Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, SummerSlam and Latest WWE News from Ring Rust Radio

Ring Rust Radio is the best wrestling show on the airwaves, and this week was no different. With strong opinions on Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, SummerSlam and more, this is where you need to get all of your weekly WWE nuggets.

Bleacher Report featured columnists Michael Cahill, Brandon Galvin, Mike Chiari and Donald Wood give the lowdown on all things going on in the wrestling world.

Ring of Honor star Adam Cole brought his inside knowledge to all the wrestling talk. The Ring Rust Radio crew gets down to the crux of the wrestling business with the professionals.

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SummerSlam Predictions

With SummerSlam set for Sunday, the creative team did its best to tie together any loose ends on RAW and get the fans interested for the company's No. 2 pay-per-view of the year. Things heated up between CM Punk and John Cena as the latter refused a handshake from Punk, and the Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H saga continued as well with Lesnar "breaking" Shawn Michaels' arm.

Question on Everybody's Mind: How Will Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H Play Out?

The popular opinion seems to be that Lesnar is going to beat Triple H at SummerSlam due to the fact that he has already lost to Cena and needs to regain some momentum. The Ring Rust Radio panel wasn't in total agreement, however, as there was some thought that Triple H's apparent big ego might get in the way and lead to Lesnar taking the loss.

Triple H doesn't really need the win like Lesnar does, but the WWE has certainly been known for making some curious booking decisions in the past, so anything is possible, even when it comes to a match like this one that should have a predictable conclusion.

Ring Rust Radio's Take

You can never count out Triple H, but we would be fairly shocked if Lesnar doesn't win this one. Lesnar returned with a ton of fanfare on his side the night after WrestleMania, but that fizzled when he lost to Cena and subsequently disappeared for a couple months. Lesnar figures to have a big WrestleMania angle with either The Undertaker or The Rock, so he needs a big win to his credit.

Beating Triple H would constitute precisely that and would make up for the Cena loss in some respects. It seems like Punk, Big Show, Lesnar and Paul Heyman may all be intertwined in some way with John Laurinaitis as a possible ring-leader, so look for Punk and Big Show to possibly get involved in the match and help Lesnar vanquish Triple H.

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Adam Cole ROH Interview

Ring of Honor star and Television Champion Adam Cole joined the Ring Rust Radio crew for the second time this week, and his most recent appearance was even better than the first.

At just 23 years of age, Cole has already accomplished a ton and has a very bright future. He talked about everything from his incredible bloodbath of a match against Kyle O'Reilly and its similarities to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13, to his ambitions in the wrestling business.

Question on Everybody's Mind: Is Adam Cole a Future ROH World Heavyweight Champion?

While Cole is proud to be ROH Television Champion, and he should be considering his relative lack of experience in the business, he didn't hide the fact that he would love to become ROH World Heavyweight Champion in due time as well. Cole does appear to have the entire package as he is great in the ring, solid on the mic and has a look similar to that of a Shawn Michaels or John Morrison.

The vast majority of wrestlers don't accomplish as much as Cole has already over the course of an entire career, so that alone should tell you that Cole is a guy to keep an eye on moving forward.

Ring Rust Radio's Take

As long as Cole continues to put on fantastic matches and wows the crowd as he has been, there is no doubt that he will hold ROH's top prize. Cole gave Ring Rust Radio some credit for his TV title win, even if he was just humoring us, but hopefully the RRR rub proves to be true once again down the line as Cole pursues the ROH Heavyweight Championship.

It almost seems like a foregone conclusion to us that Cole will indeed be atop ROH one day, but we also believe that he can possibly make waves on a larger stage. Guys with a similar look and style to Cole have thrived in the WWE in the past, and since the WWE has been poaching many of ROH's top stars over the past couple years, Cole is very likely on the WWE's radar. As Cole said himself, though, he still has more to accomplish in ROH and wants to finish business there before thinking about anything else.

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TNA Tidbits

TNA put forth its mediocre Hardcore Justice pay-per-view on Sunday, and although there were some high points, such as the TNA Heavyweight Championship match between Austin Aries and Bobby Roode, there wasn't a lot to write home about. There were three Bound for Glory series matches worth 20 points each, but none of them felt like they truly meant anything.

Question on Everybody's Mind: Is the Bound for Glory Series Working?

The Bound for Glory series began last year and received pretty favorable reviews, but there are suddenly questions about whether or not it is working as intended. It is meant to elevate a wrestler to main-event status and give them a title shot at Bound for Glory, but there may be better ways to do that than a tournament in which everybody is beating everybody else.

The three Bound for Glory series matches at Hardcore Justice should have felt like a big deal since they counted for a massive 20 points each, but that wasn't the case. TNA can easily pull a big switch near the end of the series, so it's almost as if the 60 points that were awarded at Hardcore Justice meant absolutely nothing.

Ring Rust Radio's Take

While we have to hand it to TNA for trying to get a signature series over with the fans, Bound for Glory isn't the answer. No matter who wins, they will have lost several matches over the course of the tournament and won't appear to be a particularly strong challenger.

The better way to go about it would be to simply have a normal, King of the Ring style tournament so the winner enters his title match on a huge hot streak.

There isn't a single wrestler in the Bound for Glory series right now who looks like a bigger threat than the others, so while it may make for a surprising conclusion, it won't produce the type of result that TNA is hoping it will.

There was a terrible payoff to last year's Bound for Glory series, as Bobby Roode lost his match to Kurt Angle, and we're expecting more of the same this time around.

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