On Sunday night Seth Rollins defended his Universal Championship against The Fiend inside Hell in a Cell, and even though Seth didn’t technically win the match he did walk out with the belt.
Seth piled a chair, ladder and a tool box on The Fiend’s head, then hit the pile with a sledgehammer and the referee called for the bell.
PWInsider is reporting that the idea was that the referee officially stopped the match.
Following the main event there was a lot of talk online about a DQ finish for a Hell in a Cell match, but the official idea is that the match ended due to referee stoppage.
After the finish took place fans booed loudly, chanted for AEW and also chanted “bulls**t.”
The following explanation for the finish was also posted on WWE.com:
“Clearly sensing that a line was about to be crossed, the referee tried to stop Rollins from using the hammer. But The Beastslayer did it anyway, bringing the tool straight down on the whole pile, causing the ref to wave off the match while a crew of medics tended to Wyatt. Rollins, who was clearly on the verge of madness, made the mistake of straddling his fallen foe and quickly found himself ensnared in the Mandible Claw as Wyatt rose up from his back and continued his attack.
Rollins was helpless to respond as Wyatt took him outside the ring, exposing the arena floor by tearing up the mat. It became clear that the Universal Championship was the last thing on Wyatt’s mind. Wyatt smashed Rollins face-first into the arena floor with Sister Abigail and applied the Mandible Claw once again. This time, the writhing Rollins was spared only by the signature shrieks that precede Wyatt’s exit. Hell in a Cell did not end with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt as Universal Champion. But clearly, he’d gotten what he came for all the same.”
