In the main event, John Cena won by disqualification in a WWE Championship match against defending champion CM Punk after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract, who proceeded to turn heel (villainous) by attacking The Rock.

[6] Raw 1000 featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE.

[7][8] On November 20, 2011, at Survivor Series, CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE Championship.

[14][15] At WrestleMania XXVIII on April 1, after AJ and Bryan shared a "good luck kiss", he was surprised by Sheamus and defeated in 18 seconds.

[18][22][23] As Bryan and Punk's feud progressed, AJ was announced as the special guest referee for their title match at Money in the Bank.

[11] Beginning on June 11, 2012, Heath Slater was involved in weekly segments where he would insult the celebration of past WWE wrestlers.

This included Vader,[28] Roddy Piper,[29] Psycho Sid,[30] Bob Backlund,[26] Rikishi,[11] and Road Warrior Animal.

[31] On July 2, Slater won his only match during this period, against Doink the Clown, but was attacked by Diamond Dallas Page afterward.

WWE chairman and chief executive officer Vince McMahon thanked the audience both live in the arena and watching at home for making the 1000th episode of Raw possible before introducing Triple H and Shawn Michaels.

The two revealed the other members of D-Generation X, X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, aboard an army jeep (which commentator Michael Cole remarked as similar to the famous DX invasion in Norfolk back in 1998).

Afterwards, 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 H. Next Jerry Lawler introduced Reverend Slick as the minister for the wedding of AJ Lee and Daniel Bryan.

Before the vows could be completed, AJ revealed that her "yes" was not directed at Bryan but at a business proposal by Vince McMahon, who made her the General Manager of Raw.

As Slater tried to escape, all the veterans he had previously faced (Bob Backlund, Diamond Dallas Page, Doink the Clown, Rikishi, Road Warrior Animal, Roddy Piper, Sgt.

Kane was then scheduled to face Jinder Mahal in a match, but Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks, Hunico, Camacho, and Drew McIntyre came out and tried to attack him to vent out their anger at being overlooked by WWE.

The Undertaker then made his first appearance since WrestleMania XXVIII and, alongside Kane, fended off Mahal and his cohorts, punctuated with double Chokeslams and Tombstones.

[34] AJ continued to exact revenge on both Bryan and CM Punk throughout her tenure, denying their requests and booking them in matches against their wishes.