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#2 The Big Red Machine ruins the first Hell in a Cell: Badd Blood 1997
The first Hell in a Cell match took place at Badd Blood: In Your House in 1997. And at that event, we heard those iconic words. "That's gotta be...that's gotta be Kane!"
The Undertaker was battling Shawn Michaels for a shot at then WWF Champion Bret Hart, which of course led to the Montreal Screwjob.
But I digress. This Hell in a Cell match is wildly forgotten by most because of the moment that we're about to discuss, but it's important to note that this was a 5-star match if you're talking to Dave Meltzer.
It's worth your time to watch, as both of these men had two different peaks in their careers. This was around their first, when The Undertaker was really hitting his stride and just after Shawn Michaels formed D-Generation X with Triple H.
The Heartbreak Kid spent the majority of the match running from a seemingly unstoppable Undertaker. By the end of the bout, he's a bloody mess, beaten within an inch of his life. After delivering one of the, if not the greatest, Hell in a Cell matches of all time, the two men were upstaged by Kane's debut.
Jim Ross and Vince McMahon's commentary was incredibly important to this moment. As JR is seemingly silently stunned, McMahon utters "That's gotta be Kane" over and over again.
Once JR finds his voice again, he describes what he's seeing in front of him. A walking force of destruction, hellfire and brimstone embodied in the shape of a giant man. They did their best to sell to the WWE fans that Kane is no ordinary superstar, and they did it well.
Kane tore the door off of Hell in a Cell structure before spiking The Undertaker with a Tombstone, allowing Michaels to pick up the win. The way he manhandled The Undertaker and the way the commentary team sold him as the next big thing, it led to one of the greatest debuts in WWE history, and it all took place during a Hell in a Cell match.
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