-Awesome Truth have front-row tickets, but are booted by Johnny Ace.
-Match 1: Christian VS Sheamus
-Really strong opener. Match picked up when Sheamus pulled himself from the mat to the top rope, and delivered a shoulder block from the top. Christian hit two spears, but Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick for the win.
-Match 2: Sin Cara VS Sin Cara
-1 def. 2 with an infrared. Match was interesting, and as close to an old WCW Cruiserweight match as you'll get in WWE.
-David Otunga tries to talk CM Punk into letting Otunga represent him. Punk doesn't like lawyers, and shoos his former New Nexus underling away.
-Match 3: WWE Tag Team Championship: Air Boom [c] VS WWE United States Champion Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero)
-Another good match. Heels control the majority of the match. Swagger tries to powerbomb Bourne off the second rope, but Bourne counters into a hurricarana for the pin.
-Match 4: Hell in a Cell Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Mark Henry [c] VS Randy Orton
-Match was mostly a slow beatdown by Henry. Orton came back with a DDT on the steps. Orton hit the RKO, but Henry kicked out. Orton went for the punt, but Henry caught him with the World's Strongest Slam for the pin to retain. While I like the result, the match was weak sauce.
-Orton avoids the Pillmanizer, and Orton goes to town on Henry with a chair.
-Cody Rhodes comes out, and dumps the IC title belt in a paper bag, before revealing a new, old-school style title belt, to a big pop. He names some of the champions who wore that style of belt, and says he'll defend it any time, any place. Johnny Ace comes out to inform Cody that he will be defending the title right now, per the order of HHH...
-Match 5: Intercontinental Championship: Cody Rhodes [c] VS John Morrison
-Match was decent. Not much heat, but more than Rhodes/DiBiase from Night of Champions. Morrison missed the flash kick, and Rhodes pinned him clean with La Mahistrol.
-HHH gets pissed at Ace for making matches (implying that the last match was NOT HHH's call). Ace cuts him off and lets him know that Miz & Truth are in the locker room. They run to catch them, but are too late, as cops take Miz & Truth away after they have apparently laid out Air Boom.
-Match 6: Divas Championship: Kelly Kelly [c] (w/Eve) VS Beth Phoenix (w/Natalya)
-Match was every match these two have had until the finish. Beth overpowers Kelly, who uses her quickness to stay alive. Natalya laid out Eve on the outside. Beth locked in a unique submission as Natalya got on the mic and yelled at Kelly. Once Kelly got to the ropes, Natalya hit Kelly with the mic, and Beth hit the Glam Slam for the pin and the title.
-Match 7: Hell in a Cell Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship: John Cena [c] VS CM Punk VS Alberto Del Rio
-Was half-paying attention to the match and half-paying attention to the football game. Seemed to start out like a regular triple threat match. Punk got put through a table by ADR. Cena had ADR beat with the STF, but Ricardo Rodriguez unlocked the cage door to distract Cena and introduce a pipe. Cena gave Ricardo an AA on the floor outside the cage, but was then locked out of the cage by ADR. Punk fought off a cross-armbreaker and went for the GTS, but ADR KO'd Punk with the pipe and got the pin to regain the title.
-Cena slid back in as the cage was being raised after the match, but then Miz and R-Truth ran in to attack everyone, and the cage was lowered again. Pretty much the whole roster banged on the side of the cage in a neat visual (even though I'm not sure why the heels should give a shit). Eventually they got bolt cutters, and Miz & Truth were arrested. HHH attacked them, and had to be pulled away as the show ended really early.
-FINAL THOUGHTS: Pretty decent show overall. Not one of the top shows this year, but it wasn't bad, as WWE has been bringing it on PPV this year, even if the TV still sucks for the most part. Will be worth a DVD purchase.
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