In the 999th episode of Monday Night Raw, there were some surprises but overall, the WWE delivered and set up a great 1000th episode celebration for next week.
The show started off with WWE Champion CM Punk, fresh off his victory over Daniel Bryan at MITB, in the middle of the ring talking about how much he loved Vegas. The Big Show interrupted Punk and came down and the two went back and forth on the mic's. A non-title match was set up before between Punk and Show for later on that night. Show stated he would knock Punk out, allowing Cena to cash in the MITB briefcase.
Next we had a WWE Tag Team Championship match between R Truth and Kofi Kingston (Champions) vs. Primetime Players.
This was an ok match with A.W. causing a distraction allowing Truth and Kingston to retain the belts.
We had a squash match between Alberto Del Rio and Zack Ryder. Del Rio beat the hell out of Ryder until Rey Mysterio came running in and giving Del Rio the 619. The crowd went wild for the return of Mysterio. From the looks of things, we will see a match between Mysterio and Del Rio, most likely at Summerslam.
Heath Slater then came out to cut a promo, basically requesting that a Raw legend come out and beat the hell out of him. Sure enough Rikishi came out and destroyed Slater, getting the win in quick fashion.
Next was a match between AJ and Daniel Bryan vs Eve and The Miz.
This match was not that great but what followed was great. Daniel Bryan confessed his love for AJ and got on one knee and proposed to AJ. He pulled out a ring and slid it on AJ's finger, basically not taking "no" for an answer. Well it worked out because she said yes! The two stood in the middle of the ring, chanting "yes!"
It was announced that AJ and Bryan will be getting married on the 1000th episode of Raw next week.
Jack Swagger was in the ring waiting for his next opponent, Ryback. Ryback came out and was attacked as soon as he entered the ring by Swagger. The match never started as the referee sat back and watched Swagger pound on Ryback. Ryback gathered the strength and powered up to beat the hell out of Swagger. For Ryback this was a tougher test than murdering jobbers on a weekly basis.
Dolph Ziggler was in the ring talking himself up when Jericho interrupted him. Ziggler ripped on Jericho until Jericho delivered the Code Breaker.
Next was another squash match between Brodus Clay and JTG. Clay won the match, that's about it.
The final match of the night was between CM Punk and Big Show. This was the best show of the night by a lot. Punk was delivering some solid offense until Big Show was DQ'd for attacking the referee. Show continued to deliver a beat down to the champ. John Cena then ran out with the briefcase. He climbed in the ring and began to make his big announcement. Show cut him off but Cena announced that he will be cashing in the briefcase next week, giving Punk a week to prepare for the match. Cena then blasted the Big Show in the head with the briefcase. The show ended with Punk and Cena holding up the title belt and briefcase respectively.
Overall, this was a great show leading up to the massive 1000th episode next week. I am a huge fan of CM Punk so I am curious to see how next week plays out. I love AJ and it is only fitting that she is back with Bryan, hopefully making them a powerful heel team.
Later this week, we will be previewing the highly anticipated Raw 1000 episode next week.
We will also recap the TNA Impact episode later as well.
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