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The 10th edition of WWE Hell in a Cell will be underway this Sunday. In these 10 years, we have seen some epic matches as well as mediocre ones. CM Punk vs. The Undertaker was the first ever major match to take place at Hell in a Cell Pay Per View and as of now, Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens is the last match. Between these two matches, this PPV has seen some brilliant encounters.
This list will focus on the best 5 matches at Hell in a Cell.
Note: This list is on best matches in Hell in the Cell PPV. So matches like The Undertaker vs. Mankind at King of the Ring 1998 or The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon at Wrestlemania 31 will not be considered for this list.
#5 Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose - Hell in a Cell 2014
Ever since The Shield split up, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose were on a war against each other. They had a series of quality matches, and this was their blow-off match. Even before the match began, both Rollins and Ambrose ascended onto the Cell, started brawling and both of them went through the announcers' table almost simultaneously. Both of them were carried on stretchers. But soon, the match started as Ambrose recovered quickly and attacked Rollins. The match was fun and hard-hitting and it genuinely felt like this was the last match in their feud,
The finish came when Bray Wyatt caused interference and put the Lunatic Fringe down with a Uranage suplex. Seth capitalized on it and emerged as the winner.
#4 Seth Rollins vs Kevin Owens - Hell in a Cell 2016
Rollins and Owens have immense chemistry together and this match is one the many epitomes of that statement. The duo put on an excellent performance 2 weeks ago on RAW. Their Hell in a Cell match at the 2016 PPV was also really impressive.
Even though the interference of Chris Jericho might have caused Owens to not get the credit he deserved, it is safe to say that Owens was at his absolute best that night. Even Rollins was impressive in his early days as a hungry babyface. But the teamwork of Y2J and the prizefighter was too much for the architect to handle.
#3 Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens - Hell in a Cell 2017
This was one of the rare matches where everything was nearly perfect. It had a great build up, an awesome match and a shocking twist. Kevin Owens felt that he was screwed by the special guest referee Shane McMahon in his Summerslam match against AJ Styles. So he started taunting Shane's family. Shane retaliated by viciously attacking his employee. The next week, Vince McMahon came to SmackDown to make this match official and was attacked by Kevin Owens.
The match itself was brilliant. There were lots of hard-hitting action inside the Cell. However, the best part came when Shane O Mac decided they needed to step out of the cage to up the ante. Shane and Owens brawled from the top of the cage and Owens was put through an announcer's table. Shane decided to ascend the cell and repeat his action against the Undertaker at the previous year's Wrestlemania.
It was obvious that Kevin was going to dodge Shane's leap of faith. But WWE decided to throw another curveball when they made a certain individual to pull Kevin Owens from the trajectory of the fall. That certain individual was Sami Zayn. This was a wonderful turn of events that would also help Sami to ascend to the SmackDown main event scene within a couple of months.
#2 The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar - Hell in a Cell 2015
Brock Lesnar and Undertaker rekindled their rivalry from Wrestlemania 2014 just before Summerslam 2015. After the Undertaker won their SummerSlam match in a controversial manner, there emerged the need for a tiebreaker. Hell in a Cell was the perfect place for these two behemoths to end their feud for good and these two guys delivered it. This was a hard-hitting, bloody and brutal encounter that deserves to be lauded. This was probably The Undertaker's best match ever since he won his WrestleMania 29 match against CM Punk.
Brocked showed his resilience by kicking out of many tombstone piledrivers, including one on the exposed mat. The action went on back and forth. The finish came when Undertaker was F5ed onto the exposed mat by Lesnar to win the match and the feud.
#1 The New Day vs. The Usos - Hell in a Cell 2017
The New Day and The Usos were in a really long feud in 2017. The Smackdown tag titles moved between the hands of these two for numerous times. Their blow off match for the coveted tag team titles was set to take place inside Hell in a Cell at the namesake PPV in 2017.
This match is the proof that Tag team matches can be alluring and brutal when done right. New day and Usos went into an all-out war against in each other. Everything about this match was savage. The in-ring punishments, the torture and even Kofi Kingston's helplessness outside the cell were part and parcel of the excellence of this match. This match was so good that even the crowd, who generally are not much invested in tag team matches, started chanting "This is awesome" and "Fight forever".
There were so many memorable moments in this match, including Big E's dangerous suicide spear, the vicious punishment of Xavier Woods, and Woods' valiant effort of saving the match by breaking Big E's pinfall. This is what someone would expect from a Hell in a Cell match in the PG era. There was no bloodshed, climbing on top of the cage or shenanigans, just a beautifully crafted pro wrestling match inside a satanic structure.
