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Hell in a Cell 2022 will be remembered for one thing and one thing only: Cody Rhodes' torn pec. Going into the event, WWE had revealed that Rhodes tore his pec in the days leading up to the show. That put the main fight in question. Not only was Rhodes' injury more grotesque than imagined, he worked a full 25-minute Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins. He came out victorious, winning their third classic of a match.
The injury may be too gross for some -- it took a few minutes for a stunned Chicago crowd to believe what they were seeing. But if you can stomach it, the main event was incredible.
It had to be, too, since this was close to a one-match show. Bianca Belair retained her Raw Women's Championship in the opening bout, defeating Asuka and Becky Lynch. It was a terrific match. Between the opener and the closer, though, was a lot of fluff. The card was mostly filled by feuds that have run their course: Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley and Madcap Moss can hopefully move on to better things after tonight.
Cody Rhodes beat Seth Rollins
What a doozy this was. WWE announcers told us that Cody Rhodes had injured his pec coming into this match. That's no spin; that injury was very real, as we learned when Cody took his coat off, revealing grotesque bruising up his right shoulder.
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br>e!"With Cody down, Rollins went outside to retrieve a sledgehammer. He took a swing, but Rhodes avoided it. Rollins then kicked Rhodes in the gut and attempted a Pedigree, but Rhodes slipped out and landed a Pedigree of his own for another nearfall. Rhodes picked up the sledgehammer and chased Rollins around the ring with it. Rollins slipped inside the ring and, when Rhodes followed, caught Rhodes with a Curbstomp. Another nearfall, another "This is awe
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Rollins went for another Curbstomp, but Rhodes got out of the way. Rollins then managed to land a Cross Rhodes. He tried to roll into a second one, but Cody countered with a Cross Rhodes of his own. Both were laid out in the ring, then both started crawling to the sledgehammer. Cody got there first, but his injured pec stopped him from being able to lift it up. Rollins sn
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br>He hit Rollins with it for the win.Rating: 4.75 stars. Cody Rhodes injury is pretty gross, there's no getting around that. But this will probably go down as 2022's most memorable performance, for good or ill. You can definitely argue that it was irresponsible for WWE to let Cody go out there. But what's inarguable is that his performance was Herculean. Not only did he do the match, he did a 25-minute main event -- and a classic one at that. Theory retains US ChampionshipTheory defeated Mustafa Ali with an A-Town Down to retain his United States Championship. Mustafa Ali was a hometown hero to the Chicago crowd, who was solidly behind him. Anyone who watc
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t that there were any major botches, but the
br>n didn't have the smoothest flow to it either.There were some notable spots, including a modified Spanish Fly that saw Theory leap from the ring to the top ropes in an impressive display of athleticism. Ali countered an A-Town Down attempt into an STF, which the crowd was into. At one point Ali backflipped from the second rope, and tweaked his leg on the landing. That played into the finish, as Theor
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h other with, but didn't give the crowd what
br>were chanting for the whole match -- tables. Madcap Moss started with a bang, beating Happy Corbin all around the ring. He hit an explosive clothesline that sent Corbin over the ring ropes, then tossed Corbin back in and did the same on the other side. But Corbin stopped Moss' momentum by chucking a chair straight into Moss' face. Fro
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br>tch at WrestleMania -- pretty much all Corbin.Corbin smashed Moss several times with a chair as the crowd chanted "We want tables!" At one point Corbin brought a table out from under the ring, which the crowd popped for, but he quickly pushed it back in to get a round of boos. Moss started a comeback after he dodged a turnb
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king Moss on the outside. Corbin then wrapped a chair
br>d Moss' neck and pushed him into the announcer's table.A decade ago that would write a character off TV for months, but this didn't keep Moss down for more than a few minutes. Corbin setup steel steps in the corner of the ring, but Moss wriggle
t of whatever Corbin was trying to do to him and inst
br>ucked Corbin into the steel steps with a Fallaway Slam.Moss then wrappe
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Judgment Day beat AJ Styles, Finn Balor and Liv MorganThe six-person mixed tag started with a big brawl. AJ Styles and Finn Balor took out Damian Priest and Edge, which just left Rhea Ripley from The Judgment Day in the ring. AJ launched Liv Mor
into the air, and she landed a Hurricanrana on Ripley
br> then on, Ripley and Morgan started as the legal women.Morgan tried to build momentum, but was cut off by Ripley when Ripley decked her with a headbutt. From there it was an extended
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br>d then Finn Balor as the good guys built to a comeback.Balor tagged in Styles for the hot tag as Damian Priest tagged in Edge. Styles ran wild with great intensity, leading to a Phenomenal Forearm on Edge. The pin was interrupted b
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and Priest, and Liv Morgan then did a Suicide Dive onto Rip
br> barely making it after catching her foot on the middle rope.Inside the ring, Balor hit Priest with an Eziguri kick. He tried a Coup de Grace, but Ripley saved Priest by shaking the ropes, which caused Balor to tumble off. Priest tagged in
e, who tried to Spear Balor but instead ate a kick. AJ took
br>riest with a Phenomenal Forearm, then Edge tossed AJ outside.Edge tried another Spear on Balor, but Balor countered it into a sick Inside Crade. Balor landed a Slingblade on Edge and attempted another Coup de Grace, but Ripley stood in front of Edge, which prevented Balor from completing the move since the men can't touch the women in the match. Liv Morgan jumped on Ri
's back, getting her out of the way. Balor tried the Coup d
br>e, but Edge moved out of the way and hit a Spear for the win.Rating: 3.25 stars. The biggest takeaway from this match is that Balor is criminally underused, but that's nothing new. Edge's faction continues its winning streak, though it still feels like it hasn't fully developed yet. It's good that WWE is committed to s
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br> any right to be, mostly thanks to Kevin Owens' conviction. Ezekiel started with a surprise blitz, catching Owens with a jumping high knee, and then landing a great Flying Elbow from the top rope. Owens turned things around for himself by slam
Ezekiel into the turnbuckle, busting him open a little. Fr
br>re it was the Kevin Owens Show, as he took most of the match.We got a Senton into a Springboard Moonsault from Owens for a two count, and later he hit a Pop-Up Powerbomb for another nearfall. Ezekiel got another surprise high-knee strike, bu
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ctacle of himself. He did a great job of coming off like someone
br>ely frustrated that this guy was pretending to be someone he's not.Then there was the Chicago crowd. At first they chanted "Zeke! Zeke! Zeke!" but later we got dueling chants of "He's Elias" and "No he'
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and MVP.After Asuka, Becky Lynch and Belair got the show off the
br>ing start, this handicap match slowed proceedings down quite a bit. This was what you'd expect. Omos beat Lashley down, then tagged MVP in for a quick bit of offense. MVP and Omos alternated beating Lashley down. None of it was remarkable in any way
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2 stars. Bleh.Bianca Belair retains Raw Women's ChampionshipBianca Belair, Asuka and Becky Lynch kicked off Hell in a Cell with an outstanding op
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br>and each woman got a chance to shine. Belair ended up winning by pinning Asuka.It was a good-but-standard triple threat match at first. It started with three in the ring, but one would get thrown out w
would allow the other two to fight one-on-one. They traded positions, and it
br>ood. The crowd was mega into this from the beginning, with huge "E-S-T" chants.The match went up a gear when Asuka and Lynch were in the ring. Asuka attempted a rollup, but Lynch kicked out. Asuka rewarded her with a series of blistering strikes: a few spinning backfists and a glarly mid kick. It sounds like not much, but it was a
tense flurry that got the crowd super into it. As Lynch and Asuka started gra
br> for submissions after, we got our first "This is awesome
hant of the night.It was Belairs time to shine after that, running wild on bo
br>ka and Lynch with strikes in the corner and a standing moonsault in the middle.Asuka laid out both with Codebreakers -- Belair ate a Codebreaker in midair after jumping off the middle rope -- and then laid them out with a double hip attack. She then locked both into an ankle lock at the same time, which was a little preposterous. But it
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shoulder. Belair attempted a KOD, but her leg gave out. As they battled, Lynch managed
br>ant Belair with a Manhandle Slam, but Asuka interrupted the pin for a great false finish.With Belair out, Lynch and Asuka had a great sequence where they traded rollup pinfall attempts. One of Lynch's rollups got countered into an Asuka Lock, which the crowd initially bought as a
ible finish. It wasn't to be though, as in what appeared to be a botch Belair jumped fr
br> top rope into the ring (but not onto Lynch and Asuka, which appeared to be the goal). Belair dropped Asuka head-fir
nto the turnbuckle, then Lynch threw Belair out. Lynch then hit a Manhandle Slam on Asu
br>t Belair came back in and chucked Lynch out of the ring before pinning Asuka for the win.Rating: 4.25 stars. Great action that was terrifically pac
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