World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk cut a scathing promo, akin to that of his “pipe bomb” of old, to open “WWE Raw” on Monday, and he didn’t just address his WrestleMania 42 feud with Roman Reigns. Punk lit into WWE’s parent company, TKO, for its high ticket prices, as well as Pat McAfee, who was recently revealed to be Randy Orton’s mystery ally, going as far as to call him Pat “MAGA-fee.” WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray explained on “Busted Open Radio” that Punk’s promo on Monday helps the McAfee storyline, as it’s already brought out the best promos in both Punk, as well as Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

“If I’m hearing CM Punk, who is the ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ talking about Pat McAfee and how much he hates him, that’s very Pavlovian for wrestling fans,” Bully Ray explained. “‘Well, if Punk hates him, I hate him, too.’ I think the entire company needs to jump on board with this. You want this to really work? Then the entire company across the board should be hating on Pat McAfee. I would have started a Twitter campaign: ‘F*** You Pat McAfee.'”

Before Punk’s segment on Monday, Rhodes cut a promo of his own on “WWE SmackDown” following the reveal that it was McAfee who had been the voice in Orton’s head during his backstage phone calls. The “American Nightmare’s” promo was reportedly not on the initial rundown for the show. Reports indicated that Rhodes voiced his real thoughts on TKO CEO Ari Emanual reportedly booking McAfee into the storyline.

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Though he still answers to Nick Khan, Ari Emanuel, and the rest of TKO, Triple H is essentially at the top of the food chain in WWE, running the day to day creative of the promotion as its chief content officer. But it took a long time for him to get the point, as evident by a new report this week regarding WWE’s Shareholder lawsuit, which revealed that Triple H was constantly looking over his shoulder at his father-in-law, Vince McMahon, WWE’s former chairman who remained involved in WWE creative after returning from his retirement and up till he resigned due to Janel Grant’s lawsuit against him.

As a result of that, many consider WrestleMania 40 two years ago to be the first WrestleMania where Triple H was firmly in charge of WWE’s creative direction. Sitting down with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes for “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” Triple H was asked if he felt that way. Eventually, he seemed to indicate that was in fact the case, though he also suggested there was never a firm time that he ever felt like he was totally in charge of WWE.

“There was…and again, this is where I’m terrible with times, it’s not like one day ‘Here, it’s yours’ and everything else went away, right?” Triple H said. “There were so many aspects to that of…you know ‘Hey, Vince is stepping away. You’re going to take this spot.’ 

“But he’s chiming in and he’s still meeting with me all the time, and he’s still directing traffic from the side. There’s no real…no real clear moment for me [for when I took over]. But I would consider it that, yes.”

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Jericho’s Double or Nothing title loss would need to be due to interference from Bill and Keith gone awry, in storyline, possibly the stars missing their chance to break up a pin. On the “Dynamite” following the event, Jericho would lose his mind, with Bill laying him out as Keith looked on stunned for a moment, before joining in on the beat down.

Keith would obviously side with Bill after everything Jericho had put them through, or hadn’t put them through, as they would realize they were in no better position than they were when they joined him. Booking the feud would be interesting, as a triple threat match between the now-former stable wouldn’t make too much sense. Keith and Bill would have to agree to face Jericho one after the other, with Keith going first.

Jericho and Keith could have their first singles match on “Dynamite,” followed by a PPV match at All In Texas in July, where Jericho would put Keith over in his home state. The big feud-ending match would take place against Big Bill at All Out: Toronto in September, where Bill would emerge triumphant against his former mentor. Between May and September, Jericho could take a few weeks off TV here and there, remerging to attack his former stable and re-ignite the feud.

After All Out, Jericho would still take the time off he desperately needed to, in the eyes of the fans, but it would perhaps put him in a better position upon his comeback, since he actually put over Keith and Bill. He would be off TV through the new year, in that case, and could either return at Revolution, with six months off TV at the time of his return, or even a full eight if he was brought back at Double or Nothing.