Miz would then set his sights on the United States Championship. He unsuccessfully challenged for the championship at the Night of Champions, Breaking Point and Hell in a Cell pay-per-views, before he won the championship on the October 5 episode of "Raw", by defeating Kofi Kingston - his first singles championship in WWE. At the following pay-per-view event, Bragging Rights, Miz was inserted into an interpromotional match against SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion, Miz's tag team partner John Morrison. At Bragging Rights on October 25, Miz defeated Morrison. The following month at Survivor Series, Miz captained a team of five wrestlers against Team Morrison in a five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match and once again bested his former partner surviving with Sheamus and Drew McIntyre.