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what was Vladimir Kozlov's pursuit?
On the April 4, 2008 episode of SmackDown, Kozlov made his official WWE debut as a villain.
did he win?
He defeated Matt Bentley in his first match.
did he win an award for it?
gained his first pay-per-view win by defeating Hardy in a non-title match.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In the following weeks, as Kozlov continued to easily win matches, he began demanding "better competition".

Question: who did he work with?
Self-contained rewrite: who did Vladimir Kozlov work with?