10 Best WWE SmackDown Cliffhanger Endings Ever

3. KO & Sami Zayn Attack Daniel Bryan (20 March 2018)

Backed by inspirational quotes like, "Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you", Daniel Bryan's promo on the 20 March 2018 episode of SmackDown will go down in history. That night, Bryan announced that he'd been medically cleared to wrestle, then turned his attention towards the vicious actions of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

Later in the same show, Bryan fired KO and Zayn then bumped like a pinball for both to sell their venom.

It was shocking to watch as the previously-protected SmackDown GM (who hadn't been touched in years due to the fragile nature of injuries that forced his retirement) took moves like a Powerbomb onto the ring apron and rolled around in agony. The show-closing angle had everyone hooked, and it set the scene for Bryan's imminent in-ring return at 'Mania 34.

Fans were left with the cliffhanger notion that Bryan, who had just announced his return, would be physically broken by men he once considered friends. There were no guarantees given that Daniel would seek revenge inside the ring, and that left anyone buoyed by his earlier speech nervous.