Dean stood backstage with Sami as he drew his number for the Royal Rumble. Sami was returning to the main roster after getting injured. Shane McMahon had called him up to take part in the Royal Rumble and be a part of the main roster.

"How are you doing Dean?" Dusty asked as Sami pulled a number from the hopper.

"Good though I wish that I was competing tonight. Dr. Andrews laughed when I even tried to ask."

"Dean you broke your ankle four times in 2014. I don't know how you're cleared to walk," Shane said as he made a note of Sami's number.

"True," Dean said with a sigh. He had no idea how he had possibly broken his ankle that many times but apparently, he had bad luck in the ring from what people had told him. "I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through the NXT roster."

"Hey we're always glad to have you if you ever decide to work in production." Shane said. "Hey Roman," Shane said.

Dean looked up to see Roman Reigns standing there looking at Dean with a shocked expression. Somehow Dean hadn't run into Seth or Roman any of the times he was on the road with the main roster. He had been told Seth had gone back to Ring of Honor and Roman had taken some time off to be with his wife and daughter. He guessed Roman was now back on the main roster.

"I'll come back," Roman said and started to leave the room.

"Wait Roman," Dean started to say.

"No I gotta go," he said and left the room.

Dean shook his head. He remembered at the end of 2013 how he and Roman argued all the time. He never really thought that would come between them. They argued but it was forgotten. They were too much alike. They were looking for the same goals, and they both were stubborn. He supposed with the amount of times he had broken his ankle; he really was the weakest link of the Shield.

"I better get ready," Sami said and walked out of the room. Dean followed him.

"Dean!" a voice called.

Dean turned around to see someone he didn't know had been signed by WWE, much less knew who he was. Sure, he had been in TNA for one night but he never met AJ Styles. "Hi, AJ, right?"

"Yeah," AJ said looking confused. "I guess we didn't really talk that much. I just was surprised to see you here. Wendy…"

"AJ!" Roman called coming up to them. "I need to talk to you about something," he said and pulled AJ away from Dean.

"It was good seeing you Dean," AJ called as he and Roman walked away.

He started to see why he probably would have stopped being friends with Roman. Who did that?

DDD

Notes: Sorry for the short chapters. I'm just showing how things are. I haven't decided on who wins Royal Rumble 2016 yet in this fic since Hunter's gone. Seth's currently back in ROH or is he back in WWE? Still working on the plot of this fic.