While there's been some controversy surrounding the changes WWE has made to Keith Lee since he was moved to the main roster (his entrance theme and ring gear, for example), there's no denying that the former NXT Champion is receiving a significant push from WWE, hence why he took out Randy Orton with relative ease at Payback.
During last night's RAW, Lee picked up another noteworthy win, and Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT is now reporting that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon tasked Orton with making Lee look like a star.
"Imagine how high Vince has to be on someone to have Randy Orton put them over clean as a whistle," their source states. "Orton, doing the best work of his career, wants to help create that next generation of stars. He gets it." It was added that McMahon plans to "push Lee to the moon" moving forward and felt The Viper was the right person to do that.
Despite Orton being pushed as a top star on Monday night, he's reportedly made it clear that he wants to put NXT stars like Adam Cole and Tomasso Ciampa over. Now, it seems as if he's finally getting the chance to do that.
We'll keep you guys updated.