Come WWE Bad Blood on Saturday, Hell in a Cell will again feel like the exciting attraction it once was. After almost a year of animosity, hated verbal jousts and brutal battles, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will finish their feud inside The Devil's Playground on the 27th anniversary of the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker. Since then, WWE has held over 50 such contests, though over half of them were exclusive to the eponymous event.
Giving the gimmick its own pay-per-view took away much of the mystique the matchup had in its early years and how it was mainly reserved for rivalry blowoffs. Upon taking over creative control of WWE in 2022, Triple H wisely abolished the annual show and has only brought back the celebrated stipulation when necessary. That isn't to say there haven't been some memorable wars inside Hell in a Cell in recent years, though.
Even the installments without anyone in attendance during the ThunderDome era managed to leave their mark. Ahead of Punk and McIntyre's upcoming clash, let's look back at the last 10 Hell in a Cell matches—ranked from worst to best. Over Hell in a Cell pay-per-view weekend in 2021, WWE held a total of four matches inside the structure across SmackDown, Raw and the event itself.
By that Monday's Raw, the gimmick had lost a lot of its luster and was hardly looked at as a big deal, but that didn't stop WWE from booking a Hell in a Cell match for the main event of the show in a desperate attempt.
