WWE Capitol Punishment

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Capitol Punishment was a 2011 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. The event took place on June 19, 2011, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. and was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event's name was a play on the term capital punishment as well as a reference to it being held in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show. In the main event, John Cena defeated R-Truth to retain Raw's WWE Championship. In other prominent matches, Randy Orton defeated Christian to retain SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship, Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett to win SmackDown's Intercontinental Championship, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to win Raw's United States Championship. This was a one-off event, as although Capitol Punishment had replaced Fatal 4-Way as the June 2011 PPV event, Capitol Punishment itself was replaced by...

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