On July 18 at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, The Miz won Raw's Money in the Bank ladder match to win a contract for a WWE Championship match that he could utilize at any time. Over the next few weeks, The Miz made various, unsuccessful attempts at cashing in his Money in the Bank contract on the WWE Champion Sheamus. At SummerSlam, Miz began a rivalry with Daniel Bryan, which resulted in a United States Championship match between the two at the Night of Champions event in September, which Miz lost. The following month at Hell in a Cell, Miz failed to regain the championship in a triple threat match also including John Morrison. At the Bragging Rights event later that month, Miz led Team Raw (which also included R-Truth, John Morrison, Santino Marella, Sheamus, CM Punk and Ezekiel Jackson), but they were defeated by Team SmackDown.