10 Worst WWE Hell In A Cell Matches EVER - According To Dave Meltzer
4. CM Punk Vs Ryback & Paul Heyman (Hell In A Cell 2013, **1/4)
A flat payoff to CM Punk's feud with Paul Heyman despite the best efforts of the 'Straight Edge Superstar' (and Heyman's post-match bravery), his Hell In A Cell rematch with Ryback following their controversial effort a year earlier (more on that later) summed up the miserable 2013 return that would indirectly lead to his January 2014 exit.
The cowardice of Brock Lesnar's advocate became the central story of the match, with Heyman taking refuge atop the Cell whilst Ryback and Punk did battle. With little of the passable chemistry they'd had on opposing sides a year earlier, the bulk of the match played out to apathy as the crowd waited patiently for Punk to catch up with his true nemesis.
Smashing Ryback through a table with his godawful elbow drop, Punk eventually scaled the structure and delivered the crowd-pleasing annihilation of his former friend. Hitting Heyman with 16 kendo stick shots and a Go2Sleep, it was the necessary catharsis for all involved, but the reduction of the Cell to little more than a speedbump for the 'Straight Edge Superstar' was an unforgivable sin.