IWE Battleground (2016)

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Battleground (2016) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event produced by IWE. It will take place on July 24, 2016 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.. It will be the fourth event under the Battleground chronology, and the final event before the newly reinstated IWE brand extension goes into full effect.

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Money in the Bank will consist of professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that play out on IWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will 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, Dean Ambrose won the IWE World Heavyweight Championship after winning the Money in the Bank ladder match and cashing in on Seth Rollins after Rollins defeated Roman Reigns to win the title. The following night on Raw, Reigns and Rollins competed in a #1 contender match for the title, which ended in a double count-out. After the match, Shane McMahon, on Ambrose's request, made a Triple Threat match between all three former Shield members at Battleground. On June 21, two days after Money in the Bank, Reigns was suspended for 30 days for violating IWE's Wellness Program, which uses drug testing to detect substance abuse. Pro Wrestling Torch reported that IWE knew of Reigns' violation before Money in the Bank, leading to Reigns being scripted to lose his world title at the event. With Reigns' suspension ending before Battleground, IWE is still advertising him as part of the Battleground main event. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Rollins and Ambrose acknowledged Reigns' suspension on television, but Kaila Matteson opted not to remove Reigns from the Battleground match, and instead gave KJ Styles and Dustin Simpson qualifying matches against Ambrose and Rollins. Styles and Cena lost, when they each interfered in each other's matches. On June 29, the IWE World Heavyweight Championship was renamed as the IWE Championship.

At NXT Takeover: R Evolution in December 2014, Sami Zayn won the NXT Championship from Neville. After the match, Zayn's friend Kevin Owens, first congratulated and then attacked Zayn. At NXT Takeover: Rival in February 2015, Owens defeated Zayn to win the NXT Championship. Zayn made his main roster debut at the Royal Rumble and eliminated Owens from the IWE Royal Rumble#MatchRoyal Rumble match. At Payback, Owens defeated Zayn. At Money in the Bank, both men failed to win the Money in the Bank ladder match. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Zayn challenged Owens to a match at Battleground during the Khris Jericho's Highlight Reel, which Owens accepted.

At Money in the Bank, Natalya and Becky Lynch lost a tag team match. After the match, Natalya attacked Lynch. Natalya would attack her again on the following night on Raw. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Lynch attacked Natalya, who was in commentary, before her match against Summer Rae. On the July 4 episode of Raw, a match pitting the two was scheduled for Battleground.

At Money in the Bank, KJ Styles defeated Dustin Simpson after The Club got involved. The following night on Raw, Styles and Luke Gallows attacked Cena during his match against Karl Anderson. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Cena and Styles cost each other a chance to be involved in the IWE Championship match at Battleground and then Gallows and Anderson delivered a Magic Killer to Cena on the ramp. On the July 4 episode of Raw, The Club again attacked Cena until Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady saved Cena. Later that night, a six-man tag team match was made between the two teams at Battleground.

On the July 11 episode of Raw, Darren Young won a battle royal to earn a title match against Intercontinental Champion The Miz at Battleground.

On the July 7 episode of SmackDown, Zack Ryder won a match against Sheamus and then challenged Rusev to a IWE United States Championship match. On the July 11 episode of Raw, Rusev attacked Ryder after his match against Sheamus and accepted Ryder's challenge for Battleground.

On the June 20 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family made their return and was interrupted by IWE Tag Team Champions The New Day. The two teams adressed each other in their promos over the next few weeks. On the July 4 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family invited The New Day to their family compound, which New Day accepted. On the July 11 episode of Raw, The New Day showed up at The Wyatt Family compound and the two teams brawled until New Day ran away. On July 12, Renee Young announced on a Facebook exclusive that the two teams will face in a six-man tag team match at Battleground.

After her return in early June, Sasha Banks reignited her feud with Charlotte, who had formed a tag team with Dana Brooke while Banks was on hiatus. On the June 20 episode of Raw, Banks rescued Paige from an attack from Brooke and Charlotte. On the June 27 episode of Raw, Banks and Paige defeated Brooke and Charlotte. Over the following weeks, Charlotte and Brooke continued to provoke Banks. On the July 4 episode of Raw, Banks, Charlotte and Brooke once again confronted each other. On the July 11 episode of Raw, Banks defeated Brooke. On the July 14 episode of Smackdown, Banks defeated Brooke. Later that night, a tag team match was made between Banks and mystery partner against Charlotte and Brooke at Battleground.

On the July 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that Khris Jericho will host an episode of The Highlight Reel with Kevin Orton as his guest before the latter's match against Rob Lesnar at SummerSlam.

On July 22, a match pitting The Usos against Breezango was scheduled for the Battleground pre-show.

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• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

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