15 New Directions For WWE After WrestleMania 42

3. WWE Dropping The TKO Blame

Pat McAfee promised that he'd disappear from screens if Randy Orton failed to become WWE Champion at 'Mania 42. Furthermore, Randy blasted him with an RKO mid-match, so it looks like McAfee's run as a would-be Paul Heyman will be temporary. So much for that!

Firstly, no more creative meddling from TKO. Your execs aren’t good at it, don’t know what they’re talking about and need to back off. Secondly, WWE’s product needs to move away from the idea that they can just book clearly unwanted content then pin it on TKO as an excuse.

On Saturday, both Michael Cole and Wade Barrett talked about Pat having powerful friends at TKO when he shoved on a ref’s shirt to try and make the count during Saturday’s main event. No, stop it. Nobody cares about TKO as a plot device. This is a little too “powers that be” in WCW, and that isn't meant as a compliment.

Just...don't book that kind of crap. WWE tried to force the issue a little too much heading into WrestleMania, at least on the SmackDown side of things, and they honestly didn't need to. Being fair, the story told during the actual match itself was sweet, but all of that pre-show pain wasn't worth the hassle.

It's cool if TKO executives have ideas they'd like to pitch, but they shouldn't get to flex their muscles and push things through without any editing. To that point, WWE shouldn't get a pass for just excusing such nonsense as bigger boys doing it then running away.

Move on from this 'higher power' stuff rapid, please.