 On the February 27 Raw , Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Primo & Epico for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a Triple Threat tag team match , also involving Kofi Kingston and R @-@ Truth . On the March 19 Raw , Ziggler and Swagger were announced as the newest members of Team Johnny for the 12 man tag team match at WrestleMania XXVIII . On the April 2 Raw , Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella for the United States Championship in a triple threat match . After the match , Ziggler began a feud with Brodus Clay , who headbutted Ziggler after he and Swagger tried to attack Marella . On the following episode of Raw , Ziggler and Swagger were defeated by Clay and Marella in a tag team match . In the following weeks , Ziggler and Swagger lost to Clay and Hornswoggle in singles and tag matches . At Extreme Rules , Ziggler was again defeated by Clay . In May , Ziggler and Swagger unsuccessfully challenged Kofi Kingston and R @-@ Truth for WWE Tag Team Championship , first at Over the Limit and second on the May 28 episode of Raw , resulting in Ziggler showing signs of wanting to break away from Guerrero and Swagger . 
