WWE Hell in a Cell took
place on Sunday 27th October at the American Airlines
Arena in Miami, Florida. Will we finally have a WWE Champion or,
through some nerafrious means, still be held in abeyance? Let's take
a look.
The Kick-Off Show match was
between Damien Sandow and
Kofi Kingston. Whilst
I like Sandow, I'm not a really big fan of Kingston. He is a very
good athlete and quite fun to watch. However, he's been doing the
same shit for years and he is in danger of not ever living up to his
potential. Anyway, Kofi does his usual high-flying offense however,
Sandow gets the win after hitting the You're Welcome. This was a
decent match. Shame it was a bit short.
Winner:
Damien Sandow
Predictions: 0 for 1
The first match of the PPV
is a triple threat match for the WWE Tag Team Championships with Cody
Rhodes and Goldust facing The
Usos and Roman Reigns
and Seth Rollins. I was
expecting this to be a fun match to start the event and I wasn't
disappointed. It was done at a nice, fast pace between all the
competitors and there was a lot to like about this: the sportsmanship
between the Usos and the Rhodes; and
Goldust getting to his corner only to realise that Cody had been
taken out by Rollins. Cody almost wins it with a moonsault, and Jimmy
Uso does a blind tag to Cody and proceeds to destroy Rollins and hits
a Samoan drop for a nearfall. There was an awesome bit where Cody
superplexes Rollins to the outside, crashing into the rest of the
competitors. The end comes when Rollins gets hit with a right hand by
Goldust followed by a CrossRhodes by Cody to get the pinfall and
retain the Championships. The last few PPVs have started with an
enjoyable, fun match and it didn't disappoint here.
Winners:
Cody Rhodes and Goldust
Predictions: 1 for 2
After
a segment in which Erick Rowan and Luke Harper dismantle The Miz and
Kane coming in and taking out all of them, we get an intergender tag
team match between Fandango and Summer Rae
and The Great Khali and Natalya.
Yeah...I feel sorry for Natalya, Summer Rae and Fandango in this
match. Khali, whilst he can't wrestle and has the mobility of a
crippled elephant, is popular with the fans so I can see why WWE
keeps using him. However, it does sadden me that it's at the expense
of a lot of talented wrestlers on both the main and the development
rosters. Anyway, this match doesn't last long as Summer
bounces Natalya off the ropes followed by a roll up (the Divas
kryptonite) to get her team the victory. The bits with the women
wasn't that bad as Summer is quite a decent wrestler and Natalya made
her look good. I just didn't like the ending as I'm getting annoyed
with Divas matches ending with just a roll up.
Winners:
Fandango and Summer Rae
Predictions: N/A
The
United States Championship is on the line as Big E Langston
(worst ex-bodyguard ever)
challenges Dean
Ambrose. This was an
interesting match to watch. I forgot how quick Langston is for his
size and I loved Ambrose's ring psychology. Ambrose
tries a sleeper a couple of times but Langston manages to power out
of them. Langston gets back the momentum and Ambrose decides to go
"fuck this!" and leave. Langston gets him back in and a few
moments later, spears him to the floor while he was on ring apron.
Ambrose gets counted out and afterwards, Langston hits the big
ending. Whilst I wasn't a big fan of the finish, I quite enjoyed the
match and I can see them having more matches in the future.
Winner:
Big E Langston
Predictions:
N/A
We
now get our first Hell in a Cell match as CM Punk
faces Paul Heyman and Ryback.
This match did not go the way that I thought it would. Heyman uses a
crane to get to the top of the cell and stay there, making this
effectively an one-on-one match. The
match doesn't go long before Punk grabs a kendo stick, which turns
out to be a bad idea as Ryback stops him from using it and uses it
instead. The match goes back and forth and Punk tries a springboard
clothesline but he's caught by Ryback and gets hit with a powerslam.
Later on, Ryback gets put
through a table thanks to a Macho Man elbow drop. Punk then hits
Ryback with a kendo stick then the GTS to get the win. Afterwards,
Punk climbs the cell to face Heyman and proceeds to fuck him up with
a kendo stick then hits the GTS, leaving Punk standing tall. The
match wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. I
thought that Heyman's way of avoiding the match was quite ingenuious,
although he should have thought of a back up plan if Ryback lost.
Otherwise, I honestly glad this feud is over. I was looking forward
to this feud when it started but I couldn't get past Punk's reasoning
for some of what he did.
Winner:
CM Punk
Predictions: 2 for 3
We
get another tag team match with Los Matadores
take on The Real Americans.
The Real Americans work on
Diego for most of the match, including Cesaro doing the giant swing
on him for almost 40 seconds. Eventually, Fernando gets tagged in and
beats up Swagger. Swagger applies the anklelock but it's not enough
as Los Matadores hit a move where one does a reverse STO while the
other grabs the back of the head and drives it into the mat at the
same time to get the pinfall over Swagger. Afterwards, El Torito hits
a hurracarrana on Cesaro, headbutts Colter then a crossbody on
Swagger. The match wasn't anything special except for, like the last
PPV, the giant swing by
Cesaro.
Winners:
Los Matadores
Predictions: 3 for 4
The
World Heavyweight Championship is on the line as Alberto
Del Rio is challenged by a
returning John Cena.
Del Rio, understandably,
goes for the tricep that was injured and keeps Cena down for most of
the early going of the match. Cena does his comeback which is ended
by Del Rio reversing an AA into a backstabber. Both guys go for their
finishers which are stopped, but Del Rio applies the cross armbreaker
but Cena rolls out of it and applies the STF. Del Rio does get to the
ropes and does properly apply the cross armbreaker. However, Cena
gets out of it by reversing into a powerbomb. Cena does hit the AA to
get the win and become the new World Heavyweight Championship.
Even
though it was obvious that Cena would win this, I quite enjoyed the
match. I would say that this would give the chance for Cena to feud
with some of the guys who are hovering round the Championship.
However, I watched this a couple of weeks after it
happened and I know that that turns out to be a momentual crock of
shit. The next night, Damien Sandow practically destroys Cena's arm,
cashes in his MITB briefcase and then proceeds to lose. Whilst I
thought that it might be lead to a feud between the two, that was
shat on the next week as Cena beats him in a tag match then goes to
have a rematch with Del Rio. This is the biggest beef that I have
with John Cena. I'm getting sick and tired of Cena always being the
underdog and overcoming the odds at the first attempt. Sandow stops
short of tearing Cena's arm off and Cena just brushes it off and wins
without too much of a problem. This
has been happening for years and it's getting to a point where it's
getting ridiculous.
Winner:
John Cena
Predictions: 4 for 5
The penultimate match is for the Divas Championship as AJ Lee
once again faces Brie Bella. I was quite interested to see how
this would turn out as Brie has been improving over the last few
months. It was technical to begin with and AJ wears Brie down with a
headlock/leg scissors combo. Brie sends AJ into the turnbuckle and
makes a comeback. Brie applies a half Boston crab and Tamina Snuka
goes up on the ring apron to distract the referee. Nikki Bella stops
that by pulling Tamina's leg, sending her crashing to the floor and
they fight on the outside. Brie accidentally knees Nikki and this
gives AJ the opportunity to apply the black widow to get the win.
Whilst it was short, I enjoyed the match. I generally enjoy Divas
matches but WWE seem to give them decent matches one week then shits
over the good stuff they created the next week.
Winner:
AJ Lee
Predictions: 4 for 6
The main event is a Hell in a Cell match for the abeyant WWE
Championship between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton with
Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. Both guys use
their cell to thier advantage, crashing their opponent into the cell
and the steel steps. Michaels kept on asking if one of them wanted to
quit when they get hit with a big move, which was a bit weird. The
match is back and forth throughout. Bryan applies the LeBell Yes No
lock and Orton manages to get out of it. Later on, Bryan decides to
throw a shit load of chairs into the ring and that backfires as Orton
stops Bryan from using one and proceeds to use them himself,
including superplexing Bryan onto them. Triple H then comes out and
argues with Michaels. This prevents him from counting a pin attempt
by Orton and it leads to all three of them arguing. Orton tries for
the RKO but Bryan pushes him into Michaels, knocking him down. Triple
H then enters into the cell while Bryan runs the running knee to
Orton. Bryan tries to get Michaels back up and Triple H and tosses
him away. Bryan responds by hitting Triple H with the running knee.
Michaels doesn't take that well and hits Bryan with the sweet chin
music. Orton, after getting tips from Edge's manual "How to be
the Ultimate Opportunist", covers Bryan. Michaels reluctantly
does the count and Randy Orton is the new WWE Champion. It was a fun
match to watch and, while it's hard to believe that Michaels would go
down after a minor collision, the ending made sense as it makes Bryan
look strong and cements the Authority's position. I suspect that
Bryan will not be in the title picture til at least the Royal Rumble,
so it will interesting to see what they do with him in that time.
Winner:
Randy Orton
Predictions: 4 for 7
I thought that Hell in a Cell was quite an enjoyable event to watch.
I just don't like 2 WWE Pay-Per-Views in one month. With Bound for
Glory happening as well, there were 3 Pay-Per-Views in October and,
like last year, I suffered a little burnout and decided to watch them
in my own time. Sorry for the delay and next stop, Survivor Series.
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