Backlash (2003)

Event
Backlash (2003) was the fifth annual Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Castrol GTX, and took place on April 27, 2003, at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts and starred talent from the promotion's Raw, Hardnitro and SmackDown! brands.

WWE announces the purchase of NWA:TNA roster and all NWA image rights, thus being NWA:TNA is now a brand of WWE. So a new weekly show comes up, Hardnitro, which is basically a mix of the name of ECW Hardcore TV and WCW Monday Nitro. So WWE has Raw on Mondays, Smackdown on Tuesdays and Hardnitro on Thursdays. And a NWA: TNA company has been shut down, but Jeff Jarrett still owns it. Just like Jeff Jarrett will own some PPV names and the X-Division title.

The main event and featured match of the Raw brand was the encounter of Goldberg and The Rock, where Goldberg, in his In his third WWE Pay-Per-View, defeated Rock by pinfall, following a spear and a Jackhammer. The main event from Smackdown was Raven versus Triple H in a No holds barred match for the WWE Global Championship. The main event from Hardnitro was Jeff Jarrett versus Big Show for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The featured match on the undercard was a WWE World Championship match from the Raw brand, between John Cena and the reigning champion, Brock Lesnar, where Lesnar defeated Cena by pinfall after an F-5.