WWE Over The Limit Reaction

People Power Battle Royal


Over the Limit kicked off with a battle royal with a number of superstars from both rosters including Miz, Alex Riley, Tyson Kidd, Yoshi Tatsu, David Otunga, and a returning Christian! The winner of the battle royal could choose to face the US Champion Santino, or the IC Champion Cody Rhodes.

It was almost automatic who was going to win, but I digress.

The battle royal was short and fast paced. A quick shout out to Tyson Kidd who had a damn good showing with some cool spots attached to his performance.

The last three were Christian, Miz, & Otunga. Miz gets rid of Otunga and after a few moments, Christian eliminates The Miz and chooses to go after Santino's US Title later tonight.






Over the Limit intro


After the battle royal, a video re-capping the feud between Cena & Laurinatis is played.....followed by the intro. Huh?

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger


Amazing tag team match. Just like I said it would be. From start to finish, all this match was great wrestling and storytelling. We need more of this.

This match stayed at a great pace and never lagged on. Kofi and Ziggler had two of the greatest spots in the match. Both men got the hot tag, Ziggler hops over the ropes and Kofi springs off the ropes and launches halfway across the ring to take him down. And then, Ziggler charges into a flying trouble in paradise.

The Tag Team Champs retain, but I don't think this is the last we've seen of these two teams. If it means more matches like THIS one, then I'm all for this feud going on for a little bit longer.

Great performance from all four men and even the crowd was hot for it.

Divas Championship Match
Layla (c) vs Beth Phoenix


Honestly....

Probably the best Divas match I've seen in quite a while. This match had a great story told in it as well. Beth kept working on the knee of Layla, trying to weaken it and do all sorts of damage to it only to set up Layla's comeback and eventual win. Both Divas showed that they can put on a great match, if given the time compared to the minute or so they get on TV.

Nothing more to be said. One spot that can actually be mentioned is Beth countering a top rope DDT in the crossface Chickenwing. Solid match, although the finish was a little bit out of nowhere. Seemed anti-climactic.

Fatal 4 Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus (c) vs Randy Orton vs Alberto Del Rio vs Chris Jericho


Another great match.

Fatal 4 Way started out with Orton and Sheamus taking out Del Rio and Jericho leading to them having a showdown. The action was pretty fast paced and all over the place. Great spots and some even better wrestling thrown in there.

The end of the match was absolutely well done. There were so many spots, finishers, near falls, and close calls. I myself, and the fans were loving every second of it.

Sheamus gets the win by pinning Del Rio.

This pay-per-view is pretty damn good so far.

Brodus Clay/Miz Dance Contest and Match


I prefer to not comment on this. Let's move on.

Brodus Clay WAS entertaining, but now, he's tiresome and annoying. Miz has fallen so far and it really bothers me.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Cody Rhodes (c) vs Christian


Oh yeah, Christian changed his mind and decided to challenge Cody Rhodes for the IC Title instead.

Meh. Not great like the last 3 title matches, but it was still solid. Some great back and forth wrestling and it ends with Christian winning the IC Title!

I like this move, because not only does it give Christian relevance upon his return, but it also sets up (maybe) a feud with Cody Rhodes and Christian which I would Love, or maybe Christian could feud with some other mid-card talent superstars and help them out.

Either way, that belt is going to look good on Christian though.

WWE Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs Daniel Bryan


Here we go...

GREAT match. It was really everything I expected and even more. Punk and Bryan used a lot of great chain wrestling and a series of submissions, counters, and reversals. Even through all the chain wrestling, they got a few high-flying spots and brawling moments as well. It was a great match. The pace was slow and methodical. DUH! This is what wrestling is all about: setting a good pace, telling a story, and finishing strong. Punk and Bryan blew me away with this match.

BUT...

That finish was poorly done. Bryan caught Punk in the YES! Lock, but Punk rolls him over. The ref counts Bryan's shoulders down and Punk taps AFTER the 3 count.

I see what they were going for. Punk was supposed to tap as the ref counted down to 3 for it to be a controversial finish, but he did it well after the referee had counted the fall. I say Punk screwed that one up.

Nonetheless, I think this feud is going to continue.

Amazing match, but a bad finish.

And....where was AJ? I should've known they weren't gonna pull the trigger on her turn yet.

Ryback vs Hunico & Camacho


Ryback squashed them both. Nothing further to say here.

John Cena vs John Laurinatis


*Sigh* where do I start?

For starters, I'm not going to totally dump on this match. It was entertaining. It wasn't entertaining to the point where I was laughing, but the stuff John Cena was doing was very well done. He was trying too much to be like Rock, but I digress.

The comedy stuff went on a little too long. After Cena dumped garbage on Laurinatis, the boss came back with an unexpected elbow and started coming in with some offense. He didn't have much offense as Cena quickly came back and started beating on Johnny again.

Johnny crawls away into the crowd, backstage and into the arms of the Big Show! Did I call it, or did I call it?!?!

Show drags Johnny back to the ring and just as Cena is about to drop him with the AA, Show clocks in the face with the WMD. Laurinatis pins Cena for the win!

This match seemed eerily similar to St. Valentine's Day Massacre when Austin beat on Mr. McMahon for about 15 minutes and Big Show interfered. Only difference is that Austin won and Cena lost.

There are TONS of people complaining about this already, but what did you expect? People knew it was either gonna be Brock Lesnar, or Big Show. The way that match was going, something was bound to happen eventually.

I understand WWE has really lacked in the shock value the past few years, but people let's be real, no way was this "predictable." If you thought Show was going to interfere from the jump, you're a damn liar. A LOT of people were saying and sticking to Brock Lesnar. And also, Big Show was so convincing on RAW last week, you almost had to rule him out and put him on the back-burner at least, but nobody had Show as the primary candidate to step in.

Then again, WWE set themselves up for this when they added all those stipulations on RAW last Monday. They took away any sort of shock factor because you just knew that somebody was bound to interfere.

I'm looking forward to another Cena/Show feud. The last time they had a feud, Big Show chokeslammed the man through a spotlight.





Overall, the show wasn't spectacular, but it was pretty damn good. The five title matches were amazing. Great action and wrestling from bell to bell. I could've done without Brodus Clay and Ryback, but that's neither here nor there. Out of the last 3 poor Over the Limit pay-per-views, they finally hit the nail on the head and put together a solid show.


Tomorrow's RAW should be most intriguing.




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By: Gerald "Showstopper" Prophete