10 Wrestling Moments That Broke The Internet

7. Daniel Bryan, Various

Daniel Bryan, signed on the recommendation of both Shawn Michaels and William Regal, was instantly treated as a joke by his new employers. He didn't eat meat. He didn't watch TV. He was pale. Scraggly. Bereft of charisma. "Deformed," in the venomous words of Michael Cole. He was signed as a "good little hand" to make the real stars - those, in Bryan's words, WWE made themselves - look good. The problem is that, in spite of WWE's spite, Bryan caught on as a relatable, amiable person and an electric performer.

This was not part of the plan. He was there to make the stars look good - and so, at WrestleMania XXVIII, he lost the World Heavyweight Title to WWE Guy Sheamus in 18 seconds. This was ostensibly designed to put the Brogue Kick over as something devastating. In reality, it devastated Sheamus among the hardcore set. Bryan's growing popularity was then used to put over the premise of Randy Orton, heel Face Of The Company - and we were then expected to receive Batista, aged in-house star, as our saviour.

This stupid decision did not merely break the Internet; the sentiment spilled over to arenas, threatening to profoundly break fan relations. If only they'd just booked him as a good little hand. That might have actually worked.