Rumor: Why Was Hell In A Cell Painted Red?

I mean, it’s kind of hard not to notice. If you watched last night’s Hell In A Cell event, you might have noticed something different about the Cell itself. In addition to being one of the most intimidating sights in the wrestling world just due to being huge and scary in general, it is now fully painted red. That’s a big enough change that there almost has to be a reason behind it, and now we might know what it is.

Notice anything different?

Full WWE Hell in a Cell 2018 results: WWE Now

According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, the idea might be as simple as Vince McMahon not realizing that the Cell itself was twenty years old and deciding that it needed a face lift. The Cell debuted on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood when Undertaker faced Shawn Michaels. The original structure was sixteen feet high and the newer version, which debuted at Unforgiven 2006, is twenty feet high.

Asked about the Red Cell… source said “honestly, w/ all this 20 yr talk about Taker & Foley, I think Vince forgot how old the match was. So he changed it up. Like when Mania lost its roman numerals. Just something new.” Also, they did test for visibility and it’s OK. #WWEHIAC

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) September 16, 2018

Opinion: I didn’t think much of the change when it was first announced and really, I have no idea why this needed to be the case. At the end of the day the Cell is scary looking by definition. If nothing else paint the thing black to make it look even scarier and more intimidating than it already is. The red is more of a distraction than anything else and looks out of place when the SmackDown Live wrestlers were involved.

What did you think of the Cell’s new look? Was WWE right to change the color? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Smackdown Reviews.

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