Top 3 opening matches in WWE WrestleMania history

#2 Daniel Bryan vs Triple H

Triple H with a cross-face chicken wing locked in on Bryan!

This great match wasn't even supposed to happen at the grandest stage of them all. Instead, the plan was to do Triple H vs CM Punk while Daniel Bryan would wrestle Sheamus in a mid-card match.

Thankfully, CM Punk quit WWE after the Royal Rumble and the WWE had to come up with another match idea for Triple H.

In the following weeks, WWE pressed forward with the planned Batista vs Randy Orton title match, and after a sudden exit from CM Punk, planned for Daniel Bryan to face Triple H. The fans though, refused to accept this, and actually managed to force WWE into changing their plans.

In the memorable “Occupy Raw” segment, Bryan and his fans overtook the ring, not letting the show continue until Bryan was placed in the title match, resulting in Bryan vs Triple H, with the winner going on to join the WWE World Heavyweight title match.

Simply put, this match had something for everyone. For almost 30 minutes, Bryan and Triple H held the gigantic Superdome crowd in the palms of their hands, with some of the best in-ring psychology seen in years.

The match ended with Bryan countering a pedigree attempt and hitting a running knee a few seconds later for the victory.

Bryan then went on to outlast Orton and Batista in the main event in one of the most crowd-pleasing WrestleMania moments of all-time.