If you want to see the exact moment my heart begins to swell, this is it.

Pre-show notes:

- Another huge thanks to Dennis Haskins, Action Bronson, Derrick Bateman and the over 6,000 comments that made our Raw 1000 Open Discussion Thread the most populated and commented-upon UPROXX thread ever. If you want to spend the next two hours laughing, go skim through that. I could’ve included 200 top comments.

- Before you read the Raw 1000 report, be sure you’ve read The Best And Worst Of WWF Monday Night Raw, Episode 1. The Executioners show up in it, and they’re pretty great.

- Thanks as always to Casey of Hammerlock Dialectic for gifs.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

And now, the Best and Worst Of Raw 1000 (July 23, 2012), lovingly presented by Tout.com.

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Tonight’s the big night when WWE Raw celebrates an unprecedented 1000 episodes, and With Leather is throwing a party. In addition to tonight’s normal open discussion thread, we’re bringing in a few special guests to talk WWE, pop culture, and most importantly: WEDDINGS.

Raw 1000 begins at 8 PM EST on the USA Network, but be here at 7:30 to chat with DENNIS HASKINS, aka Mr. Belding from ‘Saved By The Bell’. He’s one of my favorite television characters ever and he’s shown up in everything great on TV, including ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’, ‘Mad Men’ and … well, WWE Raw. Dennis is stopping by to do a little Q-and-A and chat about the first half hour of Raw, and we couldn’t be more excited to have him.

Joining us around 9 PM EST is rap superstar ACTION BRONSON. You may have seen him getting love on The Smoking Section and the UPROXX main page, and if you haven’t, go learn about him right now. Bronson’s chatting with us as long as he’d like, and as soon as he leaves a comment he becomes the coolest person to ever click a link on With Leather.

Finally, joining us throughout the night (whenever he has time) will be WWE Superstar, NXT Protagonist and general Friend Of The Site DERRICK BATEMAN. D-Bateas has been nice enough to chat with me on the With Spandex podcast and wear our shirt on television, so show him a lot of love now so he’ll still like us when he’s Super Famous. Capital letters.

If that all wasn’t enough, we’re tossing a special commenting badge your way. To commemorate Mr. Belding knowing who the hell I am, we’re giving you a chance to unlock the BIG BOPPER commenting badge. All you have to do is participate in tonight’s discussion by clicking the “like” button to share the thread on Facebook or use that “tweet” button to tell everyone you know about the chat on Twitter. You’ll want to rep Bayside High with this badge forever, because their girls are the cutest and their guys are the hippest, too. Oooh.

As always, the top 10 comments from tonight’s open discussion thread will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw 1000 column. To nominate a comment for top 10 status, reply to it with a +1.

Thanks in advance to everyone for hanging out tonight. Here’s to another 1000 episodes!