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Battleground (2014)

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Battleground (2014)
Theme
song(s)		"Jungle" by Jamie N Commons and X Ambassadors (feat. Jay-Z)
Information
PromotionWWE
SponsorTakis
DateJuly 20, 2014
Attendance12,000
VenueTampa Bay Times Forum
CityTampa, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Money in the Bank (2014) Battleground (2014) SummerSlam (2014)
Battleground chronology
Battleground (2013) Battleground (2014) Battleground (2015)

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 also stream live on the WWE Network.

Background

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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 lead to a wrestling match or a series of wrestling matches.[2][3]

Results

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No. Results Stipulations Times[4][5]
1P Adam Rose (with Layla and Summer Rae) defeated Fandango by pinfall Singles match[6] 01:20
2P 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
  1. ↑ 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,
  2. ↑ 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

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  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  11. ↑ Wortman, James (July 7, 2014). "Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose by forfeit". WWE. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Linder, Zach (July 7, 2014). "Chris Jericho def. Bray Wyatt". WWE. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  13. ↑ Passero, Mitch (June 30, 2014). "The Miz won the Intercontinental Championship Battleground Battle Royal". WWE. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  14. ↑ 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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