Every WWE Gimmick Match And The Wrestlers That Defined Them

1. Hell In A Cell Match - The Undertaker

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Triple H is the A to the Undertaker's 1.

Triple H evolved from top heel to ruthless destroyer within its confines in 2000. His subsequent record was mixed; he elevated Chris Jericho and Batista as main event-level propositions in wars that realised the stipulation's old, gory promise, but toiled melodramatically with Shawn Michaels in an indulgent bore.

'Taker, however - WrestleMania XV excepted - built his character superbly in the Devil's Playground. Every endearingly corny superlative Jim Ross used to describe the Cell, 'Taker made viable. A relentless killer in 1997, he patrolled it as if directed by John Carpenter. In the years since, he framed the Cell as a terrifying prospect for his helpless opponents. In 2002, he subverted that by opening his head up for the emerging Brock Lesnar.

As WWE has learned since, the structure doesn't automatically produce a headline-quality match. As with the "man makes the belt adage", 'Taker made that match as the chilling spectacle it once was.

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