August 30th was an important date for Monday Night Raw, as they broadcast their 900th episode, which put them ahead of any other episodic television show. It opened with the legendary Bret “The Hitman” Hart talking about the storied history of RAW, and its debut all the way back in 1993. His speech was soon interrupted though by the arrival of the Big Red Machine, Kane, who brought up Shawn Michaels' retirement at the hands of the Undertaker. Kane then went on to say, rather ominously, that since his brother took out an icon, he would have to do the same thing to Bret. His evil intentions were prevented by the arrival of the Undertaker, though, which led to the Raw general manager making a match between Hart and the Dead Man, as the two icons stared at each other.

The match would not be fully carried, out however, due to Kane interfering with the help of Nexus, and absolutely decimating the Undertaker. A real match between these guys would have been great for such a milestone as the 900th episode, but I'm not sure whether Hart is in good of ring shape these days.

Another highlight of the night was the Straight Edge Society coming out so CM Punk could yet again talk about how he was better than other superstars, including Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake's entrance music kicked in, but it was only a joke that the leader of the SES had set up. Punk went on to show clips on the Titantron of the lowest moments on RAW, such as Austin showering the Corporation with a beer truck back in 1999, and Brock Lesnar and the Big Show causing the ring to collapse during a 2003 match due to Big Show's obesity, which CM Punk thought was shameful. The hilarity was ended by Big Show coming to the ring and sending the Straight Edge Society running away to the back. It was amazing to see how small Luke Gallows looks compared to the massive Big Show.

The show ended with a 10-man elimination match pitting Nexus against the unlikely team of Jericho, Randy Orton, John Cena, Edge and the current champ Sheamus. These superstars have all had an adversarial history with each other, so it came as little surprise that teamwork would not be their forte. Jericho walked to the back after the match began, and was counted out. Edge tagged in and then proceeded to shove the ref, getting himself disqualified purposely. This left the other three superstars confused, and they tried their best to eliminate the threat of Nexus. Sheamus and Cena were pinned next, but not before Cena dispatched two of their opponents. This left the Viper Orton alone against three members of Nexus. He delivered the RKO successfully to cut down their numbers, until he was finally eliminated by Wade Barrett.

Overall it seemed to be just an average episode. Considering how big a deal they made about it being the 900th show, you'd think they would actually have Steve Austin appear, or something else equally epic. The consolation is that at least Santino wasn't on there doing some stupid comedy segment.