Just look at that face. This is the face of a man who would screwed out of the Royal Rumble match, being attacked by Erick Rowan and had his spot in the match STOLEN.
FACTS:
Curtis Axel was never eliminated, Roman Reigns went over the top rope, therefore Axel actually won the match.
A Axel victory would have been better received than the Reigns victory.
He was a Paul Heyman guy... Brock Lesnar is a Paul Heyman guy... the story practically writes itself.
Axel frequently appears on NXT I believe, and NXT is the flagship show of the company right now, therefore he is a bigger star than than Roman Reigns, who has not appeared on NXT in years.
Give the people what they want, and immediately enter this man in the match for the WWE Title at Wrestlemania.