10 Stiffest WWE Matches Of The PG Era

9. Roman Reigns Vs. Daniel Bryan - Fastlane (February 2015)

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Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan faced off at Fastlane 2015 to decide who would have the honour of facing Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31... and subsequently featuring later on in this list.

Rumour was rampant at the time that the match was put together not because of the unstoppable enthusiasm of the YES! Movement, but more to get Reigns quickly up to a comfortable level working in a stiff environment.

This match wasn't WWE Daniel Bryan, but more RoH Bryan Danielson. As per usual a lot of Bryan's offence revolves around kicks and strikes, and it is noticeable that his kicks aren't making that pro wrestling slap the thigh noise, more a dull thud as they connect with Reigns' vest.

Reigns plays his part, and there is one particularly fantastic moment where Reigns catches a Bryan kick and throttles him; the look in Reigns' eyes is not one of a man in a planned performance, more the crazed look of a man in a fight.

This is the Reigns the WWE needs.

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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.