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Hell in A Cell will take place this Sunday from the AT&T Center in San Antonio,Texas, streaming live on pay-perview and on the WWE Network. This year's event will be the tenth one under the Hell in a Cell chronology.
Thus far, eight matches have been officially announced to take place at the event, which are as follows:
- Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella Vs The Miz and Maryse
- AJ Styles(c) Vs Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship
- The New Day Vs Rusev Day for the SmackDown Tag-Team Championships
- Roman Reigns(c) Vs Braun Strowman in a Hell in a Cell match for the Universal Championship with Mick Foley as the special guest referee.
- Ronda Rousey(c) Vs Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women's Championship
- Jeff Hardy Vs Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match
- Charlotte Flair(c) Vs Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
- Dolph Ziggler and Drew Mcintyre (c) Vs Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose for the Raw Tag-Team Championships.
Even though the card is stacked, there are still a few shocking omissions from the card that stick out due to WWE's vast roster.
With that said, let's look at 3 talented stars who have been shockingly left off this year's HIAC card.
#3 Shinsuke Nakamura
Has WWE forgotten about the United States title? The US Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura, has barely been around on television in the wake of SummerSlam. Nakamura isn't even a part of ongoing story-lines on the blue brand which goes to show how less WWE cares about the US title and the titleholder.
Although, Nakamura winning the title added to the prestige of the US title, but keeping him off television regularly would severely damage the title and its credibility.
It's completely understandable that WWE doesn't have enough babyface challengers for Nakamura, but they could have had him host an open challenge at the event.
#2 Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens has targeted Bobby Lashley lately and I'm actually surprised that WWE hasn't scheduled a match between the two rivals yet.
Owens is an incredible performer ,as shown by his instant classic with Seth Rollins a few weeks ago, after which he quit and returned the next week to mercilessly assault Bobby Lashley. This is the first time Kevin Owens has been left off the main show card since Survivor Series 2017, which is a massive let-down for the Prizefighter.
It's a massive shame that WWE couldn't get one of its top heels on the card.
#1 Finn Balor
Finn Balor's current state on the Raw roster makes me want to bang my head on the wall and cringe. He's the most under-utilised star on the Raw roster and has been treading water for ages now.
His back and forth lame feud with Baron Corbin has been an utter mess and a headache to watch. Many fans expected that Balor was in line for a push of sorts after unleashing the Demon at SummerSlam and facing Roman Reigns the next night on Raw.
However, Balor lost to Corbin, then lost to Braun Strowman, indicating that WWE doesn't have much faith in him.
