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#3: Sami Zayn defeated Jeff Hardy by nefarious means to retain his WWE Intercontinental title

The "Sham Shampionship" is now where it belongs. 🗑#SmackDown #ICTitle @SamiZayn pic.twitter.com/hooZYx6iTD

— WWE (@WWE) October 3, 2020

Sami Zayn became the undisputed Intercontinental Champion at WWE Clash of Champions in a pretty creative match. Zayn gloated about his victory on this week's WWE SmackDown. He dumped Jeff Hardy's Intercontinental title in a trashcan, which was an interesting setup to Zayn and Hardy's one-on-one clash.

Despite two newsworthy storylines involving Alexa Bliss and Roman Reigns occurring on the same episode, the Intercontinental Championship scenario was booked as the main event of this week's WWE SmackDown.

Jeff Hardy and Sami Zayn wrestled each other in a back-and-forth main event, where an exposed turnbuckle was used as the 'MacGuffin' for their rivalry.

Zayn exposed a turnbuckle in the ring before their match could begin, and The Great Liberator emerged successful by causing Hardy's head to strike the metal towards the end of this bout.

.@SamiZayn is STILL your Intercontinental Champion!#SmackDown #ICTitle @JEFFHARDYBRAND pic.twitter.com/mOwD2tEVHH

— WWE (@WWE) October 3, 2020

Sami Zayn didn't win in clean fashion against Hardy, which implies that both men could face each other in a rematch on SmackDown or at WWE Hell in a Cell.