6 Wrestling Moments That Had A Major Long-Term Impact

6. Daniel Bryan And John Cena's Velocity Rematch

Daniel Bryan, it may have been noted, is something of a master of in-ring psychology. His work is accessible enough to incite broad, popular appeal, all the whilst littered with subtleties for the more discerning analysts - and those with long memories.

Anybody who watched an exceedingly wet-around-the-ears Daniel Bryan - then on jobbing duties under his (misspelled) real name - do the honours for a still green though entirely yellow John Cena, looking for all the world like a walking banana, on a 2003 episode of Velocity, would have had synapses flying in their memoryhole when the two met again at SummerSlam 2012. The circumstances could hardly have been any different - the pay-per-view clash featured the pair as its headline attraction, rather than a routine C-show squash - but the action was identical.

As the bell rang, Bryan grabbed Cena with a textbook armbar following a back and forth grapple, only for Cena to reverse it into one of his own. The sequence was an exact replica of their obscure Velocity exhibition, but the result was different. Whereas Bryan could outwrestle a rookie, rapping Cena nine years prior, the Champ had him scouted, taking him to the floor into a headlock. See, there was a point to watching Velocity after all.