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Movie Reviews of WWE: Hell in a Cell
Movie Review: An Almost-Perfect Collection
Summary: 4 Stars
WWE's HELL IN A CELL three-disc boxed set collects (Almost....) every "Hell In A Cell" match since the first one way back in 1997. Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker set the bar high, with insane risks and gruesome violence, but the bar would soon be raised by Mick Foley (A.K.A. Mankind, Cactus Jack, & Dude Love), who took-risk-taking to a whole new level, with falls off of and through the Cell, chairs, thumbtacks, & flaming-barbed-wire-wrapped-two x 4's. That's part of the problem with this collection: After Foley's four deranged Cell matches, the rest, no matter how good, pale in comparison. That's one of a few small complaints I had with the set.......The others were the missing HELL IN A CELL match (The only missing one, if I'm remembering correctly....) featuring The Undertaker vs. The Big Boss Man, which is really no big loss, since I remember it being a dreadful match, but it'd be nice if it were included, if only for the sake of completeness. The last minor quibble is the lack of extras or commentaries.....It would have been great to have match-specific commentaries by some of the Superstars. But as it stands, HELL IN A CELL is a great set, running 9 hours over three discs, featuring 14 long matches, each introduced by the legendary Mick Foley himself. For old-school WWF (Yeah, I said it!!!!) fans looking to revisit the glory days, you really can't go wrong. Movie Review: Hell...in a Cell!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great Dvd set that contains the most brutal and violent Hell in a Cell matches that Wrestling fans have come to remember over the years. I watched this, and I have to tell you that it was great. Seeing these matches keeps me warm with this demonic, unforgiving steel structure, and it's awesome brutality. Every match was fantastic, including the match with Undertaker and Mankind. I also love the match with DX, the Big Show, and the McMahons. That match was just a bloodbath, and I love blood. It tastes so sweet. This Dvd set comes highly recommended.Movie Review: Very Decent Set
Summary: 5 Stars
Although all these matches are on DVD, it's nice to have a proper set narrated by none other than Mick Foley! There are a few matches not on this set like Kennel in a Cell and the Wrestlemania match between Boss Man and 'Taker. Other than that, very nice layout. Again, Mick Foley providing insight into the psyche of these matches and their effect on the wrestling world. All in all, this is a very good addition to my WWE collection and I can't wait for other specialty matches on DVD. Like...Best of Tables Matches ,Best of Cages (again), so on and so forth. Movie Review: Time to Enter the Devil's Playground!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hell in a Cell has been called the most dangerous match in the WWE since its debut in 1997. The cell has defiantely shorten and ended not only susperstars's careers but also referees and managers. This 3 disc set shows you the best remembered hell in the cell matches over the past 10 years. This set is just as good as the Ladder match 3 disc set is.
Mick Foley is the host this time around and he starts off the program by giving a brief back story on why and how the Hell in a Cell came to exsistance.
Disc 1
Bad Blood 10.5.1997
Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
In this debut match, Michaels and Taker sets the bar for future HIAC matches to come. Undertaker just really dominates hbk for mostly all the match. Once the two made their way out of the cell, Taker and Michaels would just fight each other around and on top of the cell. Michaels soon falls from the side of the cage & into the announce table after trying to escape from Taker. Kane makes his debut in this match and tombstones the Undertaker. This match is something to see if you already haven't. 5/5
Raw 6.15.1998
Kane & Mankind w/ Paul Bearer vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin & Undertaker
This was more of a segment than anything. Stone Cold leads Mankind and Kane outside the cell to leave the Undertaker and Paul Bearer all alone inside the locked structure. Taker would just pound on a bloody Paul Bearer while leaving Stone Cold fighting Kane and Mankind on the outside. Kane trys to climb the cell to get in before Austin meets him up there. They do not show us the after math once Raw went off the air and it aint really worth rating.
King of the Ring 6.28.1998
Undertaker vs. Mankind
This is probably the most known and memorable Hell in a Cell match and mainly because of Mankind being thrown off the cell. After being chokeslammed and thrown off the cell, Mankind and Taker delivered a pretty brutal match. Thumb tacks, steel steps, and chairs would get involved. After being chokslammed onto thumb tacks, Taker tombstones Mankind to pick up his first ever Hell in a Cell victory. 5/5
Raw 8.24.1998
Mankind vs. Kane w/ Undertaker
Just like the match at KOR, Kane and Mankind starts this match off on the outside where Foley gets beaten up by both Kane and Taker and also falls from the cell into the announce table. Kane and Mankind both takes some hard chair shots to the head. Thumb tacks also gets brought into this match. After Stone Cold comes from under the ring, the match gets stopped. A match worth a watch. 4/5
No Way Out 2.27.2000
WWE Championship with Mick Foley's Career on the Line
Triple H w/ Stephanie McMahon-Hemsley vs. Cactus Jack
The match itself was just as brutal and punishable as their sreet fight was. After Foley and the Game got out of the cell, the match would only get more violent around and on top of the cell. After once agian falling from the cell and through the announce table, Foley brings out his barbed wire 2x4 and sets it on fire. After setting the 2x4 on fire, Foley gets backdropped through the cell and crashes through the ring followed by a pedigree from triple h. A sedistic match to say the least. 5/5
Armageddon 12.10.2000
WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Triple H vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock vs. Rikishi vs. Undertaker
This has to be the wildest, craziest, & most action packed HIAC match of all time. There is action everywhere in this match and there is no 2 on 1 situations whatsoever. McMahon comes out and frees everybody from the cell and then all hell breaks loose everywhere. We even see a WM 17 preview from Austin and the Rock. This was just huge and tremendous. Awesome hell in a cell match. 5/5
Disc 2
Judgment Day 5.19.2002
Triple H vs. Chris Jericho
Triple h and Jericho by far made up for their lousy match they had at Wrestlemania X8. Jericho takes one of the most brutal beatings ever inside a hell in the cell. Jericho tryed to be tough but I think the cell got to him in this match. A ladder gets briefly used along with a steel chair, ring steps, & a sledgehammer. After being let loose, Triple h & Jericho battles all around the cell and soon make their way on top where triple h brings up with him a barbed wire 2x4. The match ends on top of the cell after Jericho gets pedigreed. Watch out for Tim White getting up close and personal to the cell. 5/5
No Mercy 10.20.2002
WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman vs. Undertaker
This was an awesome and brutal match. Undertaker & Brock showed us how differently a hell in the cell match can be, being just as brutal and sedistic fighting in the cell and not out. Taker bled buckets in this one. They both used the cell and other things around them very effectively on each other. This was an awesome main event. Probably the best hell in a cell match contested only inside the cell. 5/5
Bad Blood 6.15.2003
World Heavyweight Championship with Mick Foley as the Special Ref
Kevin Nash vs. Triple H
This isn't as bad as people say it is. I felt it was very violent and brutal. All men bleeds in this one including Foley. Not the best hell in a cell match but defiantely not the worst. 4.5/5
Bad Blood 6.13.2004
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
This being the the longest HIAC, this could also be the best. HBK and the Game both takes a lot of punishment and a bloody beating from each other. This was a fantastic way to end this feud. Arguably the best hell in a cell match ever. This match was just off the charts. 5/5
Disc 3
Vengeance 6.26.2005
World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. Triple H
This was an incredible HIAC match. Triple h is a guy that brings out the best in batista. Everything you expect in a Hell in the Cell match and more takes place. Batista gets very physical in this match. He uses everything the game brings out against him and more. This is a sedistic match which Triple h has to take time off from afterwards. This match could also be the best ever. 5/5
Armageddon 12.18.2005
Undertaker vs. Randy Orton w/ "Cowboy" Bob Orton
This match was more of no holds barred than a true hell in the cell match. Still, a lot of physicality is apart of this match. Orton pulled of some impressive counters to the Undertaker. A table gets introduced in this match along with a steel chair and steps. The interference from Bob Orton wasn't really needed but I felt this match belonged to main event Armageddon 2005. A good match. 4.5/5
Unforgiven 9.17.2006
Triple H & Shawn Michaels vs. Vince & Shane McMahon & Big Show
This match was just violent and brutal. It too was also a great way to end the McMahon/DX feud. Great usage with the cell and the weapons that were used such as a sledgehammer & steel chairs. It had a vicious and sickening ending but thats what a Hell in a Cell match is all about, violence and brutality. A great end to this rivalry. 5/5
Survivor Series 11.18.2007
World Heavyweight Championship
Undertaker vs. Batista
Taker is another guy that brings out the best in batista and this was also a tremendous match. Not a whole lot of weapons used but the ones that were, they were really used effectively. They could have used the cell more but it was still good. Edge makes his big return in this match after having a groin injury earlier in the year. 5/5
Hell in a Cell is Saitin's structure for violence and this 3 disc set shows the violence that can take place in these kinds of matches. The HIAC matches that are not on this set are the Undertaker vs. Bossman from Wrestlemania XV, Kennel in a Cell: Al Snow vs. Bossman from Unforgiven 1999, & Undertaker vs. Edge from Summerslam 2008. This is still an awesome set to pick up. Its very worth it.
Movie Review: Shawn Michaels inspires another classic gimmick match!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just like Shawn helped make the ladder match a gimmick staple of WWE, he did the same when it came time to have a cage match with Undertaker during their classic 1997 feud when he suggested to Vince to have a cage match with a roof on it. Shawn had remembered a match from the NWA that featured a cage with a roof on it, thus his suggestion became "Hell in a Cell".
I wont list the matches, there are enough reviews like that already. Instead, I want to review the actual product. First, the 3-disc collector's package is arguably the best designed packaging WWE has ever released. It's full of stunning high-resolution images that get pretty graphic. When you open the set, you're greeted by 2 gory full panel photos of Triple H and Batista respectively from their battles within the HIAC.
The DVD is hosted by the now departed Mick Foley (he's now on the mess of a promotion called TNA) who does an excellent job introducing the matches and giving informative analysis of HIAC's most memorable moments. On a side note, it's a real shame that the way Vince would rattle Mick in his Smackdown headset during tv tapings lead to his departure from the promotion he played a major part in helping to make Vince the undisputed top promotion in the US during the Monday night wars. Here's hoping Mick will get to come back and get the respect he deserves.
Each match also includes a video package recapping the events leading up to the match. I love this, because these packages bring back a lot of memories for me personally and give the context needed for new viewers to understand the reason why these matches were booked in the first place.
As for the matches, I can't imagine anyone having anything to complain about here. This is the best of the best. Most of these matches I already have on other DVDs, but decided to buy this for 4 rare HIAC matches, 3 of which are making their DVD debut. You get two HIAC matches from Monday Night RAW that most fans may have forgotten about. One is pretty much just an angle and not a real match ( Stone Cold Steve Austin and Undertaker vs. Mankind and Kane ), but the second, Mankind vs. Kane, is actually pretty good. Some people may find it odd that RAW aired these matches, instead of saving them for PPV, but they took place at the height of the Monday night war when ratings were king and hot-shot booking was common for both WWF and WCW. During his match with Kane, Mick takes some sick bumps on free tv. I'm talking about the kind of bumps that make you shake your head in their excess and risk. Although nothing like his infamous HIAC match with Undertaker, Mick's HIAC with Kane is worth seeking out. Another rare match, making it's DVD debut, is the six-man battle inside HIAC from Armageddon 2000. At the time, the match didn't get over very well because people didn't think it's stunt bumps measured up to previous HIAC matches, but now that WWE has conditioned fans not to expect cage dives in HIAC anymore, the match can be enjoyed for what it was, an all-out action packed match from bell-to-bell. Kurt Angle, The Rock, Triple H, Steve Austin, Undertaker and Rikishi (of all people) put on one hell of a match. Austin and Rock in particular get to shine in this one. Finally, the last rare match worth seeking this DVD set out for, is the hard to get Triple H vs. Chris Jericho HIAC match from Judgement Day 2002. The Judgement Day 2002 DVD was quickly pulled after it's release I think because of legal issues over the use of the old WWF scratch logo which partly appears in the event, even though the company had already changed their name to WWE by the time this event aired on PPV. The DVD was later briefly released by a Canadian distributor called Koch and copies of this event were selling for outrageous prices both here and on rival auction sites. So, finally this great match from that event is available on DVD again for a reasonable price. This match marks the end of Tim White's ref career, when he took two hard bumps and was never physically able to referee again. Both Triple H and Jericho give it their all and it marks the first time a HIAC match ended with the decision taking place on top of the cell!
As for the rest of the matches, if you haven't seen them they're worth going out of your way to see. I was glad to see my favorite HIAC match included here, which is Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker. In my opinion, no other HIAC has been able to top this one for both it's storytelling and athleticism. The action is brutal, stiff and believable. Taker also does one of the sickest blade jobs I've ever seen in WWE during this match, surpassed only by Eddie Guerrero's graphic blade job where he bled buckets during his title match with JBL from Judgement Day 2004. Both Lesnar and Taker deliver a classic match here that if you've never seen it, is guaranteed to blow you away.
So, if you're a long time fan like myself, and have seen most of these matches or own them on other DVDs, you may want to skip this release, but I think it's worth picking up for the rare RAW HIAC matches and the six-man match from Armageddon, all making their DVD debut here. If you're a recent fan and new to wrestling, then this is a must buy that will leave you speechless numerous times, by the sheer brutality that the HIAC matches are famous for.