WWE: What If CM Punk and Stephanie McMahon Were Secret Lovers Bound by Business?

For storyline purposes, of course.

The HHH, CM Punk and Kevin Nash storyline has fizzled out so much in recent weeks that a stunning revelation like this would not only shake things up, but actually make sense in the context of the current storyline.

It would be a twist of M. Night Shyamalan proportions (before his films started to work against themselves) with the expected yet unexpected twist—a paradox where the actual narrative body gets superseded for a conclusion, no matter how ingenious, because it is predicted by the audience which learns to play the role of scriptwriter.

It's a twist that WWE has shied away from, the kind that would instigate water cooler talk to the extent that there would be a drought in offices around the country, and jugs of water would have to be special delivered.

Most of all, if it were to happen, it would actually make sense contextually, in almost a warped and ironic way. The characters would replace each other's roles in impressive symmetrical fashion; it would be Shakespearean—and how apropos in that wrestling is in many ways a live stage play for thousands in the arena and millions at home.

The first character to be affected by such a twist is Triple H. He is now the establishment, contradicting his once insurgent persona, who was the degenerate, careless up-and-comer who defied authority for the sake of change.

His right-hand man is Kevin Nash, a similarly bipolar figure who once pioneered a new era in wrestling with the NWO, a group that bullied and pushed aside the status-quo. Sound familiar?

And then there is CM Punk, the articulate avenger for change, who has no fear when it comes to opposing corporate fixtures, previously represented by Vince McMahon, and now Triple H.

His lack of restraint is so pronounced that he's overstepped an unwritten boundary, ridiculing the wife of the figure-head he opposes. Quite frankly, it's the main reason for the Triple H-CM Punk match at Night of Champions.

But where has the recipient of CM Punk's verbal onslaught been during this whole mess since SummerSlam?

Stephanie McMahon is conspicuous by her absence; you'd think she'd further egg her husband on to destroy the man who "sullied" her honor, yet there is nary a whisper about her. Perhaps Punk never slandered her name at all, despite protestations to the contrary by her husband, but more on that later.

This is a woman whose onscreen character compelled her to jettison the boring conformist (Test) for the leather-clad rebel (albeit after some non-consensual coercion), setting off the McMahon-Helmsley empire which took the then-WWF by storm in 2000.

In addition, her character brims with business sense, always there to sponsor the the next hot ticket, like she did when taking the helm of ECW in 2001.

CM Punk is not just merely a rebellious character, or even just a sympathetic one, who has been relentless in pushing forward despite running an uphill battle against Kevin Nash and Triple H. What Punk has to offer, more than anything else, is business growth; he is worth investing time and capital in by someone, such as Stephanie, who would be inclined to do so.

Moreover, Punk's barbs about Stephanie may be insulting from Triple H's standpoint, but they are sneakily complimentary of her. Wouldn't it be flattering to be referred to as the sole influential force on the WWE Board of Directors, or be described as the one with all the power (even to the detriment of her husband)?

Surely, everyone knows Stephanie is the heir to Vince's fortune, as she is known to already function in a like capacity behind the scenes.

What's to stop the "Billionaire Princess" from aligning herself with and backing CM Punk, even going so far as to find herself in a scandalous tryst with the renowned divas man, for the sake of what is soon to be her company very soon, as her father, Vince McMahon begins to ride into the sunset?