WWE Hell In A Cell 2017: Assessing The Potential Quality Of All 8 Matches

8. KICKOFF PRESHOW: Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable Vs. The Hype Bros

It's hard to anticipate an afterthought, which this match very much is.

There is a degree of interest in the ongoing tension within the latter team, but not enough to warrant a great deal of excitement. It will probably be fine, nothing more, with the presence of the awesome Chad Gable going some way to equalise the apathy. The very existence of a pre-show match in the post-PPV age is a curiosity in and of itself. We've already bought the show. What's the point? Isn't there enough WWE content to consume? It's a match for the sake of a match, contested between two teams we've been given no real reason to invest in.

Maximum Star Rating Ceiling: **

A further segment has been announced, presumably for the main card proper: Breezango are scheduled to "bring back" the Fashion Files. Whether or not this is a platform on which to finally answer the backstage assailant mystery, if that's still even going, is up for debate. What isn't is that Fandango and Tyler Breeze are stupidly entertaining, and thus this segment should provide an involuntary laugh or two.