on april 16, ziggler was moved to raw as part of the superstar shake-up. on that night, ziggler allied himself with the returning drew mcintyre to attack titus worldwide (titus o'neil and apollo crews). the following week, ziggler and mcintyre defeated titus worldwide. on the june 18 episode of "raw", ziggler answered seth rollins' open challenge for the intercontinental championship and defeated rollins to capture the title for a sixth time. after weeks of mcintyre assisting ziggler in all situations, including extreme rules where ziggler defeated rollins 5-4 in sudden death overtime of a 30-minute iron man match, dean ambrose returned on the august 13 episode of "raw" to even the odds for rollins. at summerslam, rollins (with ambrose in his corner) defeated ziggler to win back the championship.