10 WWE Matches That Completely Fell Short Of Expectations

In 2015, a pair of United States title reigns had seen John Cena put on some of the best matches of his entire career, and on free television, too. His US Open Challenge had been a big hit, transforming critics’ perception of him and giving a bunch of mid-card guys a chance to step into the limelight along the way.

However, all that good work came to a grinding halt when the Open Challenge made its way to PPV at Hell in a Cell 2015.

Things had gotten off to a good enough start, with Alberto Del Rio making a surprise return to answer Cena’s call, but after less than eight minutes their match was over.

Of the 21 defences across Cena’s two reigns, only three had been shorter than this one, with some of his Raw matches topping 15, 20 or even 30 minutes.

The match wasn’t necessarily terrible, it was just ended far too soon, and given the way the title had been booked over the preceding seven or so months, the whole thing was a massive anti-climax.