Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Watan da ya biyo baya, a Armageddon, Kurt Angle ya ci Big Show don kawo karshen mulkinsa na kusan wata daya a matsayin WWE Champion. A Royal Rumble, a cikin Janairu 2003, Angle ya ci Chris Benoit don riƙe taken, kuma Brock Lesnar ya lashe wasan Royal Rumble ta hanyar kawar da Undertaker. Lesnar ya ci gaba da kayar da Angle don WWE Championship watanni biyu bayan haka a WrestleMania XIX, yana mai da shi bayan F-5. Watanni biyu bayan haka, a Ranar Shari'a, Lesnar ya kayar da Big Show a wasan Stretcher don riƙe Gasar WWE. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, a Vengeance, Angle ya ci Lesnar da Big Show a cikin Wasan Barazanar Sau Uku ba tare da Rashin cancanta ba don zama sabon WWE Champion. Angle ya lashe wasan bayan ya sa Lesnar ya biyo bayan Angle Slam. Angle ya ci gaba da kayar da Lesnar kuma ya riƙe WWE Championship a watan mai zuwa a SummerSlam
, tilasta shi ya mika wuya tare da Ankle kulle. Lesnar daga baya ya dawo da WWE Championship daga Angle a ranar 18 ga Satumba a cikin "SmackDown!", A cikin wasan Iron Man da ya ci 5-4.