Last night on “WWE Raw,” World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk opened the show and dropped a shocking pipe bomb promo on Roman Reigns, Pat McAfee, The Rock, TKO, and most notably, commented on ticket prices for WrestleMania 42. Punk’s pipe bomb was in response to the now infamous segment of McAfee being revealed as Randy Orton’s mystery ally on “WWE SmackDown,” where the previous NFL kicker criticized Cody Rhodes as world champion, expressed his disliking of the present product, and mentioned the lower-than-expected ticket prices for WrestleMania. On last night’s episode, Punk stated that a receipt is coming for McAfee and called for ticket prices to be lowered, which has now been met with a response from the colour commentator on social media platform X.
“Good morning beautiful people,” McAfee began. “Last night a Punk ass b***h explained that he is just not well worth the price of admission to #WrestleMania42. WE CAN ALL AGREE WITH THAT.. it’s form of the entire thing I been sayin BUT.. I even have GREAT news. THE WRESTLING GODS have blessed us and @RandyOrton IS HERE TO SAVE YOU ALL.”
McAfee went on to list various the reason why Orton is the “GOAT,” including having probably the most profession pay-per-view matches and most “WWE Raw” matches.
For the reason that segment transpired, it has been reported that WWE CCO Triple H didn’t make the choice to involve McAfee within the storyline, but as an alternative was a request from TKO CEO and Executive Chairman Ari Emanuel, who wanted more celebrity involvement within the WrestleMania 42 feud between Rhodes and Orton. Moreover, it was said McAfee originally turned down the pitch to be inserted into the storyline, but eventually either side were capable of reach an agreement because the sports analyst was Emanuel’s primary selection for the reveal.