 On August 18 at SummerSlam , Orton turned heel for the first time since 2010 after he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Daniel Bryan , who had just won the WWE Championship and had been subsequently attacked by special guest referee Triple H , who also counted the pinfall to give Orton his seventh WWE title . The following night on Raw , Orton was endorsed as the " face of the company " by Vince McMahon and the newly formed Authority ( Triple H and Stephanie McMahon ) . On September 15 at Night of Champions , Orton lost WWE Championship back to Bryan , however , Triple H stripped Bryan of the title the next night on Raw , due to a fast count by referee Scott Armstrong , but refused to give the championship back to Orton . Orton and Bryan faced off for the vacant title on October 6 at Battleground , but the match ended in a no contest after Big Show interfered and knocked out both men . Orton once again challenged Bryan for the vacant championship at Hell in a Cell , where he was successful in regaining the WWE Championship after the special guest referee Shawn Michaels superkicked Bryan for attacking Triple H. 
