25 Reasons Why WWE Hell In A Cell 2019 Was An Absolute Mess
25. WWE Forgot To Build Anything
WWE confirmed only four matches heading into Hell In A Cell. Four. Bayley vs. Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, The Fiend vs. Seth Rollins, and Daniel Bryan/Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan/Luke Harper were the only bouts on the billboard, leading to them frantically scrambling for a full card in the hours before the show.
It's no wonder that this thing felt like such a jumbled mess.
The company have had a busy week with the Raw and SmackDown season premieres, plus NXT going head-to-head with AEW. Regardless, how could they not build more than half a pay-per-view card? It's nuts, and they should be taken to task.
If nothing else, WWE blew the opportunity to flip their usual format and present a fun, concise, two-hour pay-per-view with only a handful of matches, but matches that counted. Few would've complained about a truncated show if the big bouts delivered. The obvious counterargument here is that the live audience may have felt short-changed... but surely this scenario would've been preferable to the sh*tshow the actually got?