Top 5 most unexpected WWE moments of 2018

#2 Daniel Bryan was cleared to return after a career ending injury which had forced him to retire

Daniel Bryan fought hard for his dreams in real-life, and as a result, he was rewarded in the end

We all know what happened, but it is important to understand the struggle behind achieving something huge.

Daniel Bryan retired and became the new SmackDown Live General Manager. He could have let things be as they were, after all, who wouldn't want to get paid as the General Manager of a weekly WWE show?

But Daniel Bryan loves to wrestle, and even as General Manager, his ultimate desire was to achieve the impossible by fighting for his dreams, so that those dreams could fight for him.

Social media had a lot of speculation: Will Daniel Bryan wrestle for independent promotions after his WWE contract expires? Will Daniel Bryan be cleared to wrestle at some point?

While those speculations kept pointing to the fact that an in-ring return was highly unlikely, things progressed, and Daniel Bryan fought even harder. Eventually, he was cleared for an in-ring return in an unexpected turn of events.

It was hard to fathom what had just happened, because the announcement itself was so sudden. Nevertheless, it is great to see the NEW Daniel Bryan headline SmackDown Live in a contrasting manner when compared to his original gimmick as everyone's favourite 'YES' Man.