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Battleground (2016)
Promotional poster featuring John Cena
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateJuly 24, 2016
CityWashington, D.C.
VenueVerizon Center
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Battleground (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It will be taking place on July 24, 2016 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C..[2] It will be the fourth event under the Battleground chronology, and the first event under the newly reinstated WWE brand extension.

Background

At Money in the Bank, Dean Ambrose won the Money in the Bank ladder match and subsequently the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by cashing in his contract on Seth Rollins, who had just won the title from Roman Reigns.[3] After a #1 Contender's match between Reigns and Rollins ended in a double countout the following night on Raw, Ambrose requested to defended the title against both Reigns and Rollins. Accordingly, Shane McMahon scheduled a triple threat match between all three men for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Battleground.[4] On June 21, two days after Money in the Bank, Reigns was suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE's Wellness Program,[5] which uses drug testing to detect substance abuse.[6] Pro Wrestling Torch reported that WWE knew of Anoaʻi's violation before Money in the Bank, leading to Reigns losing his world title at the event. With Reigns's suspension ending before Battleground,[7] WWE continued to advertise Reigns as part of the Battleground main event.[8] On the June 27 episode of Raw, both Rollins and Ambrose acknowledged Reigns's suspension on television. However, Stephanie McMahon opted not to remove Reigns from the Battleground match, and instead gave AJ Styles and John Cena the opportunity to qualify for the match by matches against Ambrose and Rollins. Styles and Cena lost, when they each interfered in each other's matches.[9] On June 29, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was renamed as the WWE Championship.[10] Also, on the July 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that Rollins and Ambrose would fight before Battleground, leading to uncertainty on who would enter the triple threat match as champion.

In December 2014, at NXT Takeover: R Evolution, Sami Zayn won the NXT Championship from Neville. After the match, Zayn's friend Kevin Owens, first congratulated and then attacked Zayn.[11] In February 2015, at NXT Takeover: Rival, Owens defeated Zayn to win the NXT Championship.[12] Zayn moved to WWE's main roster at the Royal Rumble and eliminated Owens from the Royal Rumble match.[13] At Payback, Owens defeated Zayn.[14] At Money in the Bank, both men failed to win the Money in the Bank ladder match.[3] On the June 20 episode of Raw, Zayn defeated Owens.[4] On the June 27 episode of Raw, Zayn challenged Owens to a match at Battleground during Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel, which Owens accepted.[9]

At Money in the Bank, Natalya and Becky Lynch lost a tag team match. After the match, Natalya turned villainous and attacked Lynch.[3] The following night on Raw, the evil Natalya attacked Lynch again, and proclaimed that she's solely focusing on herself.[4] On the June 27 episode of Raw, Lynch attacked Natalya, who was on commentary, before her match against Summer Rae.[9] On the July 4 episode of Raw, a match pitting the two was scheduled for Battleground.[15]

At Money in the Bank, AJ Styles defeated John Cena after The Club got involved.[3] The following night on Raw, Styles and Luke Gallows attacked Cena during his match against Karl Anderson.[4] On the June 27 episode of Raw, Cena and Styles costed each other a chance to be involved in the WWE Championship match at Battleground and then Gallows and Anderson delivered a Magic Killer to Cena on the ramp.[9] On the July 4 episode of Raw, The Club again attacked Cena until Enzo Amore and Big Cass saved Cena. Later that night, a six-man tag team match was made between the two teams at Battleground.[15]

On the July 11 episode of Raw, Darren Young won a battle royal to earn a title match against Intercontinental Champion The Miz at Battleground.[16]

On the July 7 episode of SmackDown, Zack Ryder won a match against Sheamus and then challenged Rusev to a WWE United States Championship match. On the July 11 episode of Raw, Rusev attacked Ryder after his match against Sheamus and accepted Ryder's challenge for Battleground.[16]

On the June 20 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family made their return and was interrupted by WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day.[4] The two teams adressed each other in their promos over the next few weeks. On the July 4 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family invited The New Day to their family compound, which New Day accepted.[15] On the July 11 episode of Raw, The New Day showed up at The Wyatt Family compound and the two teams brawled until New Day ran away.[16] On July 12, Renee Young announced on a Facebook exclusive that the two teams will face in a six-man tag team match at Battleground.[17]

On the July 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that Chris Jericho will host an episode of The Highlight Reel with Randy Orton as his guest at Battleground before his match against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.[18]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Dean Ambrose (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins vs. John Cena Fatal 4-way match for the WWE Championship[8]
2Sami Zayn vs. Kevin OwensSingles match[19]
3Becky Lynch vs. NatalyaSingles match[20]
4John Cena, Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. The Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows)Six-man tag team match[21]
5The Miz (c) (with Maryse) vs. Darren Young (with Coach Backlund)Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[22]
6Rusev (c) (with Lana) vs. Zack RyderSingles match for the WWE United States Championship[23]
7The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman)Six-man tag team match[24]
8Charlotte and Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks and Kelly Kelly or TBATag team match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Get the music of WWE Battleground". WWE. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Get WWE Battleground tickets now". WWE. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James. "6/19 WWE MITB PPV Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Caldwell, James. "6/20 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "Roman Reigns suspended". WWE. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Talent Wellness Program Summary". WWE. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ Caldwell, James. "Roman Reigns suspended for Wellness Violation". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b Clapp, John (June 20, 2016). "WWE Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins (Triple Threat Match)". WWE. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James. "6/27 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  10. ^ "WWE Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ^ James, Caldwell. "Caldwell's WWE NXT Takeover results 12/11: Complete virtual-time coverage of Neville vs. Zayn for the NXT Title, Itami & Balor, Charlotte, Kevin Steen/Owens's debut, Corey Graves retires". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  12. ^ Caldwell, James. "NXT News: Big title changes on "Takeover" special, tournament finals, pre-show dark match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ^ Caldwell, James. "1/24 WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results – CALDWELL's Complete Live PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  14. ^ Caldwell, James. "5/1 WWE Payback Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  15. ^ a b c Caldwell, James. "7/4 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  16. ^ a b c Caldwell, James. "7/11 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  17. ^ Martin, Adam. "The New Day vs. The Wyatt Family in a six man tag team match added to the card for WWE Battleground". wrestleview.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  18. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "'The Highlight Reel' with Randy Orton". WWE. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  19. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens". WWE. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  20. ^ Lau-Yi, David. "Becky Lynch vs. Natalya". WWE. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  21. ^ Clapp, John. "John Cena, Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. The Club". WWE. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  22. ^ Clapp, John. "Intercontinental Champion The Miz vs. Darren Young". WWE. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  23. ^ Clapp, John. "United States Champion Rusev vs. Zack Ryder". WWE. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  24. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "The New Day vs. The Wyatt Family". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
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