Hell in a Cell (2011)

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Hell in a Cell
New Orleans Arena
Attendance9,400[1]
Buy rate182,000[2]
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The 2011 Hell in a Cell was the third annual

New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana
. Seven matches took place at the event. The event received 182,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 210,000 buys the previous year.

Eight matches took place at the event, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event,

Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE Championship. The event also featured a second Hell in a Cell match in which Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
.

Production

Background

New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first Hell in a Cell event held since the end of the first brand split in August.[7]

Storylines

Hell in a Cell featured

scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[8]

The main rivalry heading into Hell in a Cell involved the WWE Championship. On September 18, 2011, John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio at Night of Champions to become the ten-time WWE Champion.[9] On the following night's episode of Raw, WWE COO Triple H announced the first-ever Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match, in which Cena would defend his title against Alberto Del Rio and CM Punk,[10] giving Punk the rematch clause he never received.

Another rivalry involved the World Heavyweight Championship. On September 18, 2011, Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton at Night of Champions to win his first ever World Title.[11] On the following night's episode of Raw, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long announced that Orton would invoke his rematch clause at Hell in a Cell, and that the rematch would take place inside that structure.

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
Commentators
 Michael Cole
Jim Ross
Booker T
Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera
Marcelo Rodríguez
Backstage
interviewer
 Josh Mathews
Ring announcer Justin Roberts
Referees Drake Wuertz
Mike Chioda
Scott Armstrong
Justin King

Preliminary matches

The actual pay-per-view opened with

Christian facing Sheamus
. In the end, Christian attempted a Spear on Sheamus, but Sheamus avoided it and Christian collided with the ring post. Sheamus performed a Brogue Kick on Christian to win the match.

Next,

Sin Cara Negro
. Sin Cara Azul performed a Sunset Flip Powerbomb on Sin Cara Negro to win the match.

After that, Air Boom (

Jack Swagger and United States Champion Dolph Ziggler
. The match ended when Swagger attempted a Superbomb on Bourne, who countered into a Super Hurricanrana and pinned Swagger with a roll up to retain the title.

In the fourth match,

Hell in a Cell match
. In the end, Orton performed an RKO on Henry for a near-fall. Orton attempted a Punt Kick on Henry, who countered the move into a World's Strongest Slam on Orton to retain the title. After the match, Henry performed a second World's Strongest Slam on Orton and retrieved a chair, placing Orton's leg in the chair. Henry attempted a Corner Slingshot Splash onto the chair, but Orton avoided the attempt and hit Henry with the chair, leading to Henry retreating.

WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes cut a promo, introducing a new design for the Intercontinental Championship belt. John Laurinaitis interrupted Rhodes, announcing he would defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against John Morrison. The impromptu match ended when Morrison attempted a Springboard Roundhouse Kick on Rhodes, who avoided the move and pinned Morrison with an Oklahoma Roll to retain the title.

In the sixth match, Kelly Kelly defended the Divas Championship against Beth Phoenix. Phoenix would target Kelly's lower back throughout the match by applying various submission holds and stretches. In the end of the match, Natalya hit Kelly with the microphone without the referee seeing it, giving Phoenix the opportunity to perform the Glam Slam on Kelly to win the title.

Main event

In the main event, John Cena defended the WWE Championship against Alberto Del Rio and CM Punk in a Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match. During the match, Del Rio performed a Belly to Back Suplex on Cena through a chair. Cena performed an Attitude Adjustment on Punk but Del Rio voided the pinfall. Del Rio applied the Cross Armbreaker on Cena but Punk broke up the hold. Punk performed a GTS on Cena but Del Rio pulled Punk out of the ring, voiding the pinfall. Del Rio pushed Punk, causing Punk to fall off the top rope through a table. Cena applied the STF on Del Rio but Ricardo Rodriguez opened the cell door and threw a lead pipe into the ring. Cena performed an Attitude Adjustment on Rodriguez outside the cell but Del Rio hit Cena with the lead pipe and locked the cell door. Punk attempted a GTS on Del Rio but Del Rio hit Punk with the lead pipe and pinned Punk to win the title.

After the match, Cena attacked Del Rio whilst the cell was being lowered. The Miz and R-Truth emerged from under the ring, attacking Punk, Cena, Del Rio, two referees and two cameramen. All the wrestlers, security officers, and COO Triple H attempted to enter the cell but the cell was locked. After the New Orleans Police Department appeared and attempted to enter the cell, a man with bolt cutters broke the lock. After Miz and R-Truth were arrested, Triple H attacked them.

Aftermath

After Hell In A Cell, the feud between Christian and Sheamus continued over the next couple of weeks, they fought each other and a match was made between the two again at Vengeance, which Sheamus won.

The feud between the two Sin Caras ended on the following episode of SmackDown in a Mask vs. Mask Match, which

Sin Cara Negro
lost.

The feud over the WWE Tag Team championships ended at Vengeance, which Bourne and Kingston won.

The feud between Mark Henry and Randy Orton ended and Mark Henry continued his feud with The

Teddy Long then made a match between Show and Henry at TLC and announced that it would be a Chairs Match. At TLC, Big Show won the World Heavyweight championship, but after the match Show was attacked by Henry which allowed Daniel Bryan to cash in his Money in the Bank contract and win the World Heavyweight championship. At Royal Rumble
2012, both Big Show and Mark Henry challenged Daniel Bryan for the World Heavyweight championship, which Bryan retained.

After Hell in a Cell, Cody Rhodes started a feud with former Legacy member, Randy Orton, which led to the match between the two at Vengeance, which Orton won after a RKO.

Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres faced Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a Tag Team match, Beth and Natalya won by disqualification after Eve and Kelly attacked them by throwing Natalya into the barricade and Beth being thrown into and hit on the announce table causing a disqualification.

At the conclusion of Hell In A Cell, The Miz and R-Truth came from under the ring and attacked Punk, Cena, and Del Rio to get revenge for being fired. All the wrestlers (faces and heels), security officers, and COO Triple H went to the Cell to get in, but it was locked. R-Truth knocked out both of the cameramen who were in the cell. A few minutes into the attack, the New Orleans

Mr. McMahon interrupted it to tell Triple H that the WWE Board of Directors said that Triple H couldn't control Raw and named John Laurinaitis the new general manager. All the people that walked out, came back in the arena and congratulated the general manager. Laurinaitis then rehired The Miz and R-Truth and they attacked Triple H and CM Punk. A match was made at Vengeance, which put Triple H and CM Punk against The Miz and R-Truth, which Truth and Miz won thanks to the interference from Kevin Nash. Nash attacked Triple H with his sledgehammer. Triple H returned and attacked Nash, which led to their match at TLC in a ladder match
. At TLC, Triple H defeated Kevin Nash.

Results

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References

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