Greg DeMarco’s Bold Predictions for WWE Hell In A Cell 2015

411Mania’s Greg DeMarco gets you ready for Sunday’s WWE Hell In A Cell in style with his B.O.L.D. Predictions!

On Sunday, October 25th, the WWE presents their annual Hell In A Cell pay-per-view. This is the seventh time Hell In A Cell has been a pay-per-view in name along with a match. The first Hell In A Cell match, of course, was at Badd Blood: In Your House when Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker (and eventually Kane) entered the Cell for the first time.

Tonight will represent the 31st and 32nd times the WWE lowers the cell, and one of the men in the first—The Undertaker, will also (most likely) be in the thirty-second.

Interesting fact: Of the thirty two Hell In A Cell matches (assuming Sunday goes as scheduled, and there’s no reason to think otherwise), twenty nine have been broadcast on pay-per-view 9or WWE Network special). Two have taken place on Raw (June and August of 1998, the second and fourth Hell In A Cell matches in history) and one was actually a dark match after the go-home Raw before this same pay-per-view in 2011 (John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Championship in the shortest Hell In A Cell match in history, just 5 minutes long).

Interesting fact #2: It wasn’t until twelve years after the first Hell In A Cell that a championship changed hands inside the Cell. That happened when The Undertaker beat CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship in 2009. That was also the shortest non-television (or dark match) Hell In A Cell match in history, clocking in at just over ten minutes. Randy Orton would become the second man to win a title in the Cell later that same night, beating John Cena for the WWE Championship (in a much longer match, of course).

Also interesting of note: neither of the above referenced 2009 Hell In A Cell title changes main evented the show. That spot was reserved for D-Generation X’s victory over Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase. Why? Because Triple H and Shawn Michaels, that’s why.

The 2015 edition features Roman Reigns opposite Bray Wyatt in both men’s first Hell In A Cell contest (Bray made his first Cell appearance last year when he attacked Dean Ambrose in his loss to Seth Rollins). The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar do battle in our first ever Hell In a Cell rematch, thirteen years after their No Mercy contest inside “The Devin’s Playground” that saw Brock reign supreme over The Deadman.

Final trivial fact: this is the first WWE pay-per-view to take place inside The Staples Center since 2007 not named SummerSlam.

So precisely what is going to happen at Hell In A Cell? Hell if I know! For answers to that question you should check out our 411Mania Roundtable Preview!

Because contained below are bold predictions for the event. Not likely to happen, these are indeed B.O.L.D.: Bullheaded, Outlandish, Lascivious, and Deplorable. But if—I mean when!—one hits, I can promise you’ll never hear the end of it!

John Cena: Curtain Jerker

I know I’ve said this before, but Hell In A Cell represents the perfect opportunity to have John Cena kick off the show in Los Angeles. He’s not involved in either Hell In a Cell match, and his match is guaranteed to provide a surprise as his opponent is unnamed at this time.

I mean, surprises are what Open Challenges are all about, right?

So it’ll pop the crowd and it’ll get social media buzzing as John Cena enters the Staples Center first to kick off the show with his United States Championship Open Challenge.

But who answers?

Lunatic Comes Off The Fringe

Look, I love Cesaro. He’s my favorite in-ring performer in the WWE today, and one of my personal favorites of all time. And I would love nothing more than to see him answer the open challenge and get the opportunity he deserves—the opportunity to carry the United States Championship once again.

But that’s simply not happening.

It’s also no secret that John Cena loves being on Total Divas so much that he is about to take a hiatus from WWE performances to film a reality show. That leaves the WWE in a pinch—both short-term and long-term. Short term they’re without the “face that runs this place” for what could be a couple of months. Long term John Cena is taking a step towards life after wrestling.

But the WWE only really ever looks short term, so that’s what we’ll address here.

A shoulder injury has also taken Randy Orton off of WWE television for at least the next couple of months, cancelling his tag team match with Dean Ambrose against Luke Harper and Braun Strowman that was scheduled for the Kickoff show.

The solution to everything listed above is simple: Dean Ambrose answers John Cena’s Open Challenge, captures the United States Championship and helps carry Raw in Cena’s absence.

NOTE: Before the Orton injury, my original choice was Kevin Owens. Owens would answer the challenge and become a double champion. It’s the perfect call back to their amazing feud, and a great way to continue to build Owens. But Ambrose is a star they can use while Cena is out, so I made the switch.

LOLNIKKIWINS!

Charlotte captured the WWE Divas Championship from Nikki Bella at Night Of Champions, and the Divas Division has actually been LESS interesting since. The Lady Flair is vastly overrated, something I’ve been saying for a while now. I don’t see things changing with her on top, at least not as a face.

The answer? Sasha Banks!

The Boss, and Snoop Dogg’s cousin, is going to be insanely over as a face when she captures the Divas Championship. While she’ll be an amazing heel at some point in her career—and will probably fulfill Charlotte’s prediction of a female pay-per-view main event—her time to shine as a heel will have to wait.

But transitioning the title from Charlotte to Sasha simply doesn’t make sense. Sasha needs a mega heel to work against, and that mega heel is none other than everyone’s favorite Total Divas centerpiece, Nikki Bella. So much like Bret Hart did after Diesel held the WWF Championship, Nikki Bella has to save the Divas Championship by taking it back from Charlotte and setting the obvious feud with Sasha Banks, the woman who will likely walk into WrestleMania with the butterfly belt around her beautiful waist.

But I’m biased.

Roman Reigns Beats The Entire Wyatt Family

John Cena’s upcoming absence creates more than an opportunity for Dean Ambrose, it’s creating one for Roman Reigns as well. As I’ve already shared, I think that’s a colossal mistake, but my influence only runs so far. 

Bray Wyatt is going to come to the ring in an eerie way—alone. No Wyatt Family in sight as Bray prepares for battle against the man who debuted as the ass-kicker of The Shield. Reigns will have his usual crowd entrance, where he’ll likely have to fight off Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. Roman will, successfully, and enter the Cell against Bray.

After what will no doubt be 15-minutes of entertaining brawling between Bray and Roman, Braun Strowman will make his presence felt as he enters from under the ring. Roman Reigns will overcome that obstacle as well.

That’ll be enough to justify a Bray Wyatt win though, right? Roman had to deal with the entire Wyatt Family, so that keeps him plenty strong, right?

Wrong.

Roman Reigns does his best John Cena impersonation and beats Bray Wyatt after overcoming all odds in the form of the entire Wyatt Family. I still think we’re headed for an eventual double turn that makes Roman a heel and Seth a face, but that’s not happening just yet.

Brock Lesnar Buries The Undertaker…For Good?

The Brock Lesnar Go To Hell Tour was announced during the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view, and it culminates at Hell In A Cell when The Undertaker enters the Cell against The Beast Incarnate in an encounter that will most assuredly main event Sunday’s pay-per-view on the WWE Network.

But what happens? Does The Deadman finally win his feud with Brock Lesnar, allowing Lesnar to disappear until he returns to win the Royal Rumble and headline WrestleMania against WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns?

Nope.

Then Brock Lesnar defeats The Undertaker, sending The Reaper into a monstrous rage that culminates in his WrestleMania final showdown with Kane?

Nope.

We are in a transition period for the WWE. The Undertaker, at age 50, is winding down towards the end of an amazing career. That career seems likely to end at WrestleMania 32 with a Hall Of Fame induction and final match against John Cena. It’ll probably be the end of The Deadman character, allowing Biker/American Bad Ass Undertaker to appear as a legend on WWE broadcasts in the future.

And while The Undertaker is transitioning into being retired, Brock Lesnar is transitioning into being…The Undertaker.

Obviously Brock isn’t donning the long trench coat and getting a mythical entrance (although that would be amazing for him at WrestleMania), but he is going to fill the role that Undertaker plays today. Brock is himself a phenom, a larger than immortal character in the modern day WWE that is largely filled with mortals.

Setting all of this up will be Brock Lesnar’s final dismantling of The Undertaker. It’ll be SummerSlam against John Cena all over again, where Lesnar wins in dominating fashion against the man who had to cheat to win at SummerSlam this year.

What follows will be questions of “if.” “If we will ever see The Undertaker again?” “If there’s anything left for Brock Lesnar to conquer?” Lesnar will conquer the 2016 Royal Rumble en route to main eventing WrestleMania 32, and we will see The Undertaker again, at that same event where he ends his own career against this biggest star of this generation.

For Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker, the Road to WrestleMania begins early, at Hell In A Cell.

Greg DeMarco is a wrestling fan of over 30 years and has worked on the independent circuit as a promoter, announcer, character and booker. As a featured contributor at 411Mania.com, Greg has been applying his opinionated style to the world of pro wrestling for 411Mania since October 2010… and has been pissing readers off ever since!

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