Is there a civil war raging right now inside the WWE offices?

Political gossip is rife in pro-wrestling, and not always worth much in practice. But right now, there are some truly tantalizing whispers emanating from WWE HQ, suggesting that the real drama for this year's WrestleMania could be the ongoing vendetta between Triple H's team and TKO supreme Ari Emanuel. Indeed, around the same time WWE champion CM Punk was firing scripted pot-shots at the TKO leadership in his latest promo on "Raw," Uncrowned was hearing rumblings that the segment might reflect the genuine frustrations of the WWE leadership who are losing patience with Emanuel's interference in their WrestleMania plans.

The charge essentially goes like this: For three years running, TKO's all-powerful chief executive has essentially grabbed the steering wheel during 'Mania season, insisting on putting specific A-listers front and center. Three years ago, it was The Rock; last year it was Travis Scott; and this year it's the former NFL star turned WWE commentator Pat McAfee, who has just been thrust into the storyline involving the WWE Undisputed title . Without wanting to veer into wild speculation, it certainly has the ring of truth to it.

For all his latter day interest in WWE and UFC, Emanuel remains a Hollywood agent to his core, and someone who values fame more than anyone on earth not named Donald Trump. The fact that his leadership has seen WWE double down on celebrity involvement is no secret. Celeb cameos are one thing.

But the frustration in Stamford actually runs much deeper than that. The accusation isn't just that Emanuel wants to bring celebrities into the creative process, but that he's prepared to tear everything apart to achieve that. This has happened three times, they say.