10 Most Influential Moments That Were Precursors To The WWE Attitude Era
3. The Very First Hell In A Cell
Along with the aforementioned worked shoots, another keystone of the Attitude Era was the incredibly physical and extreme-style matches that would take place in, and outside of, the ring. WWE even created its own Hardcore Championship to be defended in contests that featured no disqualifications, no countouts, and where falls counted anywhere.
But before the Road Dogg found himself fighting through a blizzard and before Hardcore Holly and Al Snow ended up tussling in the Mississippi River, Shawn Michaels battled The Undertaker in one of, if not the, most physical matches in WWE history, up to that point.
The main event of October '97's In Your House: Badd Blood featured the first ever Hell In A Cell match. It was presented as a massive roofed cage that surrounded not only the ring but the outside mats as well. It had only one way in and out, through a padlocked door.
The gratuitous amounts of blood and violence that was showcased throughout this match was unlike anything ever seen before in WWE.
Similar to what he and Razor Ramon did with the Ladder Match, Michaels and The Undertaker put on a performance that set new standards for what to expect in a WWE grudge match.