Hell in a Cell (2010)

Hell in a Cell (2010)
Promotional poster featuring The Undertaker
Theme song(s)	"Sacrifice" by Atom Smash
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Sponsor(s)	WowWee
Date	October 3, 2010
Attendance	7,500
Venue	American Airlines Center
City	Dallas, Texas
Pay-per-view chronology
Night of Champions (2010) Hell in a Cell (2010) Bragging Rights (2010)
Hell in a Cell chronology
Hell in a Cell (2009) Hell in a Cell (2010) Hell in a Cell (2011)

Hell in a Cell (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by WowWee's Paper Jamz that took place on October 3, 2010, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It was the second annual Hell in a Cell event. Like the 2009 edition, it featured the Hell in a Cell match. The show marked the last time that the World Heavyweight Championship would be contested in a pay-per-view main event until WWE TLC 2013, where it was defended and subsequently unified with the WWE Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Six matches took place at the event.

The professional wrestling matches at Hell in a Cell featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows Raw and SmackDown with the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs.

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.