While a lot of the best Hell in a Cell matches have featured The Undertaker, there has been the odd Cell bout that has stood above the others without the Deadman’s presence.
VI. Cactus Jack Vs HHH, 27th Feb 2000, No Way Out
Promoted as Mick Foley’s retirement match, this was one of the better Hell in a Cell matches, and the first in which the World Heavyweight Championship would be contested.
In a bout that featured chair shots, flaming barbed wire 2x4’s and Foley once again falling onto the Spanish announce table, the turning point came when HHH reversed a piledriver and sent Mick crashing through the roof of the cell and onto the mat (this time on purpose). A pedigree later and HHH had retained his title and ended the career of Mick Foley….for a few years anyway.
XI. HHH Vs Shawn Michaels, 13th June 2004, Badd Blood
In amongst a sea of average cell matches, this gargantuan battle that lasted almost 50 minutes has to be one of the best there has been.
Throughout the 50 minutes Michaels and HHH spent a lot of time laid out in the centre of the ring, which would normally run the risk of boring the fans, however in this case it helped to add tension.
The match would finally come to an end when HHH hit a third Pedigree to put a temporary end to a fantastic feud which had seen the two beat the hell out of each other in a selection of different matches.
XIV. D-Generation X (HHH & Shawn Michaels) Vs Vince & Shane McMahon and The Big Show
Introducing a mixture of brutality and comedy to the Hell in a Cell, this match had its good and bad points. While a pre-diet Big Show beat down both members of D-X, Vince and Shane span out the same old ‘taunting while someone else does their bidding’ routine culminating in Shane hitting the Coast to Coast complete with trash can on HHH and Vince reigning down punches on a bloodied HBK.
Vince had a chance to end the match after Show hit the Hog Log leg drop on Michaels but he decided to lift his shoulder before the 3, a move that would come back to haunt him. DX soon recovered control of the match and it was their turn to do some routine spinning, with a AA spinebuster from HHH and a HBK top rope elbow drop.
The culmination of the match saw Big Show hung over the top rope after a Sweet Chin Music, which then lead to Vince’s head being pushed into his naked rear end. DX wrapped up the match, and the feud, shortly afterwards.
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