WWE: 10 Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches

8. Batista vs. The Undertaker - World Heavyweight Championship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9okyQAfeo When: Survivor Series 2007 Where: Miami, Florida The road to this Survivor Series clash began back at the start of the year when the Undertaker won the Royal Rumble. It was the Deadman's first and only Rumble victory, despite competing in 9 of them. Batista went into their WrestleMania match with a genuine chance of breaking the streak, being unbeaten as World Heavyweight Champion since he won it two years earlier; only dropping it due to injury. The consequential Last Man Standing & steel cage matches proved to be stalemates until an ambush from Mark Henry & Edge put the Undertaker on the shelf. When Taker returned, Batista had once again risen to the summit and won his third world title. There was unfinished business between the pair and there was only one solitary way it could conclude. Of all his adversaries, Batista's best in-ring chemistry came with the Undertaker. Stealing the show once more, they traded impact moves: the spear to the big boot, the running powerslam followed by a spinebuster. Their bodies were being gradually worn down as this collision of behemoths escalated. When it looked like Taker was in complete control after a Last Ride and chokeslam, Batista desperately crawled back with another spinebuster. As blood trickled down his face, he could sense the impetus changing and hit his third spinebuster of the match. While the match wasn't a battle of wits, it thrived on painful spots and impossible near-falls. A Tombstone Piledriver couldn't finish things; neither could a Batista Bomb through a table. Finally, when it seemed impossible for Batista to kick out after a sickening Tombstone onto the steel steps - Edge interfered. In the guise of a cameraman, Edge (returning after his own 4 month lay-off) flattened Taker first with the camera, then with a vicious con-chair-to leave him helpless to the referee's 3-count. Edge had well and truly screwed the Undertaker, which leads us to the following..
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