7 Extreme WWE Hell In A Cell Moments You'll Never See Again
6. Thumbtacks And Barbed Wire
While these two objects have only really been used in a Hell in a Cell match by wrestlers like Mick Foley and Triple H, its a safe bet they wont resurface again, even if Combat Zone Wrestling vet Dean Ambrose winds up in the cell. WWEs edict outlawing blood from matches renders Hell in a Cell matches today quite antiseptic compared to earlier battles, and it leaves no room for plunder like thumbtacks and barbed wire, which only serve to rip flesh and make people bleed. In some ways, its for the best that these weapons dont surface again. They were broken out specifically as part of Foleys hardcore and sadistic personae (Mankind and Cactus Jack). Triple H, having beaten Foley in a cell match (more on that later), appropriated some of Foleys hardcore tendencies, using a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire to great effect in a 2005 cell match at Vengeance and a barbed wire-wrapped 2x4 at Bad Blood in 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYgMYqqzi2E And while Ambrose (given his background competing in deathmatches) might be the closest thing to a successor to the Hardcore Legend, his presence in a cell match isnt going to override WWEs more family-friendly image. Somehow, turning someone into a human pincushion just isnt PG.
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.
