AJ Lee wins Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational

NEW ORLEANS —Ten years after sitting in the rafters of Madison Square Garden, watching

WrestleMania 20 with her father, AJ Lee finally has

her WrestleMania moment. Facing seemingly

insurmountable odds in the Vickie Guerrero Divas

Championship Invitational at WrestleMania 30, AJ

showed why she has held the title for 294 days. In a frantic scramble that featured 14 dangerous Divas

battling to score the first pinfall or submission, AJ

used her smarts to retain her title, tricking the

referee into thinking Naomi had tapped out to the

Black Widow. AJ’s road to retaining her title wasn’t easy. She had

13 other Divas targeting her from the get-go,

including Natalya, Naomi, Cameron, Eva Marie,

Summer Rae and The Bella Twins—stars of the hit

E! reality show Total Divas—along with Aksana,

Layla, Emma, Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes. And if that wasn’t enough, there was Lee’s own bodyguard,

Tamina Snuka. With Vickie Guerrero leering at the bout from a

perch at ringside, AJ and Tamina were forced to

stand back-to-back as the bell rang and every other

Diva pounced on them. The match broke down into

a frenetic brawl almost instantantly, resulting in

bodies flying everywhere. Natalya nearly put Mendes, Fox and Cameron into a triple

Sharpshooter, until Eva Marie rolled her up for a

near fall. The red-haired beauty even showed a little

moxie, standing toe-to-toe with Tamina for a

moment.

With the referee struggling to control the chaos,

The Bellas took advantage, executing a double

dive. However, sisterly bonds didn’t matter in this

one-fall bout, as Nikki dropped Brie with The Rack

Attack. Natalya soon took out Tamina with a discus

clothesline, taking out AJ’s only ally in the contest. The Divas Champion watched her bodyguard get

clocked, then turned directly into an attack from

Naomi. Somehow, though AJ reversed the hold,

spinning into the Black Widow. Naomi struggled in the hold, dropping to her knee,

but refused to tap out. With the referee focused on

Naomi’s left arm, AJ grabbed  her foe’s already

weakened rightappendage and tapped it against the

canvas, being so careful as to keep her deceit just

out of the official’s view.

Having survived a battle with nearly every Diva on

the roster on The Grandest Stage of Them All,

there’s one question that has to be asked as The

Black Widow continues her reign over the Divas

division:Is there anyone who can take the Divas

Championship away from AJ Lee?