Hell in a Cell 2020: 7 things happening for the first time

#1 No mid-card championships being defended at Hell in a Cell

No Intercontinental Championship defence yet?

The Hell in a Cell pay-per-view is hours away and WWE have only announced five matches as of this writing. At the PPV, the WWE Universe will see three Championship matches taking place. The titles being defended are the WWE Championship, the WWE Universal Championship and the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship.

.@SamiZayn doesn't share @WWEDanielBryan's vision of the #ICTitle being defended every week on #SmackDown... pic.twitter.com/sBsQOQTtPQ
— WWE (@WWE) October 24, 2020

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WWE may not include all championships at every PPV. However, given that the promotion has relatively newly-crowned mid-card champions in Sami Zayn and Bobby Lashley, benching them is unusual. None of the Tag Team Championships will be defended at the PPV, either.

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— WWE (@WWE) October 24, 2020

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Given that the WWE Draft took place recently, WWE may not have had enough time to build an engaging feud for the mid card titles. But, the WWE RAW Women's Champion, Asuka hasn't shifted brands. WWE could have found a challenger for the Empress Of Tomorrow for Hell in a Cell.

With only five matches, WWE Hell in a Cell looks to become the PPV with the least number of bouts.

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Kishan is a WWE writer at Sportskeeda Wrestling and has been associated with the division for 8.5 years. Even though he doesn't work at Sportskeeda on a full-time basis, writing about wrestling keeps his passion for the sport alive. He reports on important updates from wrestlers and rumors from trustworthy sources.

Kishan recalls the best match he witnessed when he was just 6 – the Hell in a Cell Match at Armageddon 2000. Watching the six men push each other to their limits and then some made him realize how incredible pro wrestling is.

He graduated as a Chemical Engineer a few years before he began his journey with Sportskeeda. A couple of years as a non-contracted writer for the website became a full-time opportunity that included managing the pro wrestling division.

Kishan's favorite wrestler is Triple H, as he can pull him into any storyline. In today's era, one can call him a Seth "Freakin" Rollins fan for the same reason. When he is not writing for Sportskeeda, Kishan works as a digital marketing professional.

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Edited by Alex Turk