the following night on "raw", ziggler cashed in his money in the bank contract on an injured alberto del rio to win his second world heavyweight championship. after gaining the world heavyweight championship, ziggler began feuding with del rio and jack swagger over the title. ziggler was originally booked to face del rio and swagger in a three-way ladder match at extreme rules; however, ziggler suffered a legitimate concussion at a "smackdown" taping, thus removing their match from the pay-per-view and resulting in ziggler being absent from television for a month. on june 16 at payback, ziggler faced del rio in his first title defense of the world heavyweight championship and during the match, a double turn took place; ziggler turned face by displaying a never-say-die attitude while del rio turned heel by repeatedly and ruthlessly targeting his head to take advantage of his concussion, win the match, and end ziggler's reign at 69 days. on july 14 at money in the bank, aj cost ziggler his title rematch against alberto del rio, after she prematurely snuck into the ring and hit del rio with her own title, prompting a disqualification. on the following "raw", ziggler ended his relationship with aj due to her actions the previous night and aj exacted revenge by costing ziggler a non-title match against del rio, then she attacked ziggler and unleashed langston on him.