A look back at 5 previous WWE Raw 'Reunion' episodes

#2 July 23rd, 2012 - Raw's 1000th episode

The 1000th episode of Raw featured a kick-ass reunion between Undertaker and Kane. So, shut up.

WWE not only ran special episodes for Raw's 15th, 17th, 23rd (why?) and 25th (hang in there) episodes, but also for episodes that hit the hallmark episode number. Whenever Raw opens and you hear Michael Cole brag about Raw being the "longest-running episodic TV series in history", well... he's not lying. It's literally been on the air longer than Gunsmoke, The Simpsons, and pretty much any other non-news TV show.

So, WWE made sure to make big honkin' deals about Raw's 800th and 900th episodes, but it was really the 1000th that people got excited about.

And why not? There's so much history there, plus CM Punk was the champion, The Rock was making a comeback after his win against John Cena at the previous WrestleMania, and - to be fair - WWE was on a creative roll at the time. I know, right? That does happen sometimes.

For the most part, the show did its best to focus on the then-current stars of the time - although it also included a cameo from Mae Young's "son"... the hand she gave "birth" to during the Attitude Era.

But let us take a look at the awesome opening segment of the show here:

Anyway, outside of CM Punk turning heel and taking out The Rock, which was awesome, there was the conclusion of the Heath Slater vs WWE Legends storyline that had been running for the previous few week, leading up to this episode, where he took on WWE Hall of Famer Lita in No DQ, No Countout match. Here's what happened...

And now, let's take a look at WWE's 2018 nostalgia-fest (not that there's anything wrong with that), before we head into Raw Reunion on Monday.