The King of the Ring final match was filled out, as Bobby Lashley got his first ever victory over Finlay in the semi finals. Prior to their match, Booker T came to the ring to give Kurt Angle one last chance to face him, but with Angle having been escorted from the building, the "opportunity" was wasted. As a result, Booker "officially" advances to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.



After Finlay vs. Lashley began, Booker & Sharmell returned to watch the match, with Booker taking a seat on the King of the Ring throne positioned in the entrance aisle.Lashley and the tough the Irishman Finlay pounded each other throughout the bout, with Finlay grounding Lashley to keep him at bay. Lashley eventually used his power to overcome Finlay’s ground-and-pound tactics, but ran into a knee when he tried to finish Finlay with a spear.




At that point, Finlay grabbed a chair and tossed it into the ring. Much like last week, it was a decoy, as when referee Nick Patrick went to dispose of the chair, Finlay grabbed his shillelagh. This time, Patrick saw through the plan, and grabbed Finlay’s weapon away. Always thinking, Finlay waited until Patrick turned his back to dispose of the shillelagh, which gave him the opportunity to once again grab the chair. He nailed Lashley with it, but the blow only seemed to pump Lashley up. Finlay tossed the chair and turned around, right into the path of a speeding Lashley, who nailed the Irishman with a vicious spear. That spear got Lashley the three count, giving him his first ever victory over Lashley and punching his ticket to the finals. When the match was over, the normally soft spoken Lashley grabbed a microphone and addressed Booker, telling the 5 time WCW Champion that he was sitting in his seat.