I don't want to get into the weeds on this; I find the dialogue around this feud becomes too divisive for my tastes. For me, speculating about whether this is all real or not is as much fun as trying to figure out who would sit on the iron throne in GoT, or what the island was in Lost, or who killed Mr. Burns in the Simpsons. Basically, I treat wrestling no differently than I do a scripted program. It's fun to speculate where things are going, and if I'm wrong I don't care, as long as I'm entertained.
If you guys want to argue about this go nuts. I'll just be listening in the shadows, making sure you all stay kind to each other. BUT before you get your claws out, give this anthology a read. It's a damn good time if you have an open-mind.