WWE Hell in a Cell 2019: 4 booking mistakes that were made

Hell in a Cell marked the end of a huge week, not just for WWE, but for wrestling as a whole. The company proved just how popular the business is as part of their switch over to FOX on Friday night, whilst AEW was able to take the slot that WCW made vacant more than two decades ago and are now seen as WWE's biggest competition.

Hell in a Cell had just four matches officially announced an hour before the show went live from Sacramento, California, but more matches were revealed through backstage segments throughout the show and it actually ended up being a stacked night of entertainment.

WWE's "wildcard rule" comes to an end this week as the upcoming WWE Draft means that superstars will have to stay on their parent brand, so it was made pretty obvious that many of the booking decisions were designed with the Draft in mind.

Even though it could be argued that Hell in a Cell was solid pay-per-view from beginning to end, there were still many booking mistakes that were made throughout.

#4. Charlotte is a 10-time Champion.

Charlotte is now the Women's Champion once again

It was obvious that the minute Charlotte stepped back into the Women's Championship picture, Bayley stood no chance. It appears that WWE wants Charlotte to become a 16-time Champion like her father before the end of 2020.

The current Women's Champion has managed to amass 10 title reigns in just four years since she was promoted to the main roster, without including the Championship reign she had during her stint in NXT.

This is the fastest that any star in WWE history has become a record-setting 10-time Champion. Even though it's obvious that this is because WWE sees Charlotte as the apex of their Women's Division, it also seems as though it's more of a problem than something that the company should celebrate. Perhaps it's time to give someone else a chance in the spotlight?

#3. Lacey Evans lost to Natalya

WWE booked Natalya to pick up the win over Lacey Evans

One of the last-minute matches that were added to last night's show included the kick-off show match between Lacey Evans and Natalya, which meant that there were four women's matches on the card.

Evans and The Queen of Harts have had an issue for months and it was thought that it could have finally been settled at last night's event. That wasn't the case. Surely the obvious thing would have been for Evans to defeat Natalya so it was seen as a passing of the torch moment. Instead, they allowed Nattie to once again force The Sassy Southern Belle to tap.

It was later announced that the two women will collide tonight on Raw in a Last Woman Standing match which would be the reason behind the strange booking.

Evans has been built up a lot during her time on the main roster, but she has also lost all her matches on bigger stages. Evans failed to become Women's Champion on two occasions and failed to defeat Natalya when the pressure was on. Hopefully, tonight's episode of Raw is where her luck finally changes.

#2. Carmella lost her 24/7 Championship

Carmella lost the 24/7 Championship to Tamina at Hell in a Cell last night

Carmella shocked the world when she became the 24/7 Champion by pinning R-Truth on Monday Night Raw a few weeks ago, but it's been interesting to see the Women's Division take part in the backstage segments regarding the title in recent weeks.

Last night at Hell in a Cell, Carmella lost her Championship to Tamina when she was tripped backstage before she then opted to help R-Truth pin Tamina and win the title back. Truth is now a 20-time 24/7 Champion and the title has only been active for around four months.

It also didn't make sense for Carmella to be happy for R-Truth to take the title unless she is the one who will be stepping into the Women's Championship picture against Charlotte moving forward.

The 24/7 Championship has been an interesting concept since it debuted. WWE has basically returned the classic Hardcore Championship of the Attitue Era, but some of the segments have made the title a little dull. Perhaps it's time for WWE to allow someone other than R-Truth to have the Championship for a while before he breaks the most reign records in a single year.

#1. Seth Rollins retained via no-contest?

Seth Rollins retained his Universal Championship inside Hell in a Cell

Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt was the most anticipated match at Hell in a Cell this year, as The Fiend has become a popular star over the past few months. Wyatt was stepping into just his second match with his new persona and, even though WWE fans wanted him to become Universal Champion, it was obvious that WWE had other plans.

Instead of ending the match clean, WWE decided to have the referee stop the match and deem it a no-contest since Wyatt was unable to move during Rollins attacks. If the referee feared for Wyatt's safety like he stated that he did, then surely the match should have been stopped when Rollins hit Wyatt in the face with a chair.

This is the second no-contest finish to a Hell in a Cell match in two years, the crowd was left unhappy and even X-Pac, who was watching the match on "WWE Watch Along", wasn't happy with the result. WWE should have just allowed Rollins to win the match clean, or allowed interference from some of the legends, at least that would have made more sense.