Yeah, trust me, I'm not defending the pushes of Triple H, I'm just saying it's not fair to attribute it to his relationship with Stephanie. Even when he was in the doghouse after the Curtain Call, he was the IC Champ or chasing the IC Title. Quite the burial there.
Vince loves the dude, plain and simple. He made good friends and has the owner of the company as one of his biggest fans. That's it right there. Banging the bosses daughter was just the icing on the cake...literally?