6. Daniel Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton - WrestleMania 30
It would hard to be argue with the statement that WrestleMania XXX was the biggest night in the career of Daniel Bryan. Bryan pulled double duty on the biggest show of the year, much like Bret Hart at WrestleMania X twenty years earlier. The first match, an all time classic with Triple H (which just barely missed this list) was just an appetizer for what would be an even better match at the conclusion of the show for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Batista and Randy Orton. Fans had been waiting many months for Bryan to finally get his chance at a long term reign as WWE World Heavyweight Champion, and if Bryan had not won the title at WrestleMania there was a very real chance that a riot could have erupted at the Superdome in New Orleans. However, the long wait and anticipation in the months prior definitely made the follow through at the biggest show of the year in front of 75,000 people that much sweeter. Daniel Bryan had the moment he had been waiting his entire career for, and with that the WWE firmly placed the company machine behind him as the bearer of the torch for 2014.
