The rivalry between Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole in the spring of 2011 was surprisingly good. Cole, as it turned out, was an unbearable villain and Lawler had so much good will built up with fans that he made a spectacular babyface, something those who had watched his brilliant career in Memphis should have expected. As great as the storytelling was and as entertaining as the mic work proved to be, the actual in-ring content of the program was awful. Their match at WrestleMania XXVII single-handeldy brought that show down a notch an their work at the following month's Extreme Rules was not much better. By the time a third match was announced for Over the Limit, fans had had enough of the never-ending feud. When it was revealed to be a Kiss My Foot match, many hoped it would be the definitive blowoff between the two. It was. Every Superstar or personality that had been wrong by Cole over the preceding months returned to dish out some pain or humiliating to the obnoxious commentator. Bret Hart, who had competed against Lawler in the original Kiss My Foot match at King of the Ring 1995, trapped Cole in the Sharpshooter. From there, Cole had barbecue sauce poured over his head by Jim Ross and Lawler's foot stuffed in his mouth. After months of infuriating audiences, wrestlers and fellow commentators alike, Cole got his comeuppance in grand fashion.
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