page_title: Hell in a Cell (2009)
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Hell in a Cell (2009) / Production / Background
caption_attribution_description: Here Comes The Cell!
context_page_description: Hell in a Cell (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on October 4, 2009, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was the first annual Hell in a Cell event and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. Eight matches took place on the event's card. The official theme song of the event was ”Monster” by Skillet.
  The show was what is known as a supercard, which featured more than one main event match. The concept of the show was that each of these main event matches would be contested as Hell in a Cell matches. The main events of the evening included D-Generation X's Triple H and Shawn Michaels defeating The Legacy's Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, Randy Orton defeating John Cena to win the WWE Championship, and The Undertaker defeating CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
context_section_description: In early 2009, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ran a poll on their official website in which fans could vote on the name of that year's October pay-per-view. Hell in a Cell was chosen over No Escape, Locked Up, and Rage in a Cage. The 2009 Hell in a Cell pay-per-view thus became the inaugural event of a now annual gimmick pay-per-view for WWE generally in October—the only exception being the 2018 event, which occurred in September. The concept of the show came from WWE's established Hell in a Cell match, in which competitors fight inside a 20-foot-high roofed cell structure surrounding the ring and ringside area. The main event match of the card was contested under the Hell in a Cell stipulation. The show featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands; it was the only Hell in a Cell to feature ECW as the brand disbanded in February 2010.
caption: The Hell in a Cell cage, a 20-foot high structure that surrounds the ring and ringside area; each main event match was contested inside Hell in a Cell.
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