8 HUGE WWE Hell In A Cell 2022 Predictions You Need To Know
Rhodes and Rollins to settle it in a Cell, but will Sunday kick off Cody's next massive chapter?
12 months ago, Hell In A Cell 2021 was set to mark the end of one of the weirdest eras in WWE history.
The ThunderDome screens were about to be permanently packed away as the world began a cautious return to normal after a pandemic-addled 2020. The show had shifted from October to May in order to make way for the company's return to the road, and WWE toasted this by booking Cell matches out the *ss - SmackDown and Raw either side of the titular premium live event featured the once-precious gimmick match, including a Roman Reigns/Rey Mysterio Universal Title match lifted from the Sunday show.
This robbed the event of 'The Tribal Chief' in much the same way his new contract has done this for this year, but WWE have at least thought ahead in booking at least one match that could and should headline the event. And could that itself be foreshadowing the next step for the 'Head Of The Table' ahead of a high pressure summer for the company after Money In The Bank?
Either way, WWE - to their surprising credit, actually built a trilogy successfully.
It being WWE, they've sh*t out a total duffer of a one too...
8. Bobby Lashley Vs. Omos & MVP
WWE have managed to make this battle of total beasts boring.
A WrestleMania match between them achieved little for winner Bobby Lashley, other than providing the narrative device that informed MVP's heel turn on the former WWE Champion the next night. A WrestleMania Backlash rematch was marginally better, as was a big bumping Raw cage match, but when the real juice was in Porter taking the kicking rather than Omos, the point of yet another bout disappeared further into the distance.
Perhaps Cedric Alexander will stop celebrating getting the sh*t kicking out of him as if he was still Gary The GOAT Garbutt and help 'The All-Mighty' rather than continuing to help a heel act fundamentally disinterested in what he's got to offer?
There are two matches on this card that have carried over from WrestleMania in the modern tradition of WWE's lazy booking. This is not the one that deserves or warrants its spot. The sooner both guys can move on, the better.
Winner - Bobby Lashley