Hell in a Cell (2020)

Hell in a Cell was a wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE. It took place on October 25th, 2020 and was the twelfth event under the Hell in a Cell chronology. As per the theme of the event, various matches were contested inside the Cell. Ten matches were contested on the card, with the main event seeing Sasha Banks defending the SmackDown Women's Championship against Bayley.

Production
Hell in a Cell is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, generally produced every October by WWE since 2009. The concept of the show comes from WWE's established Hell in a Cell match, in which competitors fight inside a 20-foot-high roofed cell structure surrounding the ring and ringside area. The main event match of the card is contested under the Hell in a Cell stipulation. The 2020 event was the twelfth event under the Hell in a Cell chronology and featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and NXT brands.

Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on all three brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows.

The main event saw Sasha Banks defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against her former best friend Bayely to end their feud once and for all. The two were initially allies before transitioning into a feud that culminated at SummerSlam (2015), in what would later be called the match of the night, the greatest women's wrestling match of all-time and one of the greatest wrestling matches in general of all time. The two were later paired up as partners and best friends on the Raw brand the following year, with WWE teasing a feud between the two over the next four years. The storyline picked up speed when they were both a part of a Fatal 5-Way for the SmackDown Women's Championship, where Sasha helped Bayley win the gold. Sasha would help Bayley resin the title on a number of occasions before officially asking Bayley for a title match at Extreme Rules (2020). After what seemed like healthy competition between two friends, the feud finally exploded when Bayley brutally attacked and injured Banks, claiming she had never cared about her and was only ever using her. Banks would defeat Bayley at SummerSlam (2020), only for Bayley to attack Banks and her new partner, Naomi, with Sasha challenging Bayley to a Hell in a Cell Match to put an end to this story.

Trivia

 * This marks the third time Sasha Banks competed in a Hell in a Cell Match, as well as the third time she was the main event of the PPV.
 * Each time Banks stepped into the cell, it was against one of the Four Horsewomen - Charlotte Flair at Hell in a Cell (2016), Becky Lynch at Hell in a Cell (2018) and now Bayley.