5 Lesser Known Facts about Hell in a Cell match

One of the most dangerous matches in WWE history.
One of the most dangerous matches in WWE history.

Longest Match

Best Friends turned Bitter Enemies.
Best Friends turned Bitter Enemies.

Hell in a Cell stipulation is usually brought into consideration when it is time to end a long-standing rivalry. Hence, it is not uncommon to witness long matches inside the Cell. While we have seen a handful of matches cross the 30-minute mark in the match's 21-year-long history, only one match hold the illustrious record of crossing the 40-minute mark.

That record belongs to the violent clash between Hell in a Cell veterans Shawn Michaels and Triple H, whose clash in the main event of Bad Blood 2004 clocks in at 47 minutes and 26 seconds between the opening and the closing bell. Back when this match took place, it was longer than the erstwhile longest match, the Armageddon 6-man Hell in a Cell match, by a full 15 minutes.

Even 14 years after that clash, no match has even managed to break the time limit record set by this match. The match that comes second on this list is the Shane McMahon-Kevin Owens clash, which lasted for a full 39 minutes. With WWE presenting two or more matches every year on the same show, it is highly unlikely that this record will be broken anytime in the near future.

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