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* ItsPersonal: Before it became a gimmick PPV, Hell in a Cell matches were designed to be the ultimate feud-enders. Just about every Hell in a Cell match prior to the establishment of the annual PPV have been for the most personal feuds in WWE history, such as the two-year blood feud between Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. Even after the PPV was established, particularly personal feuds sometimes warrant a Cell match outside of the PPV, such as Wrestling/{{Edge}} vs. Wrestling/SethRollins.
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* TheDreaded: The titular match itself. With few exceptions, ''no one'' wants to go through a Hell in a Cell match, because they know full well that doing so means willingly subjecting yourself to a level of brutality unmatched by any other gimmick match in the entire WWE. When Wrestling/{{Edge}} found out his then-wife Wrestling/VickieGuerrero had put him into a Hell in a Cell match with Wrestling/TheUndertaker, the sheer fear was enough to put him into a catatonic state. The following week, he was so desperate to just ''survive'' the match that he begged his old foe Wrestling/MickFoley for help, before going into a severe level of SanitySlippage that doubled as a full-on VillainousBreakdown for the following two weeks.

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* ''[[Wrestling/NoWayOutWrestling No Way Out]] 2000'' - Wrestling/TripleH d. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]].[[note]]WWF Championship, plus [[LoserLeavesTown if CJ lost the match, he would have to retire]].[[/note]]

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* ''[[Wrestling/NoWayOutWrestling ''[[Wrestling/NoWayOutWWE No Way Out]] 2000'' - Wrestling/TripleH d. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]].[[note]]WWF Championship, plus [[LoserLeavesTown if CJ lost the match, he would have to retire]].[[/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]]

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* ''[[Wrestling/UnforgivenWrestling ''[[Wrestling/UnforgivenWWE 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]]



* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Wrestling/{{WCW}} had their own version of Hell in a Cell, called "Caged Heat", and was used from 1999-2000.

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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Wrestling/{{WCW}} had their own version of Hell in a Cell, called "Caged Heat", and which was used from 1999-2000.



* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Wrestling/{{Batista}} became the first wrestler to defeat Triple H one-on-one inside Hell in a Cell in ''Vengeance 2005''.

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* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Wrestling/{{Batista}} became the first wrestler to defeat Triple H one-on-one inside Hell in a Cell in at ''Vengeance 2005''.



* FinalBattle: The hell in a cell match was made to put an end to long feuds, at least for the foreseeable future. However, they started moving away from this, as Wrestling/JohnCena has refused to abandon his feuds with Wrestling/RandyOrton and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio even after losing to them in ''Hell In A Cell'', immediately coming back at them on the following installment of Wrestling/MondayNightRaw and laying the feud to rest in a different gimmick match.

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* FinalBattle: The hell Hell in a cell Cell match was made to put an end to long feuds, at least for the foreseeable future. However, they started moving away from this, as Wrestling/JohnCena has refused to abandon his feuds with Wrestling/RandyOrton and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio even after losing to them in ''Hell In A Cell'', immediately coming back at them on the following installment of Wrestling/MondayNightRaw and laying the feud to rest in a different gimmick match.

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** At ''[=SummerSlam=] 2008'', Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Edge}} fought in HIAC which was the end of their long feud that started in late 2007.

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** At ''Survivor Series 2007'', Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker fought in HIAC which served at their final one-on-one clash in their feud that year.
** At ''[=SummerSlam=] 2008'', Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Edge}} fought in HIAC which was the end of their long feud that started in late 2007.at ''Survivor Series 2007''.

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* FinalBattle: Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to Wrestling/TheShield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2015 edition. Also in the same year was the HIAC match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

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* FinalBattle: FinalBattle:
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Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to Wrestling/TheShield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2015 edition. Also in the same year was the HIAC match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/BrockLesnar.Wrestling/BrockLesnar which served as their final encounter of their feud that begun in 2014 in which Lesnar ended The Undertaker's undefeated Wrestling/WrestleMania streak.
** At the 2022 event, Wrestling/CodyRhodes and Wrestling/SethRollins had their third and final clash inside HIAC which was the culmination of their feud since Wrestling/WrestleMania 38.



** At the 2022 event, Wrestling/CodyRhodes and Wrestling/SethRollins had their third and final clash inside HIAC which was the culmination of their feud since Wrestling/WrestleMania 38.

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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins

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** Wrestling/CodyRhodes vs.d. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins


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** At the 2022 event, Wrestling/CodyRhodes and Wrestling/SethRollins had their third and final clash inside HIAC which was the culmination of their feud since Wrestling/WrestleMania 38.
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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]], The Judgement Day defeated Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/FinnBalor and Wrestling/LivMorgan, Theory defeated Mustafa Ali

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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]], The Judgement Day defeated Wrestling/AJStyles, AJ Styles, Wrestling/FinnBalor and Wrestling/LivMorgan, Theory defeated Mustafa Ali
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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]], The Judgement Day defeated Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/FinnBalor and Wrestling/LivMorgan

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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]], The Judgement Day defeated Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/FinnBalor and Wrestling/LivMorganWrestling/LivMorgan, Theory defeated Mustafa Ali
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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: Nobody, not Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, not the audience, and not Kevin, expected Wrestling/SamiZayn to pull Owens to safety during ''Hell in a Cell 2017''. Not even Zayn himself expected the first [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] in an over fifteen-year career to start with saving his biggest ArchEnemy from a LeapOfFaith.

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** HIAC 2022, Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]]
Ezekiel]], The Judgement Day defeated Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/FinnBalor and Wrestling/LivMorgan
* DidntSeeThatComing: Nobody, not Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, not the audience, and not Kevin, expected Wrestling/SamiZayn to pull Owens to safety during ''Hell in a Cell 2017''. Not even Zayn himself expected the first [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] in an over fifteen-year fifteen- year career to start with saving his biggest ArchEnemy from a LeapOfFaith.
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** HIAC 2022, Wrestling/KevinOwens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]]

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** HIAC 2022, Wrestling/KevinOwens Kevin Owens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]]
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** HIAC 2022, Wrestling/KevinOwens defeated [[Wrestling/{{Elias}} Ezekiel]]
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* ''Hell In A Cell 2022'':
** Wrestling/CodyRhodes vs. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Wrestling/{{WCW}} had their own version of Hell in a Cell, called "Caged Heat", and was used from 1999-2000.
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* FinalBattle: Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to Wrestling/TheShield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2015 edition.

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* FinalBattle: Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/BrayWyatt put an end to Wrestling/TheShield vs. Wyatt Family feud in a HIAC match on the 2015 edition. Also in the same year was the HIAC match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/BrockLesnar.
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* GoodVersusGood: HIAC matches usually involve a face vs a heel, but there were a few examples of two faces colliding with each other inside the cell -- Wrestling/{{Batista}} vs Wrestling/TheUndertaker at ''Survivor Series 2007'' and The Undertaker vs Triple H at ''Wrestlemania 28'' come to mind.
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* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The 2019 poster has Bray Wyatt as himself and "The Fiend".


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* SeriesMascot: Wrestling/TheUndertaker has appeared on the poster three times (2009, 2010, 2015 [[note]]Wrestling/BrockLesnar was also on the poster[[/note]]). Wrestling/SashaBanks appeared on the post twice (2016 [[note]]Wrestling/CharlotteFlair was also on the poster[[/note]] and 2020 [[note]]Wrestling/{{Bayley}} was also included in the poster[[/note]].)
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** In the 2015 event, Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/BrockLesnar faced off inside the Cell for the second time. Their first cell encounter was at Wrestling/NoMercy 2002.

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* FinalBattle:
** The HIAC match at ''Bad Blood 2003'' between Triple H and Shawn Michaels served as their final encounter to end a long drawn out feud that started since July 2002. HHH's 2003 match against Kevin Nash was also this to a lesser extent since their feud lasted for about a couple of months.
** In 2005, then-World Heavyweight Champion Batista and Triple H fought inside HIAC, which served as the culmination of their heated feud of that year.

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* FinalBattle:
FinalBattle: The hell in a cell match was made to put an end to long feuds, at least for the foreseeable future. However, they started moving away from this, as Wrestling/JohnCena has refused to abandon his feuds with Wrestling/RandyOrton and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio even after losing to them in ''Hell In A Cell'', immediately coming back at them on the following installment of Wrestling/MondayNightRaw and laying the feud to rest in a different gimmick match.
** The HIAC match at ''Bad Blood 2003'' 2004'' between Triple H and Shawn Michaels served as their final encounter to end a long drawn out feud that started since July 2002. HHH's 2003 match against Kevin Nash was also this to a lesser extent since their feud lasted for about a couple of months.
** In 2005, At ''Vengeance 2005'', then-World Heavyweight Champion Batista and Triple H fought inside HIAC, which served as the culmination of their heated feud of that year.



** The HIAC match between Wrestling/DGenerationX and the [=McMahons=] and Wrestling/TheBigShow was the final battle of the [=DX/McMahons=] feud.

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** The At ''Unforgiven 2006'', the HIAC match between Wrestling/DGenerationX and the [=McMahons=] and Wrestling/TheBigShow was the final battle of the [=DX/McMahons=] feud.feud.
** At ''[=SummerSlam=] 2008'', Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Edge}} fought in HIAC which was the end of their long feud that started in late 2007.
** The HIAC match between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/TripleH served as their "End of an Era" match at [=WrestleMania=] 28 and their third and final [=WrestleMania=] match against each other.[[note]]It wasn't until Super Showdown 2018 where the two fought again for the "last time ever".[[/note]]
** The HIAC match between Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/SethRollins at ''Crown Jewel 2021'' served as the third and final match of their feud that started during the summer.
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Triple H defeating Kane at No Mercy wasn't inside HIAC and the folder is about the match happening outside of its namesake PPV.


** ''Wrestling/NoMercy 2002'': World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Intercontinental Champion Kane to unify both title belts (the IC title was immediately defunct until it was brought back in May 2003); Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to retain the WWE Championship.

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** ''Wrestling/NoMercy 2002'': World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Intercontinental Champion Kane to unify both title belts (the IC title was immediately defunct until it was brought back in May 2003); Brock Lesnar Wrestling/BrockLesnar defeated The Undertaker to retain the WWE Championship.
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* ''Crown Jewel 2021'' - Edge vs. Seth Rollins.

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* ''Crown Jewel 2021'' - Edge vs.d. Seth Rollins.
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* ''Monday Night Raw #1465'' - Wrestling/BobbyLashley d. Wrestling/XavierWoods.
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* ''Crown Jewel 2021'' - Edge vs. Seth Rollins.
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** HIAC 2021, Wrestling/BobbyLashley defeated Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre in the main event. Wrestling/SamiZayn defeated Wrestling/KevinOwens, Wrestling/SethRollins defeated Wrestling/{{Cesaro}}, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair defeated Rhea Ripley.[[note]]by disqualification[[/note]] In the pre-show, Wrestling/{{Natalya}} defeated Wrestling/MandyRose.

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* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Smackdown]] #1139'' - Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

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* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Friday Night Smackdown]] #1139'' - Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]



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

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** Roman Reigns d. [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jey Uso]] Uso]]. [[note]]"I Quit" match for the WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]
** Sasha Banks d. Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Wrestling/{{Bayley}}. [[note]]WWE [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship.[[/note]]
** Randy Orton d. Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre. [[note]]WWE Championship.[[/note]]
* ''Hell In A Cell 2021'':
** Bianca Belair d. Bayley. [[note]]WWE [=SmackDown=] Women's Championship.[[/note]]
** Wrestling/BobbyLashley d. Drew [=McIntyre=]. [[note]]WWE Championship.
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* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Smackdown]] #1139'' - Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/{{ReyMysterio|Jr}}.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

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* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Smackdown]] #1139'' - Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/{{ReyMysterio|Jr}}.Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]

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* ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Smackdown]] #1139'' - Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/{{ReyMysterio|Jr}}.[[note]]WWE Universal Championship.[[/note]]



** Wrestling/RomanReigns d. Wrestling/BrayWyatt.

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** Wrestling/RomanReigns Roman Reigns d. Wrestling/BrayWyatt.

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* HistoryRepeats: Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/RandyOrton have competed against each other inside the Cell twice in the cell, with Orton defeating him in 2009 and Cena defeating him in 2014.

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* HistoryRepeats: HistoryRepeats:
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Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/RandyOrton have competed against each other inside the Cell twice in the cell, with Orton defeating him in 2009 and Cena defeating him in 2014.2014.
** The 2012 and 2013 events featured Wrestling/CMPunk vs. Wrestling/{{Ryback}} inside the Cell, and the main event ends with the bad guy winning because the referee attacked the good guy.
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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.

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Hell in a Cell is a Wrestling/{{WWE}} pay-per-view, which replaced ''Wrestling/NoMercy'' on in 2009 and has been a staple of the calendar ever since.
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** HIAC 2019. Randy Orton defeated Wrestling/MustafaAli. [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] and Kairi Sane defeated Wrestling/AlexaBliss and Wrestling/NikkiCross.

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** HIAC 2019. 2019, Randy Orton defeated Wrestling/MustafaAli. [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] and Kairi Sane defeated Wrestling/AlexaBliss and Wrestling/NikkiCross.

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