WWE: 10 Moments From The PG-Era That Made You Mark Out

4. Daniel Bryan Wins The Big One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGFoOKS0Xio Despite being a former World Heavyweight Champion fans didn't view Bryan as validated in the eyes of WWE. Most fans know that the pinaccle of success in the company is the WWE Championship. And there is no better way to be viewed by fans as having the company believe in a wrestler than for them to win it from John Cena. This was the situation placed in front of Daniel Bryan at the second biggest event of the WWE calendar: SummerSlam. To make things even more intense the weeks of build up took the reality route as Bryan spoke about how he viewed Cena as a "parody of wrestling" while Cena asked whether Bryan could cut it to be at the top of a worldwide company as opposed to the independents in high school gyms. Bryan actually managed to defeat Cena clean with a new Running Knee finishing move for the three count to become WWE Champion as the fans rejoiced their hero reaching the top of the WWE mountain. The moment was soon snatched away by Randy Orton cashing in his Money in the Bank contract with help from Triple H to take the title, but the few minutes it lasted fans were truly ecstatic.