Real Reason Behind CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes Feud Revealed

TLDR

According to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE originally planned for Randy Orton to beat Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 42, but changed the outcome when Pat McAfee asked to end his run and remove himself from the angle. The company then decided to build toward CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship as a future big match, which led to their tense exchange on the April 20 RAW episode where Punk discussed his loss to Roman Reigns and Cody told him "just say when."