5 Ways WWE can sell out Wrestlemania 35

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#4 Daniel Bryan returns to the Main Event

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Wrestlemania 30 saw one of the best stories in WWE history come to an end. The night ended an almost 10 month pursuit of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by Daniel Bryan. Daniel Bryan was fresh off a break up with Kane who was his tag team partner for the better part of a year. He was handpicked by John Cena for a WWE Championship match at Summerslam to a huge ovation. However, at Summerslam Triple H, the Special Guest referee for the match, screwed DB over after he won the title which allowed Randy Orton to cash in his MITB contract and become Champion.

This saw a surge of support for the bearded superstar as fans began hijacking shows after shows with "Daniel Bryan" and "Yes" chants. WWE made the fatal mistake of booking Bryan to lose to Orton on PPV which increased the support even more. A feud with Bray Wyatt was well received but fans wanted more than that. As a result, the returning Batista was booed out of the building upon winning the 2014 Royal Rumble. After the booing of Batista and every other main event level superstar became overwhelming, WWE finally let Bryan take his place. He was booked to fight Triple H in Mania's opening match the winner of which joined Randy Orton and Batista in the Main Event. Bryan won both matches creating one of the best moments in WWE history. Such was his popularity, Roman Reigns and The Rock was booed the next year after Reigns won the Rumble with Rock's help.

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Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 30.

Bryan formally retired in January 2016 but returned to the ring in early 2018. Currently, Bryan is in what should be the most personal and heated rivalry in all of WWE. Miz and Bryan had built up their rivalry for almost 2 years and finally, they had a match which Miz cheated to win. The logical decision should be for these two to have rematches. If WWE books Bryan in the main event scene after that and somehow makes Miz a heel Champion during the time, they can have the rematch at Wrestlemania for the WWE Championship. If WWE can properly book an underdog storyline with Daniel Bryan, hardcore fans from all over the world are sure to get invested. Also, the man thoroughly deserves it.

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