WWE Hell In A Cell 2016: 10 Things We Learned
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Rusev vs. Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens and Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte were all worked inside the Hell In A Cell structure during the latest Raw pay-per-view. By booking no less than three Cell bouts on the same show, WWE were running the risk of diluting the core concept badly. Even a match type as strong as Hell In A Cell can be overdone if presented three times in three hours.
This was a risk management were willing to take, it seems those calling the shots badly wanted the top singles titles on Monday Night Raw to share that Cell spotlight. In the end, that decision was vindicated by some world class performances inside the steel.
Such vindication wasn't the only thing to be gleaned from Raw's latest pay-per-view. There were also new champions, a somewhat surprising layout to the card overall and even hints at what is coming next for some characters on the Monday night show.
Diving in, let's analyse Hell In A Cell and see what could be learned from watching the event and looking beyond the surface...
10. Multi-Man Cruiserweight Action Needs To Open Every Supershow
Rewind to Clash Of Champions and Nia Jax was defeating Alicia Fox on the Kickoff show. It's true that the short bout served the intended purpose, however it just couldn't hold a candle to what went down at Hell In A Cell. On the latest Raw pay-per-view, the Cruiserweights were raring to go.
A six-man tag effort, the team of Drew Gulak, Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese squared off with Lince Dorado, Sin Cara and Cedric Alexander. Clocking in at just short of 10 minutes, the match was perfect and achieved exactly what it set out to achieve on the card.
Going forward, there are certainly worse ideas than presenting this kind of high-octane, all-action Cruiserweight fare on every Kickoff show. Obviously, Cruiserweights are exclusive to Monday Night Raw, so this can only happen on the red brand's pay-per-view events.
The sextet were on fire though, and that desire to entertain needs to be rewarded with consistency. One idea could be to have the man scoring the pin going on to become the next challenger for the Cruiserweight belt itself.