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Battleground (2016)
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 (PPV) 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.. It will be the fourth event under the Battleground chronology, and the first event since the new WWE brand extension.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

The professional wrestling matches at Battleground will feature professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown.

At Money in the Bank, Dean Ambrose won the Money in the Bank ladder match. Later in the event, Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship; however, Ambrose cashed in the Money in the Bank contract and defeated Rollins for the title. The following night on Raw, Reigns and Rollins want a rematch for the title and a match was set up for the two to determine the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but the match ended in a double count-out; in response of this, Ambrose willingly decided he would face both Reigns and Rollins in a. Triple Threat match at Battleground, which was made official by Shane McMahon.

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth RollinsTriple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

  1. Jansen, Jonathan. "WWE Battleground Details and Pre-Sale Code, UpUpDownDown to Host 2k16 Tournament at Wrestlemania Axxess". wrestlezone.com. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  3. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  4. Caldwell, James. "6/19 WWE MITB PPV Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. Caldwell, James. "6/20 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  6. Clapp, John. "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins". WWE. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

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