then restarted. Hamilton sounded slightly irritated as he began his announcement once more. "And her tag team partner, from Dublin..."

Nikki walked over and snatched his microphone away from him. "Turn that stupid music off!" she yelled at the crew backstage. The music duly faded out, being replaced by boos from the crowd for Nikki and her partner. "It looks like your so-called partner had second thoughts," Nikki sneered at Bayley, who eyed her two opponents wearily. "Hardly surprising really, I mean, why the hell would anyone want to team with someone as pathetic as you?" Laughing at her own insult, she handed the microphone to Sarita, which brought another chorus of boos down on them.

"We'll make you a deal though, Bayley," Sarita said, belittling her opponent with the tone that she used to say her name. "All you have to do is admit to Nikki and I, in front of all of these idiots that you like to suck up to so much..." She had to pause to wait out more boos. "All you have to do," she continued a moment later, "Is admit to Nikki and I that we are both better than you, and you are simply not good enough to deserve this title shot, and we'll let you leave without kicking your ass two on one. What do you say?"

"Discretion might the better part of valor here," Ranallo opined, "Much as I don't like to say it, taking on Sarita and Nikki by herself wouldn't be a smart decision for Bayley."

"Damn right it wouldn't," JBL said.

In the ring, Bayley seemed to be considering the offer that had been proposed to her. Hesitantly, she reached out and took the microphone from Sarita as the crowd began a "No!" chant, with accompanying hand gestures. "The two of you, against me, two on one?" she asked, looking at Sarita and then at Nikki. A look of sheer determination came onto her face. "Let's do it." The crowd cheered loudly as Bayley tossed the microphone out of the ring. The referee quickly made his presence known, forcing Nikki and Sarita to back off into their corner before he would start the match and telling them that only one of them would be allowed in the ring at a time.

"Looks like we've got ourselves a two on one handicap match," Ranallo said enthusiastically.

As he was speaking, the crowd had begun to sing, "Hey, we want some Bayley!" in support of the fan favourite in the match. The referee had imposed order in the ring and was about to call for the bell to get the match underway, but at that moment Ronda's music hit.

"Wait a minute!" Ranallo exclaimed as the crowd erupted. "What's going on now? Ronda Rousey is back, and she's coming out here! We haven't seen Ronda for two months, but here she comes! Look at her marching towards the ring, being roared on by the fans! Is she out here to get in Bayley's corner?"

The answer to that was no; Ronda had no intention of getting into Bayley's corner. After rolling under the bottom rope, she charged straight towards Nikki, who had been ready to start the match for her team and was now holding her hands up defensively towards Ronda, trying to say that she wanted no part of the four time Divas Champion. Her efforts were in vain because Ronda wasted no time in teeing off on her with powerful left hands, sending Nikki staggering back into one of the empty corners of the ring. The referee ordered the bell to be sounded, and the match was underway.

"We've got ourselves a tag team match now!" Otunga yelled excitedly. "There's no love lost between Rousey and either Sarita Lopez or Nikki Bella, and Ronda's come out her to get her some of the Champions. The bell has sounded and the titles are on the line."

"Nikki and Sarita didn't sign up for this," JBL protested. "What right does Rousey have to come out here and give herself a title match?"

"You can go try and stop her," Otunga suggested sarcastically as Ronda repeatedly stomped on Nikki, who was now crumpled up against the bottom turnbuckle. "But I think you'll be wasting your time."

Thanks to a combination of good teamwork, manipulation of the referee and cheating, Nikki and Sarita had managed to isolate Ronda in the ring, preventing her from tagging out to Bayley, and administering a thorough and professional beat down in the process. It was only when Ronda managed to reverse an attempted double suplex into a double DDT that the tide looked like it might turn. Bayley lead the fans in clapping to urge Ronda on as she crawled ever so slowly towards the corner.

"Can Rousey make it to her corner this time?" Ranallo asked. "We're yet to see Bayley enter the match. That's how well the Champions have managed this contest so far."

"Look at Bayley," Otunga said, "She's desperate for a tag."

Sarita had used the ropes to pull herself to her feet and realised the danger, but not quickly enough. She began to rush over towards Ronda, but as she did so, Ronda leapt the the last three feet towards Bayley's outstretched hand and got the tag. The crowd erupted as Bayley charged into the ring in a typical hot tag situation and began hitting both opponents with fast paced offense which they were powerless to defend themselves against.

"Bayley's on fire here," JBL admitted reluctantly.

After dominating both opponents for nearly two minutes, Bayley attempted to hit her signature Bayleycanrana on Sarita, but the Lethal Latina was able to counter it into her finishing move, a devastating sit down powerbomb. The powerful move almost silenced the crowd, who feared that the end of the match might be at hand.

"Lopez into the cover," Ranallo called out.

"One!"

"Two!"

Bayley's right shoulder popped off the canvas just in time. "Two and a half," Ranallo said.

Ronda was finally back up and came at Sarita as she got back to her feet, swinging away with her powerful left hands once more. The only defense Sarita could come up with when she found herself backed into the corner was to stick her thumb into Ronda's eye. The dirty move reversed the momentum again. Sarita grabbed Ronda and spun her around so that she was now the one with her back against the turnbuckles. While Sarita pounded away on one of the challengers, Nikki had picked up Bayley and suplexed her over the top rope, sending her crashing to the floor on the outside.

Next, Nikki shouted out a plan of some kind to Sarita and got ready in the middle of the ring to perform a move on Ronda. Sarita turned and acknowledged the plan with a nod, then whipped the challenger towards her partner. That was where it went wrong for the Champions, because Ronda used the momentum that had been generated for her to explode across the ring at Nikki and almost take her head off with a Clothesline from Hell. Surprised by the move, the crowd roared their delight.

Sarita reacted quickly to the fact that things had gone seriously awry for her team and began to hurry over towards Ronda, but Bayley rushed back into the ring and cut her off. Sarita tried to react on the fly and deliver a clothesline of her own to Bayley, but the fan favourite was able to duck it. On instinct, Sarita spun back around to face her opponent, which played perfectly into Bayley's hands, or rather her waiting arms. The crowd roared again as they recognised that Bayley was in position to deliver her finishing move.

"Bayley to Belly!" Ranallo called out as the move was delivered. "That could be it!"

"But wait, there's no cover," Otunga said, confused by the fact that Bayley had gotten back to her feet rather than pinning her opponent.

"What's Bayley doing?" JBL asked as she walked around her opponent and picked up both of her legs. Ronda took up a position in the corner of the ring, poised and ready to strike.

"Looks like Bayley and Rousey have something in mind, and I don't think Lopez is going to like it, whatever it is," Ranallo said.

Bayley fell backwards, using her leverage to catapult Sarita across the ring towards Ronda, who had started sprinting at just the right time to nail her clothesline at the moment where their combined impact speed was the greatest. The move sent Sarita for a complete back flip before she crashed to the canvas, drawing a reaction from the crowd which was somewhere between delight that the team they were cheering for now looked certain to win and shock at the force of the impact that Sarita had just taken.

"Ball game," was JBL's verdict. He was right. Bayley crawled over to Sarita and hooked her leg and the referee completed the three count, which was a formality.

The crowd continued to go wild as Bayley's music started to play and Ranallo announced, "We've got new Divas Tag Team Champions. Bayley and Ronda Rousey successful at the first time of asking here at Survivor Series. The fans can't get enough of it."

In contrast to Ronda, who remained in the centre of the ring without showing any kind of satisfaction at the victory as she tried to get her breath back, Bayley started celebrating wildly, running around the ring in delight before climbing up onto the middle rope in the corner of the ring closest to the timekeeper's position. The title belts were handed to the referee, who in turn handed them to Bayley when she climbed back down from the ropes moments later. Only then did Ronda approach her new partner. Gesturing to the title belts, Ronda seemed to fire some angry words at Bayley, as if furious at the fact that she was holding both of them. Bayley's music faded out, leaving the fans to wonder what might be about to happen next.

"I think Rousey took exception to Bayley having both of the title belts," Ranallo said. "This new team might be very short lived here unless Bayley can calm her down."

Bayley appeared to be trying to placate Ronda, and held one of the belts out towards her. Ronda aggressively snatched it from her, delivering some more harsh words in the process. Seeming surprised, maybe even somewhat hurt by the way she was being treated, Bayley spread her arms out wide, offering a hug to her new partner. The crowd responded by cheering loudly, encouraging Ronda to accept and embrace not just Bayley, but the new partnership as well. Bayley walked towards Ronda, but instead of a hug, she received an angry shove from Ronda, sending her staggering backwards towards the ropes. There was a groan of disappointment from the fans, but Bayley wasn't going to be deterred that easily. Gesturing to the belt that she was holding, she seemed to be saying to Ronda, "We just won the titles, what's wrong with you?" She then turned to the crowd and spread her arms once again while calling out loudly, "Do you want me to hug her?"

The loud cheer in response made Ronda look away from Bayley and out at the fans, who began to chant her name, hoping that it might somehow convince her to do what they, and Bayley, wanted. For a moment Ronda seemed to waiver on the brink of walking over and hugging Bayley, but then she waved her off with an emphatic, dismissive hand gesture. With that, she quickly rolled out of the ring, heading for the back. Bayley looked as downhearted as the fans sounded with their second groan of disappointment.

"Rousey and Bayley won the match, but they don't exactly look like much of a team right now," Ranallo said.

"Good," JBL said. "I knew Ronda wouldn't have any part of Bayley's hugging. She obviously thinks it's a stupid as I do. I'm glad she didn't let the fans bait her into doing it."