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Battleground (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on July 20, 2014 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, now known as Amalie Arena, in Tampa, Florida. It was the second event under the Battleground chronology, with the event having originated in 2013. Nine matches (including, for the first time ever, two pre-show matches) took place at the event. The main event saw John Cena defeat Randy Orton, Kane and Roman Reigns in a Fatal four-way match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The event received 99,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), slightly down on the previous year's 114,000 buys.〔http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/507913-wwe-battleground-buyrate-revealed-wwe-network-schedule-for-94〕 ==Background== Battleground featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown''. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. At Money in the Bank, John Cena won a ladder match (other participants were: Kane, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Bray Wyatt and Cesaro) for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship to become a 15-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion. The next night on ''Raw'', Triple H announced Cena would defend the title at ''Battleground'' in a Fatal 4-Way match against Roman Reigns, Kane and Randy 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 thrown into the barricade by Jack Swagger. Due to this, he was stripped of the Intercontinental Championship. Cole also announced that there would be a Battleground Battle Royal at Battleground for the vacant WWE 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, R-Truth, Adam Rose and Diego were added to the match. At Battleground, Bad News Barrett was to award the Intercontinental Championship to the winner of the battle royal. On July 16, Sandow and Rose were pulled from the battle royal. On July 20, Sandow was reinstated into the battle royal and Fandango was pulled from the battle royal. Van Dam did not appear in the battle royal due to an injury. On the June 30 edition of ''Raw'', Chris Jericho returned to the WWE, but was attacked by The Wyatt Family, thus setting up a match between the two at the event. On July 8, WWE.com announced that Jericho would face Bray Wyatt at ''Battleground''. On the June 30 edition of ''Raw'', AJ Lee returned to the WWE and defeated Paige for the Divas Championship.〔 On the July 11 edition of ''Smackdown'', it was announced that AJ would defend the title against Paige at the event. Following Money in the Bank, WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos continued their feud with 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 would 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. In the ensuing weeks, Rollins and Ambrose attacked each other, and each interfered in the others 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, WWE.com announced that Rollins and Ambrose would face each other at Battleground.〔http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwebattleground/2014/dean-ambrose-seth-rollins-26462754〕 On the June 30 edition of ''Raw'', Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter confronted Rusev and Lana about their anti-American views. Swagger and Colter issued a challenge to Rusev, which was accepted on the July 14 edition of ''Raw''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/86921/wwe-raw-report-more-names-for-the-battle-royal-a-sonic-boom-wyatt-and-jericho-talk-and-more.html?p=1 )〕 Also confirmed for the event was Cameron squaring off against Naomi, which took place on the pre-show. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-wrestling-results/wwe-raw-results/49455-wwe-raw-results-7-7-14-live-results-from-montreal )〕 On July 20, WWE.com announced that Adam Rose would face Fandango on the pre-show.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battleground (2014)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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