5 of The Undertaker's best Hell in a Cell matches

#1 The Undertaker vs Triple H (Special Referee: Shawn Michaels) – WrestleMania XXVIII

Undertaker drops a leg in the last truly great Hell In A Cell match

Unlike other Hell In A Cell Matches, this doesn't have buckets of blood or crazy bumps. What it does have is a perfect story told by three expert in-ring competitors.

Undertaker had defeated Triple H at the previous year's WrestleMania but was unable to leave under his own power. As a result of this, he felt like he needed to face Triple H again to get a measure of redemption.

Triple H initially refused to accept the challenge, even after Shawn Michaels had tried to convince him, stating that the Undertaker's streak was too important and that he didn't want to end it.

Undertaker tried to get under the skin of Triple H, saying that if Shawn Michaels couldn't end the streak, Triple H stood no chance.

The Cerebral Assassin was angered by this statement and said that if Undertaker wanted a match, they would go all the way and compete inside Hell In A Cell. Shawn Michaels then announced that he would be the special referee for this 'End of an Era' match.

Undertaker controlled the early going in the match, beating Triple H around ringside and using the ring steps to good effect. Back in the ring, Undertaker locked in the Hell's Gate but Triple H reversed it and hit a spinebuster onto the ring steps, turning the tide of the match.

Triple H brought a chair into the ring and relentlessly beat the Undertaker with it. He repeatedly told Michaels to stop the match but to no avail. The Game then used the sledgehammer but only got a 2 count. Once again, Triple H told Michaels to stop the match, but before HBK could make the call, The Undertaker locked him in the Hell's Gate.

Triple H broke up the move and ended up getting caught in Hell's Gate himself. A second referee came down as Undertaker hits a chokeslam but it only fetched a 2 count. The Undertaker then attacked the referee and what follows was one of the greatest near falls in wrestling history.

Undertaker rant into a Sweet Chin Music which was immediately followed by a Pedigree. When Undertaker kicked out of it, the arena comes unglued. They thought it was over. When I watched it at the time I thought it was over too. Michaels did an incredible job of selling it, too. It was incredible.

From there, both men threw everything they had at each other, kicking out of each other's finishers before Undertaker took full control with the aid of a chair. He exacted revenge for the beating he had received earlier in the match and, after one last act of defiance from Triple H, he finally put him away with a Tombstone.

This is a magnificent match that should be talked about in the same breath as the two WrestleMania matches that Undertaker had with Shawn Michaels. The final image of Triple H being helped the back by both men is the perfect finish to the match. This should have been where the Undertaker retired, going out on top, 20-0 at WrestleMania.

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