Hell in a Cell (2015)

Hell in a Cell (2015)
Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker
Theme song(s)	"Cut the Cord" by Shinedown
Information
Promotion	WWE
Sponsor(s)	WWE 2K16
Date	October 25, 2015
Attendance	14,184
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
WWE Network event chronology
NXT TakeOver: Respect Hell in a Cell (2015) Survivor Series (2015)
Hell in a Cell chronology
Hell in a Cell (2014) Hell in a Cell (2015) Hell in a Cell (2016)

Hell in a Cell (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on October 25, 2015, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the seventh event under the Hell in a Cell chronology. This is also the first WWE pay-per-view, other than SummerSlam, to be held in the city of Los Angeles since 2007's No Way Out.

Eight matches were contested at the event, with one match on the pre-show. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match, their second such match, the first one being at the 2002 No Mercy event. Also on the show, Alberto Del Rio returned to the WWE to answer John Cena's open challenge and defeat him to win the WWE United States Championship.

The professional wrestling matches at Hell in a Cell involved professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown.

At WrestleMania XXX in 2014, Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker to end the streak. The next year at Battleground, Lesnar was about to win back the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Seth Rollins when the lights went out and Undertaker attacked Lesnar; Lesnar won the match by disqualification but not the title. After a vicious brawl between the two on Raw, they would face in a rematch at SummerSlam. Undertaker defeated Lesnar in controversial fashion; the timekeeper ringing the bell after seeing the Undertaker supposedly indicating submission; since the referee hadn't see a submission and never stopped the match, the match continued. The confusion allowed Undertaker to surprise Lesnar with a low blow before trapping him in the Hell's Gate submission hold, causing Lesnar to pass out, giving Undertaker the win. At Night of Champions, Lesnar was scheduled to face Undertaker one last time in a Hell in a Cell match at the event. This would be their second, as they faced 13 years ago for the WWE Championship at No Mercy 2002.