Figure Four Weekly 10/9/2017: Recapping WWE Hell in a Cell

With WWE having an annual pay-per-view built around multiple Hell in a Cell matches, it’s only natural that they mostly just become standard matches that are surrounded by a roofed cage.

But that wasn’t the case at this year’s PPV. Sunday night’s show was bookended by two great Hell in a Cell matches where the structure was essential in telling the story that was going on in the ring.

Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens was everything that it should have been: a spectacle of a stunt show with an ending that left the audience wanting to watch the fallout on SmackDown this week. It wasn’t always smooth and, with it going almost 40 minutes and Shane not having the conditioning of an active wrestler, there were plenty of less-than-ideal sequences and spots. But most of the match was good and the ending was pretty much perfect. Sami Zayn pulled Owens off the announce table, causing Shane to crash through it after jumping off of the Cell.

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