5 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Hell In A Cell 2016

by Scott Carlson

1. Breaking The Glass Ceiling

Charlotte Sasha Banks
WWE.com

Let’s put aside the conclusion of the match, and let’s just look at the history aspect of the Charlotte/Sasha Banks bout.

The women put on the first female Hell in a Cell match. It also was the first WWE PPV to be main-evented by the women, which is a huge accomplishment. The women made the bout feel like a big deal, and they certainly didn’t rest on their laurels. They could have just enjoyed the fact they were in the main event inside a cell and had an average match. But they pulled out all the stops and tried to win over the fans.

They did have a pretty good match, and fans were plenty into it. But alas, WWE seems to love shooting itself in the foot. Still, at least the ceiling was broken Sunday.

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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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.