WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 results: Complete highlights and winners from all matches

The best thing we can say about WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 is that they put all their effort into the headlining matches. There were two cell matches on this year’s show, and both were brutal, jaw-dropping fights that proudly lived up to the reputation of Hell in a Cell. They are well worth going out of your way to see.

The bad news is that the rest of the show was just your average SmackDown PPV card. The HIAC matches opened and closed the show, so everything else in between was mostly filler. There weren’t any bad matches, but it’s obvious they weren’t asked to steal the show, so we end up with a whole bunch of good wrestling that doesn’t mean anything, which has kinda defined SmackDown Live over the past few months.

In the end, we got an average show elevated by two great HIAC matches that will get people talking for a while.

As soon as he came over from RAW, Owens declared SmackDown Live “The Kevin Owens Show,” ruffling the feathers of Shane all along. Their rivalry escalated into a full-on blood war when Owens attacked Vince McMahon, goading Shane into taking on Owens inside Hell in a Cell. He also made the match Falls Count Anywhere.

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Shane attacked Owens before he got inside the cage, immediately putting the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation into play. They brawled in the aisle for a while before getting in the cage, which the refs locked behind them.

Owens beat down Shane early, grinding his face against the steel grating. Owens continued mauling Shane in the ring, with McMahon getting little-to-no offense against the former Kevin Steen. Shane got the knees up on an Owens frog splash and came back with some light jabs, while his face turned a worrying shade of beet red.

Shane went for the shooting star press, but Owens rolled out of the way and hit the frog splash for two. The fight spilled out onto the floor again, with Owens punishing Shane once again.

Owens set up a table and went for a rolling cannonball off the apron, but Shane rolled out of the way and KO went full-force through the table. Shane then beat Owens with one half of the broken table. He got a trash can and hit his signature spot, the Coast to Coast dropkick across the ring.

With Owens down, Shane demanded to get the cage door opened and got a pair of bolt cutters to open it himself. He continued beating Owens with the trash can before the fight spilled outside the cell.

They kept brawling at ringside before Owens got Shane on the Spanish announce desk. He thought about splashing Shane from the barricade, but climbed to the top of the cell instead. After several false starts, Owens backed off from making the big jump, which gave Shane enough time to recover and climb up himself.

Shane and Owens did more brawling on top of the cell with the crowd going wild. Every hit and bump made the chain rattle, upping the danger factor every time. Owens hit a Pop-up Powerbomb on the top, which somehow didn’t break the cage. Somewhere, Mick Foley was watching this and wondering why the technology didn’t exist in 1998.

Both men made their way down the cage, but were still hitting each other on the side. Owens fell and went through the announce desk, while Shane safely climbed back down.

Shane nailed Owens with a stiff headutt of his own, paying back KO for the damage done to Vince. He climbed back up to the top of the cell and dropped down on Owens, but KO was saved by his eternal frenemy: Sami Zayn.

Zayn not only moved Owens out of the way, he helped Owens pin Shane. A stunning turn of events for the likable one, but given his long history with Owens as both a friend and rival, this story is far from over.

Roode got the win, but Ziggler got the last laugh for now. This feud must continue, like most Dolph Ziggler feuds.

Ziggler came out with no music or elaborate entrance, so at least he’s living up to his promise of just being a straight wrestler.

The match started off even before Ziggler took over, working on Roode with dirty mat work and constant nearfalls. He nearly put Roode down with a sleeper hold, but Bobby came back and drove Ziggler into the post. Roode came off the top with a swinging neckbreaker and hit a uranage, both for two-counts. Ziggler got a two-count of his own with a jumping DDT. He eventually hit the Famasser, which Roode kicked out of.

Ziggler started tuning up the band and went for a superkick, which Roode countered into a spinebuster. After a series of rollups, Roode got the pin while holding the tights, but Ziggler immediately hit him with Zig Zag to leave him laying.

Jinder Mahal is still the WWE Champion. Yeah.

Mahal and Nakamura did some light mat wrestling to start the match. Jinder threw Nakamura around the barricades on the outisde and got him back in the ring to take over.

Nakamura made his comeback, but the Singh brothers tried to interfere on the outside. He fought them off before eating a Mahal suplex back into the ring. Nakamura nearly got the win with a rollup, then hit the flying knee off the top. Then the Singh brothers interfered once again, before referee Charles Robinson ejected them from ringside. Nakamura hit Kinshasa, but Jinder grabbed the bottom rope to break the pin.

Jinder rolled out of the ring and tried to escape before Nakamura got him back in. Then Mahal countered the Kinshasa into the Khallas for the pin.

Never leave us again.

A decent match ended before it really began when Nattie committed a blatant DQ, which guarantees that this feud will continue.

The women went right at it from the beginning with no feeling-out process. Natalya got the upper hand and went to work on Charlotte’s legs, trying to weaken her for the Sharpshooter.

Charlotte got back on her feet, though still hobbled, and knocked down Nattie with a series of chops. She went up top, but Natalya got her back down and hit a spinning powerbomb for a nearfall. Charlotte hit the big boot, but was unable to make a cover. She went for the Figure Four before Nattie sent her out of the ring and kept working over Charlotte’s bad knee.

Nattie slapped on the Sharpshooter in the ring, which Charlotte broke by launching her into the turnbuckle. Charlotte went back up top and hit a massive moonsault onto Nattie on the floor.

Natalya then hit Charlotte in the legs with a chair for the DQ finish.

After losing his Money in the Bank briefcase in embarrassing fashion, and losing matches left and right over the next several weeks, Corbin is now the United States champion for reasons.

This match was originally scheduled to be Corbin vs. Styles, but Dillinger was a late addition after pinning Corbin on last week’s SmackDown Live episode, making this a triple threat.

Styles and Dillinger double-teamed Corbin early, sending him out of the ring before going at it one-on-one. Corbin got involved again and started dominating the match, beating on Styles while keeping Dillinger out of the ring. Corbin threw Styles into the ring post, taking him out of commission for a while.

Corbin continued brutalizing both Styles and Dillinger, before AJ eventually came back with a flurry of strikes. Dillinger also got back in and hurked Styles up for a huge back body drop before nailing the 10 punches in the corner. Dillinger escaped the Styles Clash, but AJ got him in the Calf Crusher before Corbin pulled him out of the ring. Corbin hit Deep Six on Dillinger and a chokeslam backbreaker on Styles for two.

Dillinger nailed Corbin with a superkick and nearly pinned him when Styles dropped Tye with a Pele kick. AJ hit a springboard 450 on Corbin, but Dillinger broke up the pin. Styles got the Phenomenal Forearm on Dillinger, but Corbin threw him out of the ring and pinned Dillinger to steal the win.

At SummerSlam, Orton pinned Rusev affer about 10 seconds. On an episode of SmackDown Live a few weeks later, Rusev pinned Orton after about 10 seconds. So they did this for a third time, with Orton winning the rubber match.

This match went longer than 10 seconds, at least. Rusev tossed Orton into the barricade on the outside to take over the match. The Bulgarian Brute worked over Randy and taunted him endlessly. Orton made his comeback and hit a big powerslam for two. Rusev tried to lock in the Accolade but Orton escaped to the floor. He also avoided a Rusev splash and hit the draping DDT. One RKO later and that was that.

The New Day and Usos have been tearing the house all year in incredible matches, and they delivered yet another amazing spectacle inside the Hell in a Cell structure. The Usos reclaimed the tag titles after almost literally going through hell.

The match had tornado tag team rules and Kofi Kingston was locked outside, leaving Big E and Xavier Woods to represent the New Day in the cell.

Both teams immediately went for the weapons and got the brawling underway. Woods got a chain and nailed an Uso in the face for an early nearfall. Big E hit a couple of massive dives, smashing his opponents straight into the cage.

The New Day hid multiple trombones under the ring and used them to rain hell upon the Usos. They also used a cowbell and gong for good effect. The Usos came back and started beating on Big E with kendo sticks and punishing Woods on the floor. The New Day got the upper hand again with a sick backbreaker combo.

Woods got yet more kendo sticks and trapped an Uso against the cage corner with them, beating on him with reckless abandon. He eventually got free and saved his brother from a two-on-one beatdown. Jimmy and Jey wiped out Big E with a double dive and dragged him in the ring for two splashes for a two-count.

The Usos got some handcuffs and chained both Big E and Woods to the ring post, delivering even more kendo stick punishment. However, Big E got free and turned the match around again and hit a Big Ending for two. The Usos recovered and hit multiple superkicks, with Woods breaking up the pin after another double splash.

Woods, still in handcuffs, made a valiant comeback effort before the twins overpowered him again, hitting the double splash one more time for three.

Gable and Benjamin haven’t been doing much since starting as a team a couple months ago, but they got a little showcase here against the Hype Bros, who have been increasingly unhinged after a long losing streak.

The teams had a fun back-and-forth match that picked up steam towards the end, with Gable and Benjamin getting the win with their Doomsday Device tandem finisher. The Bros may be hyped, but they’re still not victorious.