We’re still on the Road to Wrestlemania, so here we go again with another WM style “Remember When”. This time around we will feature one of the most diabolical and famous matches in WWE history, Hell in a Cell.
Do you remember when there was a Six Pack Hell in a Cell match?
It was December 2000 and the WWF Champion was Kurt Angle. Kurt was ruling the top of the WWF Mountain for about a couple months. Commissioner Mick Foley decided to put the Champion in the ultimate test.
At the December PPV, Armageddon 2000, Kurt would have to defend the WWF Title against five challengers in a Six Pack Hell in a Cell match. The challengers consisted of HHH, Rock, Steve Austin, Undertaker, and Rikishi.
It was a great brawl, a lot of action, and it featured all of the top talent in one match beating the crap out of each other. Even though Vince McMahon, his stooges, and Foley interfered it was still a great match.
The highlight of the match would have to be Undertaker choke slamming Rikishi off the top of the Cell. In the end, it was Kurt Angle fighting against all odds and walking out of the Cell still the champion.
The Hell in a Cell match has given us so many great matches and moments throughout the years. Whether it’s the 1st match with Taker/HBK, Taker/Foley at KOTR 1998, HHH backdropping Foley off the Cell at NWO 2000, and many others. Hopefully this one coming up at WM 28 with Taker/HHH will be an instant classic.
Given the caliber of those two, I think it’s a safe bet that they will once again have a show stealer on the big stage.
Here’s the Six Pack Hell in a Cell match from Armageddon 2000
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Do I remember When? I most certainly do my friend! This is hands down my favorite hell in a cell match of all the times! (Santino Accent). I’m surprised Rikishi’s ass didn’t someone just explode with that spot! haha
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Rikishi fell for the people.
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This is actually my least fav. Hell In A Cell. Just seemed way to gimmicky a la Dusty Rhodes. lol
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Great match…I don’t think it’s the best HIAC match but it’s good. Rare match too. The only way to see this match is if you have the Best of the Hell In A Cell DVD.
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I would call it a hidden gem 🙂
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It’s definitely a forgotten classic and one of the best matches from the Attitude Era. I feel HHH-Taker should be a classic. The storyline and promos have been very strong and there has never been a HITC match at Mania before (Bossman-Taker from WM15 doesn’t count).
Plus this is the first time since the Taker-Edge HITC that the match really feels like something special. Ever since they made HITC into a themed PPV, they have not meant anything at all!
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Aww man I LOVED this match. I was SOOO excited as a kid when it was announced. The real problem with cell matches nowadays basically fall into 3 categories for me:
– The themed PPV where cell matches are cell matches just for the sake of it. They need to be feud-enders like it is going to be at ‘Mania (I wonder how they’ll set the cell up in a roofless arena…)
– No big spots off the cell/climbing on top of it. Okay, so I don’t want people to get hurt, but the big bump/fighting on top of the cell was the USP of the whole thing. That’s gone so the match is nothing more than a glorified cage match these days.
– No blood. Again, I can see why they don’t blade, and I’m not sure it’s a great idea to cut your own head open with a razor blade, but a lack of blood does lessen the drama of what is supposed to be one of the most dangerous matches in pro wrestling. Anyone else think Trips and ‘Taker will sneakily get some blood into the ‘Mania match ala Hart-Piper did back in the day?
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Well, they did took a chance last year with the chair shots to the head last year, so it’s possible.
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One thing I’ve always hated about WWE is the way they always try to replicate past/classic situations.
Whether it be Kurt Angle and the milk truck, Foley going through the cell or Rikisha falling off the cell, I always feel a slight facepalm coming on.
So when the truck pulled in you knew what was going to happen, but lets be honest he fell onto a stack of hay
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I wouldn’t consider the milk truck then trying to replicate, just honor the Austin bit, but with a Kurt Angle twist.
Hay can hurt! Imagine a thousand different needles poking you all over your body. It’s not fun.
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Capt. is right Andy. Have you ever lifted bails of hay? If you’re not wearing some kind of long sleeved shirt, those needles can poke you and it hurts.
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Yeah, I was watching the making of Wizard of Oz and they were talking about how the guy who played The Scarecrow would get rash after rash on his face with all that straw.
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Actually on second look its not hay that he lands on, some kind of saw dust. (well, finding out after all these years aye)
When I was younger myself and some friends went into a barn and jumped about on some bails, I recall it being soft… maybe it was grass actually?
Anyway, when Foley fell through the Cell against the Undertaker it was unpredictable, when HBK flew off onto the table it was unpredictable, when Shane McMahon fell off the titantron it was unpredictable. When these events have the same situation replicated it seems like they’re attempting to recapture the magic it was first seen and the initial reaction is WOW! But, it just brings up the fact they were unable to come up with something new and original.
How many time has the Montreal Screwjob attempted to be redone in various ways? To many.
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When you are in a Cell match, people are going to fall. To me, that’s just an aspect of them, not WWE trying to do the same thing over and over.
Concerning Montreal, I think after the initial “screwing” happened, we just became better able to see patterns. It’s not so much them trying to do it again and again, it’s just that we have something to pinpoint as a reference.
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