Back in the ring, Kofi hit a leaping clothesline and then McIntyre bailed to the floor. Kingston followed up with a suicide dive onto Drew on the floor. Kingston was aggressive with a dropkick and a clothesline over the top to the floor. This was nine years before Kofi Kingston won the WWE Title at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 and ten years before Drew McIntyre won the WWE Title for the first time at WrestleMania 36 in 2020. Pre-match notes: Drew McIntyre was the heel Intercontinental Champion and Kofi Kingston was the babyface challenger. Intercontinental Championship: Drew McIntyre vs. McIntyre made his entrance to the awesome “Broken Dreams” theme song that was one of my favorite songs of this era. There was a point where Kofi thought he won the vacated IC Title, but Drew McIntyre’s suspension was lifted by Vince McMahon, so McIntyre remained the champion. Kofi Kingston made his entrance first as the challenger for the Intercontinental Title. The Spanish announcers were there hoping nobody will break their table. The announce team was Raw’s Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler while Smackdown’s Matt Striker was there as well. The show began with an impressive pyro display and the Detroit crowd welcomed us to the show with cheering along with plenty of signs. Detroit is the “Motor City” so that’s part of it too. There was an opening video package hyping up the big matches and pushing the speed limit idea since it’s called Over The Limit. Let’s get to the show.įrom Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan
Plus Randy Orton, Edge, Kofi Kingston, the Miz, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, and more.” PG (V)Ĭheck out the full list of my WWE PPV Review archive right here. Jack Swagger defends the World Heavyweight Championship against the Big Show. “A brutal “I Quit” Match for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Batista serves as the main event. This was about one year after I started writing the WWE Raw Deal review regularly, but for some reason I didn’t write a review of the show. This show followed WrestleMania 26 and Extreme Rules 2010, which I haven’t reviewed yet.