10 Former WWE Champions and their biggest WrestleMania Moments

Roman Reigns.
Roman Reigns.

#2 Daniel Bryan: Miracle on Bourbon Street, WrestleMania 30

The most iconic WrestleMania visual?
The most iconic WrestleMania visual?

Daniel Bryan's journey to WrestleMania 30 remains one of the best underdog stories told by WWE. It was an emotional story of a hero who managed to overcome the odds in his path to create his own legacy.

The story started when the authority declared Daniel Bryan as a 'B-plus player' who didn't deserve the WWE Championship. However, Bryan slowly started getting the WWE Universe behind him. By the end of 2013, Bryan became the most-loved WWE Superstar.

The Authority couldn't help but acknowledge Bryan's popularity and decided to give him a chance to prove himself. At WrestleMania 30, Triple H took matters into his own hands and went face to face with The Leader of the Yes Movement. However, he wasn't able to defeat a resilient Daniel Bryan, allowing the latter to move on to the main event.

In the main event, a war-torn Daniel Bryan faced Batista and Randy Orton. The two former Evolution members teamed up to take out Bryan. They performed the RKO-Batista Bomb combo on Bryan, which forced medical personnel to take Bryan out on a stretcher.

However, like every inspirational hero, Daniel Bryan returned to rejoin the match. He endured the pain and finally applied the Yes Lock on Batista. Batista tapped out, making Bryan the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

The crowd erupted with cheers as the announcers declared Daniel Bryan the new champion. Daniel Bryan had just done the unthinkable, as he had beaten all three members of Evolution in the very same night. It was one of the best feel-good WrestleMania moments and etched its place in the hearts of the WWE Universe forever.


#1 Brock Lesnar: Breaking the streak, WrestleMania 30

"The Streak .... is Over".
"The Streak .... is Over".

Daniel Bryan's unforgettable victory at WrestleMania 30 might have been the greatest WrestleMania moment of all time. But that isn't the case, as on that same night, Brock Lesnar pulled off the biggest WrestleMania shocker in WWE history.

At WrestleMania 30, Brock Lesnar went face-to-face with The Undertaker, with the latter's sacred WrestleMania streak on the line. In its 21-year long history, several WWE Superstars attempted to break the streak. However, none of them were able to end the dominance of The Phenom.

Brock Lesnar was expected to be the next Superstar who failed to end The Undertaker's winning streak at WrestleMania. But WWE had other plans in the store for that night. After applying a third F5 of the night on The Deadman, Brock Lesnar quickly went for the cover. The Undertaker, as usual, was expected to kick out.

However, as the referee tapped the mat for the third time, the whole Superdome crowd went into a state of shock. Nobody could believe what they had just witnessed.

The referee raised Brock Lesnar's hand, while Michael Cole made the final declaration with his famous words, "The Streak ... is over". It was the biggest and most shocking WrestleMania moment of all time. That's the reason why despite doing many more unbelievable things, conquering the streak remains the biggest highlight of Brock Lesnar's WWE career.

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Edited by Andrea Hangst
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