Lesnar question for the blog

Scott,
The return of Lesnar got me thinking about the run up to WrestleMania 19 in 2003 and a situation that I don't think I ever got the full story on.
It was a few weeks before Mania, and it came out that Angle needed the dreaded neck surgery… then it was announced that he was going to face Lesnar in the Mania main event early the next week on SmackDown.

That show was in Angle's hometown of Pittsburgh, and I lived about 4 hours from there at the time. I had a friend who lived there, so I decided to make the trek to see the match and likely title change.
That show was in Angle's hometown of Pittsburgh, and I lived about 4 hours from there at the time. I had a friend who lived there, so I decided to make the trek to see the match and likely title change.
Anyway, if you recall the "match"… Angle did the switcheroo with his brother after about a minute, leading to a fuck finish where Angle won without taking a bump. Most everyone in the audience was pissed because they billed it as a huge match and most of us were expecting a great match with a title change.
I remember that Angle didn't end up get the neck fusion but rather a wacky experimental thing where he was only out a couple months, but was the original plan to actually change the title at that SmackDown and if so, what made them change their mind? Or was it just an angle to take advantage of the word getting out that Angle was going to be out for a long time?
Keep up the good work!
-Chris H.