Bryan and Kane made their first successful title defense the following night on "Raw", defeating the former champions in a rematch. The following week on "Raw", "Team Hell No" was chosen as the official team name via a Twitter poll while Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) started a feud with Bryan and Kane, turning Bryan into a fan favorite once again. On October 28 at Hell in a Cell, Team Hell No lost to the Rhodes Scholars via disqualification, but retained their title. This was followed by a rematch on the November 14 "Main Event", where Team Hell No defeated the Rhodes Scholars to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. On the November 26 episode of "Raw", after Kane lost to WWE Champion CM Punk in a non-title match, he was assaulted by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) and Bryan and Ryback, who both attempted to save Kane, suffered a similar fate. This attack had the effect of uniting Bryan and Kane and after The Shield and Team Hell No, along with Ryback, attacked each other on the December 3 episode of "Raw", all six men were decreed to face each other in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on December 16 at , where The Shield was victorious after pinning Bryan. Team Hell No went on to defend the tag team titles through the end of the year, retaining against Team Rhodes Scholars on the following "Main Event" and against 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater) on the December 31 episode of "Raw". Bryan ended 2012 having wrestled the second most televised and pay-per-view matches that year with 90.