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I won't mince words. Last night's Over the Limit pay-per-view was garbage. No other way around it. I haven't seen a single review of last night's show even giving the show a thumbs in the middle. Every review has been a stinking thumbs down. With that said, here is a very brief review of last night's show:
~Kofi Kingston d Drew McIntyre to become the new Intercontinental Champion. Drew may have been the chosen one a few months ago, but he is deep, deep in the dog house now. He has done nothing of significance in months. And not only was he beat by Kofi, but he was then laid out by the eternal midcard jobber Matt Hardy.
~R-Truth d Ted Dibiase. Virgil played no role in this match. Dibiase was another deemed as a chosen one, and he jobbed cleanly in a lackluster match to another eternal midcarder. Makes no sense to me.
~Rey Mysterio d CM Punk. This was probably the best match of the show, but that's not saying much because this wasn't a great match. The WWE needs to drop the no blood policy because it absolutely killed the pace of this match. Mysterio won with a rollup which seems like a crappy, indecisive way to end this program. Mysterio shaved Punk's head as he hid his face due to his forehead being busted open.
~The Hart Dynasty d Miz and Jericho to retain the Unified Tag Team Titles. Another match that underperformed. The finish came out of nowhere, and the Hart's retained to the disinterest of the crowd.
~Edge and Randy Orton ended in a double count out. The match started slowly and never had a chance to build due to an injury to Orton. I don't know where the match was headed, but the first 7 minutes were not good.
~Big Show d Jack Swagger via DQ to have Swagger retain the World Championship. A non-match with a complete crap finish. After the non finish to the previous match, they needed to re-write the finish for this match to give us a finish. These two matches completely killed the crowd.
~Eve d Maryse to retain the Divas Title. A third straight match to kill the crowd.
~John Cena d Batista in an I Quit match to retain the WWE Title. The match was fine but the finish pissed me off to no end along with a few other things. Batista passed out after being in the STF for 30 seconds. When Batista attempted to run over Cena, you could clearly see Cena crawling out of the way. And having Batista get completely punked out by quitting because he didn't want to get slammed off the car was so weak.
What an awful way for Dave to go out if that really is his last moment in the WWE. If you missed the show, there is absolutely no reason to catch the replay.
There are a few things for tonight's show.
A new Raw General Manager will be announced tonight. Many names have been floated around... Bret Hart, Jim Ross, Michael Cole, Steve Austin. However, WrestlingObserver.com is reporting the front runner is Abraham Washington. Interesting. From what I've read, Washington is actually very good in FCW. He was given a bad role in ECW. So I'm open to giving him a shot. But how many people even have any idea who Abraham Washington is?
Last night during the PPV they mentioned in passing that there would be qualifying matches for the Fatal Fourway PPV which is only 20 days away. With the short time line, I would assume the qualifying matches will take place tonight. The original plan was Cena vs Sheamus vs Edge vs Orton. We can scratch Orton out of that match. I don't know who will take his spot, but I would guess either R-Truth or John Morrison.
Bret Hart became the United States Champion last week defeating The Miz with the help of The Hart Dynasty. I would assume Bret will vacate the title allowing for a fourway match for the championship at the PPV. Again assuming that The Miz will be involved in a match for the tag belts, the four I would say would be involved are Ted Dibiase, Bryan Danielson, Evan Bourne, and either Truth or Morrison.
And then for the tag title fatal fourway, it will be The Hart Dynasty, Miz/Jericho, and then I have no idea. The Dudebusters? Kozlov/Regal? I don't even know what other tag teams there are. Not that they even matter.
Jon Lovitz hosts tonight.