Top 15 Brock Lesnar WWE matches

10. Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar, Survivor Series 2018

Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar was an offbeat instant classic.

In a match that just barely missed this countdown, AJ Styles subbed into a world champion vs. world champion match against Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series 2017 at the relative last minute, heading off a snoozer of a bout between Lesnar and Jinder Mahal, and producing a very fun underdog vs. monster heel showdown.

Not so dissimilar, Daniel Bryan snagged the WWE Championship less than a week before Survivor Series 2018 to replace Styles as Lesnar’s opponent for Survivor Series 2018. The early stages of this match felt a lot like a Lesnar squash match as he pummeled his smaller opponent with suplex after suplex.

However, things took a turn with the fun dynamic of Bryan’s newly heel character. Bryan nailed Lesnar with a low blow that completely shifted the momentum of the match and assaulted the Beast incarnate with running knee after running knee that created totally believable false finishes.

There’s an argument to be made that face Bryan vs. heel Lesnar would have been the more straightforward, inspiring matchup. The heel vs. heel dynamic told a fresher story, though, and created more doubt as to whether Bryan might really steal this high profile victory.