Big Show
The main feud heading into Judgment Day on the SmackDown! brand was between Brock Lesnar and Big Show, with the two feuding over the WWE Championship. At Backlash, Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio and then attacked him with a stretcher. On the May 1 episode of "SmackDown!", Lesnar confronted Big Show about it while Big Show refused to face him. On the May 8 episode of "SmackDown!", Big Show was set to team up with A-Train against Chris Benoit and Brock Lesnar, as Lesnar challenged Big Show to a Stretcher match at Judgment Day for the WWE Championship. The FBI then locked Lesnar in his locker room as Big Show and A-Train defeated Benoit. Big Show tried to injure Benoit as he did to Mysterio but Lesnar saved him, only to get chokeslammed by Big Show. On the May 15 episode of "SmackDown!", Big Show took Mysterio during an interview to the ring to attack him once again but Lesnar ran out and saved Mysterio.