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Hell In A Cell delivered in many ways. There were several points throughout the night which caused fans all over the world to bite their fingernails and hope for the best. The SmackDown Live roster brought a real show to Detroit and that's an understatement.
Although a couple of the matches could have been better, it might be possible they were eclipsed by the amazing spot-filled matches surrounded them.
There were plenty of amazing moments from Hell In A Cell, but these are five of the biggest. Even though they might not all be "high spots", each one of them is significant in telling the story as WWE continues after this amazing event.
#5 The SmackDown Tag Team Title Match
The New Day and The Usos have put each other through wars in the past couple of months. This is why a WWE Network collection is planned for these two teams sooner than later. Hell In A Cell opened up with an amazing display of what you can put your body through and still walk away.
This match was full of high spots and dangerous action. Big E hit one of his amazing suicide diving shoulder tackles through the ropes and took a brunt of the damage from the cell wall.
One of the earliest spots in this match saw Woods wrapped a chain around his fist as Big E lifted him up to send his armoured fist down on his opponent in a brutal display.
There was a spot where The New Day kept fishing musical instruments out from under the ring as well. It started with an extra trombone after Woods smashed Francesca 2000 Turbo over his opponent's back. Then Big E pulled out a gong and a cowbell to boot because he was in the zone.
Like something out of a crazy prisoner of war movie, The Usos handcuffed Xavier Woods' hands together and hung him up on the ring post. Jimmy and Jey then took turns whacking Woods with a kendo stick. There was nothing Woods could do but take the damage.
There was also an incredible spot where Big E hit a side slam off the apron while Woods slid underneath to get his knees up. Xavier just had a knee injury scare therefore that knee brace had to hurt a lot.
This was an amazing opening match.
#4 Natalya retains like a heel
Charlotte and Natalya have been struggling to recreate the magic from their match at NXT: TakeOver since first locking horns on the main roster. Hell in a Cell was no different.
Natalya kept softening up Charlotte's left knee throughout the entire match in order to set the Queen up for the Sharpshooter. After a nice back and forth encounter, Charlotte just wouldn't give up.
The action soon spilled to the outside where Charlotte hit Natalya with a beautiful moonsault off the top to the floor below. But Natalya wasn't having any of it, so she grabbed a chair and started assaulting Charlotte in a merciless display.
Charlotte Flair technically won the match but it was by DQ; therefore, no title changed hands. But Natalya certainly looked like a true heel as she broke Trish Stratus' record in Detroit.
#3 Hell on a Cell
When Kevin Owens promised to throw Shane McMahon off the Hell In A Cell, most people thought he was just using intimidating wordplay. But during the main event, it looked like KO was going to send Shane through the massive structure instead.
Shane O' Mac and KO turned their main event into a Hell on a Cell match for a bit as they fought on top of the dangerous structure. There were several spots where it looked like the cell was going to collapse and send one or both competitors crashing to the mat below.
The most nerve-racking part came when Kevin Owens hit a pop-up powerbomb on Shane. Thankfully, the force of McMahon's body crashing onto the cell didn't break the structure or we would have had a much different finish in Detroit.
#2 Jinder Mahal wins clean
There were several people thinking Shinsuke Nakamura might walk out of Hell In A Cell as WWE Champion. If they honestly believed that was a possibility, they were very wrong.
This match might have underdelivered the most out of all the matches in Detroit, but there was still no shortage of excitement toward the end of the encounter.
When the referee ejected The Singh Brothers from ringside, a lot of people thought it was opening a door for Nakamura to Kinshasa his way to his first main roster title win. But they don't call Mahal the Modern Day Maharaja for nothing.
Jinder Mahal ended up hitting The Khallas on Shinsuke Nakamura and pinning him clean. Not only does this win make Mahal look great and his finish extremely strong, but it also probably takes Nakamura out of the top echelon of the SmackDown Live roster for now.
It was certainly a surprising way for things to end as few saw a clean win coming.
#1 Best friends forever
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens were best friends who grew up together in the business after starting in IWS around the same time. Their careers paralleled each other in many respects and they had some intense battles all over the world. But since debuting in WWE, it seemed Owens and Zayn were destined to carry on as bitter enemies instead of best friends.
All that seemed to change at Hell In A Cell.
During the final adrenaline-pumping spot of the night, Shane McMahon climbed to the top of the cell in an attempt to reenact his WrestleMania 32 dive onto The Undertaker. Unfortunately for him, it ended much in the same way with his opponent getting out of the way to send him crashing through the announce table all alone.
But it was how Kevin Owens moved out of the way which really got people going. Sami Zayn was laying in wait just off camera during the final spot and he leapt in at the last moment to remove KO from danger.
After Shane went smashing through the table, Sami Zayn arranged a pinfall so KO left as the winner in Detroit. This apparent heel turn from the former El Generico was a surprising one indeed which is why it tops our list here.
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