10 Most Surprising WWE Moments Of 2014

5. Daniel Bryan Wins The World Title At WrestleMania

No matter what anyone employed at WWE says, Daniel Bryan was not supposed to be in the main event at WrestleMania XXX. Bryan was kept far away from the world title because the suits in WWE did not believe in him or his crowd reactions. The plan for him to be a member of the Wyatt Family for a number of months (an action figure was even made of his high school janitor look) and then break away. However, position fan reaction and the general rebellion of the Royal Rumble crowd forced WWE to change its plans and insert Bryan into the main event match of Randy Orton vs. Batista. After defeating Triple H in the opening match of the show, Bryan completed an underdog story for the ages by rolling off of a stretcher and making Batista tap in the middle of the ring to become the WWE heavyweight champion. The sight of Bryan holding both world titles above his head while 70,000 people chanted "Yes!" is an images for the ages. Unfortunately for Bryan, his title run would be marred by injuries that almost immediately sidelined him and could possibly force his retirement from in-ring competition. If Bryan's career is, in fact, over then at least he had his one Wrestlemania moment when he was the king of the wrestling world.
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