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Promotional poster featuring Undertaker "Sacrifice" by Atom Smash[1] |
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Date | October 3, 2010 | |||
| Attendance | 7,500[2][3] | |||
| Venue | American Airlines Center | |||
| City | Dallas, Texas | |||
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Hell in a Cell (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that took place on October 3, 2010 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.[4] It was the second annual Hell in a Cell event. Like the 2009 event, the event featured the Hell in a Cell match. Six matches took place at the event.
The pay-per-view drew 210,000 buys, down from the 283,000 that last years event received.
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Hell in a Cell featured professional wrestling matches which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.[5]
The main rivalry from the Raw brand featured the new champion Randy Orton against former champion Sheamus in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship. At Night of Champions, Orton won the championship in a six-pack challenge against Chris Jericho, Edge, John Cena, Wade Barrett and Sheamus to win the championship, following a winning streak leading up to the pay-per-view. The following night on Raw, Sheamus invoked his rematch clause for the championship. The Raw General Manager agreed to the match, allowing it to be contested as a Hell in a Cell match.
The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand featured champion Kane against The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship. The storyline saw Kane attack The Undertaker to put him in a vegetative state and steal his powers, which led to Kane dominating The Undertaker upon The Undertaker's return. At Night of Champions, Kane faced The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match for the championship, which he won. In an attempt to get rid of The Undertaker for good, Kane challenged him to a Hell in a Cell match, a match originally conceived by The Undertaker, and the match in which Kane made his debut by attacking Undertaker nearly 13 years before at Badd Blood: In Your House. A returning Paul Bearer reunited with The Undertaker on the September 24 edition of SmackDown, however, restoring his powers.
Another rivalry from Raw involved John Cena and Wade Barrett, the leader of a group of former NXT rookies known as The Nexus. Since their creation, The Nexus had assaulted several wrestlers on Raw, but focused mainly on Cena causing him to lose several championship matches. At Night of Champions, The Nexus attacked Cena which allowed Barrett to eliminate him from the six-pack challenge. The next day on Raw, both Cena and Barrett agreed to a match with the stipulation that if Barrett was to win, then Cena would join The Nexus. If Cena won, however, The Nexus would be forced to disband.
Hell in a Cell was received generally positive reviews. In his review for The Sun, however, Rob McNichol reported:
"WWE showed yet more evidence of the transitional phase they are in on Sunday night with a very mixed Hell in a Cell PPV."
McNichol continued: "The PPV opened with a very creative triple threat, submissions count anywhere match for Daniel Bryan's US Title. Bryan retained, once again getting The Miz to tap out to the Lebell Lock, this time on the entrance ramp. Surprisingly, the WWE championship match between Randy Orton and Sheamus was placed second on the card, but despite the unusually early billing, the duo had a very good match within the confines of the cell. To be honest, the cell was largely an unnecessary component with the ring steps featuring as the prop du jour in a bout which started slowly but was paced well to hit a stirring crescendo. This was a strong performance generally by both men, though, and easily the best match of the night." "A throwaway bout between Edge and Jack Swagger and a mediocre women's title bout were mere filler, to sandwich a very good John Cena v Wade Barrett contest. It's just mindboggling that the same team came up with the Kane v Taker fiasco. What the Hell were they thinking?" McNichol awarded the event a 6 out of 10.[6]
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times[7] |
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| Dark | Goldust, R-Truth, and Kofi Kingston defeated Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler[8] | Six-man tag team match | 5:00 |
| 1 | Daniel Bryan (c) defeated John Morrison and The Miz[9] | Triple Threat Submissions Count Anywhere match for the WWE United States Championship | 13:33 |
| 2 | Randy Orton (c) defeated Sheamus[10] | Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship | 22:51 |
| 3 | Edge defeated Jack Swagger[11] | Singles match | 11:31 |
| 4 | Wade Barrett defeated John Cena[12] | Singles match. If Barrett won, Cena had to join the Nexus; but if Cena won, The Nexus had to disband. | 17:48 |
| 5 | Natalya defeated Michelle McCool (c) (with Layla) by disqualification[13] | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship | 04:54 |
| 6 | Kane (c) defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer)[14] | Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 21:38 |
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