by T. Trolley

When two women fight, you never know what's going to happen. In fact, when
two women go at it who don't have any idea how to wrestle or fight, the
encounter can evolve into something totally and completely unexpected -- and can end
up with a result just as decisive in one woman's favor even though the original
matchup had evolved into something very different.

Such was the case when Double J, my future wife, agreed to wrestle my former
girlfriend, Sue.

Double J, 26, had all the size advantages over Sue, 18. Double J was 5-6 and
weighed 148 lbs. while Sue was 5-5 and weighed just 117 lbs. Double J was also
a mature woman while Sue was a sprite teen, still with some girl in her.
Double J's short hair was nicely done while the athletic Sue kept her short
jet-black hair short in tomboy fashion.

Double J went into the match wearing an animal skin tiger top and black
shorts. Double J and I had talked about the match for several days and she knew I
was really excited about it. We had even practiced some holds together -- and I
discovered that her natural strength would give her a good chance to beat Sue
with some of the holds we worked on.

Thus, Double J was really hyped up for the fight. So when the bell rang, she
went immediately after the younger Sue and initially used her size and power
to overwhelm her smaller and lighter adversary. Double J got her on the mat and
suddenly applied a move we had practiced together -- a combination scissors
sleeper -- that very nearly put Sue away! Sue was struggling and struggling and
had a look of alarm on her face!

I was excited that Double J was using a hold that we had practiced together.
It made the whole move seem personal, something that we had actually shared
and now, as she was applying the move on Sue, it was as though we were sharing
something special just between us during the moment as she squeezed Sue in the
hold.

Double J meant a lot to me and I was very proud of her for displaying her
strength with this hold that was special to both of us. It was like Carol Burnett
tugging on her ear as a way of acknowledging her family back home. She and I
were very close and to see her succeed physically in a battle with another
woman -- especially another woman I used to know -- using a hold we had worked on
together made her all the more attractive to me. She was showing me a side of
her I didn't know -- a willingness to stand toe-to-toe with another woman and
fight her physically in an attempt to prove she was the better woman. And not
only that -- she was using a hold we had come up with by ourselves to
dispatch her opponent!

Sue somehow got away from the dangerous hold, but Double J continued on the
offensive and drove her into the corner, got her arms around Sue and the corner
post and used the post in a bearhug on Sue, squeezing Sue's back against it!

"Necessity is the mother of invention!" I thought as I had never seen a move
quite like that. The post and Double J's arms crushed Sue's spine very
effectively and put her in trouble! Again, I was proud of Double J's ingenuity in the
ring as she tussled with the younger Sue. It showed me that, even though
Double J was inexperienced in the ring, she had still immersed herself in the
struggle and had enough fortitude and gumption to fully enter the fray in a total
effort to come out on top and figure out new ways and approaches to accomplish
her goal of defeating Sue!

Double J later told me she had indeed made this move up on the spur of the
moment, and the hold proved effective as Double J's overall arm power and
strength proved way too much for the smaller teenager!

Still, Sue continued to desperately struggle in the hold to find a way to
escape! Double J, anxious to get the submission, then shocked me by offering Sue
a deal as the two struggled with everything they had! Double J panted, as she
continually tried to put Sue away but couldn't quite get the smaller woman to
submit, and then said, "Sue, if you give up now, we'll make it a two out of
three match and you can have another chance!"

Double J continued to squeeze the smaller frame of Sue and crush her spine
against that steel post! Sue's cute brown eyes suddenly bulged out as she gasped
for air! Finally, Sue gasped, "Well ... if it's two out of three, I guess
I'll give up!"

The bell sounded as Double J released Sue! Double J's arms were raised in
victory as Sue leaned in the corner, trying to recover as she gasped for air!

The deal Double J came up with on the spur of the moment during the fight was
really ingenious and showed Double J was thinking in the ring as well as
physically fighting. Double J knew she had to find a way of breaking Sue's
resistance down, knowing that Sue was going to fight the bearhug submission as hard
as she could because, if she gave up, the fight would be over. So it was very
possible that Double J could expend a tremendous amount of energy on a hold
that Sue might eventually get out of and then perhaps reverse the tables and beat
a tired Double J in the process -- and in front of me! And losing a fight to
my former girlfriend in front of me was the last thing Double J wanted to do!
Thus, she came up with a deal that offered Sue a way out of a real predicament
and still gave her a chance to win the match while retaining a one fall to
none advantage in a two out of three match! Sheer brilliance!

Or -- was it? It turned out that Double J lived to regret that offer as the
one-piece black swimsuited brunette Sue took the wind out of Double J's sails
early in the second fall by surprising Double J as she switched to a boxing
mode! She proceeded to nail my Double J with a surprisingly strong, powerful and
effective left hand, using her southpaw approach to throw Double J off guard
and drive her back with several lefts to her soft stomach and belly of Double
J! Before she knew it, Double J found herself trapped in a corner with Sue
continuing to work her over with that left hand!

Suddenly, Double J shouted, "Please, Sue! Stop!" I held my breath in shock --
had my Double J just submitted? But Sue obviously didn't think so as she
continued to press the attack against my cornered Double J, obviously willing to
accept nothing but Double J's clear, complete, total and unconditional
surrender!

Double J managed to get out of the corner, but fell to the mat face first and
barely kept Sue from overwhelming her in a fantastic example of hand-to-hand,
woman-to-woman combat where the smaller, younger girl pressed her advantage
against a bigger but battered, banged up woman!

Then, as the two rolled around on the mat, Double J got another idea! "Rather
than beat each other to a pulp, let's settle this with arm wrestling!" she
offered! The two women then, to my surprise, stopped their deadly hand-to-hand
combat and put both of their right arms up for an arm wrestling contest! But
the alert Sue pulled her arm away and put up her left arm -- and Double J, this
time without thinking, instinctively obliged!

This turned out to be a crucial blow to Double J since Sue was lefthanded!
That and the fact that Sue was in better shape than Double J, being the superior
athlete, more than outweighed Double J's good upper body strength!

As they began to arm wrestle, Double J took a small lead but Sue fought back
and had Double J's arm just about down! Double J's body began to tremble and
shake in an effort to keep from being pinned, but finally Double J sighed and
actually gasped, "You're too strong for me, Sue! I give up!" Double J then
relaxed and allowed Sue to take her arm down as she gave up the struggle, thereby
pinning Double J for the win!

Those in attendance stood and applauded! Double J stared at her pinned arm in
disbelief, her face still red from the effort she expended in the match, as
little Sue smiled and lifted a clenched fist in the air in victory over Double
J! Sue went back to her corner and smiled, blowing a lock of hair off her
forehead and rested her arms on the ring ropes as she awaited the third and
deciding fall!

Now Double J was wishing she hadn't agreed to the two out of three fall
match! Her advantage was now erased, disappearing before her eyes as she watched
her arm fall to the mat due to the strength of Sue! The older woman now looked
tired while the perky Sue looked anxious to finish Double J off and pull off a
huge upset, hoping to figuratively put the head of my Double J on her
mantlepiece as an everlasting memoir to her victory over a bigger woman and the
embarrassment and humiliation of my Double J!

I tried to give the gasping, obviously down Double J the necessary
encouragement she would need to face up to Sue and the task at hand in the final fall.
But it seemed obvious that the momentum had shifted to Sue -- unbelieveable as
that may sound! Sue looked ready to go while Double J looked weary and even a
little bit frightened of Sue and reluctant to face -- and taste -- possible
bitter and embarrassing defeat!

The bell finally sounded and the two came out to decide the final fall and
see just who was the better woman! I was amazed that not only had Sue lasted
this long against my Double J but that Sue had also so drastically changed the
momentum of the struggle in her favor that she looked like the favorite to
actually beat my Double J in the third and final fall!

The two women fell to the mat and rolled around a bit, battling dead even.
Even this was an advantage for Sue since she gave away so much weight but still
was able to fight Double J to a standstill on the mat. If she could continue
to do this, she would probably eventually wear down my Double J and set her up
for whatever hold or move she wanted to use to finish her off and humiliate
her!

Double J must have sensed the fight going against her. Even though neither
woman had the advantage, the fact that Sue was fighting her even despite her
size advantage and the fact that she was quickly tiring out all pointed to an
eventual triumph for Sue and a stinging defeat for her if she didn't come up with
something real, real quick!

Then a tired Double J suddenly got on her stomach, put her right arm up and
said, "Let's settle this with arm wrestling, this time right arms! May the
better woman win!"

Sue, of course, liked this idea because she had already beaten Double J in
armwrestling and believed she had the advantage while Double J wanted to get Sue
back for getting pinned and embarrassed by the younger teen in the second
fall!

Sue accepted the challenge! The two put their right arms up and began to arm
wrestle! This time, I thought Double J would have the advantage since she was
righthanded while Sue was a southpaw. But imagine my astonishment when the
surpisingly strong Sue displayed her athleticism and took a strong lead, slowly
forcing Double J's arm toward the mat!

Double J, the older of the two, began to struggle! Sue smelled victory and
went for the final surge that was intended to end Double J's hopes and dreams
for good and defeat her!

Double J's arm was now only inches from the mat! Double J looked up to the
ceiling in desperation, trying to concentrate as the men in the audience cheered
for the smaller Sue to finish the bigger Double J off! It seemed like most of
the men in the audience wanted to see my Double J humiliated by the smaller
brunette! And that looked like it was about to happen as Sue was about to prove
that she was physically stronger than Double J!

Double J couldn't budge Sue's arm at all! Then suddenly Double J got a
panicked look on her face! I didn't know until later when Double J admitted to me
that she was beginning to feel like Sue was going to BREAK HER ARM!

Now wouldn't THAT be something! Not only would we see a smaller woman beat a
larger woman, but that larger woman would be my wife -- and she would actually
get her arm broken by a smaller woman in the process! Talk about being
totally humbled and humiliated! I had heard and seen arms being broken in arm
wrestling matches before but never thought Sue would break Double J's arm --
especially when Sue was left handed and Double J had so much power in her right arm.
But Double J later related to me that she really believed she was in danger of
Sue literally snapping her arm if she continued to resist!

Then, to my surprise, the bigger Double J literally began to cry as a
confident Sue kept up with her power, trying to finish Double J off once and for all
and certain that she was wearing Double J down and was certain she'd no longer
begin to resist!

Poor Double J now had to decide! Would she risk Sue breaking her arm or would
she just give up and face the awful humiliation of having been beaten
physically by a younger and smaller woman?

Double J suddenly pushed back and risked it all! She was trembling under my
watchful eye! But, despite the immense pain she was feeling and the fact that
she believed her arm was about to break, Double J used every fiber of strength
and power she had and ignored the excruciating agony to fight back and slowly
began to pull Sue back and then actually reversd the tide, finishing Sue off
to win the match!

Double J collapsed on the mat, her beet-red face laying there with eyes
closed as Sue lay there on her stomach, still propped up on her arms but obviously
downcast in disappointment that she let the big fish get away just when it
looked like she had her on the boat!

But it took everything Double J had within her to win the fight -- both
physically and mentally -- as Double J had come within a fraction of having her arm
broken!

I was so proud of my Double J! She had proven what kind of woman she was to
the whole world! She was not only strong but so very brave! Most women would
have folded and let Sue beat them, despite being humiliated -- especially when
they would be facing a potential broken arm! But Double J had a stubborn streak
within her and, despite the odds, just refused to let Sue beat her and
ignored the pain and risk of a broken arm to win the fight!