On August 18, he was the host of SummerSlam, during which he had a run-in with Fandango, beginning a feud between the two. Miz went on to defeat Fandango both on the September 2 episode of "Raw" and on September 15 at Night of Champions. The following night on "Raw", Miz was assaulted by Randy Orton in front of his parents, resulting in a storyline injury. When Miz returned in October, he quickly lost to Orton. Miz started a feud with Kofi Kingston, defeating him on the Survivor Series pre-show, but losing a no-disqualification match at to end their feud. In February, Miz stormed out during matches to complain about his lack of screen time and claiming that he should be in higher profile matches. He participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX, but was eliminated by Santino Marella.