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Last night was WWE's Over the Limit PPV. Based on one match, I was ready to give this show a thumbs up, but then another match made me give this show a thumbs in the middle. And I think thumbs in the middle is right because when you take away Punk v Bryan, this was a highly forgettable show. Though actually I don't know if I'll ever forget how terrible Cena v Laurinaitis was.
- Kane beat the woo woo guy on the Youtube preshow. Don't worry guys, they're just building up his big run.
- Christian won a Battle Royal to earn a shot at either the US or Intercontinental Title. It was a typical WWE Battle Royal. A bunch of jobbers with a few midcard names (Christian, Miz, Otunga). Everyone was eliminated quickly. Christian eliminated Miz to get the win. He challenged Santino but later changed his mind to Cody Rhodes.
- R-Truth and Kofi Kingston d Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. This was nothing more than a slightly extended Raw match. The main point of the match was for Lawler to rip on Vickie unrelentingly. It was quite disgusting. Lawler definitely wasn't a star.
- Layla d Beth Phoenix to retain the Divas Title. Sloppy match. I expected better. Layla looks very hesitant in the ring since returning from her knee injury. She shouldn't be champion right now.
- Sheamus d Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, and Alberto Del Rio in a Fatal Fourway to retain the World Heavyweight Title. I get annoyed by WWE multi-man matches because they always break down to two guys in the the ring and the other two guys playing dead on the outside. However, things picked up at the end with a lot of finishers hit only to be broken up. Sheamus pinned Jericho clean with a new finisher. Crowd didn't seem overly into the Sheamus win.
- Brodus Clay d The Miz. The Miz danced. Clay won the match. No one in the crowd cared.
- Christian d Cody Rhodes to win the Intercontinental Title. Match was nothing special. Cody Rhodes' IC Title Reign may go down as the worst title reign in WWE history. I don't think he won a single match as champion. It's unreal how he's been treated. He was a legit rising star that had crowd support, and now he's nothing more than a jobber. He tweeted today "Time off". No idea what that means. Hopefully he's quitting this awful company.
- CM Punk d Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE Championship. Awesome match. They went 24 minutes and it never once dragged. They told a story of Bryan working over Punk's injured ribs and then Punk working over Bryan's legs, including a Figure Four spot which got a huge pop (they were in North Carolina). Tons of technical wrestling. The finish saw Bryan have Punk in the YES Lock. He was pulling back so hard that Punk was able to roll over and bridge to pin Bryan while still being in the Yes Lock. A very clever finish that kept both guys looking strong and sets up perfectly for a rematch. AJ interrupted Punk's interview before the match but never appeared during the match. This is a Match of the Year candidate. It was a very different match than HHH v Taker, but awesome in it's own way. I still have not seen Davey Richard v Michael Elgin, but everyone still seems to think that is the hands down MOTY.
- Ryback b Camacho. A bad two minute squash match. That's hard to do. The crowd also was dead for this.
- John Laurinaitis d John Cena. This was 15 minutes of bad comedy. Cena poured water down Luarinaitis's pants. He sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. He sat him in the announcer chair and the two pretended to do bad commentary. In maybe the most inexplicable spot of the match. Cena told Laurinaitis that if he could survive the STF for 10 seconds, he would let him go. Laurinaitis did. Then Cena did it again. Laurinaitis survived again. So a 50 year old non-wrestler lasted 20 seconds in the STF when just about every other guy on the roster has tapped out in under 5 seconds. Great way to sell a move. Plus, why would Cena let Laurinaitis out when Cena is trying to get him fired? The whole thing was so stupid. Anyway, Laurinaitis tried to run away. Big Show came through the crowd and brought him back. He teased attacking Laurinaitis (actually teased it way too long to the point it was painfully obvious what was about to happen). Cena lifted Laurinaitis into the AA, but Big Show hit Cena with the Knockout Punch allowing Laurinaitis to get the win. Cena sold this one punch for at least 5 minutes. Let's see how long he's down when he actually has a match with Show.
Nothing has been officially announced for tonight. WWE.com is reporting that Laurinaitis has a laundry list of injuries from last night (he doesn't actually), so I expect more great comedy of him coming out in a full body cast tonight.
We'll get the explanation of The Big Show helping Laurinaitis win last night. It better be that it was the plan all along and last week's firing was just a ruse, because if not, Big Show crying for his job makes him look like a really big @**!%.
The Revolution videos will probably be played a few times tonight. Whatever the end result is going to be is supposed to be revealed next week. Great idea to make a big debut or announcement on the Memorial Day show.
