5 Best Wrestling Matches of 2008

#2 The Undertaker vs. Edge – HIAC, SummerSlam 2008

Of course, a Hell in a Cell match is still, at its core, an unconventional weapons-centric match, which meant Edge could resort to his familiar bag of tricks involving different weapons. While Edge and the Undertaker had multiple great matches in 2008, this HIAC match was the best of them all. In this match, Edge could no longer use the numbers game to his advantage and had to face a vengeful Undertaker all alone.

Even though the Cell is the Undertaker’s specialty, it was Edge that dominated most of the match. He was the one that hit most of the biggest moves in the match, including three absolutely brutal Spears. The first sent ‘Taker crashing through the cell wall, the second destroyed the Spanish announcer’s table, and the third looked like it had enough force behind it to cut the Undertaker in two.

But the Undertaker was savage in his own right, hitting Edge with some big moves of his own. He hit two amazing Chokeslams, smashed the camera in Edge’s face in a great example of poetic justice, and even hit a better Spear than Edge did (which is saying a lot, given Edge’s fondness for the move).

Ultimately, this is a brutal match that played to both men’s strengths and told a great story. It felt like mindless, revenge-fueled violence, and in the end, the hero stood tall. A great story if there ever was one.