4 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Hell In A Cell 2018

3. A Non-Finish Sends No One Home Happy

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For the second PPV in a row, a WWE world title match ended inconclusively. Last month, AJ Styles and Samoa Joe ended in a DQ.

This month, in addition to AJ/Joe ending in controversy, we saw a referee wave off the WWE Universal Championship Hell in a Cell match because “neither man could continue” after Brock Lesnar interfered. (And this came after Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns’ teammates brawled down to ringside.)

A Hell in a Cell match is supposed to be decisive. This is only the second time in the cell’s 21-year history – and first in 20 years – that a HIAC match ended without a winner, and first time on PPV.

That is not the kind of record you want to set with your PPV main event.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.