5 WWE Superstars who returned after being released to become world champions

#3 Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan has won the Heavyweight title and WWE Championship

Daniel Bryan has had quite an incredible relationship with WWE. He first appeared in 2002 and 2003 for a few matches on Velocity and Heat shows. After impressing in indie wrestling, he got his big break in 2009 when WWE signed him.

He was a part of the first season of NXT and then had a feud with The Miz. But he was let go by WWE in 2010 after he was deemed to have been too aggressive in his mock strangling Justin Roberts, who was a ring announcer with WWE back then.

He returned to WWE later in the year and showed great promise on WWE television. Bryan won his first major title at TLC in 2011 when he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Big Show. He then won the WWE Championship in 2013 at SummerSlam. Bryan has won numerous singles and tag team titles with WWE.

Bryan made a triumphant return from a career-ending injury in 2018 and had one more WWE Championship run.