Editing IWE Hell in a Cell (2020)

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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Hell in a Cell (2020)'''</span><br>
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Brand(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]]<br>[[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |October 25, 2020
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Orlando, Florida]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Amway Center]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |0 ([[Behind Closed Doors (Sports)|behind closed doors]]){{small|<sup>[[#Notes|[a]]]</sup>}}<!--
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Taglines]](s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Theme Music|Theme song]](s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Sponsor (Commercial)|Sponsor]]'''
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE Network]] event chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[NXT TakeOver 31]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[IWE Survivor Series (2020)|Survivor Series]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]] chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[IWE Hell in a Cell (2019)|2019]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>—
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'''Hell in a Cell (2020)''' is an upcoming [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] and [[IWE Network]] [[List of IWE pay-per-view and IWE Network events|event]] produced by [[IWE]] for their [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand divisions]]. It is scheduled to take place on October 25, 2020 (originally November 1) at the [[Amway Center]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]. It will be the twelfth event under the [[IWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]] chronology and will feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called ThunderDome.

== Production ==
=== Background ===
[[IWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]] is an annual [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] pay-per-view, generally produced every October by [[IWE]] since 2009. The concept of the show comes from IWE's established [[Hell in a Cell Match|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 is contested under the Hell in a Cell stipulation. The 2020 event will be the twelfth event under the Hell in a Cell chronology and feature wrestlers from the [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]].

====Impact of the [[COVID-19 Pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]]====
As a result of the [[COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], IWE presented the majority of its programming from the [[IWE Performance Center]] in [[Orlando, Florida]] since mid-March with [[Behind Closed Doors (Sport)|no fans in attendance]], although in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. On August 17, IWE announced that all future shows and pay-per-views would be held at the [[Amway Center]], a larger venue also located in Orlando, for the "foreseeable future", beginning with the August 21 episode of ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. Furthermore, the shows now feature a new fan viewing experience called "ThunderDome", which utilizes drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections. Approximately one thousand LED boards were installed in the Amway Center to allow fans to virtually attend the events for free and be seen on the rows and rows of LED boards. Arena audio is also mixed with that of the virtual fans so that chants from the fans can be heard. Hell in a Cell itself was originally scheduled to be held on November 1, but was moved up to October 25, reportedly due to IWE's current contract with the Amway Center expiring on October 31.

=== Storylines ===
The show will comprise matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by [[IWE]]'s writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]''.

At [[IWE Clash of Champions (2020)|Clash of Champions]], [[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] defeated [[The Usos|Jey Uso]] to retain the [[IWE Universal Championship|Universal Championship]] after Jey's injured brother [[The Usos|Jimmy Uso]] [[Submission (Combat Sports)|threw in the towel]] to stop Reigns from repeatedly assaulting Jey into forcing him to acknowledge Reigns as the tribal chief of the [[Anoa'i Family|Anoa'i family]]. Although Jey refused, Jimmy reluctantly acknowledged Reigns as the tribal chief after the match. On the following ''SmackDown'', a celebration ceremony was held to crown Reigns as the tribal chief, but Reigns refused to be named as such because Jey did not acknowledge him and Reigns called out Jey for a talk. After Jey continued to eye the Universal Championship, Reigns gave Jey another title shot at Hell in a Cell with "the highest stakes of any match in IWE history," which Jey accepted. The match was confirmed as a [[Hell in a Cell Match|Hell in a Cell match]] the next day. The following week, Reigns stated he wanted to hear Jey say "I quit," turning the match into the first-ever [["I Quit" Match|"I Quit" match]] contested inside the Hell in a Cell structure.

At [[IWE SummerSlam (2020)|SummerSlam]], [[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]] defeated [[Kevin Orton]] to retain the [[IWE Championship]]. Orton earned himself a rematch for the title at Clash of Champions, where McIntyre again retained, but this time in an [[Professional wrestling match types#Ambulance match|ambulance match]]. During that match, several legends who Orton had attacked over the past few months returned to seek their own vengeance against Orton, including [[Marc Beltran|Big Show]], [[Ryan <!--Barnhart--> Reso (wrestler)|Christian]], [[Ryan Barnhart|Shawn Michaels]], and [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]], who drove the ambulance. On the following ''Raw'', McIntyre celebrated with the legends, but before the show ended, Orton attacked all of the legends backstage in their private lounge. The following week, Orton challenged McIntyre to a Hell in a Cell match at the namesake pay-per-view, which McIntyre accepted.

At [[IWE Payback (2020)|Payback]], [[Bayley and Sasha Banks]] lost the [[IWE Women's Tag Team Championship]] to the team of [[Hauna Knudson|Nia Jax]] and [[Shayna Baszler]]. On the following ''SmackDown'', they were unsuccessful in regaining the championship. After the match, [[Heather Hultin (wrestler)|Bayley]] turned on and brutalized [[Tascha Anderson|Sasha Banks]], turning the latter face in the process. After Bayley retained her [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship|SmackDown Women's Championship]] via disqualification at Clash of Champions, Banks appeared and attacked Bayley with a steel chair. On the following ''SmackDown'', Banks challenged Bayley for the title on the following week's episode. Banks won the ensuing match via disqualification after Bayley attacked her with a steel chair. In a backstage segment, Banks challenged Bayley to another championship match at Hell in a Cell inside the eponymous structure, which was confirmed the next day.

==Matches==
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulation
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1
|[[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] (c) (with [[Paul Heyman]]) vs. [[The Usos|Jey Uso]]
|[[Hell in a Cell Match|Hell in a Cell]] [["I Quit" Match|"I Quit" match]] for the [[IWE Universal Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2
|[[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]] (c) vs. [[Kevin Orton]]
|Hell in a Cell match for the [[IWE Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3
|[[Heather Hultin (wrestler)|Bayley]] (c) vs. [[Tascha Anderson|Sasha Banks]]
|Hell in a Cell match for the [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4
|[[Tyler Shull (wrestler)|Elias]] vs. [[Josh Hooper]]
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Singles match|Singles match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
|[[Nikola <!--Bryan-->Beniger|Otis]] (with [[<!--Levi--> Dana Driggs (American wrestler)|Tucker]]) vs. [[Mike Rinehart|The Miz]] (with [[Joe Linderman|John Morrison]])
|Singles match for Otis' [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank]] contract
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| colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<!--<br>'''P''' – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show--><br>{{small|'''*Card subject to change'''}}}}
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==Notes==
:a. {{note|a}} The event will be held without a paying audience due to the [[COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], though it will still feature a live crowd of virtual fans via IWE's ThunderDome viewing experience.

== References ==

== External links ==

{{2020 IWE Network events}}
{{IWEPPV|Hell in a Cell}}