10 Ups And 12 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 34

3. The Yes! Movement Lives

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It wasn’t the main event, and it wasn’t a technical classic, but just seeing Daniel Bryan back in action at WrestleMania was enough to warrant an “up” here.

Bryan teamed with Shane McMahon to battle Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens in his return match, and after Shane was taken out, it became the D-Bry show. Bryan hit all his signature spots, kicked out of Zayn and KO’s finishers, and won clean with the running knee and Yes Lock, tapping out Sami.

If this was a test for Bryan, it looks like he passed it with flying colors. Here’s hoping that this was only the first step for him, and we see him in a more prominent position in the ring in the coming months.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.