Battleground (2013)
| Battleground | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring Ryback | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | October 6, 2013 | ||
| City | Buffalo, New York | ||
| Venue | First Niagara Center | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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Battleground is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on October 6, 2013 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. This pay-per-view was announced on the July 29 WWE Raw as the new October WWE pay-per-view, replacing Over The Limit.[1]
Background
Battleground features professional wrestling matches that will involve wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2][3]
After defeating Randy Orton at Night of Champions for the WWE Championship, Daniel Bryan was stripped of the title after referee Scott Armstrong admitted to a fast 3-count. However, Triple H did not give Orton the title back since he and his wife Stephanie McMahon believed that Orton's performance at Night of Champions was not what they wanted the face of the WWE to be, stating that they wanted the more ruthless Orton that they feuded with previously. It was then announced that Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton would face off once more for the vacant championship.
At Night of Champions Rob Van Dam faced the champion Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship in which Van Dam won by disqualification. On the September 20th episode of SmackDown, Triple H gave Van Dam a rematch with Del Rio at Battleground for the World Heavyweight Championship. Immediately afterwards, Del Rio would proceed to viciously assault RVD backstage.
Matches
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton | Singles match for the vacant WWE Championship[4] |
| 2 | Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[5] |
See also
References
- ^ "WWE reveal new October pay-per-view". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwebattleground/2013/daniel-bryan-randy-orton-26148906
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwebattleground/2013/world-heavyweight-champion-alberto-del-rio-vs-rob-van-dam-26149939