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Hell in a Cell has provided WWE fans with more memorable moments than any other match type in recent years.
Whether it’s Mankind being thrown off the cell or Shane McMahon jumping 20ft through an announce table, the chances are you remember it, and perhaps you even know where you were when it happened.
The Undertaker leads the way with the most victories (8) in Hell in a Cell matches over the years, but which superstars have suffered the most defeats?
#1 Triple H — 6 wins, 3 losses
It seems unfair to include a superstar on a list about defeats when he’s actually won twice as many of these matches than he’s won, so apologies to “The Game” if he's reading.
Triple H has won six of his nine battles inside Hell in a Cell, defeating Cactus Jack, Chris Jericho, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels in singles matches, and the McMahons/Big Show and Legacy in tornado tag matches as part of DX.
However, he’s also lost on three occasions in the structure. His first defeat came in the six-man Armageddon match in 2000, with Kurt Angle pinning The Rock to retain his WWE title. Then, at Vengeance 2005, HHH was unable to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista but was still given a standing ovation from the crowd.
The most memorable defeat, of course, came against The Undertaker in the “End of an Era” battle that the two had at WrestleMania XXVIII.
#2 Randy Orton — 3 wins, 3 losses
Thanks to victories against John Cena, Sheamus and Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton has as many wins as losses in Hell in a Cell matches.
His first defeat came at Armageddon 2005 in the culmination of a nine-month feud with The Undertaker. Randy had his father, WWE Hall of Famer "Cowboy" Bob Orton, at ringside for the match, but he was unsuccessful against "The Deadman", and both he and his father were on the receiving end of tombstone piledrivers.
It was another six years before “The Viper” would lose again in a Hell in a Cell match, with Mark Henry retaining his World Heavyweight Championship at the 2011 event; another three years later, he was defeated by Cena inside the demonic structure in a number one contender match for Brock Lesnar’s WWE title.
#3 CM Punk — 2 wins, 3 losses
While CM Punk has two victories in Hell in a Cell matches, they both came towards the end of his WWE career — and both came against Ryback. Before then, he was 0-3 inside the steel structure.
The first of those three defeats was at the hands of The Undertaker, who took just 10 minutes to win the World Heavyweight Championship from “The Best In The World” at the inaugural HIAC pay-per-view in 2009.
At the 2011 event, Punk was pinned by Alberto Del Rio in a triple threat match for John Cena’s WWE Championship, and six days earlier, he was involved in a five-man dark match on Raw for Cena’s title which also took place inside the cell.
#4 Mick Foley — 0 wins, 1 no contest, 3 losses
When you think of Hell in a Cell, you think of Mick Foley. But did you know he has the worst record of any WWE superstar in history in these matches?
You’d be forgiven for forgetting that his first match as Mankind inside the cell wasn’t the famous King of the Ring 1998 battle with The Undertaker, in which he was thrown both off the cell and through the cell in a barbaric 17-minute encounter.
His first match -- and first defeat -- came 13 days earlier when, on Monday Night Raw, he teamed with Kane in a losing effort against Undertaker and Steve Austin.
Foley would go on to have two further cell matches; the first ending in a no contest with Kane on an August episode of Raw in 1998 and the second in a retirement match with Triple H at No Way Out 2000.
#5 The Undertaker — 8 wins, 6 losses
The Undertaker is synonymous with WrestleMania, but he’s also synonymous with Hell in a Cell.
He has featured in 14 cell matches -- five more than anybody else -- and picked up eight wins, six losses and countless memorable moments along the way.
Mankind (who can forget?!), Kane, Big Boss Man, Randy Orton, Edge, CM Punk, Triple H and Shane McMahon have all felt the wrath of “The Deadman” inside the cell, while he has been defeated by Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle (Armageddon six-man), Brock Lesnar x2, Batista and Kane.
His last defeat inside Hell in a Cell came at the 2015 event against Lesnar -- an encounter was later voted WWE's Match of the Year. Not bad for a then-50-year-old!
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