5 WWE SummerSlam matches where the wrong person won

#3 The Miz def. Daniel Bryan (WWE SummerSlam 2018)

Bryan should have convincingly beaten The Miz during this feud.

One of the most intriguing and personal feuds of WWE's brand split era came between The Miz and Daniel Bryan. Beginning due to a passionate rant on Talking Smack shortly after SummerSlam 2016, the then-Intercontinental Champion was at constant odds with the SmackDown general manager.

It was the best WWE rivalry that wouldn't have a match. That was until Bryan got cleared to wrestle again. And just like the years of hatred beforehand, SummerSlam was the place the two of them would finally have their match. And while a Miz victory was expected and even welcomed at the time, hindsight proves otherwise.

Bryan never got that one major victory over the A-Lister during this feud, with a small package victory in 90 seconds in Australia not exactly setting the WWE Universe alight. With the way the feud played out, he should have made The Miz tap out at SummerSlam.

It would have been the satisfying conclusion we were all hoping for. This loss for Bryan contributed to his character being a little stale, considering he didn't get to properly beat Miz. Daniel Bryan would not recover until his sudden heel turn on AJ Styles in November.