3 most shocking WWE moments of 2018

#2 Daniel Bryan hits AJ Styles with a low blow to win the WWE Championship

Bryan looks across at the supine Styles.

AJ Styles was no stranger to low-blows this year (referring to Shinsuke Nakamura's constant low-blows on AJ Styles), but it was indeed a stunning moment, when Daniel Bryan, of all people, hit Styles in the groin to win the WWE title.

Styles had been WWE Champion for more than a year and it would've been a minor miracle for someone to defeat him. Many expected Bryan to defeat him, but not in the way that Bryan did.

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Bryan was overwhelmingly popular, perhaps the only star more popular than the aforementioned Styles. Bryan was the WWE Universe's ultimate hero and under-dog who fought against injustice through fair and lawful means.

Watching him using under-handed tactics to gain an upper-hand on Styles was an odd surprise that raised many eye-brows.

Furthermore, Bryan's heel turn led to a shuffle in the Survivior Series match card as Bryan replaced Styles in his match against the Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar.

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