There are moments in time when wrestling events make you remember what it's like to be a fan, to make you remember why you fell in love with the genre, although the first half of WWEs Over the Limit couldn't make me give 5 fucks about wrestling, the final 3 matches made the ppv worth watching and had me on the edge of my seat, I will spend this review critiquing all the matches on the card and giving them a score out of 10. The only words I can say for now is that if I were you, I'd skip to the last 3 matches.
1. R-Truth vs Rey Mysterio
personally I think R-Truth is wrong for his current role, his mic work makes me cringe everytime I hear it and I feel like turning off everytime he's on, the character he's been given is fine, it's just the wrong man for the role.
Anyway, this was good match to start things off, nothing special but it kept my interest, Rey can carry a good match, which is why it was a shame Truth won, that means we'll be seeing more of him...SHHHIIIIIIT!
Score: 7/10
2. Wade Barrett vs Ezikiel Jackson
I honestly didn't expect much of this match, although Jackson held up his part as the powerhouse, whilst Barrett caried the match and kept it decent with a suprising pump-handle drop, the classic mid-rope elbow and some spots with the ring post. I'm glad Barrett got disqualified, it had him keep his belt which he's only had for 2 months now and it kept Jackson as a credible threat and kept the fued going.
Score: 6/10
3. Sin Cara vs Chavo Geurrero
This was a pretty fun match, it showcased Sin Cara as a human highlight reel (you'll be hearing from Jericho's lawyers) and showed how underated Chavo is. Sin Cara had the majority of the offence which is understandable considering that Chavo's been on the lower end for so long. We saw all sorts of awesome moves from Sin Cara, making him look strong and making the match strong, however, a few botched moves, including a messed up finish dampened the match.
Score: 7/10
4. Kane/Big Show vs CM Punk/Mason Ryan
This could've been a t.v match, there were few highlights as Punk was made to look weak and Ryan is still slightly green. Other than a cheeky Macho man tribute by punk, this was standard.
(earlier however, there was a segment where Otunga and Mcguilicutty were found beaten up, apparently by Show and Kane, while Ryan showed compasion towards his fallen team mates, Punk just told them to 'Walk it off', this was great heeling by Punk but made Show/Kane questionable as faces.
Score: 6/10
5. Brie Bella vs Kelly Kelly
To be honest, I spent most of this match reading Empire magazine. All that happened was a stinkface, talking about Kelly being in FHM, 'twin majic' and an X-factor, Nothing to see here folks!
Score: 4.5/10
6. Randy Orton vs Christian
This was as phenominal as AJ Styles, these 2 put on a clinic. So many counters, Christians rope punch countered with DDT counstered with rope punch, corner kick countered with DDT etc. So many reversals and near falls had me jumping out of my chair, thinking to myself 'I love wrestling!' This may well could be a match of the year candidate and I hope this leads to more matches.
Score: 9.5/10
7. Jerry Lawler vs Michael Cole
I actually liked the Wrestlemania match these 2 had, not from a wrestling point of view, but from a comedy point of view. This match provided Jim Cornette style comedy and the perfect climax to this fued. It all started with Cole trying to get out of the match with a doctors note, but the ref started the match. Things didn't start promising with Lawler landing non-conecting punches, but it got better when Cole slipped outside, sending Lawler into the steps and unvielimg the worst athletes foot I've ever seen. But my sides split when Cole went crashing into the Colemine, after a fist drop that was it. The after match segment was the icing on the cake as appearences from Eve giving Cole a moonsault, JR squirting Cole with BBQ sauace and most awesomly, Bret Hart hitting Cole with a sharpshooter made my day and bought tears to my eyes.
Score: wrestling: 3/10 entertainment/joy: 9/10
8. John Cena vs The Miz
This match told a great story, with Miz revealing that since it's no dq the A-Ry could participate. This lead to most of the match being Miz and A-Ry beating the holy crap out of Cena, with fun spots with belts, Kendo sticks, stairs and a young Cenation member at ringside.
Most of you will probably wonder how the hell Cena managed to win after a 20 minute beatdown but I suppose that if you gave your opponent 90% of the offence then you deserved to go over. Fun for the Cenation as they saw their hero win after insumountable odds and fun for the Cena haters as they got to see Cena get beaten like a government mule for 20 minutes.
Score: 8/10
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