Promotional poster depicting Rey Mysterio, then U.S. President Barack Obama, and John Cena[1]
Promotion
WWE
Brand(s)
Raw SmackDown
Date
June 19, 2011
City
Washington, D.C.
Venue
Verizon Center
Attendance
9,850[2][unreliable source]
Buy rate
170,000
Pay-per-view chronology
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WWE Capitol Punishment was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on June 19, 2011, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. This was a one-off event, as in 2012, Capitol Punishment replaced Fatal 4-Way as the June 2011 PPV, but it itself was replaced by the reinstated No Way Out in June 2012. Capitol Punishment had a PPV buy rate of 170,000, up from the 143,000 buys that Fatal 4-Way received in June the previous year.
Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event, John Cena defeated R-Truth to retain the WWE Championship. In other prominent matches, Randy Orton defeated Christian to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to win the WWE United States Championship.
^"About Capitol Punishment artwork". WWE. May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
^"Recent WWE Attendance Figures, Promotion Faking Appearances By Many Legends". Wrestleheat. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
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