8 years ago today, WWE presented Hell in a Cell from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event, replacing No Mercy, was the first gimmick PPV since King of the Ring was introduced in 1993. 12,356 were in attendance, with 283,000 homes watching on PPV. That’s up from 261,000 for the October 2008 event No Mercy. The event had three Hell in a Cell matches, the only time three such matches were held in a single night in WWE history. This was a joint RAW, Smackdown & ECW show now it’s a Smackdown show last year RAW hosted it.

In a preshow dark match, Matt Hardy defeated Mike Knox.

The Undertaker defeated CM Punk in a Hell in a Cell match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Mickie James defeated Alicia Fox to retain the WWE Divas Championship.

The Big Show & Chris Jericho defeated Batista & Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship.

Randy Orton defeated John Cena in a Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE Championship (21:24)

Drew McIntyre defeated R-Truth.

Kofi Kingston defeated The Miz & Jack Swagger in a triple threat match to retain the WWE United States Championship.

D-Generation X (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) defeated The Legacy (Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase) in a tag team Hell in a Cell match.