The Heel Turn: Hell in a Cell a brutal spectacle

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Last Sunday night WWE's Hell in a Cell PPV took place, and it proved yet again to be a brutal spectacle of pain and carnage. Two championship belts changed hands, and a couple of feuds were perhaps effectively resolved.

For the past few weeks, Sheamus and Christian have been attacking each other and interfering in the other's matches. They finally went face to face in the ring, and the Celtic Warrior gained the victory over Christian by nailing him in the face with the Brogue Kick.

In one of the more bizarre storylines of 2011, two Sin Caras arrived in the WWE. This would leave the entire WWE Universe puzzled as to who the real one was, as they were clad in identical ring gear. One Sin Cara was decidedly more aggressive than the other, which was perhaps a clue that he was not the real one. The bad Sin Cara declared on Smackdown that the other had stolen his identity as Mistico, a fact that he may have been lying about. A visual difference between the two was finally revealed at HIAC when the "good" Sin Cara wore blue and gold, contrasted by the heel Sin Cara's black ring gear. The face luchador would be victorious, but the match was so close that the question of who the better wrestler is still remains.

A truly great moment occurred when Intercontinental champion Cody Rhodes unveiled the classic IC belt from the '80s and mentioned such legends as Ricky Steamboat, Macho Man and Steve Austin. Hopefully going back to this iconic belt will bring the prestige back to it — something that should also be done to the WWE Heavyweight "spinner" belt.

The Glamazon Beth Phoenix took the Divas title away from Kelly Kelly. She had some major help from her partner Natalya, as Nattie hit Kelly Kelly with a microphone while the ref was distracted. This allowed Beth to hit her opponent with the Glam Slam and get the victory. It was about time that a competitor like Beth Phoenix held the Divas title, as that division needed a strong intimidating champion, and Kelly Kelly — along with previous titleholder Eve — just didn't quite match up. This victory allows Beth and Natalya to move closer to their goal of eliminating the "Barbie dolls" from the Divas division.

In the first cage match of the night, Randy Orton unleashed as much violence as he could on Mark Henry, yet the world's strongest man proved to be way too powerful to be taken down. The two men pummelled each other hellaciously, and Orton very nearly rocked Henry with a punt to the head. The monster heel narrowly avoided the deadly kick and just about broke Orton in half with the world's strongest slam for the three-count. Afterwards, the Viper would get some measure of revenge as he used a steel chair on Henry all the way up the ramp.

The other main event featured two firsts, as Alberto Del Rio made his HIAC debut in an unprecedented triple threat match against John Cena and CM Punk. All three superstars gave everything they had to try to capture the WWE title, but it was Del Rio who would win it for the second time after he hit Punk with a steel pipe and covered him for the pin, as a helpless Cena was forced to watch from outside the cage.