brand, which was the card's main event, and featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeating Big Show in a Stretcher match to retain the title after Rey Mysterio interfered, attacking Big Show.

Judgment Day was first held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as the 25th In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) in October 1998.

[3][4] The event featured nine professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers.

The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.

The FBI then locked Lesnar in his locker room as Big Show and A-Train defeated Benoit.

On the April 28 episode of Raw, Triple H and Ric Flair challenged Rob Van Dam and Kane for the World Tag Team Championship.

On the May 5 episode of Raw, both Nash and Triple H were guests of the Highlight Reel, Chris Jericho's talk show.

Raw Co-General Managers Stone Cold Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff announced a World Heavyweight Championship match between Nash and Triple H at Judgment Day.

On the May 12 episode of Raw, Nash fought against Jericho, and won after Shawn Michaels prevented Triple H and Flair from interfering.

On the May 9 episode of Raw, co-General Manager Stone Cold Steve Austin reactivated the Intercontinental Championship and announced a battle royal for the vacated title at Judgment Day.

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, The Hurricane defeated Steven Richards in a dark match.

(Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) (with Nunzio) faced Rhyno, Spanky, and Chris Benoit.

In the end, Benoit applied the Crippler Crossface on Cena, distracting the referee, whilst Palumbo and Stamboli performed the Kiss of Death on Spanky.

In the second match, Test and Scott Steiner (with Stacy Keibler) faced La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée).

In the fourth match, Christian, Val Venis, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Test, Rob Van Dam, Kane, Goldust, and Booker T fought in a Battle royal for the vacant and revived WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Christian eliminated Booker T as the referee was regaining consciousness to win the match and the title.

In the fifth match, Torrie Wilson faced Sable in a Bikini Contest, which was hosted by Tazz.

In the sixth match, Triple H (with Ric Flair) faced Kevin Nash (with Shawn Michaels) for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Triple H then grabbed a sledgehammer, intending to hit Nash with it, but was stopped by referee Earl Hebner.

In the main event, Brock Lesnar faced Big Show in a Stretcher match for the WWE Championship.

Lesnar then used the forklift to drive Big Show across the yellow line to win the match and retain the title.