The Hell In A Cell match inception in October 1997 at Badd Blood saw the birth of the 20 foot high, 5 tons of steel cell. And ever since, it has been one of WWE’s headline matches attracting a big buzz and unforgettable matches.
It is described as “career ending” and “Satan’s structure;” it has mainly been used to end the most intense rivalries. The cell was introduced at Badd Blood; it all began when Shawn Michaels cost The Undertaker the WWF Championship in a match with Bret Hart.
Michaels and ‘Taker fought one-on-one at In Your House: Ground Zero but it went to a no-contest due to the pair destroying officials who were trying to take control of the match.
So the decision was taken to implement the HIAC to allow the pair to fight without rules and with no DQs or count-outs.
There are many interesting facts stemming from HIAC matches, such as the first time a title changed hands in a Hell in a Cell match was in 2009, when The Undertaker won the World Heavyweight Championship and Randy Orton won the WWE Championship from CM Punk and John Cena, respectively. What does this fact mean for the event tonight?
There have been 19 HIAC matches to date and by tomorrow there will have been 21 and here they are:
I Shawn Michaels defeated The Undertaker Singles Hell in a Cell Badd Blood October 5, 1997 St. Louis, MO 30:00.
II The Undertaker and Steve Austin vs. Mankind and Kane went to a no contest Tag Team Hell in a Cell Raw Is War June 15, 1998 San Antonio, TX 10:38.
III The Undertaker defeated Mankind Singles Hell in a Cell King of the Ring June 28, 1998 Pittsburgh, PA 15:56.
IV Mankind vs. Kane (with The Undertaker) went to a no contest Singles Hell in a Cell Raw Is War August 24, 1998 Philadelphia, PA 7:41.
V The Undertaker defeated The Big Boss Man Singles Hell in a Cell WrestleMania XV March 28, 1999 Philadelphia, PA 9:37.
VI Triple H (c) defeated Cactus Jack Singles Hell in a Cell for the WWF Championship. If Cactus Jack lost, he would have to retire as an active wrestler in the WWF. No Way Out February 27, 2000 Hartford, CT 23:59.
VII Kurt Angle (c) defeated The Undertaker, Triple H, Steve Austin, Rikishi, and The Rock Six-man Hell in a Cell for the WWF Championship Armageddon December 10, 2000 Birmingham, AL 38:14.
VIII Triple H defeated Chris Jericho Singles Hell in a Cell Judgment Day May 19, 2002 Nashville, TN 24:31.
IX Brock Lesnar (c) defeated The Undertaker Singles Hell in a Cell for the WWE Championship No Mercy October 20, 2002 North Little Rock, AR 27:18.
X Triple H (c) defeated Kevin Nash Singles Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Championship with special guest referee Mick Foley Bad Blood June 15, 2003 Houston, TX 21:01.
XI Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels Singles Hell in a Cell Bad Blood June 13, 2004 Columbus, OH 47:26.
XII Batista (c) defeated Triple H Singles Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Championship Vengeance June 26, 2005 Las Vegas, NV 26:54.
XIII The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton (with "Cowboy" Bob Orton) Singles Hell in a Cell Armageddon December 18, 2005 Providence, RI 30:31.
XIV D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and The Big Show 2-on-3 Handicap Hell in a Cell. This also marked the debut of the "amplified" version of the cell. Unforgiven September 17, 2006 Toronto, ON 25:04.
XV Batista (c) defeated The Undertaker Singles Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Championship Survivor Series November 18, 2007 Miami, FL 21:24.
XVI The Undertaker defeated Edge Singles Hell in a Cell SummerSlam August 17, 2008 Indianapolis, IN 26:43.
XVII The Undertaker defeated CM Punk (c) Singles Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Championship; first time a championship has changed hands in a Hell in a Cell match Hell in a Cell October 4, 2009 Newark, NJ 10:26.
XVIII Randy Orton defeated John Cena (c) Singles Hell in a Cell for the WWE Championship Hell in a Cell October 4, 2009 Newark, NJ 21:25.
XIX D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) Tornado Tag Team Hell in a Cell, Hell in a Cell October 4, 2009 Newark, NJ 18:27.
XX Randy Orton (c) vs. Sheamus Singles Hell in a Cell for the WWE Championship Hell in a Cell October 3, 2010 Dallas, TX.
XXI Kane (c) vs. The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) Singles Hell in a Cell for the World Heavyweight Championship Dallas, TX .
- The first fall from the cell occurred in the first ever match when ‘Taker and Michaels were fighting on top of the cell and Michaels ended up hanging from the side and fell down below through a table. They were able to get out due to the removal an injured cameraman.
- The goal of no interference was not achieved in this first ever match in a cell due to Kane’s interference costing The Undertaker the match.
- In the Mankind vs. The Undertaker match, both the competitors climbed to the top of the cell and started their match there. Reportedly, Mankind was inspired to begin the match on the top of the cage by a conversation days before with Terry Funk.
The footage of Mankind falling 16 feet onto an announcers' table has since become one of the most used clips in professional wrestling history. Even though paramedics and WWF officials tried to stretcher Foley out of the arena, he got off the stretcher and went back to the ring to finish the match.
Later, back on the roof of the Cell, Undertaker chokeslammed Mankind through the roof onto the ring below, there is some dispute about whether this was a botch or not.
When the match ended, Foley insisted that he not be carried out on a stretcher as he was earlier, but to be allowed to walk out; ultimately, he was helped to the back by WWF officials.
- The Cactus Jack/Triple H match saw the door being locked with multiple chains, but during the match Jack threw steel steps at the cell damaging the wall and charged repeatedly to break through to the outside.
- At the end of the Big Boss Man/’Taker WrestleMania HIAC match The Brood descended onto the cell roof via harnesses and attached a noose to the cell. This allowed Undertaker to symbolically hang the Big Boss Man as the cell was raised.
- 17 Hell In A Cell matches have taken place on PPV and only two on TV, both on Raw in 1998.
- Jim Ross has described the match as “perverse, vile, diabolical structure.”
- The Undertaker has competed in 10 matches winning in five of them, Triple H follows closely behind having competed in eight winning in six of them the most to date in WWE.
- In 2008 in the Edge/’Taker match edge speared The Undertaker through the side panel allowing the two to fight outside the cage.
- During the Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker match Paul Heyman, used his belt to strap Undertaker’s arm to the cell wall, allowing Lesnar to repeatedly hit it with a steel chair.
- In the Triple H vs Chris Jericho match, the door was opened with bolt cutters to allow the removal of legitimately injured referee Tim White (this injury would end White's refereeing career, though he did return for one match at WrestleMania XX).
- The Jericho/Triple H match was the first and only HIAC match where someone (Jericho) got pinned on top of the cell.
- In the Six-Man match at Armageddon, Vince McMahon used a truck to pull off the door of the cell while attempting to destroy the cell and stop the match. This led to all six Superstars brawling outside and on top of the cell. Rikishi was thrown off the roof of the cell onto the truck by The Undertaker.
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