WWE Over The Limit 2010 Over the Limit was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which took place on May 23 , 2010 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . Eight matches took place during the event . The event received 197 , 000 pay - per - view buys , down on the Judgment Day 2009 figure of 228 , 000 buys . A second Over the Limit event would take place on May 22 , 2011 . Background . Over the Limit involved different wrestlers from scripted feuds , plots , and storylines that played out on WWE ' s television programs . Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension , and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches . The main feud from the Raw brand heading into Over the Limit was between John Cena and Batista over the WWE Championship , and had been going on for several months . Cena retained the WWE Championship against Batista at the Extreme Rules pay - per - view in a Last Man Standing match , by taping Batista ' s ankles to the ringpost to ensure he could not stand up by the count of ten . The next night on " Raw " , Batista defeated Randy Orton and Sheamus to become the number one contender to the championship and earn a rematch against Cena . On the May 3 episode of " Raw " , they competed in a Beat the Clock challenge to determine the stipulation for their match . Batista defeated Daniel Bryan in 5 : 06 , but Cena defeated Wade Barrett in 4 : 32 to win the challenge and the right to name the stipulation . The following week , Cena announced that the match would be an " I Quit " match . The predominant feud from the SmackDown brand was between Jack Swagger and The Big Show , over Swagger ' s World Heavyweight Championship . As part of the 2010 WWE Draft , The Big Show was drafted to SmackDown , where he was named the number one contender upon his debut on April 30 . Over the next several weeks , The Big Show chokeslam med Swagger through the announce table , and interrupted a promo on the May 14 episode of " SmackDown " , in which Swagger was boasting about his accomplishments . As part of the segment , The Big Show destroyed Swagger ' s trophies and memorabilia . The following week , The Big Show mocked Swagger in promos throughout the show and distracted Swagger during Swagger ' s match with Kofi Kingston , allowing Kingston to win . As part of the 2010 WWE Draft on April 26 , Edge was drafted to the Raw brand . Later that night , Edge interfered in a match to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship , spearing Randy Orton and preventing Orton from receiving a WWE Championship match . The following week , Edge hosted an edition of his talk show , " The Cutting Edge " , with Orton as his special guest . During the show , Edge justified his actions by saying he was trying to make an impact , and attempted to convince Orton to reform Rated - RKO , their former tag team . Instead Orton performed his finishing move , the RKO on Edge . The following week , Orton defeated Edge and Ted DiBiase in a handicap match , which led to " Pick Your Poison " matches on the May 17 episode of " Raw " , where Edge and Orton picked each other ' s opponents for the night . Edge faced The Undertaker , and lost intentionally by countout , while Orton faced Jack Swagger , and lost by disqualification when Edge interfered . The rivalry between Rey Mysterio and CM Punk was continued from the previous pay - per - view . After months of feuding , Mysterio challenged Punk to a Straight Edge Society Pledge vs . Hair match at Over the Limit , as they had each won a pay - per - view match over the other in recent months . The stipulation of the match meant that if Punk won , Mysterio would join the Straight Edge Society , Punk ' s faction which promoted the straight edge lifestyle . If Mysterio won , however , Punk agreed to have his head shaved . On May 14 , Mysterio and Punk faced each other in a singles match , but the match never finished , as the Straight Edge Society ( Luke Gallows , Serena , and a mystery masked man ) interfered and helped Punk to attack Mysterio . The following week , Mysterio interrupted an initiation ceremony , where Punk was shaving the heads of three men , in order to induct them into the Straight Edge Society . Mysterio mocked Punk , and claimed that everyone would be laughing at Punk when he was shaved bald at Over the Limit , before teaming up with Montel Vontavious Porter to defeat Punk and Gallows in a tag team match later that night . Another feud was over the WWE Intercontinental Championship between the defending champion Drew McIntyre and Kofi Kingston . SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long stripped McIntyre of the championship after McIntyre refused to stop repeatedly attacking on Matt Hardy , fired him . Long set up a tournament to determine the new champion , in which Christian and Kingston qualified for the final by defeating Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler . The following week , on the May 14 episode of " SmackDown " , Kingston defeated Christian to win the tournament and the championship . Immediately following the match , however , McIntyre presented Long with a letter from the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon , which stated that McIntyre had been reinstated to the roster , and was still recognized as the Intercontinental Championship . The team of Chris Jericho and The Miz had begun feuding with The Hart Dynasty ( Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith ) over the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship . The Miz ' s feud with The Hart Dynasty had begun when The Miz was one - half of the Unified Tag Team Champions with The Big Show . During the Draft episode of " Raw " , The Hart Dynasty defeated The Miz and The Big Show to win the championship , which led to The Big Show turning on The Miz . The following week , The Miz and Jericho , another former tag team partner of The Big Show , showed signed of an allegiance , when they teamed up to attack The Hart Dynasty . Jericho went on to defeat Smith to earn a championship match for himself and The Miz at Over the Limit . After WrestleMania XXVI , Ted DiBiase had debuted a new gimmick of an arrogant millionaire , similar to his father ' s old gimmick . On the April 5 episode of " Raw " , DiBiase was given possession of the Million Dollar Championship and access to a trust fund by his father . DiBiase then began looking for a " Virgil " , a manservant like his father used to have . He offered the position to R - Truth , who refused , leading to a feud between the two . After losing a match to John Morrison , DiBiase attacked him , prompting R - Truth to save him . In retaliation , DiBiase paid The Colóns to attack R - Truth the following week . In the only Divas match scheduled on the card , Eve defended the WWE Divas Championship against the former champion , Maryse . Eve had won the championship on the May 12 episode of " Raw " , and in the weeks that followed she was attacked by Maryse , who was attempting to get revenge . Event . Prior to the pay - per - view , Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Chavo Guerrero in a dark match . Preliminary matches . The first match that aired as part of the pay - per - view was Drew McIntyre defending his Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston . Kingston took the early advantage , by performing a suicide dive to the outside of the ring on McIntyre . McIntyre threw Kingston in the ringpost , and went on the offense . Kingston was able to counter McIntyre ' s " Future Shock " DDT , and perform his finishing move , the S . O . S , to pin McIntyre for the victory and the championship . Following the match , McIntyre demanded that Teddy Long go out to the ring and reverse the decision , but instead McIntyre was attacked by Matt Hardy , who he had attacked on several occasions in the weeks prior . The next match was a singles match between Ted DiBiase , who was accompanied by Virgil and R - Truth . In the early stages of the match , Virgil caused a distraction , allowing DiBiase to take the advantage by performing a reverse neckbreaker and throwing R - Truth into the barricade at ringside . R - Truth was able to counter a move from the top rope , and went on to win the match by utilising his " Lie Detector " finishing move ( a corkscrew flying forearm smash ) . The third match on the card was a Straight Edge Society pledge vs . hair match , between CM Punk and Rey Mysterio . For this match , the other Straight Edge Society members ( Serena and Luke Gallows ) were banned from ringside . Early on in the match , Punk threw Mysterio headfirst out of the ring into the barber chair at ringside . Punk had suffered a cut to the head just prior to that exchange , and while Mysterio was on the floor , the match was halted so that the blood could be cleaned up . While Punk was being attended to , he dropkick ed Mysterio , who was on the ring apron , and began attacking him on the floor to restart the match . After Mysterio missed a splash from the top rope , Punk went to pin him , but Mysterio was able to perform a crucifix cradle on Punk for the victory . The other Straight Edge Society members attacked Mysterio after the match , but he was saved by Kane , which allowed Mysterio to handcuff Punk to the ring ropes and shave his head . A tag team match for the Unified Tag Team Championship followed , between the champions The Hart Dynasty ( Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith ) , who were accompanied by the manager Natalya , and the team of Chris Jericho and The Miz . The Hart Dynasty took the early advantage , but Jericho and The Miz were able to isolate both Smith and Kidd in the ring at different points in the match , wearing them down . Natalya interfered by tripping up Jericho while The Miz had the referee distracted . The Hart Dynasty were able to capitalise , and performed the Hart Attack on The Miz for the pinfall victory . The fifth match that occurred was between Edge and Randy Orton . Edge took control of the match early on by driving Orton into the barricade outside the ring . Orton was able to recover , and performed a rope hung DDT on Edge . While setting up for his finishing move , the RKO , Orton appeared to injure his arm , and went outside the ring in an attempt to recover . Edge followed him , trying to perform the spear , but Orton was able to avoid it , and Edge hit the barricade . Neither man was able to return to the ring before the count of ten , and as a result , the match ended in a double countout . Main event matches . The first main event match of the night was between the World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger and his challenger , The Big Show . The Big Show dominated the match , with Swagger getting very little offense . As a result , Swagger hit The Big Show with the World Heavyweight Championship title belt , and was disqualified . After the match , Swagger attacked The Big Show with a steel chair , but The Big Show was able to stop him with a chokeslam . The Big Show then performed his knockout punch on Swagger , before leaving the area . The penultimate match on the card saw Eve defend the WWE Divas Championship against Maryse . Maryse took the early advantage , but when she threw Eve outside the ring , and attempted to kick her , she kicked the ringpost instead , allowing Eve to take control with a series of dropkicks . Eve performed a standing moonsault and a sunset flip for a near - fall . Maryse countered a rolling senton splash attempt by Eve and went for her finishing move , the French Kiss ; though that was countered by Eve for the pin , who retained her championship . The main event was John Cena versus Batista for the WWE Championship in an " I Quit " match , where the object of the match is to force your opponent to say " I Quit " . As the bell rang to signal the start of the match , Batista gave Cena the chance to quit immediately , but Cena refused and hit Batista with the microphone . Despite this , Batista was able to take control , and locked in a submission hold , but Cena refused to say " I quit " . Cena eventually counters the move into his own submission hold , the STF , and Batista passed out . As he had not said the words " I Quit " , however , he had to be revived so the match could continue . Batista fought back , and was able to powerslam Cena through the announce table . As Cena was bleeding , the match was briefly halted so he could be attended to . The two fought into the crowd , before they ended up near the entrance ramp , with Batista hitting Cena with a steel chair . On the entrance stage , Batista got into a car , which had been placed on the stage for decoration , and attempted to run over Cena . Cena avoided it , and was able to pull Batista out of the car and slam him onto it . Cena performed his Attitude Adjustment on Batista onto the car , but when Batista refused to quit , Cena went for the move again . Batista quit , making Cena the winner , but Cena performed the Attitude Adjustment again anyway , sending Batista through the stage to the floor . As Cena was celebrating retaining the championship , he was attacked by Sheamus to end the show . Aftermath . During the event , four wrestlers suffered legitimate injuries . Randy Orton dislocated his shoulder while Ted DiBiase suffered a concussion , and although they both appeared on " Raw " the following night , they did not wrestle . CM Punk required 13 staples to close the wound in his forehead he sustained during his match with Mysterio . Batista suffered a back and tailbone injury during his match . On the episode of " Raw " following Over the Limit , Bret Hart was announced as the new Raw General Manager . During Batista ' s promo at the beginning of the show , Hart interrupted and told him that if he wanted a rematch against Cena , he would have to qualify for the fatal four - way match at the Fatal 4 - Way pay - per - view in June . Batista refused to wrestle , citing his injuries , and as a result Hart awarded the match to his opponent Orton by forfeit . Following Hart ' s decision , Batista quit WWE . In the other qualifying matches for the WWE Championship fatal four - way match , Sheamus defeated Mark Henry and Edge defeated Jericho and Cena in a triple threat match . On the May 28 episode of " SmackDown " , SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long announced a fatal four - way match for the World Heavyweight Championship would be taking place at the Fatal 4 - Way pay - per - view . As the defending champion , Jack Swagger automatically was part of the match , and as a result of his win by disqualification , The Big Show received automatic entry as well . Later in the show , both The Undertaker and CM Punk qualified for the match as well , by defeating Rey Mysterio and Kane respectively . During his qualification match against Kane , Punk wore a mask to the ring in order to hide his newly - shaven head . During his match with Mysterio , The Undertaker suffered a concussion , broken orbital bone and broken nose and the following week , was deemed unable to participate in the match . WWE replaced him in the match by saying that The Undertaker was found in a vegetative state by his ( kayfabe ) half brother , Kane , then held a battle royal to decide who would replace him , which was won by Rey Mysterio . At the beginning of the May 28 episode of " SmackDown " , Drew McIntyre made Teddy Long read out a letter from the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon , which stated that , as a result of attacking McIntyre at Over the Limit , Matt Hardy had been suspended without pay until further notice . On the same episode of " SmackDown " , McIntyre also continued his feud with Kofi Kingston , teaming with Jack Swagger in a loss to Kingston and The Big Show .