Input (grade 13): Kozlov lost a beat the clock challenge against Matt Hardy for another title shot, this led to the two meeting at Armageddon, where Kozlov gained his first pay-per-view win by defeating ECW Champion Matt Hardy in a non-title match.
Output (grade 10): At Armageddon, Kozlov gained his first pay-per-view win by defeating then-ECW Champion Matt Hardy in a non-title match.