10 Shortest WWE Champions Ever

3. Daniel Bryan - 5'10"

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The final member of the 'billed as 5'10"' club, Daniel Bryan is in some seriously illustrious company. He was also billed as being considerably lighter than both men at 190lbs. Bryan's run to the top of the company was extremely well-documented, as it seemed that his rise was forced upon the company by the sheer overwhelming power of his popularity, the power of the Yes! Moment.

Arguably more so than anyone on the list, Daniel Bryan proved that the cream always rises to the top in professional wrestling. The two men shorter than him to win top gold in the WWE both came out of a different scene, whereas Bryan's run in World Wrestling Entertainment saw him immediately thrust into the land of the giants.

As Bryan stood atop the turnbuckles holding aloft both the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship at the climax of WrestleMania XXX, it felt like a victory for more than just the man himself. It was a truly moving and monumental moment. A B+ Player indeed.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.