4 Signs That Seth Rollins Is Vince McMahon's New Hand-Picked Star

3 - Royal Rumble Victory

Usually a good indicator that a superstar is in Vince McMahon's good graces is a Royal Rumble win en route to winning a title at WrestleMania.

Going into this past January's Royal Rumble, Seth Rollins was listed as a heavy favorite, and the odds-makers ended up being correct about the result of the annual 30-man match. Of course, this led to his Universal Title match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.

Due to the fact that the women had the hottest angle in the company at the time, Lesnar and Rollins didn't end up main-eventing this year's WrestleMania. Instead, the match went on first, as Lesnar didn't want to wait until later in the night to defend his title.

While Rollins ended up beating Lesnar after hitting him with a low blow, the move wasn't viewed as heelish, and the ex-Shield member was thought of as a hero after finally taking the Universal Title off of "The Beast."