WWE's 10 Biggest Money Performers In 2018
10. Daniel Bryan
Though Daniel Bryan's rather rapidly been shunted back down to a legitimate 'B+ Player' status thanks to the impossibly bleak vortex of fun that is the WWE main roster, he still exists as one of the few genuine ticket-sellers the company currently has on the books. Or was, before his feud with Big Cass, anyway.
WWE appeared to test his drawing mettle - with some success - on their most recent European Tour. The post-WrestleMania swing across the Atlantic has been seemingly less and less appealing to local audiences over the years, with diminishing numbers at house shows and even the London-based television tapings failing to sell out in what was once considered a red hot market.
Mindful of the fantasy booking most fans were doing upon Bryan's return, WWE supplied audiences with the opportunity to see something of a contemporary 'dream match' - the 'YES! Man' tangling with career-long irritant The Miz on a selection of dates in April. There were spikes in sales as a result, fleshing out the venues enough to suggest that the performers had tapped into something people genuinely wanted to pay to see - a true rarity in 2018...