This Sunday is the 8th annual Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
#6 CM Punk vs. Ryback (Hell in a Cell - October 28, 2012)
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Ryback had a chance to prove himself and didn't deliver
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This is the definition of a match that happened only because of the name of the PPV.
Ryback was just breaking into the main event scene, and this was the first televised match between him and WWE Champion CM Punk. Imagine putting two guys inside Hell in a Cell, a match made to end blood feuds and long, storied rivalries, in their first match against each other.
Oh, WWE, such a rousing bunch of creative individuals.
The match was no good, Ryback continued vying for (and failing to win) the WWE Title through the end of the winter, and then he went down the card further and further until he left WWE earlier this year.
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