WWE Hell In A Cell - Flops of the show

Big E Langston vs Dean Ambrose

It’s hard to imagine Ambrose delivering a dud, given his run as part of the Shield over the past year, but last night he was faced with the ominous task of pulling off an unscheduled match with the newest babyface in town, Big E Langston, who was supposed to be facing Curtis Axel for the IC belt. And as much as he tried, the crowd was flat for the ‘rookie’ trying to put the champ away and while Langston did try to run through Ambrose with his power moves, the match was clearly lacking imagination and so ended with a finish that a match such as this would warrant : a count-out victory for Big E Langston

CM Punk vs Ryback & Paul Heyman (Hell in a Cell)

Who would have thought that the climax of a feud between the two ‘Bests in the world’ would fall so flat!

This feud has been on for months on TV and while it had ran it’s course 2 pay-per-views back, the fact that it featured Paul Heyman & CM Punk was good reason to tune in to another match that promised the ‘Prodigal son’ Punk put a beating on his former mentor Heyman. Unless we take away the fact that Heyman never got into the ring inside the structure, which made it ridiculous that he was even considered a participant in the match.

Ryback & Punk don’t have that good a chemistry, and it was plain evident in their match as it featured a few strongman spots from the big guy and Punk ended up breaking a table under him after an elbow drop and then pinned him. After the match, it was a case of ‘too little, too late’ as Punk climbed up the structure and beat the Paulrus with a kendo stick and threw in a GTS for good measure, which did make for a good visual. But after months of threats from Punk talking about revenge, Heyman deserved a bigger comeuppance I would think.