During the most recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed Damian Priest's push:

"He’s gonna be protected for sure until Wrestlemania and probably after. Plus, they like him. They see him as that Latin American star that they haven’t had, even though they have one, but the other one. The new young one, because he’s what, 38 (sarcasm). But they’ve been looking for that new Latin star ever since Alberto Del Rio left, and they’ve got a tall guy and he talks really well, and he moves really well, and he’s not bad in the ring, he’s good in the ring."