WWE Rumors: Buying or Selling Buzz on Brock Lesnar, Jason Jordan and More

With summer approaching, the biggest question in the WWE Universe is when reigning universal champion Brock Lesnar will next defend his title. 

That topic was at the forefront of this week's WWE rumor mill, but not the only one.

It has been quite some time since Jason Jordan has competed inside the squared circle. If this week's speculation is any indication, that hiatus is about to come to an end.

What else was on the lips and at the fingertips of rumor mongers across the internet this week?

Brock Lesnar's Next Championship Defense

Randall Ortman of Cageside Seats reports Brock Lesnar's return to the squared circle is likely for SummerSlam as part of that August 19 main event.

Lesnar has not competed since the Greatest Royal Rumble on April 27, when he defeated Roman Reigns to retain the Universal Championship in controversial fashion.

Buy or Sell?

Buy. Like it or not, Lesnar is a special attraction. He pops up for the most significant shows, defends his title and lends star power to events. It is what he does best at this point in his career, and WWE Creative recognizes that.

Since SummerSlam is the second-biggest event of the WWE calendar, it makes sense the promotion would want Lesnar to be a major part of the show, both from a creative and marketing standpoint. A third match with Reigns or a title defense against someone like Braun Strowman or Seth Rollins would do wonders to boost a show that is likely to be stacked anyway.

It could also serve as the final appearance of Lesnar on a WWE show, for the time being, depending on the terms of his new contract. 

Jason Jordan's Return to the Squared Circle

Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com reported on the status of Jason Jordan, the storyline son of general manager Kurt Angle, who has been missing in action since a neck injury sidelined him prior to WrestleMania.

"Although he did not appear on last night's episode of Monday Night Raw, Jason Jordan was backstage at the Nassau Coliseum [in Uniondale, New York] and will be returning imminently to the road for WWE. Last night was the first time Jordan had been at a WWE event since undergoing neck surgery in early February."

Jordan was last seen teaming with Seth Rollins as half of the Raw tag team champions.

Buy or Sell?

Buy. From a creative perspective, Jordan was a ridiculous disappointment. He does not possess the raw charisma necessary to succeed in the role of Angle's illegitimate son. While he is a strong in-ring worker, his abilities were not enough to earn him a pass from fans who saw right through WWE's attempt to shove him down their collective throat.

Jordan returning to the ring will bolster the Monday night roster and set up some intriguing matchups, but he desperately needs a change in character if he is ever to succeed at the level that management clearly hopes he will.

Maybe revealing that all of the paperwork and sleuthing that went into the revelation of him as Angle's son was fake in order to earn him better opportunities and be the right direction to head.

Either way, there is a real ceiling to his level of success as long as that remains the heart of his character.

A Tag Team Money in the Bank Match?

According to Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Cageside Seats), there is still talk within WWE of a Money in the Bank Ladder tag team match at the June 17 pay-per-view event.

There has not been a formal announcement by WWE, nor has there been a single qualifying match announced to this point.

Buy or Sell?

Sell. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. While the recent quality of tag teams in WWE is at a high and they could almost certainly tear the house down in a ladder match, three ladder matches are too much to digest. It also leads to the real possibility that repetition would ruin the overall quality of the pay-per-view and descend it into mediocrity.

That would be a major blow to fans, for whom Money in the Bank has become one of the most popular events of the calendar year.

The gimmick of the guaranteed title opportunity and the impending cash-in would also be too far watered down to be effective.