Week 7 Story: Bhima in the WWE
Bhima in the WWE
"Standing 8 feet 2 inches tall! Weighing in at 540 pounds of straight musssscle!! Bhiiiiimaaaa!!"
cried the Monday Night Raw announcer. Out came the hulking figure of Bhima. He paused in a
power stance at the top of the walkway. Standing there, he flexed his mountainous muscles as he
beheld the crowd of 20,000+ screaming fanatics. He twirled his handlebar mustache before
continuing on course towards the ring.
Once he reached it, he leaped up onto the apron and proceeded to step over the top rope with his
people-sized legs. He swung his massive arms up above his head and roared at the audience. In some
spots, loud cheers erupted. In others, there was nothing but awe and silence. "Who is this man!?
Where did they find this beast!?" asked many of the spectators.
"Alright folks! Newcomer Bhima here is going to take on 40 wrestlers who will all enter
periodically, one after another, similar to a battle royale match. He has boastfully claimed that he will
throw all of them out of the ring and win the battle royale by himself!" shouted the ring announcer.
"Let's start bringing 'em out!" With that, entrance theme music started playing and the first
wrestler burst out of the back and raced towards the ring. He was small and agile, and so, he slid into
the ring on his belly. He didn't even have time to jump up before Bhima gripped his neck with one
whopping hand and the man's tights with the other. Bhima jolted him up and lifted him overhead. The
man was carried around by Bhima in this way for a few seconds as the crowd became mesmerized.
Then, Bhima proceeded to throw the man out of the ring as gently as possible. The man still flew over
the ringside wall into the first few rows of the audience.
This all took place in the first 10 seconds but each wrestler was timed to come out in 30 second
intervals. So Bhima just sat down in the middle of the ring and waited for the next wrestler to come
out. When the next entrance theme started playing, Bhima grumbled and stood up. This next man was
larger, about 6'4". Bhima let the guy come up to him and throw the first punch. The man's fist hit
Bhima's peck but Bhima was unthrottled. The crowd let out an "ooooo!" and the man looked scared.
He threw a rapid fire of punches to try and affect Bhima in some way. All of it was to no avail and
yawning Bhima decided to reach down and grab the man's head. The large wrestler was picked up
with one hand and thrown into the crowd.
The wrestlers all kept coming in 30 second intervals but Bhima was taking care of them too fast.
At his own request, the intervals were shortened to 10 seconds. Bhima still found this to be all too
easy as he tossed each wrestler and sent them diving over the top rope like fish. Bhima even decided
to use a decent amount of his strength when throwing one of the men and that man went soaring up
into the nosebleeds!
When Bhima no longer found the 10 second intervals to be amusing, he shouted "bring out all of
the rest!!" With no hesitation from the people who were organizing the match, all 20 wrestlers who
were yet to have their turn with Bhima scrambled towards the ring. They all dove in and Bhima went
into action, throwing two or even three people out at once!
The last 20 wrestlers were finished off in less than a minute and Bhima hadn't even broken a
sweat. He still held his full composure and was breathing normally, as if nothing took place in the last
few eventful minutes.
Bibliography. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie. Web Source
*Author's Note: As I was reading the Mahabharata, the character of Bhima was being pressed into my mind as the obvious 'muscle' of the Pandava Princes. It was insane how massive and powerful the giant character was. He was described as running through jungles with his mom on his back, two of his brothers on his shoulders, and two more being tucked underneath his armpits! I also imagine that those other Pandava brothers are no midgets themselves. Similar to how Hanuman's athleticism inspired me to write a story featuring him in the Olympics, the legendary strength and physical power of Bhima made me wonder how a figure like that would fare in professional wrestling. I think my mental image is pretty accurate.
Hi Ethan! This story you have created is too awesome. I never imagine transitioning a traditional, folk story to a modern, WWE! Your story is very creative with Bhima being 540 pounds of straight muscle and is 8 feet 2 inches tall. He seemed like a heavy fella that could never be brought down. Overall, great job on your story and good luck with your semester!
ReplyDeleteHey Ethan,
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative and good at writing. You are totally changed up the epic to the current world. The change is really good and I really liked it. WWE is something that I used to watch and found interesting so reading it about the epics made it really nice. I really look forward to reading more of your stories and see how you are going to change it up. Good luck!
What’s up Ethan!
ReplyDeleteThe story you just told was so creative, and kind of crazy. I haven’t ever seen the juristic change from an old traditional, folk story to a now in day WWE. IT was very creative having Bhima being pure muscle at 540 lbs and being eight foot two inches tall. And if it were me I would have looked at him and never thought he could be brought down! Good luck with the story and good luck with the semester!
Hey Ethan! I just wanted to say that I loved your story! It was great! I also just looked through your introduction, it was good too! Your story was very gripping! I can see you put a lot time, work and creativity into your writing. Keep up the good work! I look forward to reading more of your stories! Have a great semester!
ReplyDeleteHey Ethan, you've once again written a very interesting story! I found myself at the edge of my seat while reading your story and wondering what was going to happen next. Bhima sure is a beast but I never would've guessed he was that beastly until reading your story, I now have a new idea of who this Bhima is. I also liked that the story took place in a WWE type of setting because most people have watched a match and can visualize what is happening. Great story!
ReplyDeletehey ethan,
ReplyDeleteThis story is great and was extremely interesting to read! Your story had such a great anticipation factor and you wrote it in such a way that kept me entertained the entire time. your words do such good job describing the characters and i could picture the main character perfectly. your creativity really shined in this story, great job!
Hey Ethan,
ReplyDeleteThis story was so clever! I was driven in by just your title of bringing in the WWE, haha! 8'2 is freakishly tall and weighing 520 lbs?! That's crazy! Competing against twenty wrestlers under a minute without breaking a sweat? What scary man Bhima is!
Hey Ethan I just read your story and I loved it. You brought Bhima to boxing and that was really cool! Your also pointed out his weight class and that was a good intro for your story. I cannot believe Bhima was knocking all these people out like it was nothing haha! I am looking forward to some more of your stories.
ReplyDeleteHey Ethan,
ReplyDeleteI really loved this story and it was a great read. This was very interesting and keeps the reader's attention for every word. It shows just how powerful Bhima is with his ability to demolish 40 men without showing any signs of fatigue. This showed a lot of your creativity being able to coke up with this story.
Hey Ethan!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you brought a passion of yours into your story! Good job showing the detail of Bhima and how strong he is! I enjoyed reading how he completely devastated all of the wrestlers and it didn't even bring a sweat to him! Good job setting the mental image of the wrestling ring and the into songs! Keep up the good work!