WWE Over The Limit 2011 Review: May 22, 2011 (Part 1)

Hello folks! Welcome to my in-depth review of WWE Over The Limit. Last night consisted of some highs and some lows and I am here to take you through them all and relive the action from the pay-per-view. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the read!

A tribute to “Macho Man” Randy Savage was shown before the start of the show.  

Truth stated the show off coming out to no music. That’s a bit lazy if you ask me. How long have they had to compose a track for him? I mean, when you bring Truth out with no music you’re putting him on the same level as Cole, who also doesn’t have any music. Get a track composed and debut it tomorrow WWE, seriously.

Truth cut a promo before his match talking about how he didn’t get a premium parking spot. I saw it as a metaphor for his spot in the WWE—the premium spot being the No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship.

The match was a fairly good opener in my opinion with a few good spots. Nothing was more surprising than the result though. R-Truth won after hitting his finisher on Mysterio...cleanly. I couldn’t believe it. R-Truth was actually put over. I didn’t expect that in a million years.

R-Truth displayed a new aggressive style to his wrestling, shoving Mysterio into turnbuckles, stretching him round them. The highlight of the match for me was the huge bulldog off the second rope. It truly was amazing. I thought Truth was finished after that but he kicked out.

I wonder what this win means for R-Truth. Hopefully he will get in the title picture.

Todd Grisham interviewed the Miz in the back. It wasn’t a very good promo compared to the Miz’s usual standards and the main point of his answer was the fact that he was going to win. He didn’t try and entertain me with this and I felt cheated because I think The Miz is fast becoming one of the best mic workers in the business.

Cole is still screaming. He isn’t right in the head.

I couldn’t believe the Intercontinental title match was so low down on the card. To have it as the second match is a bit stupid for a title that is only defended once in a blue moon anyway. They’re never going to bring some integrity back to the title by putting it on before Cole and Lawler.

Wade Barrett came out without The Corre. Zeke displayed impressive power in the early going, manhandling Wade Barrett with relative ease. Barrett regained the advantage by playing possum and suckering Zeke in.

The crowd was as dead as a dodo. Even my fiancée said they were ridiculously quiet.

Wade Barrett eventually got Ezekiel in the Wasteland position but it was reversed. Wade managed to execute a pumphandle slam—Ezekiel kicked out. After this Ezekiel regained control and stayed there for the rest of the match. He slammed Wade Barrett a total of 5 times in the same way he slammed Justin Gabriel on SmackDown.

Ezekiel was inches away from winning the Intercontinental title by slapping in the Torture Rack on Barrett but The Corre interfered on his behalf. I thought we were going to at least get a decent match for the title after it was put so low down on the card but alas, it wasn’t to be.

There was absolutely no need to involve The Corre and it took away from the whole match in my opinion. Why did they need to interfere? They didn’t. Wade should have lost that title and The Corre should have split up next week.

Wade shouted at the guy getting his Intercontinental title in such a northern accent—I loved it!

“Hurry up you bloody moron!”

Go on Wade!

Punk and Mason Ryan were shown in a backstage segment next where they discovered McGillicutty and David Otunga had been attacked. Punk showed little compassion saying it was a good thing they had been attacked because it meant they were under Big Show and Kane’s skin.

Punk told the Nexus members to “walk off” their injuries. Punk seemed to be in a comedic mood.

Sin Cara arrived to a modified entrance. He had some extra fireworks and it looked like he appeared from nowhere. He still ran and vaulted into the ring—impressively once again. It was weird seeing Chavo on a pay-per-view due to the fact that he hasn’t been relevant for a couple of years.

The weird lighting came on which I thought was a huge mistake because it just made it obvious that Sin Cara would pick up the victory.

Nevertheless I thought the match was extremely impressive—the crowd in Seattle didn’t though. They were silent almost all the way through. They became excited when Sin Cara spun through the air and landed on Chavo. It was cooler than it sounded because he landed on his feet like a cat.

Sin Cara executed a beautiful Moonsault which was another highlight of this entertaining spectacle. Cara managed to get the crowd going at one point which I didn’t think he’d be able to—they were being right miserable bleeders.

The beginning of the match had featured some extremely impressive lucha libre style wrestling and I was captivated by it. This feud should continue in my opinion if it means that we will see more of what we saw last night.

They had a decent amount of time for the match and I felt it ran for just the right amount of time. This was a very successful debut appearance for Sin Cara in my opinion. Sin Cara won with a botched move at the end.

It wasn’t botched in a particularly bad way because Chavo face-planted the mat, so it just looked like they meant to do that—but I’m fairly certain that was supposed to be another huracanrana.

In another interview segment backstage, Randy and Christian were face to face yet again. Christian re-iterated that he isn’t mad at anybody for losing the title, while Orton just stood there looking badass with his beard. He doesn’t even shave for a pay-per-view, that’s just how he rolls.

Alberto Del Rio made a surprise appearance and just talked about how it is his destiny to win the title. Change the bloody record Del Rio. This was the most pointless promo of the night as he was scared out of the ring by The Big Show and Kane.

Kane said he was looking forward to rapture. I hope he didn’t tweet that; otherwise he’d have a load of Christian groups following him like I did when I tweeted it. For some reason I don’t think it would be a good look if the Devil’s favourite demon had a religious group following him.

The New Nexus turned up in the form of CM Punk and Mason Ryan for their shot at the titles. It was at this point that my fiancee said Punk looked really tired. I guess he must need some time off.

Punk got owned for the majority of the match but brought a lot of comedy to his part—especially when he was slapped by The Big Show. Nothing wrong with enjoying your job—even if you are getting your ass handed to you on a silver platter.

Punk had “Macho” written on one of his taped wrists which I thought was a nice tribute to the recently deceased Randy Savage.

The Big Show managed to get the crowd fired up for a split second. The match was fairly boring and ended with the wrong result in my opinion. The Big Show and Kane ended up retaining the titles after a double chokeslam to Mason Ryan.

I just couldn’t take the match seriously with Punk’s comedy antics and I wasn’t as invested in the characters as I was for the other matches of the night. The New Nexus should have won to give them a purpose on Raw as they have no direction whatsoever at the moment. Mason Ryan is the only person showing some potential.

The fake press conference for Capitol Punishment was a funny way to promote the next pay-per-view. It was inventive for WWE I must say.

This review has been split into two parts to make it easier to read. This concludes Part One. To see part two please click here.

Thanks for reading Part One!

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