Hell in a Cell 2013 Review

Hell in a Cell 2013 Review


After two months of forgettable PPVs, were the WWE able to bring the  quality back up? Let's find out.



Rey Mysterio is a Spanish announcer for the night. That could be a nice job for him once he retires.



Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs The Shield vs The Usos
Tag Titles on the line here. The announcers managed to fuck up the rules of the match before it started, and believe me, this isn't the last time they would annoy. Anyway the crowd was really into this match all the way through, and it started off well and just got better and better as it went on. The superplex to the outside was an awesome moment. The finish was white hot with Cody hitting the biggest crossrhodes I've ever seen to retain the titles. Easy match of the night. ****


And now the show becomes duller and duller until we get to the World Title match.



Fandango & Summer Rae vs The Great Khali & Natalya
Seriously? Dolph Ziggler is on the pre-show panel, but these guys get a PPV match? Goddammit. Actually I have to say that I was impressed by the divas action in the match, and I wish it had just been a singles match between them, as the action with Khali and Fandango was just boring. More divas action like this please! 1/2*



Big E Langston vs Dean Ambrose
US Title on the line. Big E was originally to face Curtis Axel for the IC Title, but due to injury, Axel couldn't compete. Because of that, there was no buildup to this match at all, which resulted in a dead crowd, which is a shame becuase they were having a solid bout. Big E had a nasty cut under his right eye after a collision with Ambrose. Countout victories in Title matches usually annoy me, but there was nothing else they could really do as the match had no buildup, and neither guy could lose cleanly. **1/4



CM Punk vs Ryback & Paul Heyman : Hell in a Cell
I really thought that they could top their Cell match from last year, but it turns out they couldn't. The crowd only wanted to see Punk beat up Heyman and didn't give a damn about Ryback, resulting in one of the dullest Cell matches ever. This match really did not need the Cell, and it was more of a sign that the Cell should be retired until the PG era ends. Just a dull match here. **


After the match Punk, finally after months of chasing Heyman, gets his hands on the walrus and gives him a few kendo stick shots and a GTS. That was it? After promising time and time again that Punk was gonna tear Heyman limb from limb, this was the payoff? Very disappointing.



Los Matadores vs The Real Americans
By this point I was really wanting to go to bed, and this match didn't help. Los Matadores have barely been here a month and already they're boring me. At least Cesaro kept things interesting with his awesome swing, and even Swagger looked pretty good in there. Can someone just push Cesaro already and be done with it? **


John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio
Was there any doubt as to who would win this World Title match? The match was far better than I thought it would be, and not the squash that I was expecting. It was kind of annoying to see Cena no-sell the arm injury at times, and they also kept cutting to backstage where Damien Sandow was watching and this really went nowhere. After a nice finishing sequence, Cena becomes World Champ for the 14th time. That's actually pretty scary. ***1/4



AJ Lee vs Brie Bella
I was totally expecting Brie to win here now that she has turned face and they've acknowledged that she's with Bryan, but thankfully, AJ is still champ. The crowd was pretty dead for this one, and Nikki was trying hard to get the crowd cheering for Brie, but that was gonna be difficult to do since the face turn came out of nowhere. Not bad for a divas match I suppose. *



Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton : Hell in a Cell
HBK is the guest referee for this WWE Title match. At least this feud looked good enough for a Cell match, since these guys have been feuding for so many months. The action was fast and furious for the entire match, and there were no Orton chinlocks to be found. The Cell was used quite well with both guys using it to their advantage. This all led to inevitable overbooked finish with HHH getting involved, and Shawn costing Bryan the match. I really like the matches between these two guys, but I really hope that we don't see another rematch. Apart from all that, it was a great match. ***1/2



5/10. This felt like an episode of Raw. After the fantastic Tag Title match, everything just seemed to fall apart, and even two very good World Championship matches couldn't redeem it. There is so much filler here, and the boring Punk/Ryback match doesn't help. I would definitely recommend the opening match though, and even the main event and the Cena return match. Everything else is just totally forgettable.