4 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Hell In A Cell 2018

By Scott Carlson / September 17, 2018

4. A Riveting Opener

When you think, “exciting PPV opening match,” you generally don’t think of Randy Orton.

Orton is a talented wrestler, one the best on the roster, but he is anything but an exciting performer. And so his Hell in a Cell match with Jeff Hardy naturally opened the PPV, moving along at a… methodical pace.

The match was a snoozer up until the point at which Orton grabbed a screwdriver and inserted it into Hardy’s dangling earlobe and started to pull and twist. Then the match became squeamish. We got a series of spots involving tables, ladders and chairs (oh my!), and a car crash ending with a stretcher-job bonus, but that was it.

This really wasn’t a good match to open HIAC, but the fans in attendance seemed interested enough.