10 WWE Hell In A Cell 2018 Impulse Reactions
4. UFSee
Ronda Rousey worked her first WWE pay-per-view singles match at Hell in a Cell. That is to say, she was required to work a WWE singles match for the first time since her electric January debut.
Gone was the clinically engineered brilliance of her battles up to this point. In its place was an outstanding professional wrestling match that involved two women with less than five years experience between them.
The contest was a two-pronged success story. Ronda's aura wasn't diminished despite her performing as a sports entertainment storyteller in a way hitherto-unseen. Meanwhile, Bliss deserves lashings of credit for the manner in which she so profoundly put over the 'Rowdy' Women's Champion yet again.
Though 50/50 in a relatively brief middle portion, the match was yet again constructed to highlight the sheer terrifying dominance of the former UFC star. Ronda's own steering into the gimmick was the only minor negative - she is learning as she goes at an incredibly high level, but she'll learn when and where to drop in her threats in order to achieve a maximum response from the capacity crowd.
As far as torch-passings go, Rock/Hogan this wasn't. But it was lightyears better than Rock/Hogan 2.