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WWE Hell in a Cell match card previews: Featuring Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan, John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio and more!

Breaking down the 2013 edition of "Hell in a Cell", with complete previews for every advertised match on the card. The show will feature Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan, Ryback & Paul Heyman vs. CM Punk (both in the Cell!), Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena and more!

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Don't miss WWE's fifth annual Hell in a Cell pay-per-view (PPV)! Live from American Airlines Center in Miami, FL the show features two matches in the eponymous structure - Daniel Bryan's latest shot at Randy Orton and the WWE championship and CM Punk's quest for retribution against Paul Heyman and his latest "guy", Ryback. This year's show also features the surprise return of John Cena from injury, as he faces off against World Heavyweight Champion (WHC) Alberto Del Rio, a triple threat match to decide who leaves with the Tag Team titles and much more.

The action starts Sunday, October 27 with a free streaming pre-show at 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT, while the PPV broadcast will begin at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

For all the ways to watch this annual event, consult your cable or satellite directory, or WWE.com.

The show features

All of the forces that The Authority of HHH and Stephanie McMahon could marshal have been been brought to bear against Daniel Bryan. They've kept him from holding the WWE championship for long, but not from standing tall over Randy Orton or The Shield. But much of that was with the help of another of The Game's whipping boys, The Big Show. This weekend, Bryan will be locked in a steel cage against the Viper. Special guest referee Shawn Michaels has promised the WWE Universe a new champion. Who will emerge from the Cell as that champion?

The co-main event(s)

CM Punk has been chasing Paul Heyman since Money in the Bank. He has occasionally gotten his hands on his former mentor, but something has always stopped him from getting satisfaction. In Miami, the only thing that can stop him will locked in the cage with them. But if Punk can put Ryback to sleep, he may finally have his revenge.

Nobody expected John Cena back until 2014. You'd think we'd have learned by now not to doubt his recuperative abilities. The man himself returns a couple of months before anyone expected, but the bigger surprise might be his opponent and what's on the line. He and Alberto Del Rio have dueled in the past, but never over the WHC. Will Cena's return be a victorious one, or will Del Rio's reign with the Big Gold Belt continue?

In other action

Brie Bella has been steadily improving in the ring. So much so, that her issues with Divas champ AJ Lee don't even seem driven by the E! reality show Total Divas anymore - Brie is a legit threat to AJ's title. But we know how attached Lee is to the butterfly belt, so it will take more than twin magic to separate the two.

The Rhodes brothers not only won their jobs back by defeating The Shield at Battleground, they took Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins straps on Raw a week later. The Shield look to even the score at HiaC, but they and Cody Rhodes & Goldust will have to keep their eyes on the long-standing #1 contenders to the tag titles, The Usos, in a triple threat match!

The Second City Saint isn't the only one who's had enough of Paul Heyman and his guys. Big E Langston couldn't stand being run down as a "rookie barely out of the NXT division" and took it right to the Godfather of Extreme and his cohort. Now, he gets a shot at fellow NXT alumni Curtis Axel's Intercontinental championship on the free kick-off pre-show.

In this StoryStream, we'll have previews of each and every match on the card. Stay tuned!

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