10 Worst WWE Hell In A Cell Matches EVER - According To Dave Meltzer

6. The Undertaker Vs Shane McMahon (WrestleMania 32, **1/2)

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Dave Meltzer was perhaps kind to Shane McMahon in a show of respect for another audacious stunt from the 'Boy Wonder', but when the contest is barely remembered for that manoeuvre, it highlights how little else went on in their perplexing WrestleMania 32 effort.

Unlike Mick Foley's incredible plunge from the structure at June 1998's King Of The Ring, Shane's own flight through a table was all his own doing, and fiercely predictable from the moment the match was announced. It didn't make the stunt any less thrilling to see of course, but it did reduce the spot to just that - little more than a stunt.

It was needless in the context of the match of course, which was predictably dominated by 'Shane-O-Mac' having an answer for each Undertaker's submission and stand-up game despite Michael Cole's repeated inferences that 'The Deadman' was the 'best pure striker' in the history of the company, and perhaps the world.

Awaiting the big moment they were duly rewarded, the record-setting crowd rightfully felt no reason to invest any energy beforehand, which further hampered the remainder of the contest. That lack of investment at least made the total reneging of the pre-match stipulations 24 hours later a little easier to swallow.

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