[2][3][4] The 2015 event was the seventh Hell in a Cell and was held on October 25 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

[5] The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines.

[10] At Night of Champions, Lesnar was scheduled to face Undertaker for the final time in a Hell in a Cell match at the eponymous event.

[11] At Money in the Bank, Bray Wyatt cost Roman Reigns the titular ladder match, sparking a feud between the two.

[11] On the September 21 episode of Raw, Randy Orton helped Reigns and Ambrose fend off an attack by Wyatt, Harper, and Strowman.

[19] An open challenge title defense by United States Champion John Cena was also scheduled for the event.

[16] On the October 19 episode of Raw, Sheamus, King Barrett, and Rusev defeated Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, and Neville.

[16] During the Hell in a Cell Kickoff pre-show, Sheamus, King Barrett, and Rusev faced Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, and Neville.

The ending saw Del Rio counter an Attitude Adjustment, perform a backstabber and a superkick on a kneeling Cena, and pinned him to win the title for the first time.

During the match, Wyatt performed a side slam off the ring apron though a table on Reigns and scored a near-fall.

The match ended when Charlotte forced Nikki to submit to the Figure-Eight Leglock to retain the title.

Undertaker executed a chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver on Lesnar, both onto the exposed ring floor, for a near-fall.

The night following the event, on Raw, Bray Wyatt explained that he wanted to claim The Undertaker's soul and obtain its powers.

[24] On the Raw following the event, The Authority held a tournament by pitting the winners of their respective matches at Hell in a Cell against each other to determine the next number one contender to Seth Rollins' WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Roman Reigns would win the final fatal four-way match also involving Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens, and Alberto Del Rio to become the number one contender and face Rollins for the championship scheduled for Survivor Series.

[22] On November 4, however, Rollins suffered multiple knee injuries during a house show in Dublin, Ireland and was forced to vacate the title.

In the semi-finals, Reigns and Dean Ambrose advanced to the finals by defeating Del Rio and Owens, respectively.

[26] On the October 26 episode of Raw, Paige continued to persuade Charlotte and Becky Lynch that she did not attack Natalya.

[22] On the November 2 episode of Raw, Paige defeated Lynch, Sasha Banks, and Brie in a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender for the WWE Divas Championship.