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The 2018 WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view was full of drama from start to finish, with the biggest highlights from the show including Becky Lynch’s SmackDown Women’s Championship victory over Charlotte Flair and Brock Lesnar’s surprising return to cause a disqualification in the Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman match.
The PPV also featured one of the best WWE tag matches in recent memory, with Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre defending their Raw Tag Team titles against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, while Randy Orton defeated Jeff Hardy in a brutal Hell In A Cell match.
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Elsewhere on the show, The New Day retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Rusev Day, The Miz & Maryse defeated Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella, Raw Women’s champion Ronda Rousey retained against Alexa Bliss, and WWE champion AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe in controversial circumstances.
In this article, let’s take a look at five of the most insane moments from the event.
#5 The screwdriver spot
On an episode of SmackDown Live shortly after his return in July, Randy Orton put his finger through the hole in Jeff Hardy’s earlobe and stretched his ear so much that it looked like he was going to tear it apart. The footage was genuinely difficult to watch and it has been played over and over again since.
However, that was nothing compared to what the 13-time world champion did at Hell In A Cell, when he found a toolbox underneath the ring, pulled out a screwdriver and drove it through his opponent’s earlobe.
Not content with freaking everybody out with that visual, he then twisted Jeff’s earlobe around multiple times with the screwdriver still in place, and the brutality only came to an end when “The Charismatic Enigma” was able to stand up and catch Orton off-guard with a low-blow.
One word sums this spot up: INSANE!
#4 Jeff Hardy falls from the cell ceiling
Jeff Hardy, earlobe still intact, took control of the match against Randy Orton towards the end and looked on course to get the victory when he placed his opponent on a table inside the ring before climbing a ladder.
Jumping from a tall ladder wasn’t enough for Jeff, though, and he decided to go one further by clinging onto the ceiling of the cell before dropping his 225lbs body onto Orton.
Unfortunately for the former Tag Team champion, he ended up sending himself through the table when Orton moved out of the way and “The Viper” then covered him for the 1-2-3.
WWE is reporting that Jeff has severe abdominal pains following his fall and that he was coughing up blood on his way to a local medical facility.
It’s unclear whether the update from WWE is part of the storyline or reality. Either way, this was definitely one of the most insane spots of 2018 so far.
#3 Samoa Joe wins… but he doesn’t
AJ Styles retained his WWE Championship at Hell In A Cell when he rolled through a Coquina Clutch and reversed it into a pinfall to defeat Samoa Joe for the 1-2-3.
Joe immediately had a smile on his face when the bell rang because he thought he would be declared the winner after making Styles tap to the Coquina Clutch between the 2-count and 3-count, but the referee didn’t see the WWE champion submit and the victory went to Styles.
WWE’s camera cuts during the finish to this match were superbly done and it wasn’t until we saw the post-match replays that it became clear that Joe should have won.
#2 Seth Rollins and Dolph Ziggler fall through the announce table
The Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman match descended into chaos when Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose attempted to prevent interference from Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler.
Within minutes, all four men ended up on top of the cell, and when Ziggler tried to climb back down the structure, he was caught midway by Rollins and the two men traded offence while clinging onto the cell.
Then, just like when Ambrose and Rollins fell through the announce desks at Hell In A Cell in 2014, the two Intercontinental Championship rivals lost their grip of the cell and went flying through the tables at ringside.
#1 Brock Lesnar kicks through the cell door
After Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler’s interference in the main event, a fifth man soon appeared: the returning Brock Lesnar.
“The Beast” immediately inserted himself back into the Universal Championship picture when he struck Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman with pieces of a broken table and he continued to assault them after Paul Heyman sprayed something into the eyes of special referee Mick Foley.
However, the most insane moment of Lesnar’s return came when he was refused entry into the cell by an official. In typical beastly fashion, the former Universal champion took matters into his own hands (or feet, rather) by kicking down the door of the cell.
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