Over the Limit (2012)
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 The promotional poster featuring Randy Orton. | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | May 20, 2012 | ||
| City | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||
| Venue | PNC Arena | ||
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Over the Limit is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event to be produced by WWE. It is scheduled to take place at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 20, 2012, and will be the third Over the Limit event. Two matches have been announced for the event.
Background
Over the Limit will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines which are played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]
The feud stemming from Raw pits John Cena against the General Manager of Raw and Smackdown John Laurinaitis. The day after Cena lost to The Rock at Wrestlemania XXVIII, he was greeted by a returning Brock Lesnar who attacked Cena. It was revealed that Laurinaitis hired Lesnar to replace Cena as the face of the WWE and take him out at Extreme Rules. While the match was brutal and offense was heavily in Lesnar's favour, Cena was able to make it through the match though with heavy damage, especially to his left arm. The next day on Raw, COO Triple H disputed that Lesnar's contract and demands did not go through him and thus if Lesnar wanted to stay in the WWE, he would have to sign his original contract without the demands. Lesnar then attacked Triple H, thus putting his negotiations on hold. Distraught by this, Laurinaitis, with some advice from Eve, decided his next course of action when deciding Cena's next opponent. He came out to tell Cena who his opponent will be to which Lord Tensai appeared. Upon staring down Tensai, Laurinaitis attacked Cena and revealed that Laurinaitis himself will be his opponent for the pay-per-view.
Another feud from Raw involves WWE Champion CM Punk against former World Champion Daniel Bryan for Punk's WWE Championship. Following the Extreme Rules pay-per-view where Punk defended his title against Chris Jericho and Sheamus defended his title against Bryan, John Laurinaitis decided Punk's next challenger via a series of Beat the Clock matches. In the final match involving Daniel Bryan and Jerry "The King" Lawler, Bryan was able to defeat Lawler in the fastest time to gain a match against Punk.
Matches
| # | Match | Stipulations |
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| 1 | CM Punk (c) vs. Daniel Bryan | Singles match for the WWE Championship[2] |
| 2 | John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis | Singles match[3] |
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match
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References
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan". WWE. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ "John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis". WWE. Retrieved 2012-05-01.