Main Card
Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn
Zayn complains about being in this match. Hardy takes out Zayn and Styles with a dive. Styles catches Hardy with a flying elbow to the outside. Before Styles can take advantage, Zayn surprises Styles with an Arabian press moonsault to the outside. Hardy backdrops Zayn on a ladder. Hardy goes up top but Styles sidesteps Hardy. Hardy lands on a ladder. Styles sets up a ladder. Zayn cuts Styles off. Styles blasts Zayn with the Pelé kick. Styles climbs the ladder. Hardy climbs the other side. Styles pushes Hardy off the ladder. Hardy hits the mat hard. Hardy somehow gets back to his feet and pulls Styles off the ladder. Inverted atomic drop by Hardy. Hardy leg drops Styles’ nuts. Basement dropkick by Hardy. Zayn exploded suplexes Styles on a ladder. Styles falls out of the ring. Zayn almost gets to the top of the ladder before Hardy cuts him off.
Hardy sends Zayn to the outside. Styles whips Zayn into the steel steps. Styles bounces Hardy’s head off a ladder. Hardy surprises Styles with poetry in motion, which crushes Styles against the barricade. Zayn immediately lands the Helluva Kick on Hardy. Zayn climbs the ladder in the ring. Styles launches a ladder into the ring, knocking Zayn off the ladder. Zayn hits the mat clutching at his hand. Styles and Hardy both climb the ladder. Hardy tips the ladder, causing them both to fall. Styles lands on the top rope and falls to the outside. Zayn starts his climb again. Styles tries a springboard, but Hardy pushes the ladder, knocking Zayn off, and hitting Styles as he sails through the air. Hardy tries to climb the ladder but Zayn tips it up. Hardy starts to climb down the ladder but Zayn sends the ladder into the top rope.
Hardy is crushed in the ladder as it closes on him. Hardy falls to the outside. Styles backflips off the announce desk and hits a reverse DDT out on the floor to Zayn. Styles slams Zayn on the announce desk. Styles wedges a ladder between the announce desk and the ring. Hardy hits Styles in the face with a ladder. Hardy sets up a larger ladder. Hardy climbs the ladder and hits a Swanton. Zayn, and the ladder he was laying on, is broken. Styles tries to climb but Hardy pushes over the ladder. Zayn pulls a pair of handcuffs out of a bag. Zayn handcuffs Hardy’s earlobe to a ladder. Zayn hooks one half of another pair of cuffs to Styles. Zayn tries to handcuff Styles on the second rope. Styles fights Zayn off. Styles slams Zayn but Zayn hooks the other side of the cuffs to himself! Once Styles realizes it, Zayn laughs and tells Styles he isn’t going anywhere. Hardy struggles to get back in the ring with a ladder attached to his head. Styles puts Zayn on his back and started to climb the ladder. Zayn pulls the cuff key out his mouth (yuck). Zayn unlocks the handcuffs. Zayn handcuffs Styles to the ladder. Zayn pulls down both titles to win the match.
Winner and Undisputed Intercontential Champion, Sami Zayn!
After the match, Kayla tries to interview Zayn. Zayn says he didn’t recapture the title, he retained it.
He tried. He really tried.#WWEClash #LadderMatch @JEFFHARDYBRAND pic.twitter.com/JA12exQJi9
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 27, 2020
