There was indeed talk among WWE talent that CM Punk might return. They were told this this during Friday’s creative meeting, they didn’t know for sure until Monday afternoon. Wrestling Observer explains that was reason for the confusion. There was no plans to include Punk in the script but the crowd was fired up & the Paul Heyman open was added at the very last minute. The felling was that if they addressed it right at the beginning the crowd would settle down.
We were shocked – shocked, we say – when CM Punk seemingly snapped on Raw 1,000 and GTS-ed The Rock into a catatonic state after The Great One interfered following Punk’s WWE Title Match against John Cena to close the show. The Second City Saint left without another word as boos rained down upon him for the first time since the “pipe bomb,” with Rock splayed in ruin across the canvas and a thousand questions echoing in the WWE Universe’s collective mind. Elsewhere, Cena found himself on the wrong side of history, and Raw got itself the unlikeliest of General Managers by appointment of Mr. McMahon himself. Here are five things to look out for on Raw 1,001.
AJ proposed to CM Punk; Daniel Bryan countered by proposing to AJ and the Anonymous Raw GM returned
Sheamus def. Jack Swagger; Alberto Del Rio taunted Sheamus from the TitanTron
Santino Marella began an investigation to determine the identity of the Anonymous Raw GM
Brodus Clay def. Drew McIntyre
John Cena & Kane vs. Big Show & Chris Jericho ended in a No Contest
The Rock revealed he would appear at Raw’s 1,000th episode
Jerry Lawler def. Michael Cole; Santino exposed the Anonymous Raw GM
The Anonymous GM’s final main event unfolded in typically dramatic fashion, as WWE
Champion CM Punk teamed with AJ to face Daniel Bryan and Eve. The contest began with another thrilling back-and-forth between Bryan and Punk until the Divas tagged in and AJ managed the upper hand after some vicious offense by Eve.
But with the match in the balance, Bryan, in an apparent declaration of love for AJ, refused to let Eve tag him in and allowed The Geek Goddess to secure the roll-up and the victory. The “Yes!” man reiterated his proposal from earlier in the night and offered to elope with AJ then and there. Punk grabbed the mic and declared that he refused to lie to AJ in order to claim her favor as guest referee, and that he wouldn’t be marrying her in hopes of keeping his title.
The noble declaration from The Second City Saint went seemingly unappreciated, as AJ laid a wicked slap across the face of the champion. Bryan grinned and spread his arms imploring AJ to “come home,” and AJ, seemingly distraught, staggered towards Bryan’s embrace … and slapped him as well, screaming “YES!” and leaving both champion and challenger wounded and befuddled for the second time in as many weeks.
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