5 records created at Elimination Chamber 2019

Daniel Bryan pinned Kofi Kingston to retain the WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan pinned Kofi Kingston to retain the WWE Championship

#1 Kofi Kingston became only the third superstar to kick out of the Running Knee

Bryan's running knee is a heavily protected move
Bryan's running knee is a heavily protected move

Daniel Bryan's running knee without a doubt is one of the most protected finishers in WWE history. It has defeated some of the biggest superstars in WWE history like John Cena and Randy Orton clean in the middle of the ring.

However, Bryan's finisher is not impossible to kick out - as shown by Kofi Kingston at Elimination Chamber. Kofi became only the third guy to kick out of the Running Knee. Only Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar have kicked out of Bryan's signature move.

At WrestleMania 30, Randy Orton also kicked out of the running knee - but we don't count it here since there was a significant time difference between the execution of the move and the pin attempt, and it was not Bryan who made the pin - but Batista.

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