2nd title holder - DANIEL BRYAN

The cinderella story of Daniel Bryan began at summerslam 2013 when he defeated John cena to become the new WWE champion. But that moment was short lived as Randy orton cashed in his Money in the bank after Bryan received a pedigree from Triple H who was the referee for his championship bout.

Bryan was screwed out from the title in a number of occasions from thereon until the Yes movement came into full force when bryan was not added in the Royal Rumble. After screwing him from the title in the Elimination chamber match by Corporate Kane, Yes movement took it into the social media and went against the WWE.

 WWE had no choice as to let Bryan in the main event. So Bryan went against HHH early on in the night of Wrestlemania (where the winner of the match would be added to the main event later on) and defeated Randy orton  and Batista to become the new WWE champion (beating ¾ of the members of Evolution on the same night). Later on that week he married his on and off screen girlfriend Brie Bella.

The night after Wrestlemania, The Authority made a match between Bryan and HHH for the WWE world heavyweight championship, but Orton , Batista and Kane attacked Bryan before the match even started. When HHH came down for picking the bones, the SHEILD appeared and attacked the Authority. The match never happened. JBL quoted "the fairytale continues..."

But things went downhill for Bryan as his father passed away a few days later. Then bryan had to defend his WWE world heavyweight championship against Kane in a  Extreme rules match at Extreme Rules ppv which Bryan successfully won but resulting a neck injury. As a result Bryan had to undergo 2 neck surgeries and was out Indefinetely. Stephanie gave an ultimatum to Bryan as he had to forfeit the title or his wife would be fired but Brie quit the WWE and later Bryan was stripped of the title.

Title reign                                               : 64 days

Persona                                                  : Baby face

Number of title defences                         : 1

Opponents beat                                     : Kane

Number of opponents faced                  : 1

Speciality type matches                         :Extreme rules match