PPV Rewind: WWE No Mercy (2002)

#8 Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker - Hell In A Cell match for the WWE Championship

Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker

Brock takes down Undertaker with the waist lock, as Undertaker fights out of it. Brock hits a huge Powerslam on The Undertaker off the ropes for the two count. He proceeds to ram his shoulder into Undertaker in the corner. He misses the charge into the turnbuckle, as Undertaker nails Lesnar with the cast. Lesnar quickly exits the ring. He tries to exit the cell, which is padlocked. Both men enter the ring as Lesnar corners The Undertaker and goes after the broken hand.

Lesnar applies a standing armbar to the bad hand as Undertaker screams out in agony. Undertaker drills Lesnar with the stiff right hand, using the cast as a weapon, followed up by another shot to the face of Lesnar. Brock Lesnar has been busted open by the cast. Undertaker rams Lesnar face first into the steel steps.

Undertaker drives Lesnar face first into the steel structure. Undertaker scales the cell and drops the foot across the chest, then mangles Lesnar’s face as he rubs Lesnar against the steel cage. Undertaker rams Lesnar once more into the steel as the referee goes in to make the cover and Brock kicks out. Undertaker rakes Lesnar’s face across the steel, as Lesnar screams out in pain. Lesnar is thrown head first into the steel, as Undertaker continues the assault on Brock Lesnar. Undertaker positions Lesnar on the apron, then blasts him in the face with the cast, followed by a leg drop across the head.

Undertaker jumps off the top rope and drives the knee into the head of Lesnar as both men land on the floor. He rams Brock into the steel once again. Heyman tries to get involved. Undertaker knocks down Lesnar with a stiff right hand, then kicks Heyman down with a big boot. He tosses Lesnar into the steel steps. Paul Heyman gets up and is busted open as well. Undertaker grabs the tie from Heyman’s suit and chokes him out as he drags Heyman face first into the cell with it. Lesnar regains his composure, picks up Undertaker and starts ramming him into the steel ring post, then the cell structure.

Paul Heyman takes off his belt and slides into Lesnar through the cell structure. Brock proceeds to tie up The Undertaker, with the belt wrapped around the cast of Undertaker as Heyman grabs the other end and pulls. With Taker with no room to go, Brock grabs a steel chair and continues to smash Undertaker with it in the back, then viciously assaults the broken hand/cast with the chair. Brock rips the cast off to expose the hand, but Undertaker fights back as he keeps the cast on.

Brock slams the bad hand of Undertaker against the steel. Undertaker fights back and kicks Lesnar, but Brock regains his composure and goes back on the offensive as both men reenter the ring. Lesnar rips the cast off, as Taker’s broken right hand is now officially exposed. Lesnar stomps away at the broken hand, as he wraps Undertaker’s hand around the middle rope and gets in one more shot.

Brock positions Undertaker on the top rope. Brock uses the cell roof as leverage to position himself on the top rope and kick the Undertaker in the face. Undertaker retaliates with a low blow and shoves Lesnar down to the mat. Undertaker scales the top rope and dives onto Lesnar with the big Elbow Drop.

Lesnar stun guns Undertaker across the top rope but is sent to the steel off the ring apron with a Big Boot by The Undertaker out of sheer desperation. The Undertaker dives out of the ring and connects with the Suicide Dive into the steel on Lesnar, as Undertaker goes face first into the steel as well. Brock capitalizes and sends Taker into the cell. Brock Lesnar picks up the steel steps and rams the steps into The Undertaker, busting Taker wide open as blood pours profusely out of his forehead.

Both men enter the ring. Undertaker tries to fight back but gets planted with a Spinebuster. Undertaker fights back and uses the adrenaline as he nails Lesnar with the broken right hand, then stomps at the fingers of Lesnar. Undertaker grabs Lesnar and goes “Old School”, as he attempts to jump off the top rope on Lesnar but gets thrown off the top rope with the arm drag. Undertaker counters the F-5 attempt by Brock into the Chokeslam but gets a near fall.

Undertaker clotheslines Lesnar into the corner, then gets caught with a boot to the face on the second clothesline attempt. Lesnar mocks Undertaker and attempts the Last Ride Powerbomb, but Undertaker counters and plants Lesnar with the Running DDT off the ropes. He goes for the cover and gets the two count. Lesnar with the shoulder blocks into The Undertaker at the corner, followed by a 10-punch combination. This gets countered into The Last Ride Powerbomb!

The Undertaker signals for Tombstone Piledriver. He hoists Lesnar up, but Lesnar is able to counter it into the F-5 and nails it. Brock Lesnar goes for the cover and gets the three count. Brock Lesnar wins the match and retains the WWE Championship.

After the match. Brock Lesnar exits the ring, grabs his WWE Championship and climbs to the top of the cell. He stands over the cell with the WWE Championship held high in the air, as Undertaker looks up from inside the ring in disbelief as No Mercy goes off the air.

Match Rating: 4 ½ (All I can say is WOW! What an unbelievable match. This was a bloodbath and a very good Hell in a Cell match. Both Lesnar and Undertaker gave it their all and then some. The main event did indeed deliver the goods on mostly all levels. Even Paul Heyman got into the mix and was busted open. This match goes down as one of the overlooked Hell in a Cell matches that should be seen by all WWE fans, past and present. This is definitely a Top 5 Hell in a Cell match candidate, along with Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels and Undertaker vs Mankind, respectively.

The only reason I did not give this a 5-star rating is that I felt both men could have somehow, someway exited the cell and used the outside ring mechanics (i.e. more weapons, maybe climbed the cell and did some spots, etc.). Maybe I am being a little nitpicky with this, but it is my opinion and that’s one of the things I felt was missing that could have really pushed this match to a whole new level. Aside from that, just an amazingly bloody brawl that closed what would have been a fairly mediocre show all-around.).

Overall Show Rating:

2 and a half

stars

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