2. Daniel Bryan wins the Smackdown! Money in the Bank ladder match in 2011
Like CM Punk, many thought Daniel Bryan wouldn’t make it big in the WWE. Those fears were proven to be correct when Bryan was fired from the WWE because of the ‘tie gate’, but Bryan was rehired after the 90 day clause ended, and he came back to win the WWE United States championship.
Bryan then participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match for the World Heavyweight championship at MitB PPV in Chicago, and when no one expected him to win, Bryan climbed up the ladder and retrieved the briefcase, which sent the Chicago crowd into frenzy. It was probably the greatest moment till then for Daniel Bryan, and he soon cashed it in successfully to become the World Heavyweight champion.