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The 2019 WWE Hell in a Cell PPV is officially in the books, and while the show might have been one fans might choose to forget, the ending of the main event has created controversy that fans will likely remember for years to come.
The main event of this year's PPV featured Seth Rollins defending the WWE Universal Championship against The Fiend Bray Wyatt, and the finish of the match has left fans both dumbfounded and confused.
The match finish saw Seth Rollins beat The Fiend down with various weapons, and the referee apparently had seen enough of the violence and waved the match off, leaving fans not knowing whether or not the match ended in a DQ, or ended with referee stoppage.
Either way, WWE fans were not happy after the PPV, and here are five things you might have missed by the time the night was over.
#5 Fans in the arena were irate with the main event finish long after the show
Following the main event match at WWE Hell in a Cell, the crowd was vocalized their unhappiness with the match finish by chanting various words and phrases, including "AEW", "refund", and several expletives.
The chanting actually continued long after the PPV was over and fans were exiting the arena, and at one point, WWE officials had to sneak Seth Rollins out of the building while fans were reigning boos down upon The Kingslayer.
The PPV went off the air with one final shot of The Fiend at the top of the entrance ramp, but meanwhile in the ring, fans were hurling boos at both The Fiend and Seth Rollins based on how the main event concluded. The infamous final shot of WWE Hell in a Cell was a black screen with nothing but loud boos playing over top of the image.
#4 Seth Rollins had a brief altercation with a WWE fan
To say that Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt had a bad night at WWE Hell in a Cell on Sunday is an understatement, despite a majority of the bout being quality.
Rollins and Wyatt took each other to "hell" in the match, but the fans, who were clearly on the side of The Fiend, were unhappy with WWE's decision to book a non-finish to the Hell in a Cell match, and one that made very little sense.
After the PPV was over, a fan was spotted holding sign which read 'Seth Rollins is not cool', and the sign apparently irked the WWE Universal Champion, as the following video features Rollins engaging with the fan following his main event match.
Tensions were certainly riding high after the main event of Hell in a Cell this year, as Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt put their bodies on the line in a very physical match, only for the bout to be met with severe criticism from fans both online and in the arena.
It remains to be seen how Rollins will be used on RAW tonight, but one can only hope he does not get booed out of the building.
#3 Fans outside of the arena were not happy with the main event finish
Immediately following the WWE Hell in a Cell PPV, rumors began spreading that fans were "rioting" outside of the arena due to the main event match finish, but that is completely untrue. Fans were not hostile nor rioting after the show, but they were certainly disappointed.
As seen in the video below, one fan outside of the arena following the PPV decided to take his frustration out on his replica WWE title belt, slamming it on the ground in anger.
It will be interesting to see how WWE handles the PPV criticism on Raw tonight, as it was reported earlier on the site that Vince McMahon himself recognized that he made a mistake when booking the finish of the main event.
According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, the finish of the PPV main event was “completely Vince McMahon’s call”, and Vince's “sight and vision played out how he wanted it”.
After witnessing the live crowd's reaction to the main event, however, Vince McMahon reportedly knew he’d messed up, and apparently recognized the mistake he made with the match finish booking.
Will WWE attempt to recover on RAW tonight? We will find out.
#2 X-Pac actually acknowledged WWE illogic during the Watch Along show
Prior to WWE Hell in a Cell on Sunday, WWE issued a Tweet which left fans scratching their heads. The Tweet included a poll asking fans how they thought the main event Hell in a Cell match would end, with one of the options being a disqualification.
Immediately after the Tweet and poll went up, fans began to question how a Hell in a Cell match could end in a DQ, with the match always being contested with no rules.
Fans might have missed this, but during the WWE Watch Along show which accompanied Hell in a Cell, Hall of Famer Sean 'X-Pac' Waltman actually wondered how a Hell in a Cell match could end in a DQ. In the video above, Waltman can be seen questioning the logic of a Hell in a Cell match ending in a DQ, meaning more than just fans were puzzled by the possible match outcome.
Will WWE address the match outcome on RAW tonight and provide further clarification? Only time will tell, but one thing that appears very certain is that fans wanted The Fiend to leave Hell in a Cell with the title and that did not happen.
#1 The finish of the main event was actually referee stoppage and not a DQ
While most fans thought that the finish of the WWE Hell in a Cell main event was a disqualification, that actually is not the case, and WWE.com published an article immediately following the main event clarifying that the match actually ended due to referee stoppage.
"In the end," reads the WWE announcement, "the barbaric bout that concluded WWE Hell in a Cell might have been about something more than the Universal Championship: For all the nightmarish tenacity with which “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt has pursued Seth Rollins over the last few months, the otherworldly Superstar was kept from the title due to a match-stoppage ruling that led to Rollins retaining the title — a decision that proved to be instantly controversial at the end of the pair’s grisly Hell in a Cell Match. But that did very little to stop Wyatt from continuing his assault against the Universal Champion, whom he left writhing on the arena floor as Hell in a Cell finally faded to black."
Fans might not have noticed that the match ended via ref stoppage as the ring announcer made no formal announcement providing fans with the referee's decision.
