WWE's upcoming Bad Blood pay-per-view on Oct. 5 will mark the return of not only the event itself for the first time in two decades but also the famed Hell in a Cell match. It will be exactly 27 years to the day since the first-ever Hell in a Cell matchup took place at the inaugural Bad Blood event.
Interestingly, The Devil's Playground has headlined every installment to date and the 2024 edition should be no exception. CM Punk and Drew McIntyre have been embroiled in a heated feud all year and the steel structure will be the perfect place for it to culminate. It serves as a reminder that the concept was once reserved for big blow-offs to long-running rivalries and utilized only when necessary.
The gimmick was greatly devalued upon becoming an annual event in 2009. Most matches were held inside the giant cage without reason and the show would feature anywhere between one to three Hell in a Cell matches every October. Now that the stipulation has regained some of the luster it lost, let's look back at the seven Hell in a Cell matches that have defined its legacy.
For 15 years, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker were all synonymous with Hell in a Cell, largely for their epic battles with each other. Thus, it was only fitting that their final encounter—at least until 2018—came inside the sinister structure at WrestleMania 28. Triple H had everything to gain and nothing to lose.
He had already been beaten twice before by The Deadman at The Show of Shows, and this was.