One of the very biggest moments of Daniel Bryans career came during a loss. With Bryan defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus in WrestleMania XXVIIIs opening match, the former American Dragon would famously get pinned in just 18 brief seconds. And with that, the astronomical rise of Daniel Bryan really started to take shape. As the fans at Miamis Sun Life Stadium spent the rest of the night making their thoughts known and chanting Bryans name, it was this famous loss that got the fans firmly behind Bryan despite his on-air character being that of a heel. Many felt that D-Bry had been slighted by losing the World Heavyweight Championship in such disappointing fashion, and so the unflinching fan backing was amped up to a whole new level as Bryan would feud with CM Punk before becoming one half of Team Hell No and then eventually going on to become a talent that the WWE recognised as a true main event superstar.