as I said earlier, DX probably wouldnt have existed if not for that moment and I'm sure Vince had to do taht begrudingly. HHH wielded a lot of power at that point amongst that crew and was still best friends with the champ at that point. It was like when Daniel Bryan had to get fired for the Nexus debut but his buzz was so high at that point, it was just a matter of biding his time.