5 Times Money in the Bank Changed a Superstar’s Career and 5 Times It Did Nothing for the Winner

#6 Career Changing: Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan got a lot of momentum off of his Money in the Bank victory.

Daniel Bryan’s career would explode with a big push in the summer of 2013 that led to him feuding with John Cena and Randy Orton, before ultimately reaching the top of WWE at WrestleMania 30. It didn’t always look like Bryan would even be an upper card guy, though. He started out more humbly, largely used as a mid card underdog until he won his Money in the Bank briefcase in 2011.

Bryan would go in to cash in on The Big Show to kickstart a fun run as a deluded, conniving smaller heel who evaded Show and Mark Henry before finally running into Sheamus. It was this big break that got Bryan taken seriously, setting him up for Team Hell No and his awesome summer of 2013 that would follow, and set him up as one of the biggest stars in WWE. Without Money in the Bank, Bryan may have languished in the mid card and wound up leaving WWE before he reached his greatest heights.