Hell in a Cell (2016)

The 2016 Hell in a Cell was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the eighth annual Hell in a Cell and took place on October 30, 2016, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division.

Eight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. For the first time ever for a WWE PPV, a women's match was the main event, which was also the first-ever women's Hell in a Cell match that saw Charlotte defeat Sasha Banks to capture her third Raw Women's Championship. WWE promoted two other matches as main event matches, which were also Hell in a Cell matches: Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins to retain the WWE Universal Championship and in the opening bout, Roman Reigns defeated Rusev to retain the United States Championship.

Production

Background

Hell in a Cell was a professional wrestling event produced annually in October by WWE since 2009. The concept of the event came from WWE's established Hell in a Cell match, in which competitors fought 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. Announced on August 22, 2016, the 2016 event was the eighth Hell in a Cell and was held on October 30 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was livestreamed on the WWE Network. Tickets went on sale on August 26 through Ticketmaster. The event exclusively featured wrestlers from the Raw brand division, following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July, where WWE again split its roster into brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.