Two-time WWE champion CM Punk is on his way to championship gold again. And this time, he made a memorable stop in Vienna, facing the locals’ beloved Gunther. Although the veteran lost the steel cage match against the reigning World Heavyweight Champion,

Now that the WrestleMania 41 plans have fully leaned into the massive showdown featuring CM Punk, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, this era of superb WWE storytelling can pull on a hanging thread that continues to float there.

CM Punk will fulfill his lifelong dream of headlining WrestleMania, but not through merit—rather, as a gift from “The Tribal Chief.”