At Judgment Day, Lesnar defeated Big Show in a Stretcher match to retain the WWE Championship.

Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1999.

During the segment, The Rock discussed the list of people he has beaten in his career, including Austin, and proclaimed he was leaving WWE since he had nothing left to accomplish, and because the fans didn't appreciate him anymore.

[7][8] The Rock finally accepted Goldberg's challenge on the April 14 episode of Raw via satellite.

At WrestleMania XIX, Lesnar challenged for the WWE Championship held by then-champion Kurt Angle.

Toward the end of the match, Lesnar massively botched a shooting star press when he severely underestimated the distance and did not fully rotate his body, slamming his head into Angle's side and ribcage.

This stunned Lesnar and he suffered a massive concussion, which forced Angle to improvise the finish of the match.

[13][14] John Cena, who had recently recovered from his aforementioned leg injury, was involved in the tournament, where he defeated Chris Benoit in the finals on the April 17 episode of SmackDown!

[17][18] The main match on the undercard from the Raw brand, was a six-man tag team match involving the team of Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho against Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, and Booker T. The feud began on the March 31 episode of Raw in a backstage segment, where Booker T was being medically attended to following his World Heavyweight Championship match with Triple H at WrestleMania XIX.

Later in the night, Jericho cut a promo where he complained that he should have won his match against Michaels at WrestleMania XIX.

After this turn of events, Triple H prepared to hit Nash with a sledgehammer, only to retreat the ring soon afterwards.

The feud intensified on the April 21 episode of Raw during a main event World Heavyweight Championship match between Booker T and the reigning champion, Triple H, with Michaels as the special guest referee.

The feud began on the April 17 episode of SmackDown!, during a tag team match pitting Mysterio and Tajiri against Big Show and A-Train.

After the match, however, Tajiri sprayed green mist into A-Train's face, while Mysterio delivered a 619 on Big Show, which caused him to collapse onto the floor.

After the match in a backstage segment, Big Show appeared angry with Mysterio for supposedly being embarrassed by him.

[21][19] The match began with Team Angle gaining an early advantage over Los Guerreros, after they performed a leapfrog stun gun on Eddie.

The distraction by Morley and Storm allowed Kane to successfully deliver a chokeslam, followed by a Five-Star Frog Splash onto Bubba, into a pinfall officiated by a new referee, to retain the title.

[22][26] The fourth match was for the Women's Championship, where Jazz, who was accompanied by Theodore Long, faced the reigning champion, Trish Stratus.

Both women wrestled a back-and-forth match, until Stratus gained the advantage over Jazz by performing a Stratusfaction (springboard bulldog) on her.

Big Show picked up the stretcher with Mysterio still on it and slammed it against the ring post, similar to swinging a baseball bat.

[22][25] The sixth match was for the WWE Championship between John Cena and the reigning champion, Brock Lesnar.

As Nash wrestled Jericho, Booker T performed the scissors kick on Flair, which proceeded into Nash and Triple H brawling at ringside, Jericho and Booker T brawling at ringside, and Flair and Michaels wrestling in the ring.

Nash, who continued to brawl with Triple H at ringside, noticed the turn of events and entered the ring where he delivered a Jackknife Powerbomb on Jericho and threw Flair onto the referee.

As the referee was knocked down, Triple H hit Nash with a sledgehammer and pinned him, earning the victory for himself, Flair, and Jericho.

[31][32] Less than a month later, on the May 12, 2003 episode of Raw, a mystery assailant attempted to run over Goldberg as he was sitting in his limousine.

The feud began on the May 1, 2003 episode of SmackDown!, where Lesnar cut an in-ring promo against Big Show, stating that he was a coward for attacking and injuring Rey Mysterio at Backlash.

[43][44] The following week on SmackDown!, it was announced that Big Show would face Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Judgment Day in a Stretcher match.

Later that night, the feud escalated during a Handicap match between Chris Benoit and the team of Big Show and A-Train.

[45][46] At Judgment Day, Lesnar defeated Big Show in the Stretcher match to retain the WWE Championship.

[47][48][49][50] The aftermath of the six-man tag team match from Backlash, was a feud over the World Heavyweight Championship between Kevin Nash and the reigning champion, Triple H. The feud began on the April 28, 2003 episode of Raw, during a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship involving Triple H and Ric Flair facing the reigning champions, Kane and Rob Van Dam.