Daniel Bryan's 7 Most Memorable Moments.

#2: The start of "The Yes Movement!"

Daniel Bryan and the crowd doing the Yes! chants in Unison!

After striking out on his own, support for Bryan swelled.

As Summerslam approached, Bryan found himself as the most over superstar in the company, and WWE could no longer ignore it. With John Cena as the WWE Champion, but also facing a serious injury, WWE needed to find a new face to carry the company in Cena’s absence. The WWE universe gave them no choice in who would be that man.

Cena chose Bryan to face him at Summerslam to a thunderous ovation, and the two traded barbs for weeks, bringing back memories of Bryan’s debut, shouting in Cena’s face that despite not being the prototypical WWE Superstar, Daniel Bryan was every bit the star John Cena was. The two put on another classic at Summerslam, with Bryan defeating Cena cleanly to become WWE Champion.

The moment wouldn’t last, as Randy Orton capitalized on Triple H’s betrayal of Daniel Bryan to cash in his Money in The Bank briefcase. In the eyes of the fans, though, Daniel Bryan was their guy, and nothing WWE could do would change that.

Over the next several months, Daniel Bryan was continually screwed out of the title by the Authority, and when numbers revealed that Summerslam had been a financial flop, Bryan eventually was removed from the title scene, much to the dismay of his rabid fan base, who began ruining segments by overwhelmingly chanting for their hero.

Bryan moved into a feud with Bray Wyatt and his Family, memorably joining them for a few weeks before turning on Wyatt inside a steel cage to one of the most spine-chilling crowd reactions of all time. The two had a classic match at the Royal Rumble, with Bryan coming up short, and the stage was set for a historic Road to Wrestlemania.