Over the Limit (2011)

Over the Limit (2011)
Promotional poster featuring The Miz and Daniel Bryan
Theme song(s)	"Help Is on the Way" by Rise Against
Information
Promotion	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	May 22, 2011
Attendance	7,500
Venue	KeyArena
City	Seattle, Washington
Pay-per-view chronology
Extreme Rules (2011) Over the Limit (2011) Capitol Punishment
Over the Limit chronology
Over the Limit (2010) Over the Limit (2011) Over the Limit (2012)

Over the Limit (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE, which took place on May 22, 2011 at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. It was the second Over the Limit event. Eight matches took place during the event.

Over the Limit received 140,000 buys worldwide, significantly down from the 2010 edition's 197,000 buys.

The professional wrestling matches at Over the Limit featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE. Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows Raw and SmackDown with the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs.

At Extreme Rules, John Cena defeated The Miz and John Morrison in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match for Miz's WWE Championship. The Miz invoked his rematch clause the next night. He initially won the match by hitting Cena with the WWE Title belt, but the referee immediately reversed his decision after seeing the belt in the ring. Thus, Cena retained the title by disqualification.The next week on Raw, The Miz defeated Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio for another WWE Championship match. Later that night, Cena announced that their match would be an "I Quit" match.