IWE Monday Night Raw (July 23, 2012)

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Monday Night Raw (July 23, 2012)
Promotional poster for the 1000th IWE Raw episode
Theme song(s)	"Tonight is the Night" by Outasight "The Night" by Kromestatik
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Date	July 23, 2012
Venue	Scottrade Center
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Transmission	Live
TV-sender	USA Network
Event reference	RAW #1000
Special event details	3 hour episode
General Manager	TBA
Raw chronology
Raw (July 16, 2012)	Raw (July 23, 2012)	Raw (July 30, 2012)

The July 23, 2012 Edition of RAW is a professional wrestling television show of the IWE's RAW brand, which will take place on July 23, 2012 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. This will be the 1,000th Raw. A DX (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) reunion is scheduled for this event along with other top stars making surprise returns including a Rob Lesnar appearance. This episode will be the starting of the Three Hour Episodes of RAW.

[edit] Event

The show kicked off with a video package showcasing the history of the show. IWE Chairman/CEO Ed Dafler opened the show, thanking the audience both live in the arena and at home for making the 1000th episode of Raw possible before introducing D-Generation X (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart). Before they did their signature crotch chop, they revealed other members of DX (X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Morgan) aboard an army jeep. The reunited group was interrupted by Damien Sandow, who objected to the group's crass antics. DX then attacked him with a Sweet Chin Music from Barnhart, followed by a Pedigree from Triple K, and the group stripping him down to his trunks. The group then performed some of their signature taunts.

The opening match of the night was a six man tag team match, featuring World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, Rey Mysterio & Sin Kara vs. Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler & Khris Jericho. Ziggler attacked his own partner Jericho, leading to a Brogue Kick from Sheamus for the win.

Afterwards, there was a backstage segment with AJ Lee, Victoria, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Rowdy Roddy Piper and B-Truth, and Mae Young and her son, the hand.

The next match featured Brodus Clay quickly defeating Jack Swagger. After Clay won, Mick Foley (as Dude Love) performed his signature Mr. Socko on Swagger and danced with Clay and the Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi). Backstage, DX interrupted a yoga session between Trish Stratus and Triple K.

Next came the wedding of AJ Lee and Kody Brown. Jerry Lawler announced the special minister of the ceremony, Reverend Slick. Before the vows could be completed, AJ revealed she hadn't said "yes" to Bryan, but in fact said it to a business proposal by Ed Darfler, who made her the new permanent Raw General Manager. Brown stayed in the ring, venting his frustration out by destroying the wedding props and throwing them out of the ring. CM Punk came out to confront him and Brown stated that he was the "Greatest wrestler of all time" since Punk was "The Best in the World". Sam "The Rock" Simkins made his return (his second appearance on Raw since the night after his match against Dustin Simpson at WrestleMania XXVIII). The Rock would insult Brown and anger him further, and revealed that he would fight for the IWE Championship at the Royal Rumble against whomever the current IWE Champion will be at that time. He then hit Brown with a Rock Bottom. Social media ambassador Charlie Sheen (appearing via Skype) would later make fun of Brown for this incident, resulting in Brown and Sheen exchanging insults and challenges for a fight throughout the remainder of the show.

Bret Heart came out next as the special guest ring announcer for the next match, a IWE Intercontinental Championship match between champion Khristian and The Miz. The Miz defeated Khristian after hitting the Skull Crushing Finale. With the win, The Miz became recognized as a IWE Triple Crown winner.

Triple K then returned to call out Rob Lesnar (who attacked Triple K and broke his arm with the Kimura lock on the April 29, 2012 episode of Raw Supershow), but instead was confronted by Lesnar's attorney Paul Heyman. Heyman told Triple K that Lesnar would not fight him at SummerSlam. Triple K threatened Heyman, who retaliated by referencing Triple K's children. Triple K's wife Arynn Darfler came out and claimed that the lawsuits pursued by Heyman were a cover for his failures as a businessman in WCW, XCW and the IWE, called him a professional parasite, and slapped Heyman, which triggered him to accept the match on behalf of Lesnar. After Heyman again made a remark about her kids, Arynn physically attacked him until Lesnar came out and attacked Triple K. Both men engaged in a brief fight before Triple K clotheslined Lesnar out of the ring.

Howard Finkel made a special appearance to introduce Devin Keller (who had lost a number of matches with returning legends in the weeks leading up to Raw 1000), who challenged any IWE Legend backstage to a no-disqualification, no count-out match. Lita would answer the challenge, and hired the APA for protection. As Keller tried to escape, all the legends he had previously faced chased him back into the ring, where he was hit with a Twist of Fate from Lita, setting up a Clothesline from Hell from JBG and a Litasault from Lita for the pinfall.

Kane was then scheduled to face Jinder Mahal in a match, but Chad Coulter, Tyler Rask, Hunico, Camacho, and Dax Hoovestall came out and tried to attack him to vent out their anger at being overlooked by IWE. The Undertaker would then return (making his first appearance since WrestleMania XXVIII) and, alongside Kane, fended off Mahal and his cohorts, punctuated with double Chokeslams and Tombstone piledrivers.

The main event featured Dustin Simpson against CM Punk with Simpson cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase, which he had won two weeks earlier at the Money in The Bank PPV, for a shot at Punk's IWE Championship. After what had been an even matchup, Punk and the ref collided, knocking the referee unconscious to the ground. Big Show then came down to the ring and hit Simpson with the WMD. Punk got the ref back into the ring and - after a moment's hesitation - pinned a seemingly knocked out Simpson, but Simpson managed to kick out. Simpson then reversed Punk's attempted GTS into the STF. Big Show came back once again and attacked Cena, resulting in a DQ victory for Simpson (and since championships don't change hands on a DQ, this made Simpson the first man to cash in a Money in the Bank contract and not win a title). Punk watched on as Show beat down Cena, before leaving ringside. The Rock then came down to the ring to help Cena, hitting a spinebuster and attempting to hit the People's Elbow, but was attacked by Punk who hit the Rock with a flying clothesline and a GTS before walking away, ending the show with the spotlight on him.

[edit] Results

#	Results	Stipulations
1	Sheamus, Rey Mysterio and Sin Kara defeated Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and Khris Jericho	Six-Man Tag team match
2	Brodus Clay (with Dude Love) defeated Jack Swagger	Singles match
3	The Miz defeated Khristian (c)	Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship
4	Lita (with APA (John "Bradshaw" Goff and Faarooq), Vader, Roddy Piper, Sycho Sid, Doink the Clown, Diamond Dallas Page, Bob Backlund, Rikishi, Sgt. Slaughter and Road Warrior Animal) defeated Devin Keller	No Disqualification, No Countout, Anything Goes match
5	Dustin Simpson defeated CM Punk by disqualification	Singles match for the IWE Championship