Over the Limit (2012)

Over the Limit (2012)
The promotional poster featuring Randy Orton
Theme song(s)	"War of Change" by Thousand Foot Krutch
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	May 20, 2012
Attendance	8,000
Venue	PNC Arena
City	Raleigh, North Carolina
Pay-per-view chronology
Extreme Rules (2012) Over the Limit (2012) No Way Out (2012)
Over the Limit chronology
Over the Limit (2011) Over the Limit (2012) Final

Over the Limit was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 20, 2012. It was the third and final event under the Over the Limit chronology.

Ten professional wrestling matches took place at the event, nine of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view. In the main event, John Laurinaitis defeated John Cena. Also featured was CM Punk defeating Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE Championship, and Sheamus defeating Alberto Del Rio, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

The event garnered 167,000 buys, up from 140,000 the previous year's event received.

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 played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown.