WWE 'Hell in a Cell' 2017 predictions: Insiders weigh in on Jinder Mahal€“Shinsuke Nakamura match

A promotional image for the WWE's upcoming "Hell in a Cell" event. Facebook/wwe

Get ready for an epic smackdown. "Hell in a Cell" is back with more wrestling action. The pay-per-view SmackDown event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will be the ninth event under the "Hell in a Cell" chronology.

The fight card is made up of matches that resulted from scripted storylines and have been predetermined by WWE's "SmackDown Live" program.

One of the featured fights in the event will be between Jinder Mahal and Shinsuke Nakamura. It can be remembered that during the last SummerSlam event, Mahal defeated Shinsuke to keep the WWE Championship belt.

On the final "SmackDown" before the "Hell in a Cell" event, Nakamura, during his in-ring interview with Renee Young, was interrupted by The Singh Brothers and Mahal took the opportunity to attack Nakamura from behind.

Nakamura tried to take on all three brothers but was eventually overwhelmed.

Several sites dedicated to this event have chimed in and gave their expert opinion on who might win the fight.

According to Bleacher Report, Mahal's recent promos may have gone too far. While they are not that incendiary, "they've been a poor mercy attempt in desperation to get the people to care, similar to when a horror film isn't truly frightening and it resorts to gore and jump scares."

The publication also predicted a win for Mahal given that he always has The Singh Brothers to back him up in their underhanded tactics against Nakamura.

Cageside Seats also predicted a win for Mahal. The publication noted that, even with Mahal winning the event, the script hasn't allowed the wrestling star to be more involved in actual fights but rather have been resorting to dirty tactics to keep the belt.

"Hell in a Cell" 2017 will air on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. EDT on the WWE Network. The live event will be held at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

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