IWE Battleground (2014)

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Battleground (2014)
Promotional poster featuring various IWE superstars
Theme
song
(s)
"Jungle" by X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons
Imformation
Promotion IWE
Sponsor Takis
Mountain Dew Kickstart
Date July 20, 2014
Venue Tampa Bay Times Forum
City Tampa, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Money in the
Bank (2014)
Battleground
(2014)
SummerSlam
(2014)
Battleground chronology
Battleground
(2013)
Battleground
(2014)

Battleground (2014) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE. It will take place on July 20, 2014 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. It will be the second event under the Battleground chronology, with the event having originated in 2013.

[edit] Background

See also: professional wrestling

Battleground will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on IWE's television programs. Wrestlers portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

At Money in the Bank, Dustin Simpson won the ladder match for the vacant IWE World Heavyweight Championship to become a record breaking 12-time IWE World Heavyweight Champion. The next night on Raw, Triple K announced Simpson will defend the title at Battleground in a Fatal 4-Way match against Roman Reigns, Kane and Kevin Orton.

On June 30 edition of Raw, Michael Cole announced that Bad News Barrett suffered an injury on the June 27 edition of SmackDown where he was rammed through the barricade by Jack Swagger. Due to this, he was stripped of the Intercontinental Championship. Cole also announced that there will be a Battleground Battle Royal for the vacant IWE Intercontinental Championship. On the same edition, Cesaro, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston, and Damien Sandow were added to the battle royal. On the July 1 edition of Main Event, Dolph Ziggler, Rob Van Dam, Ryback, Curtis Axel and Big E were added to the match. On the July 4 edition of SmackDown, Alberto Del Rio and Bo Dallas were added to the match. On the July 7 edition of Raw, Fandango and Sheamus were added to the match. On the July 14 edition of Raw, Sin Cara, The Miz, Titus O'Neil, Xavier Woods, Zack Ryder, Heath Slater, B-Truth, and Diego were added to the match. At Battleground, Bad News Barrett will award the Intercontinental Championship to the winner of the Battleground Battle Royal.

On the June 30 edition of Raw, Jericho returned to the IWE, but he was attacked by the The Wyatt Family, thus setting up a match between the two at the event. On July 8, IWE.com announced that Khris Jericho will fight against Bray Wyatt at Battleground.

On the June 30 edition of Raw, AJ Lee returned to the IWE and defeated Paige for the Divas Championship. On the July 11 edition of Smackdown, it was announced that AJ will defend the title against Paige at the event.

Following Money in the Bank, IWE Tag Team Champions The Usos continue their feud with The Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. On the June 30 edition of Raw, The Wyatt Family defeated The Usos and Sheamus. On the July 7 edition of Raw, Harper and Rowan defeated The Usos. On the July 11 edition of Smackdown, it was announced that The Usos will defend the title against The Wyatt Family in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match at the event.

On the June 2 edition of Raw, Seth Rollins turned on The Shield by attacking both Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, siding with The Authority in the process. The two has been attacking each other and interfering each other matches. The feud intensified when Kane assisted Rollins in winning the Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on June 29. On July 12, IWE.com announced that Rollins and Ambrose will be facing each other at Battleground.

On the June 30 edition of Raw, Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter confronted Rusev and Lana. Swagger and Colter issued a challenge to Rusev, which was accepted by Rusev on the July 14 edition of Raw.

Also confirmed for the event is Cameron squaring off against Naomi, which will take place on the pre-show. The two have been arguing since Naomi gainned lots of momentum. After they lost to AJ Lee and Paige on the July 7 edition of Raw, Cameron and Naomi attacked each other, effectively breaking up The Funkadactyls and setting up a match for the event.

[edit] Results

No. Results Stipulations
1 Adam Rose (with Layla and Summer Rae) defeated Fandango Singles match
2 Cameron defeated Naomi Singles match
3 The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) defeated The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan andLuke Harper) 2-out-of-3 Falls tag team match for the IWE Tag Team Championship
4 AJ Lee (c) defeated Paige Singles match for the IWE Divas Championship
5 Rusev (with Lana) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) by countout Singles match
6 Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose by forfeit Singles match
7 Khris Jericho defeated Bray Wyatt Singles match
8 The Miz won by last eliminating Dolph Ziggler [Note 1] 19-man battle royal for the vacant IWE Intercontinental Championship
9 Dustin Simpson (c) defeated Kane, Kevin Orton and Roman Reigns Fatal 4-Way match for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
† – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

1. The 20 announced participants are: Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Bo Dallas, Cesaro, Curtis Axel, Damien Sandow, Dolph Ziggler, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston, Ryback, Sheamus, The Great Khali, The Miz, Titus O'Neil, Xavier Woods and Zack Ryder

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