Your winner, Kevin Thorn.

What a lame finish to a lame match. Until WWE "gets" Dreamer's character as the everyday guy who fights the good fight and loses, but never gives up despite the odds (Think Rocky Balboa or John McClane in "Die Hard"), he's nothing but a shiftless enhancement guy, so Thorn gets nothing out of defeating him. Sometimes, you really have to wonder why WWE wouldn't want to maximize all of their performers in order to maximize their worth to the overall company.

Dreamer got up and looked at Striker but Joey and Tazz reminded us that he wasn't allowed to touch the officials. I can't wait for Jonathan Coachman to show up later and screw Sabu myself.

Rebecca interviewed Hardcore Holly. Holly said Lashley has been defending the ECW World championship against everyone but him and tonight he's going to prove why he deserves to be the ECW champion. Short but decent promo. I'm way in the minority here but I like Holly's work a lot.

They aired a Bobby Lashley feature, interviewing his mother, showing Lashley visiting his hometown, footage from his college wrestling career, and his Army career. Joey Styles noted it was the first of a four part series on Lashley. It was short but a big step in the right direction. Fans need a reason to care about Lashley, especially in the position he's been booked into. That was a step in right direction.

ECW World champion Bobby Lashley vs. Hardcore Holly

They noted Lashley defended against Kenny Dykstra on Raw last night. Holly and Lashley locked up early. Lashley backed up Holly in the corner but Holly refused to back down. They were really physical for a moment. Lashley took down Holly with a big shoulderblock. Lashley hit a delayed vertical suplex on Holly. They were pushing Lashley's athletic background bigtime on the commentary. Holly nailed Lashley with a Hot Shot across the ropes. Holly sent Lashley into the ringpost shoulder-first. Lashley was then tossed to the floor.

Holly followed Lashley to the floor and slammed him backwards into the ringpost. Holly threw Lashley into the ring steps, then returned to the ring. The storyline was Holly was trying to injure Lashley's shoulder in order to weaken him. Holly went right after Lashley again, focusing on his lower back, then locked on an extreme chinlock. Lashley fought back to his feet but Holly nailed him and took him back down with a forearm in the face as Lashley rebounded off the ropes. Holly covered the champion for a one count. Holly went right back after the lower back.