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 .
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]
↑ 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. ↑ 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 .