Over The Limit should have been called 'The PPV Where Evil Never Stood A Chance'. I haven't read previous posts, but i'd be shocked if I went back and found that I'm the first person to comment on not a single heel left with the win at the end of the night.
Ok, so it doesn't really amke a difference, and a feel good PPV probably made the kiddies feel happy, but imo the first three matches should all have ended with the heels winning.
What was the point of Drew dropping the IC title mere days after having it given back to him? Is Drew with no belt vs Matt Hardy going to draw? Probably not. Is Kofi with the belt facing no one going to do him any favours? Also, probably not.
Ted Dibiase is trying to echo The Miz's success of getting out of the tag team division and becoming a top mid-card talent. He's re-hashing the Million Dollar Man gimmick (although he wrestles like he's The Ringmaster i.e. boring as fuck), but it works perfectly. Virgil got on the ring apron once, perhaps he forgot what it takes to be considered a decent manager? But anyway i'm ranting so back on topic....
How did Ted Dibiase losing cleanly to Truth do Dibiase any favours. R-Truth is your new Kofi Kingston for Raw. People are going to cheer regardless because he has a fun entrance, some flashy dance moves, and is good on the stick. Ted Dibiase is finally free from the lackluster Legacy angle, and needs every bit of help he can get to regain the fans attention, and imo, having him job to Truth is not the way to do it.
As for the match, I finally see a wrestler execute the suplex stunner, and the audience didn't pop. That was probably the best move that I've ever seen Truth pull off, and it barely got any reaction. Eve's kneeling facebuster got more of a pop than that for fuck's sake! And then he goes and wins with that poxy corkscrew forearm? Seriously? At least he hit it properly this time but still.... LAME! I mean that's like hitting a Canadian Destroyer but then winning your match with an Eye Rake kind of lame.
Then we had the SES/Hair match. Now i thought Rey may have done himself a serious injury when he went face first into the barber's chair. It was a sick thud made only worse by the fact that Rey misjudged how much room he had to get his arms up.... the answer was, not enough, and yet he did the spot anyway.
Now sadly, the momentum for this match was shot point blank in the head, because they had to stop for fuckin' blood. THANK GOD CM Punk decided to say 'fuck the rules' and went ape shit because he single handedly saved that match for the live audience. As soon as they started chanting boring, Punk went a million miles a minute and shut everyone's mouth in an instant, and for that, i gained a LOT more respect for CM Punk.
Rey Mysterio should be in the SES. Give this stable a nice big boost and an internal angle to work with, because right now, it's just 'Wrestler A' vs Punk with the other 3 in tow all the damn time, and Punk's mic skills are only going to keep it interesting for so long. By having Rey in the SES, kids can rally behind Rey as he fights to regain his independance from them, and hate Punk even more for surpressing Rey's 'warrior spirit' or whatever.
Instead, Rey gets the win, Punk is now bald, totally ruining the 'evil Jesus' look he had going beforehand, and now the fueds over so Rey can take a month off. I am so sick of booking being written around the talent's holiday shcedule. When Taker or HBK want time off, they have to get the shit kicked out of them on TV before they're allowed to disppear, so why does Rey Mysterio get to shit all over SD's hottest prospect before he takes time off?
I personally would have had Rey in the SES for at least a month, and then have them have another match to allow Rey to get out of the stable, and when he wins that, the 4 of them gang mug him, and then he can have his time off.
Tag match was what i expected. Done very well overall, with the Harts not looking as though they were better than JeriMiz, but also JeriMiz didn't come off like a well oiled tag team, instead they looked like 2 guys who keep winning the tag belts, assumed they'd win them again, and didn't, and that's exactly how i think it should have been done. Very impressed with the Harts. It was their first big match on PPV and i feel they met expectations very well.
I fell asleep during Orton/Edge, even before the body scissors, so i can't honestly comment. Apparently Orton's selling has vastly improved as everyone apparently thought he'd legitimately broken his arm, yet i see he's going to be at Fatal 4 Way, so he couldn't be that badly hurt. I think it's good that neither of them won, because it makes them seem equal in skill, and being in the title match next month, means the fued can continue on TV, but you can still get another 3 one-on-one matches out of these 2 guys on PPV before it starts getting stale.
Big Show/Swagger was done the only sensible way it could be done really. Swagger's offence only really suits him when facing guys smaller or of equal stature to him. Bigger guys are NOT going to be beaten with amature wrestling holds, especially when this particular SHW is Big Show. I think that having Swagger get his ass kicked for 5 minutes and then a DQ loss was the most sensible outcome, and this was probably the most sensible booking on the whole show. Yes he's losing to just about everyone, and no he shouldn't be, but should he be beating guys like Big Show in his 2nd or 3rd title defence? No, no he shouldn't. He'll win next month though. I bet SD's Fatal 4way will be Swagger, Big Show, Taker and someone else, and Taker and Show will beat each other senseless, while Swagger pins wrestler #4.
Divas match wasn't bad. Wondered why Eve was given the belt, and now i realsie it's because she can put on a half decent match, so well done to her. Maryse was just typical Maryse. Sloppy as hell, but oh so good to watch none the less.
And then we come to the 'I Quit Match'. Again, respect for Batista for shoving the doctor aside. I couldn't believe that Vince didn't say 'If one of you bleeds, we'll just ignore it' considering the reaction it got during Punk/Rey, you'd think he'd have the forethought not to bother with blood clean up in the ME match which is 'I Quit'. They should be fuckin' bleeding, it's a barbaric match for God's sake. Plus, kids know that people bleed. This isn't PG it's fuckin' kiddie wrestling if we're going to pretend that people don't bleed. Do they stop a football match if a guy gets a cut on his arm? No, they take him off and put someone else on, taking up 30 seconds tops. 2 minutes in the middle of a wrestling match is unnacceptable.
And ya know why John Cena's never quit? BEcause he's never made any moves look like they hurt, so why would he have quit?
One bicycle kick right at the end from Sheamus was pretty pointless as well, but hey, had to get him on there somehow right?
In terms of how enjoyable this PPV was, i'd probably give it a C+. I enjoyed the majority of the matches, i like that there were a couple of mid-card fueds on the PPV, because we need more of them imo, and the absence of HHH, Taker and HBK is what i attribute it too, and i hope it doesn;t all cease completely when they come back.
