10 Best WWE Redemption Stories

It looked like Daniel Bryan had finally broke through the WWE glass ceiling ahead of his WrestleMania XXVIII title match with Sheamus - but 18 seconds and one Brogue Kick later he appeared, to some, to be right back to square one.

If WWE was looking to free up some extra time on the show, then fair enough, but it seemed unfair that someone as talented and hard-working as the former ROH star should be made the casualty - something fans made very clear to the creative team in the two years that followed.

At WrestleMania XXX, the wrongs were at last righted when Bryan - after a grassroots campaign to get him into the main event - ousted both Randy Orton and the man Vince McMahon picked in his place, Batista, for the WWE Championship.

And the sight of the future SmackDown GM celebrating his crowning moment on the Grandest Stage of Them All is one that will never leave any of his many die-hard fans - regardless of whether we ever see him take to a WWE ring again.