8 – The Undertaker V Brock Lesnar (No Mercy 2002)
The Undertaker is one of the all-time Hell In A Cell MVP’s (as you’ll come to see soon), and that was no different at No Mercy. Brock Lesnar had reached stardom within a year of his debut, beating everyone put in front of him, that including The Rock and Hulk Hogan. The Deadman and The Beast had already collided at Unforgiven, with the match ending in a no-contest due to The Phenom tossing Lesnar head first into the stage. Their feud would culminate at No Mercy, as the two titans faced off in the cell. Brock would have the advantage going into the match though, as he broke Undertaker’s hand before the show took place, forcing him to wear a cast in the match. Taker would actually use this to his advantage however, attacking Brock with the cast midway through the match, causing Lesnar to bleed. The Deadman also made Heyman bleed, grabbing him by the tie and repeatedly smashing him against the cell wall. The action wouldn’t stop, with a ghoulish suicide dive cracked out by Taker. Lesnar countered a Tombstone Piledriver into an F-5 to pick up the win and retain his WWE Championship as a bloodied mess. The two would have two more cell matches in 2015, at Summerslam and Hell In A Cell respectively, with both men picking up one win each.
7 – The Usos V The New Day (Hell In A Cell 2017)
The feud between The New Day and The Usos is genuinely one of the most underrated rivalries in the modern era of wrestling. They had so many brilliant back-to-back pay-per-view matches in 2017, and the one at Hell In A Cell was no different. Unlike a certain cell match in 2019 involving a certain toolbox, this match made use of innovative objects as weapons, with a couple solid trombone spots. Xavier Woods was also tied to the ring post and beaten with kendo sticks, so don’t even think about saying this match was silly. The brutal back and forth action between the two teams left fans watching and waiting for more, and we weren’t left disappointed. New Day trapped Jey Uso in the corner of the cell with kendo sticks, Jimmy took Big E’s head off with a suicide dive, the latter on the shoulders of Jey Uso, and the spears from Big E onto the Usos against the cell walls. From start to finish, the action is must watch. Blink if you dare. That moment at the start where both teams stare each other down, then immediately leave the ring and begin gathering weapons, it’s sheer beauty. If you can rewatch the match, I highly encourage you too. This is some of the best tag-team action we’ve ever seen in modern WWE.
