Him winning the IC title was essentially a de-push after SS lol. He climbed higher than he had in WWE at SS, then they quickly knocked him back down to where they feel he 'belongs'
as many a person has mentioned, Dolph was just keeping the seat warm for Reigns. That was obviously meant to be him at SS
I completely agree here.
Him regaining the IC title was a de-push, indeed. I feel like that 'push' he got at SS, it was all kinda to lure him into signing a new contract with them.
Had Reigns been in that Team Cena vs Team Authority match, DZ would've been eliminated in a shitty way like Henry did, I assume.