WWE Hell in a Cell

WWE Hell in a Cell was a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event made by WWE. The first event took place in 2009, replacing No Mercy in the early October slot of WWE's PPV calendar.^[1] In 2012, WWE announced that Hell in a Cell would move to late October, leaving only one pay-per-view in October. the 2018 event was held in September, while the 2021 and 2022 event were held in June.^[2]

WWE Hell in a Cell
The 2020 Hell in a Cell logo
Information
Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw (2009–2010, 2016, 2018–2022) SmackDown (2009–2010, 2017–2022) ECW (2009)
First event	2009
Last event	2022
Signature match types	Hell in a Cell match

The show's concept was based on WWE's well-known Hell in a Cell match, in which wrestlers fought inside a 20-foot (6-metre) high roofed cell structure surrounding the ring and ringside area.^[1][3][4] Each main event match of the card was contested as a Hell in a Cell match. "Hell in a Cell" was chosen over "No Escape", "Locked Up" and "Rage in a Cage".^[1][4]

Since it began, the event has been held only in indoor arenas in the United States. Championship matches happened on every card. Under the brand extension, WWE assigned its performers to either Raw or SmackDown, which caused matches to be set up between wrestlers on the same show (except for the 2011–2015 events, since there was no brand split then).^[5]

The 2022 event was the last Hell in a Cell event produced, as it was replaced by Night of Champions in 2023.^[6][7] However, in 2024, WWE brought back the Bad Blood event, which featured the Hell in a Cell match as the main event.^[8]

Concept

In this PPV, all main events were fought as Hell in a Cell matches, in which the ring and ringside area were surrounded by a 20-foot high roofed cell structure. This type of match had no disqualifications or countouts, and the escape rule from steel cage matches also did not apply. The only way to win was by pinfall or submission inside the ring.

Dates and venues

Raw-branded event

SmackDown-branded event

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Ref.
1	Hell in a Cell (2009)	October 4, 2009	Newark, New Jersey	Prudential Center	D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) vs. The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) in a Tornado tag team Hell in a Cell match	[9]
2	Hell in a Cell (2010)	October 3, 2010	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	Kane (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship	[10][11]
3	Hell in a Cell (2011)	October 2, 2011	New Orleans, Louisiana	New Orleans Arena	John Cena (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk in a Triple threat Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship	[12]
4	Hell in a Cell (2012)	October 28, 2012	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship	[13]
5	Hell in a Cell (2013)	October 27, 2013	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match for the vacant WWE Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee	[14]
6	Hell in a Cell (2014)	October 26, 2014	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match	[15]
7	Hell in a Cell (2015)	October 25, 2015	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match	[16][17]
8	Hell in a Cell (2016)	October 30, 2016	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden	Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte Flair in the first ever women's Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship	[18]
9	Hell in a Cell (2017)	October 8, 2017	Detroit, Michigan	Little Caesars Arena	Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon in a Falls Count Anywhere Hell in a Cell match	[19][20]
10	Hell in a Cell (2018)	September 16, 2018	San Antonio, Texas	AT&T Center	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Braun Strowman in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Universal Championship with Mick Foley as the special guest referee.[a]	[22][23]
11	Hell in a Cell (2019)	October 6, 2019	Sacramento, California	Golden 1 Center	Seth Rollins (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Universal Championship	[24]
12	Hell in a Cell (2020)	October 25, 2020	Orlando, Florida	WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center	Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship	[25]
13	Hell in a Cell (2021)	June 20, 2021	Tampa, Florida	WWE ThunderDome at Yuengling Center	Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Drew McIntyre in a Last Chance Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship	[26]
14	Hell in a Cell (2022)	June 5, 2022	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	Cody Rhodes vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match	[2]
(c) – is the champion(s) goiing into the match

1. This was also Strowman's Money in the Bank cash-in match, which was announced before the event.^[21]

Related pages

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• WWE Bad Blood