WWE Battleground

WWE Battleground
Information
Other name(s)NXT Battleground (2023–present)
Promotion(s)WWE
Brand(s)SmackDown (2017)
NXT (2023–present)
First event2013

WWE Battleground, known as NXT Battleground since 2023, is a series of professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming shows made by WWE. The first event took place on October 6, 2013 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. It replaced Over the Limit as the October pay-per-view and was held in July for the next years. Until 2017, it was a main roster event, with the 2017 event being exclusive to the SmackDown brand. The name is used again since 2023 for the May/June livestreaming event of the developmental brand NXT.

Dates and venues

SmackDown-branded event NXT-branded event
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Battleground (2013) October 6, 2013 Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan for the vacant WWE Championship
2 Battleground (2014) July 20, 2014 Tampa, Florida Tampa Bay Times Forum John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kane vs. Roman Reigns in a fatal four-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
3 Battleground (2015) July 19, 2015 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center Seth Rollins (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
4 Battleground (2016) July 24, 2016 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins in a triple threat match for the WWE Championship
5 Battleground (2017) July 23, 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Randy Orton in a Punjabi Prison match for the WWE Championship
6 NXT Battleground (2023) May 28, 2023 Lowell, Massachusetts Tsongas Center Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship
7 NXT Battleground: Las Vegas June 9, 2024 Enterprise, Nevada UFC Apex Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page for the NXT Championship
8 NXT Battleground (2025) May 25, 2025 Tampa, Florida Yuengling Center Joe Hendry (c) vs Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

References

  1. ↑ "WWE Battleground Announced as New October Pay-Per-View". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. 1 2 Defelice, Robert (March 30, 2023). "Shawn Michaels Announces NXT Battleground 2023 Will Emanate From Lowell, Massachusetts". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ Caldwell, James (October 6, 2013). "Battleground PPV Results 10/6 (Hour 1): World Title match opens the PPV, plus IC Title & Divas Title matches". Pro Wrestling Torch.
  4. ↑ Caldwell, James (October 6, 2013). "Battleground PPV Results 10/6 (Hour 3): WWE Title match, power outage situation, Punk vs. Ryback". Pro Wrestling Torch.
  5. ↑ "WWE Battleground tickets | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, FL | Jul 20, 2014 at 07:30pm". WWE. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Mike (January 7, 2015). "COMPLETE 2015 WWF PPV SCHEDULE". PWInsider. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Get WWE Battleground tickets now". WWE. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ WWE.com Staff (April 24, 2017). "WWE Battleground 2017 tickets available now". WWE. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ Carey, Ian (March 28, 2024). "Report: NXT Battleground pushed back to June, moving locations". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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