Just as the Undertakers first match with Triple H at Wrestlemania 17 beats their overblown second two encounters a decade or so later, this first Hell In A Cell bout exceeds anything from the Undertaker and Brock Lesnars surprisingly enjoyable feud this year. As non-PG as it gets, theres blood all over this match. A previous vicious assault from Lesnar had caused the Undertaker to need his arm in a cast: naturally, this meant that the first order of business was to bust Lesnar open with the cast. Lesnar tends to bleed lightly but easily at the drop of a hat - the skin tightly stretched over that orclike body bursts if you flick it with your finger, but theres no room for blood in there in amongst all the muscle and the hate. And then comes the blade job. Calaway is clearly determined to put Lesnar over like gangbusters - by the end of the match, the Undertaker looks more like Hellboy. Paul Heyman even gets in on the action, being repeatedly yanked and slammed facefirst into the cage by a handful of tie and bleeding like a trooper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otDaP6F0bwI This is not the best Hell In A Cell match - that honour still goes to the first one. Its not the most wince-inducing - thats still the car crash that is the second one. It is, however, the most brutal in the WWF/Es history: two massive, fearless men in their prime telling a gory story about dominance and the alpha male.
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