History Wrestling / HellInACell

** Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre vs. Randy Orton [[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]

** Wrestling/{{Bayley}} vs. Sasha Banks [[note]]WWE [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship.[[/note]]

** Roman Reigns vs. [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jey Uso]] [[note]]"I Quit" match for the WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]
** Wrestling/{{Bayley}} vs. Sasha Banks [[note]]WWE [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship.[[/note]]

** Wrestling/Bayley vs. Sasha Banks [[note]]WWE [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship.[[/note]]

** D-Generation X d. Wrestling/TheLegacy.

* ''Wrestling/BadBlood 1997'' - Wrestling/ShawnMichaels d. Wrestling/TheUndertaker.[[note]]#1 contendership for WWF Championship.[[/note]]

* ''[[Wrestling/ArmageddonWrestling Armageddon]] 2000'' - Wrestling/KurtAngle d. The Undertaker, Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].[[note]]Six-pack for the WWF Championship.[[/note]]

* ''No Mercy 2002'' - Wrestling/BrockLesnar d. The Undertaker.[[note]]WWE Championship[[/note]]
* ''Bad Blood 2003'' - Triple H d. Wrestling/KevinNash.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship, with Mick Foley as special guest referee.[[/note]]

* ''Wrestling/{{Vengeance}} 2005'' - Wrestling/{{Batista}} d. Triple H.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship[[/note]]

* ''[[Wrestling/UnforgivenWrestling Unforgiven]] 2006'' - Wrestling/DGenerationX d. Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon & Wrestling/TheBigShow.[[note]]2-on-3 handicap match. Notable for being the debut of the "amplified" version of the Cell.[[/note]]
* ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2007'' - Batista d. The Undertaker.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship[[/note]]

* ''Monday Night Raw #957'' - Wrestling/JohnCena d. Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, Wrestling/CMPunk, Wrestling/JackSwagger and Wrestling/DolphZiggler.[[note]]Dark match for the WWE Championship.[[/note]]
* ''[=WrestleMania=] XXVII'' - The Undertaker d. Triple H.[[note]]Special guest referee: Shawn Michaels.[[/note]]
* ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXII'' - The Undertaker d. Shane [=McMahon=].[[note]]If Shane wins, he gains control of Raw and retires The Undertaker.[[/note]]

** The Undertaker d. CM Punk.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship.[[/note]]
** Randy Orton d. John Cena.[[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]

** Randy Orton d. Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}.[[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]
** Kane d. The Undertaker.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship.[[/note]]

** Wrestling/MarkHenry d. Randy Orton.[[note]]World Heavyweight Championship.[[/note]]
** Alberto Del Rio d. John Cena and CM Punk.[[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]

** CM Punk d. Wrestling/{{Ryback}}.[[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]

** CM Punk d. Ryback and Wrestling/PaulHeyman.[[note]]1-on-2 handicap match.[[/note]]
** Randy Orton d. [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].[[note]]WWE Championship. Special guest referee: Shawn Michaels.[[/note]]

** John Cena d. Randy Orton.[[note]]#1 contendership for the World Heavyweight Championship.[[/note]]

** Roman Reigns d. Wrestling/{{Rusev|AndLana}}.[[note]]WWE United States Championship.[[/note]]
** Wrestling/KevinOwens d. Seth Rollins.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]
** Wrestling/CharlotteFlair d. Wrestling/SashaBanks.[[note]]WWE Raw Women's Championship.[[/note]]

** Wrestling/TheUsos d. Wrestling/TheNewDay.[[note]]Tornado TagTeam match for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship.[[/note]]
** Kevin Owens d. Shane [=McMahon=].[[note]]Falls Count Anywhere match.[[/note]]

** Roman Reigns vs. Wrestling/BraunStrowman - No Contest.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship. Special guest referee: Mick Foley. Also this match is Strowman's cash-in of his ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' contract.[[/note]]

** Wrestling/BeckyLynch d. Sasha Banks.[[note]]WWE Raw Women's Championship.[[/note]]
** Seth Rollins vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt - No Contest.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Wrestling/SamiZayn, at the 2017 PPV. During the main event, after pulling long-time adversary Wrestling/KevinOwens out of the path of Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon as the latter jumped off the top of the cell. After spending several moments seemingly in shock at saving Owens, he then dragged Owens on top of Shane for the three count.

** Wrestling/KevinOwens d. Seth Rollins.[[note]]WWE Universal Championshp.[[/note]]

** "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt d. Seth Rollins - Disqualification.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

** Becky Lynch d. Sasha Banks.[[note]]WWE Raw Women's Championship.[[/note]]

** "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt d. Bray Wyatt - Disqualification.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

!! Hell in a Tropes:

** HITC 2009, Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/BigShow defeated Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr. Wrestling/RandyOrton defeated Wrestling/JohnCena. Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre defeated Wrestling/RTruth.

** HITC 2011, Wrestling/MarkHenry defeated Randy Orton. Wrestling/CodyRhodes defeated Wrestling/JohnMorrison. Wrestling/BethPhoenix defeated Wrestling/KellyKelly. Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio defeated Wrestling/CMPunk and John Cena.
** HITC 2012, Wrestling/AntonioCesaro defeated Wrestling/JustinGabriel. Big Show defeated Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. Wrestling/EveTorres defeated Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} and Wrestling/{{Layla}}. CM Punk defeated Wrestling/{{Ryback}}.
** HITC 2013, Wrestling/DamienSandow defeated Wrestling/KofiKingston. Wrestling/{{Fandango}} and Wrestling/SummerRae defeated Wrestling/TheGreatKhali and [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Natalya]]. Wrestling/AJLee defeated [[Wrestling/TheBellaTwins Brie Bella]]. Randy Orton defeated Wrestling/DanielBryan.

* TheBadGuyWins: The end of the Wrestling/JohnCena vs. Wrestling/WadeBarrett at the 2010 edition. If Cena won, Wrestling/TheNexus would be forced to disband; if Barrett won, Cena would be forced to join The Nexus. After interference from two new Nexus members, Barrett won, and Cena was forced to join The Nexus.

!! The eponymous PPV and matches show examples of:

* FaceHeelTurn: During the main event of the 2017 edition, after pulling long-time adversary Wrestling/KevinOwens out of the path of Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon as the latter jumped off the top of the cell. After spending several moments seemingly in shock at saving Owens, he then dragged Owens on top of Shane for the three count.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Undertaker was genuinely afraid for his opponent's life when he accidentally sent Mankind through the roof of the cell during their match. He reported afterwards as feeling nothing but concern for Foley after the occurence. He still managed to avoid breaking character, however. At least until Mick gets up off the stretcher and runs to the Cell to climb it. Again. The match itself doesn't show it but some [=DVDs=] that discuss the match have a shot of Undertaker legitimately shocked.

** Roman Reigns d. Wrestling/BraunStrowman.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship. Special guest referee: Mick Foley. Also this match is Strowman's cash-in of his ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' contract.[[/note]]

* FinalBattle: Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to Wrestling/TheShield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2016 edition.

* Graceful Loser: When he was proved wrong by John Cena winning the World Heavyweight Championship at the 2013 edition, (JBL had previously dismissed it as impossible due to the speed of Cena's return from a major injury) JBL calmly admitted he was wrong, and led a round of applause for the new champion.

* Ceiling Smash: Inverted during the match between [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] and The Undertaker at ''King of the Ring 1998'', in which they brawled on the Cell's roof twice. The second time, 'Taker chokeslammed Foley through the roof, sending him crashing onto the ring below. And Foley still wanted to fight.

Hell In A Cell is a Wrestling/{{WWE}} pay-per-view, which replaced ''Wrestling/NoMercy'' on 2009 and has been a staple of the calendar ever since.

* GimmickMatches: The eponymous match type itself is a variant of the Steel Cage match. It involves a larger cage which Wrestling/JimCornette admits to stealing from (or researching from) a Memphis territory, that includes the majority of the ringside area in its confines, and also has a roof, ala Wrestling/DustyRhodes's war games. Escape rules don't apply; the match ends only via pinfall or submission, and usually only in the ring. In earlier matches, big falls from the side or top of the cage were fairly commonplace (most famously, by Wrestling/MickFoley), but these have been toned down due to safety concerns.

* TheBadGuyWins: The end of the Wrestling/JohnCena vs. Wrestling/WadeBarrett at ''Hell in a Cell 2010''. If Cena won, Wrestling/TheNexus would be forced to disband; if Barrett won, Cena would be forced to join The Nexus. After interference from two new Nexus members, Barrett won, and Cena was forced to join The Nexus.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Nobody, not Shane McMahon, not the audience, and not Kevin, expected Sami Zayn to pull Owens to safety during ''Hell in a Cell 2017''. Not even Zayn himself expected the first heel turn in an over fifteen-year career to start with saving his biggest Arch-Enemy from a Leap of Faith.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: JBL showed this at Hell In a Cell 2015, expressing horror and disgust at The Wyatt Family beating down The Undertaker, saying "There was no honour in this." Before that he'd also demonstrated ample respect for Taker's role in the match against Lesnar.

* FinalBattle: Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to the Shield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2016 edition.
* Graceful Loser: When he was proved wrong by John Cena winning the World Heavyweight Championship at Hell in a Cell 2013 (JBL had previously dismissed it as impossible due to the speed of Cena's return from a major injury) JBL calmly admitted he was wrong and led a round of applause for the new champion.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: ''Hell in a Cell 2011'' had [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] and Wrestling/TheMiz beating the crap out of everyone, including the cameramen.

* WolverinePublicity: R-Truth did the main promo for ''Hell in a Cell 2013'' (even appearing on the poster, in a suit, of all things) despite not being on the card. The only sense to make of it was the "hell" in the title and Truth's tendency to paraphrase Literature/TheBible ''"The Truth, Has Set Me Free"''.

** All three consecutive HIAC matches at ''Wrestling/BadBlood'' [=PPVs=] were won by heels.
*** Shawn Michaels defeated The Undertaker after a debuting Kane interfered and tombstoned his brother.
*** Triple H had won the HIAC match in this event twice in a row. In 2003, he defeated Kevin Nash (with Mick Foley as the guest referee), and a year later defeated HBK, ending their heated rivalry that lasted for almost two years.
** ''Armageddon 2000'' had Kurt Angle defeating Rikishi, The Undertaker, Triple H, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and The Rock in a 6-man HIAC match to retain the WWF Title.
** ''No Way Out 2000'': Triple H beats Cactus Jack inside the cell, thus putting an end to his career (albeit temporarily).

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Announced he'd be the special guest referee for the Triple H/Undertaker HIAC confrontation and gloated he held the end of an era in his hands. What this actually entailed was watching his best friend and the man he respected more than any other giving each other an utterly brutal beating for half an hour. His expressions of utter misery throughout tell the story.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: The first Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker. Watch the spot with the Snake Eyes to the outside of the cage, and see if you can spot Shawn's amazing mid-air blade job. He's practically all-crimson by the time the match ends.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Triple H was undefeated in one-on-one Hell in a Cell matches, having winning 4 of them in his career at that time. This changed in ''Vengeance 2005'' when Batista defeated him.
* Ceiling Smash: Inverted during the 1998 match between Mankind and The Undertaker at ''King of the Ring'', in which they brawled on the Cell's roof twice. The second time, 'Taker chokeslammed Foley through the roof, sending him crashing onto the ring below. And Foley still wanted to fight.
* DeathFromAbove: Taken to its absolute with Shane McMahon's performance at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32'': Jumping from top of the Hell in A Cell cage - 20 feet! He missed his mark though, but goes to show how ballsy he can get. This is five feet higher than the one that almost killed Mick Foley and Shane was 13 years older when he did it.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Batista became the first wrestler to defeat Triple H one-on-one inside Hell in a Cell in ''Vengeance 2005''.

* DramaticSitDown: Shawn Michaels does this in the third encounter at WrestleMania between The Undertaker and Triple H in their Hell in a Cell match, where Shawn was the guest referee. During the match, Undertaker told Shawn not to stop the match no matter what. This was after 'Taker had taken a few chair shots to the back and Triple H had just gotten the same in return, both men bleeding and disoriented at this point. Shawn was sitting in the corner of the ring having a nervous breakdown while Undertaker and Triple H were trying to get to their feet after a two count had occurred.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Kane showed what he was made of when he showed up at ''Badd Blood'' 1997, when he ripped the door off the cell.

** In 2005, then-World Heavyweight Champion Batista and Triple H fought inside Hell in a Cell, which served as the culmination of their heated feud of that year.

* HeroicBSOD: During The Undertaker vs. Triple H III, at one point during the match, things had gotten to the point of Shawn being told by the Undertaker not to stop the match no matter what happened. This was after 'Taker had suffered a few chair shots to the back and Triple H had just gotten the same in return. Watching his best friend and one of his idols beating the tar out of each other was apparently too much; Shawn was sitting in the corner of the ring looking like he was having a nervous breakdown.
* HistoryRepeats: All the main events of ''Bad Blood'' have been HIAC matches. All three also involved either or both Shawn Michaels and Triple H.

** Mick Foley in the ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing 1998'' match. He was thrown off of a sixteen-foot-tall steel chain link cell and through the SpanishAnnouncersTable. The fall was so devastating that he sustained a concussion, spinal damage, a dislocated shoulder and internal bleeding. The EMTs squeezed in to put him on a stretcher and wheel him away, which seemed to signal the premature end of the match. Instead, Foley got up off the stretcher and climbed back up the cell (faster than before his fall!) to resume the match. After some more fighting, Undertaker performed his signature choke-slam, which sent Foley through the chain link cell to the ring below, a steel chair following close behind to smash his teeth out of his mouth, one of which lodged in his nose. Foley was completely knocked out, nearly died, and has no memory of the next few hours...but he got back up and resumed the match, finally ending it after taking two hard falls onto a large pile of thumbtacks. And then, simply because he refused to be stretchered out twice, he got up and walked back up the ramp to a standing ovation.

** Then came the HIAC match between Shane McMahon and The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32, where Shane-O-Mac tried to do his elbow drop through the announcers table onto Taker, willingly doing it from the top of the 20ft cell. But as Shane jumped, Taker managed to roll out of the way, causing Shane to crash onto the table, literally [[StunnedSilence silencing the 100,000+ in attendance]] who were just cheering for him as he made the jump, enough to make them sincerely worry he might have gone too far and killed himself as the refs and medics went to check him out. Even Taker himself was in shock at this, until Shane finally showed signs of life and even gave him two "Bring it on" hand gestures, even knowing he was clearly out of it.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Undertaker was genuinely afraid for his opponent's life when he accidentally sent Mankind through the roof of the cell during their match. He reported afterwards as feeling nothing but concern for Foley after the occurence. He still managed to avoid breaking character, however. At least until Mick gets up off the stretcher and runs to the Cell to climb it. Again. The match itself doesn't show it but some DVDs that discuss the match has a shot of Undertaker legitimately shocked.