at the royal rumble on january 26, 2014, ziggler entered the royal rumble match, but was eliminated by roman reigns. on april 6 at wrestlemania xxx, ziggler competed in the 31-man andre the giant memorial battle royal, but was eliminated by alberto del rio. on june 29 at money in the bank, ziggler competed in the money in the bank ladder match for a wwe world heavyweight championship contract, but the match was won by seth rollins. ziggler later competed in a battle royal for the vacant intercontinental championship on july 20 at battleground; however, he was abruptly eliminated from behind by the miz. after ziggler defeated miz in a non-title match the following night on "raw", he received a rematch at summerslam, where he defeated miz to win the championship for a second time. the next night on "raw", ziggler successfully retained his title against miz, after he was counted out. at night of champions, ziggler dropped the title to miz, only for ziggler to win it back the following night on "raw". ziggler then retained the championship against cesaro on september 26 episode of "smackdown", in a triple threat match against cesaro and miz the next week on "raw" and at hell in a cell against cesaro in a 2-out-of-3 falls match.