- Come Saturday for WWE Bad Blood, and Hell in a Cell will seem like the thrilling event that it used to be. On the 27th anniversary of the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels
and The Undertaker, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will put an end to their rivalry inside The Devil’s Playground, following nearly a year of hostility, despised verbal jousts, and terrible battles. Since then, WWE has hosted more than 50 of these competitions, more than half of which were only available at the event of the same name. Giving the stunt its own pay-per-view detracted greatly from the matchup’s early mystique and its primary use as a rivalry blowoff.
Triple H smartly did away with the yearly show when he assumed creative control of the WWE in 2022, and he has only reinstated the beloved clause when required. That’s not to suggest that there haven’t been any noteworthy battles inside Hell in a Cell lately. Even the ThunderDome era installments that were attended by no one were nevertheless memorable. Let’s take a look back at the last ten Hell in a Cell matches, graded from worst to best, in anticipation of Punk and McIntyre’s impending match.
