So I came here for the Reigns story, saw that it's from DWN so I'm already hesitant on it.
However, reading through these replies I see that it's not believable Vince would be behind AJ, why? To me, they've(he's) been trying to make Styles look as good as they can without giving him the strap.
- Highlight of the Rumble match
- Put in a lengthy program with Chris Jericho. Regardless of what you think of Chris, he is used and viewed as one of the best in that company.
- Yes, he lost at WrestleMania. However, he beat Chris the next night on Raw, the most hyped one of the entire year, to become the #1 Contender for the World title.
- At Payback, they gave him 2 wins. Were they clean? No. But like I said before, they're trying to make him look as good as they can without putting the title on him. They could've easily just had Roman beat Styles that night. "Oh man, Roman Reigns secures a win here against AJ Styles to cement his championship reign." No, they actually tried to make AJ look like a real threat to Roman's title when they really didn't have to.
- 2 month long World title feud.
- Immediately after his world title feud he's now in a program with the biggest star in the company(which he already has a win over)
He's done all this in only 7 months so I don't see it being ridiculous to say Vince is behind him.