10 Amazing Wrestling Moments That Came Totally Out Of Nowhere
3. Daniel Bryan Is Shockingly Cleared...Then Turns Heel Not Long After - WWE SmackDown (March 20, 2018)
Acting as the first in what would eventually become a long line of once-impossible returns, Daniel Bryan suddenly declaring that he'd been officially cleared for an in-ring WWE comeback on March 20, 2018 was surreal.
It was no secret that Bryan had been doing everything in his power to reverse his heartbreaking retirement, undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments during his two years away from the squared-circle. But many simply believed WWE would never fully take the risk on the star, leaving Bryan with no choice but to exit the company when his deal reached its end in 2018.
But both Bryan and WWE weren't content with merely stunning the planet with this heart-warming news of him actually being in the clear. Nearly eight-months on from that rousing return, Bryan only went and despicably turned his back on the people he'd been inspiring with his ultimate babyface comeback.
Pulverising AJ Styles' testicles on November 13's SmackDown, Bryan managed to come away with both a set of Phenomenal balls to place on his mantlepiece and his first WWE Championship since laughing in the face of retirement. And an almost instantly iconic Planet's Champion was magnificently and appallingly born in the process.