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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 (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 under the new WWE brand extension.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

At Money in the Bank, Dean Ambrose won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after winning the Money in the Bank ladder match and cashing in his contract on Seth Rollins after Rollins defeated Roman Reigns to win the title. The following night on Raw, a #1 Contender's match between Reigns and Rollins ended in a double count-out. After the match, Shane McMahon, on Ambrose's request, made a Triple Threat match between all three former Shield members at Battleground. On June 21, two days after Money in the Bank, Joe Anoaʻi (who performs as Roman Reigns) was legitimately suspended for 30 days for violating WWE's Wellness Program, which uses drug testing to detect substance abuse. Pro Wrestling Torch reported that WWE knew of Anoaʻi's violation before Money in the Bank, leading to Reigns being scripted to lose his world title at the event. With Anoaʻi's suspension ending before Battleground, WWE is still advertising Reigns as part of the Battleground main event. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Rollins and Ambrose acknowledged Anoaʻi's suspension on television, but Stephanie McMahon opted not to remove Reigns from the Battleground match, and instead gave AJ Styles and John Cena qualifying matches against Ambrose and Rollins for entering the Battleground match. Styles and Cena lost when they each interfered in each other's matches (also interfering was Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows). By June 29, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was renamed to the WWE Championship.

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

At Money in the Bank, Charlotte and Dana Brooke defeated Natalya and Becky Lynch, After the match Natalya attacked Becky Lynch. On the June 20 episode of Raw, Natalya attacked Becky Lynch backstage during an interview, On the June 27 episode of Raw, Becky Lynch attacked Natalya when she was on commentary. On July 2 a match between Natalya and Becky Lynch was scheduled.

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth RollinsTriple Threat match for the WWE Championship
2Sami Zayn vs. Kevin OwensSingles match
3Natalya vs. Becky LynchSingles match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

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  2. "Get WWE Battleground tickets now". WWE. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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  4. 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. ^ Clapp, John (June 20, 2016). "WWE Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins (Triple Threat Match)". WWE. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  9. ^ 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. Benigno, Anthony. "Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens". WWE. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

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