Battleground (2014)

Battleground (2014)
Battleground (2014)
Theme; song(s)	"Jungle" by Jamie N Commons and X Ambassadors (feat. Jay-Z)
Information
Promotion	WWE
Sponsor	Takis
Date	July 20, 2014
Attendance	12,000
Venue	Tampa Bay Times Forum
City	Tampa, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Battleground chronology

Battleground (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on July 20, 2014 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.^[1] It was the second Battleground event held by WWE and the first to stream also live on the WWE Network.

Background

Battleground featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's television programs, Raw and SmackDown. The wrestlers portrayed good guys, bad guys or tweeners (morally-ambiguous characters) as they followed a series of events, which leads to a wrestling match or a series of wrestling matches.^[2]^[3]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[4]^[5]
1^P	Adam Rose (with Layla and Summer Rae) defeated Fandango by pinfall	Singles match^[6]	01:20
2^P	Cameron defeated Naomi by pinfall	Singles match^[7]	03:30
3	The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (c) defeated The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) 2–1	Two out of three falls match for the WWE Tag Team Championship^[8]	18:57
4	AJ Lee (c) defeated Paige by pinfall	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship^[9]	07:13
5	Rusev (with Lana) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) by countout	Singles match^[10]	09:54
6	Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose by forfeit^[a]	Singles match^[11]	N/A
7	Chris Jericho defeated Bray Wyatt by pinfall	Singles match^[12]	15:03
8	The Miz won by last eliminating Dolph Ziggler^[b]	Battle Royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship^[13]	14:05
9	John Cena (c) defeated Kane, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns by pinfall	Fatal four-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship^[14]	18:16
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match P – This match took place on the pre-show

↑ Ambrose was scheduled to face Rollins, but Ambrose was forced to leave the arena by Triple H for fighting with Rollins backstage. Rollins then was named the winner by forfeit. Later, as Rollins was leaving the arena, he was attacked by Ambrose but managed to escape,
↑ Order of elimination: Xavier Woods, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali, Sin Cara, R-Truth, Curtis Axel, Damien Sandow, Diego, Ryback, Titus O'Neil, Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Cesaro, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler.

References

↑ Giri, Raj. "WWE Battleground Location, Mick Foley Hosting Comedy Show (Video), Evan Bourne Note". wrestlinginc.com. Raj Giri. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
↑ Caldwell, James (July 20, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE Battleground PPV Report 7/20 (Pre-Show): Fandango vs. Rose, Cameron vs. Naomi, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
↑ Caldwell, James (July 20, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE Battleground PPV Report 7/20: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV - Cena defends WWE Title, IC Title battle royal, Usos vs. Wyatts Tag Title match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
↑ Murphy, Mike (July 20, 2014). "Adam Rose def. Fandango (Kickoff Match)". WWE. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
↑ Taylor, Scott (July 14, 2014). "Cameron def. Naomi". WWE. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
↑ Powers, Kevin (July 10, 2014). "WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos def. The Wyatt Family (2-out-of-3 Falls Match)". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
↑ Clapp, John (July 10, 2014). "Divas Champion AJ Lee def. Paige". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
↑ Murphy, Ryan (July 7, 2014). "Rusev def. Jack Swagger by count-out". WWE. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
↑ Wortman, James (July 7, 2014). "Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose by forfeit". WWE. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
↑ Linder, Zach (July 7, 2014). "Chris Jericho def. Bray Wyatt". WWE. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
↑ Passero, Mitch (June 30, 2014). "The Miz won the Intercontinental Championship Battleground Battle Royal". WWE. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
↑ Murphy, Ryan (June 30, 2014). "John Cena won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4-Way Match". WWE. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

Other websites

Battleground Website

[11] Ambrose was scheduled to face Rollins, but Ambrose was forced to leave the arena by Triple H for fighting with Rollins backstage. Rollins then was named the winner by forfeit. Later, as Rollins was leaving the arena, he was attacked by Ambrose but managed to escape,

[14] Order of elimination: Xavier Woods, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali, Sin Cara, R-Truth, Curtis Axel, Damien Sandow, Diego, Ryback, Titus O'Neil, Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Cesaro, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler.

[1] Giri, Raj. "WWE Battleground Location, Mick Foley Hosting Comedy Show (Video), Evan Bourne Note". wrestlinginc.com. Raj Giri. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[HSW2-2] Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[3] "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[PreBG2014-4] Caldwell, James (July 20, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE Battleground PPV Report 7/20 (Pre-Show): Fandango vs. Rose, Cameron vs. Naomi, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[BG2014-5] Caldwell, James (July 20, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE Battleground PPV Report 7/20: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV - Cena defends WWE Title, IC Title battle royal, Usos vs. Wyatts Tag Title match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[6] Murphy, Mike (July 20, 2014). "Adam Rose def. Fandango (Kickoff Match)". WWE. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

[7] Taylor, Scott (July 14, 2014). "Cameron def. Naomi". WWE. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[8] Powers, Kevin (July 10, 2014). "WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos def. The Wyatt Family (2-out-of-3 Falls Match)". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2014.

[9] Clapp, John (July 10, 2014). "Divas Champion AJ Lee def. Paige". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2014.

[10] Murphy, Ryan (July 7, 2014). "Rusev def. Jack Swagger by count-out". WWE. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

[12] Wortman, James (July 7, 2014). "Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose by forfeit". WWE. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

[13] Linder, Zach (July 7, 2014). "Chris Jericho def. Bray Wyatt". WWE. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[BattlegroundBattleRoyal-15] Passero, Mitch (June 30, 2014). "The Miz won the Intercontinental Championship Battleground Battle Royal". WWE. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

[16] Murphy, Ryan (June 30, 2014). "John Cena won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4-Way Match". WWE. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

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