WWE making a big mistake with CM Punk; wrestling veteran blasts title plans ahead of SummerSlam (Exclusive)

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo does not support CM Punk winning the World Heavyweight Championship. The star has a huge match against the champion, Gunther, at SummerSlam.

Punk was charged this week on RAW, just two weeks ahead of his SummerSlam clash against Gunther. He delivered a promo about how he's been preparing for a vicious competitor like The Ring General all his life. The World Heavyweight Champion interrupted the promo, and the two stars exchanged some verbal jabs at each other.

During this week's episode of Legion of RAW, Vince Russo felt putting the title on Punk wouldn't help the company. He agreed that hardcore fans might enjoy The Best in the World as the champion, but it wouldn't help elevate other talent in the company. The veteran writer pointed out that it was high time WWE pushed some of the younger stars to the top.

"I don't think a belt on CM Punk does anything. Again, man, they're marks for Punk. They're gonna sing along with Punk whether he has a belt or not. They've got to start elevating other people in this company. Everybody is in the 42-43-year-old-plus club, and we got to start handing this thing over, man." [From 16:07 onwards]

CM Punk and Gunther have never faced each other in singles combat. It will be interesting to see how the highly anticipated clash goes down at SummerSlam.

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