5 recent WWE pay-per-views with disappointing endings

#4 Hell in a Cell 2018

The beginning of the end

The sad thing about this year's Hell in a Cell finish is that it wasn't even the first time that WWE decided to end such a match without a conclusive winner. Last year's event was actually really good. It had a fantastic undercard which featured Randy Orton vs Jeff Hardy inside the Cell, Becky Lynch's victory over Charlotte Flair and an excellent RAW Tag Team Championship match pitting Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. AJ Styles and Samoa Joe also had a pretty good WWE Championship match before a dodgy finish.

However, the final image of the show was obviously the most remembered one as well. Roman Reigns faced Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship inside Hell in a Cell, but WWE chose the cop-out route and had Brock Lesnar break into the Cell and attack both men. The match until then was pretty brutal, but the abrupt no-contest ruling undid the good work. Had there been a winner to this match, Hell in a Cell would have been looked at fondly as one of the greatest pay-per-views of 2018.

This finish left a very sour taste in everyone's mouth and sparked the beginning of the end of the Hell in a Cell concept. While Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt destroyed it, the no contest between Reigns and Strowman started the process.