Over the Limit 2012 2012-05-20

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Over the Limit 2012

Date
Sun 20th May 2012 (UTC)
Sun 20th May 2012 (Local)

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WWE

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2012

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25

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Over the Limit was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 20, 2012. It was the third and final event under the Over the Limit chronology

One of the prominent feuds from the Raw brand was between John Cena and the General Manager of Raw and SmackDown, John Laurinaitis. On the night after losing to The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII in early April, Cena's promo was interrupted by a returning Brock Lesnar, who immediately attacked him with an F-5. It was revealed the next week on Raw that Laurinaitis hired Lesnar to replace Cena as "the face of the WWE" by taking him out at Extreme Rules. A battered Cena barely managed to defeat Lesnar, and in a post-match promo, emphasized his injuries and announced he would be "taking a vacation." The next night on Raw, Lesnar attacked WWE COO Triple H (while he was arguing with Laurinaitis about the validity of Lesnar's contract), breaking his arm. With Lesnar's WWE job now in jeopardy, and after advice from his Executive Administrator Eve Torres, Laurinaitis decided on Cena's next opponent, for Over the Limit. Later that night, while Cena was in the ring, Laurinaitis appeared on the entrance stage to announce that opponent, and introduced Lord Tensai. Laurinaitis and Tensai then attacked Cena, and Laurinaitis revealed that he (Laurinaitis) would be Cena's opponent. The WWE Board of Directors stipulated the only way to win would be by pinfall or submission, anybody interfering in the match would be immediately fired and, if Laurinaitis lost the match, he would be fired.

The main event feud from Raw heading into Over the Limit was between WWE Champion CM Punk and challenger Daniel Bryan. Following the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (where Punk successfully defended his title against Chris Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight and Bryan failed to regain the World Heavyweight Championship from Sheamus in a 2 out of 3 falls match), Eve Torres announced Punk's next challenger would be decided by a series of Beat the Clock matches on the April 30 edition of Raw. In the final match of the evening, Bryan defeated Jerry Lawler in the fastest time to become the #1 contender.

The main storyline from the SmackDown brand led to World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus defending his title in a Fatal 4-Way match against Alberto Del Rio, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho. After defeating Daniel Bryan in 18 seconds at WrestleMania XXVIII to win the title, Sheamus faced a returning Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match on the April 6 edition of SmackDown. Del Rio defeated Sheamus via disqualification to earn a future title shot. Sheamus again defeated Bryan at Extreme Rules to retain his title and end their rivalry, opening the way for Del Rio's title opportunity at Over the Limit. On the May 7 episode of Raw, Sheamus and Orton faced Jericho and Del Rio in a tag team match. Jericho pinned Sheamus after a Codebreaker, after Sheamus accidentally kicked Orton in the face. They argued, in John Laurinaitis' office, about who should be next in line for the title. Laurinaitis announced a Fatal 4-Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Over the Limit, instead of the originally advertised singles match between Sheamus and Del Rio.

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Result List

Result Description
WWE Intercontinental Title / WWE United States Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal
Christian defeated Alex Riley and Curt Hawkins and Darren Young and David Otunga and Drew McIntyre and Ezekiel Jackson and Heath Slater and Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso and Jinder Mahal and JTG and Michael McGillicutty and The Great Khali and The Miz and Titus O'Neil and Tyler Reks and Tyson Kidd and William Regal and Yoshi Tatsu (12:13)

WWE Tag Team Title Match
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero) (12:21)

WWE Divas Title Match
Layla (c) defeated Beth Phoenix (7:10)

World Heavyweight Title Fatal Four Way Match
Sheamus (c) defeated Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez) and Chris Jericho and Randy Orton (15:54)

Singles Match
Brodus Clay defeated The Miz (4:11)

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Christian defeated Cody Rhodes (c) (7:16) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

WWE Heavyweight Title Match
CM Punk (c) defeated Daniel Bryan (23:58)

Singles Match
Ryback defeated Camacho (w/Hunico) (1:50)

No Disqualification Match
John Laurinaitis defeated John Cena (16:57)

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