Over the Limit (2011)

Over the Limit (2011)
Theme song(s)	"Help Is On the Way" by Rise Against
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	May 22, 2011
Venue	KeyArena
City	Seattle, Washington
Pay-per-view chronology
Extreme Rules (2011) Over the Limit (2011) Capitol Punishment
Over the Limit chronology
Over the Limit (2010) Over the Limit (2011) Over The Limit (2012)

Over the Limit (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It took place on May 22, 2011 at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. It was the second Over the Limit event.^[1][2]

Background

Raw matches

The main event for the Raw side of the PPV was decided on the May 9 edition of Raw. The Miz, Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio faced off in a triple threat match where the winner would face John Cena for the WWE Championship at Over the Limit. The Miz won the match by rolling up Mysterio. After the match was over, as had been announced, Cena came out to announce what type of match he had chosen. He told Miz, if he wants his title back, it's simple, you only "have to make me say two words", thus he announced the match would be an "I Quit" match.^[3]

Also on Raw, carrying over from their WrestleMania and Extreme Rules matches, Jerry Lawler challenged Michael Cole to one final match at Over the Limit, where if he lost he would personally induct Cole into the WWE Hall of Fame and give him his Hall of Fame ring. Cole initially said no and started bragging about his Mother's Day with his mother the day before in front of Lawler, whose mother died in February.^[4] This prompted King to try and attack Cole who was in his "Cole Mine" (a Plexiglas box meant to protect Cole from Lawler). As King went to attack him, he was attacked from behind by Cole's mentor Jack Swagger. A little later in the show, Lawler came back out and attacked Cole through the holes cut in the "Cole Mine" by yanking Cole's head repeatedly against the plexiglas by his tie. After he was saved, Swagger accepted the match against Lawler on behalf of Cole, much to Cole's displeasure.^[3]

Results

No.	Results[5]	Stipulations
1^D	Daniel Bryan defeated Drew McIntyre by submission[6]	Singles match
2	R-Truth defeated Rey Mysterio by pinfall[7]	Singles match	08:12
3	Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett (c) by disqualification[8]	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	07:27
4	Sin Cara defeated Chavo Guerrero by pinfall[9]	Singles match	07:23
5	Big Show and Kane (c) defeated The New Nexus (CM Punk and Mason Ryan) by pinfall[10]	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:06
6	Brie Bella (c) (with Nikki Bella) defeated Kelly Kelly by pinfall[11]	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship	04:03
7	Randy Orton (c) defeated Christian by pinfall[12]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	16:52
8	Jerry Lawler defeated Michael Cole[13]	Kiss my Foot match Had Lawler lost, he would have had to give his Hall of Fame ring to Cole and personally induct Cole into The Hall of Fame.	03:01
9	John Cena (c) defeated The Miz (with Alex Riley)[14]	"I Quit" match for the WWE Championship	24:56
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match D – This match was a dark match

Related pages

• WWE Over the Limit

References

1. "Over the Limit". WWE. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
2. "Over the Limit". KeyArena. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
3. Jason Powell. "5/9 Powell's WWE Raw Live Coverage: John Cena's challenger for the Over The Limit pay-per-view, Cena to pick the match stipulation". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
4. "WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler's mother Hazel died on Sunday". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
5. Caldwell, James (May 22, 2011). "Caldwell's WWE Over the Limit PPV Results 5/22: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – Cena vs. Miz I Quit, Orton vs. Christian, Cole vs. Lawler". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
6. "WWE News: Over the Limit dark match result from Seattle – cody rhodes wrestles in seattle". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
7. Wortman, James. "WWE: Homepage > TV Shows > WWE Over The Limit > WWE Over The Limit 2011 > Rey Mysterio vs. R-Truth". WWE. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
8. Burdick, Michael. "WWE: Homepage > TV Shows > WWE Over The Limit > WWE Over The Limit 2011 > Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson". WWE. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
9. "2 New Matches Added to WWE Over the Limit; Updated Card". WWE. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
10. Adkins, Greg. "2 New Matches Added to WWE Over the Limit; Updated Card". WWE. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
11. Adkins, Greg. "2 New Matches Added to WWE Over the Limit; Updated Card". WWE. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
12. Passero, Mitch. "WWE: Homepage > TV Shows > WWE Over The Limit > WWE Over The Limit 2011 > World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Christian". WWE. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
13. Murphy, Ryan. "WWE: Homepage > TV Shows > WWE Over The Limit > WWE Over The Limit 2011 > Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole (Kiss My Foot Match)". WWE. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
14. Wortman, James. "WWE: Homepage > TV Shows > WWE Over The Limit > WWE Over The Limit 2011 > WWE Champion John Cena vs. The Miz ("I Quit" Match)". WWE. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

Other websites

• Official Over the Limit website