For over 660 days, Gunther has dominated as the intercontinental champion and defeated just about every opponent who has tried to step up to him. Some more than once.

However, The Ring General grew too confident and made one too many mistakes that led to The Underdog From the Underground scoring the win and dethroning him as champion.

WWE really played up the backstage moments leading up to the match with Zayn hugging his wife, son, Chad Gable and Kevin Owens before heading to the ring.

Allowing this match to end clean without interference from Giovanni Vinci or Ludwig Kaiser was the right call. Sometimes simple is best, and when booking a title change, a good clean babyface victory can be exactly what is called for.