Triple H to add huge stipulation to CM Punk & AJ Lee vs. Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch? Potential explored

Following WWE icon AJ Lee's highly anticipated blockbuster return to WWE earlier this month, she is set to team up with CM Punk to face Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch in perhaps the biggest mixed tag team match in WWE history at Wrestlepalooza.

The two duos are arguably the two greatest wrestling couples ever, but in addition to glory, there will be a lot else on the line: respect, legacy, and love and hate in the Indianapolis air.

However, given Seth Rollins's status as the World Heavyweight Champion and Becky Lynch's status as the Women's Intercontinental Champion, what if there is some gold on the line as well? It is a question that has been speculated upon a ton over the past few days by fans all over the internet.

With CM Punk and now AJ Lee's obvious title aspirations, such a stipulation, or at least a demand for it by the babyfaces, does seem quite logical. However, it is quite unlikely for Triple H to make that happen because it does not make sense from a booking standpoint. Why?

Well, it is highly unlikely that Lynch and Rollins go over at Wrestlepalooza. In all probability, AJ Lee will mark her triumphant in-ring return this weekend in Indianapolis with her husband, CM Punk, right by her side.

Having the titles on the line would have to mean either Lee and Punk losing at Wrestlepalooza, or the titles switching hands at the show in a mixed tag team match, which is even less likely considering some fundamentals of wrestling storytelling.

Wrestlepalooza is likely to finally build to the blowoff between Seth Rollins and CM Punk, a rivalry that has gone on for years. It obviously won't culminate in a mixed tag team match, with the mixed tag feud being light-hearted and super fun in tone, as opposed to the larger Punk-Rollins conflict.

Rather, it will also help lay the seeds for a proper Becky Lynch-AJ Lee singles feud to mark the latter's first serious and singles feud in over a decade. For now, the stakes don't need to be any higher: tonight's RAW will see all four parties in the same ring for the first time, and whatever the tone may be, fans can expect something brilliant.

WWE could instead choose to add a different stipulation, also with massive title implications, for CM Punk & AJ Lee vs Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch at Wrestlepalooza

The more logical road, both in kayfabe and non-kayfabe sense, would be for tonight's segment to establish that if CM Punk and AJ Lee win at Wrestlepalooza, both would get title shots at Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, respectively.

This would completely resolve the conundrum WWE may face if they make CM Punk and AJ Lee vs Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch a "Winner Takes All" match; it doesn't book them into a corner, but rather allows them to protect all sides, given that that is the likely direction for all men, women, and titles involved anyway.

Following Wrestlepalooza, we could revert to serious and personal singles feuds, with WWE's biggest prizes on the line. In any case, pinning a champion, in principle, traditionally guarantees a title shot, and Punk is owed a one-on-one rematch anyway.

The added stipulation would mean that BOTH CM and AJ get title shots, and if Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch do not accept this challenge, then CM Punk and AJ Lee may extend, then Adam Pearce can always be the man who ruins the party and makes it official.

Edited by Tathya Sachdev