The Complete A-Z Of WrestleMania
2. Y - YES!
933147The culmination of a journey that started with humiliating defeat two years earlier, Daniel Bryan's stubborn ascent to WWE's upper-echelon concluded with a breath-taking triple threat WWE Title win at WrestleMania 30.
Following the aforementioned WrestleMania 28 defeat to Sheamus, Bryan had heard the 'YES!' chants everywhere he went, even when his heel persona briefly changed the catchphrase to 'NO!' in a concerted effort from the company to permanently lock him in the midcard.
Support for Bryan would simply not subside.
After a crowd-pleasing Tag Title run with Kane, Bryan was again back in the main event when John Cena selected him as his SummerSlam 2013 opponent thanks to an overwhelming groundswell of love from the crowd.
Though Bryan would dethrone Cena, his immediate defeat following a 'Money In The Bank' cash-in from Authority pet project Randy Orton set the wheels in motion for the incredible giant-slaying victory for Bryan nearly eight months later at 'Yes-lemania'.
At least, that's how WWE now frame it.
Until CM Punk's January walk-out, the apparent plan for Bryan was yet another Sheamus match, despite his impossible-to-ignore adulation infamously hijacking numerous shows. Be grateful to Punk for sticking to his guns.