10 Terrible Wrestling Matches (That Should Have Been Great)

5. CM Punk vs. The Undertaker (WWE Hell In A Cell 2009)

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WWE made a big mistake by turning one of wrestling's most thrilling battlegrounds into a by-the-numbers penned-in date on the annual calendar. By turning Hell In A Cell into a yearly pay-per-view in 2009, the promotion ran the risk of killing the Cell's drama. The opening match of the very first show proved why.

Burdened by the cage more than helped, The Undertaker and CM Punk were also only given 10 minutes with which to work, and looked like they couldn't be bothered. Furthermore, it was impossible to use the Cell properly due to upcoming matches like John Cena vs. Randy Orton and DX vs. Legacy that'd use the same stipulation on the same show.

Simply put, 'Taker vs. Punk didn't need to be in the Cell.

The feud required something top-notch following an average Submission Match the previous month at Breaking Point. This however was not the follow-up fans needed to convince them that Punk vs. 'Taker was a rivalry worth investing in.

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