Ranking the top 5 Hell in a Cell matches of the PG Era so far

The card is shaping up nicely.
The quality of Cell matches in the PG Era has become much better in recent years.

#1 Triple H vs The Undertaker (WrestleMania 28)

Masterful storytelling.
Masterful storytelling.

There is a recurring theme here. The Undertaker may have been a part-timer for most of the PG Era, but he still has had three of the top four Hell in a Cell matches during this period. The best of them came at WrestleMania 28, the ultimate storytelling supreme from WWE. The Undertaker was unable to walk out of WrestleMania 27 after defeating Triple H and wanted to make things right by challenging him again.

The Game would eventually accept given that it happens inside the Cell. The inclusion of Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee made this match go from memorable to legendary.

The link between all three legends was defined perfectly throughout this one story. The lowering of the Cell to “The Memory Remains” by Metallica after everyone had made their entrance was another great touch. Triple H and Undertaker both had periods of dominance during this match, particularly the Game.

At one point, Michaels even contemplated stopping the match and awarding it to Hunter. However, the Deadman put the guest referee in his Hell's Gate submission to stop him from ending the match. What happened next was possibly the greatest near fall in the history of The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.

Triple H escaped a Tombstone attempt and Michaels hit the Deadman with Sweet Chin Music before the Game nailed a Pedigree. You legitimately believed that the Streak was dead, the emotions were running high. The Undertaker would eventually win the match to make it 20-0 at 'Mania and all three of them would make their way to the stage together.

It was a surreal moment, one high on emotion. It is pretty funny that Undertaker and Triple H are going to face each other once again at Super Show-Down, it will be an impossible task for them to match this effort in any way. This truly was the greatest Hell in a Cell match of the PG Era.

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