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Battleground (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on July 19, 2015 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the third event under the Battleground chronology. Battleground was available for free to new subscribers on WWE's monthly subscription service, the WWE Network in over 140 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wwe.com/wwenetwork )〕 Seven matches took place at the event, with one match on the pre-show. In the main event, the match between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar ended in a disqualification when The Undertaker made his unexpected return (and first appearance on pay-per-view in WWE since his WrestleMania 31 match against Bray Wyatt) and attacked Lesnar. This was initially reported as a "no contest", but the following night on ''Raw'', Lilian Garcia announced Brock Lesnar as the winner by disqualification. The event received 76,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), slightly down on the previous year's 99,000 buys.〔http://wrestlechat.net/pay-per-view-buys-for-wwe-battleground-2015-released〕 == Background == Battleground featured professional wrestling matches, involving wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines playing out on WWE's primary television programs, ''Raw'', ''SmackDown'' and ''NXT''. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events, building tensions and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. At Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose in a ladder match to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On the June 15 episode of ''Raw'', The Authority reinstated Brock Lesnar, who returned to the WWE and invoked his rematch clause (after losing the championship to Rollins at WrestleMania 31) to face Rollins at Battleground for the championship. On the July 6 episode of ''Raw'', Lesnar attacked Rollins' bodyguards J&J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury), breaking Noble's arm with a Kimura lock and executing a belly-to-belly suplex on Mercury onto a car's windshield. This infuriated Rollins, who said Lesnar had no respect for other people's belongings and that at Battleground, Rollins was going to burn "Suplex City" to the ground. During the contract signing on the July 13 episode of ''Raw'', Lesnar thwarted Rollins and Kane's attempt to attack him, ending with Lesnar breaking Kane's ankle with the steel steps. After Lesnar had left, Rollins proceeded to stomp on Kane's injured ankle, while shouting at him "he was a piece of crap". On the May 21 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bray Wyatt was defeated by Dean Ambrose, after Roman Reigns interfered in the match on Ambrose's behalf by executing a Superman punch on Wyatt. On the June 1 episode of ''Raw'', Reigns defeated Wyatt to retain his spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match. At Money in the Bank, during the Money in the Bank ladder match, Wyatt knocked Reigns off the ladder right before Reigns could grab the briefcase. During the event, it was announced Reigns would face Wyatt at Battleground.〔 At Money in the Bank, Big Show defeated Intercontinental Champion Ryback by disqualification after The Miz attacked Big Show; therefore, Ryback still would retained the title.〔 On the June 15 episode of ''Raw'', Miz defeated Big Show by countout as Big Show was distracted confronting Ryback.〔 On June 22, it was announced on WWE.com; Ryback would defend the title against Big Show and Miz in a triple threat match at the event. However, it was announced on WWE.com on July 15, Ryback has sustained an injury two days prior during his match on ''Raw'' and would not be able to defend the Intercontinental Championship at Battleground and the match was officially postponed. At Money in the Bank, The Prime Time Players defeated The New Day to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.〔 On the June 15 episode of ''Raw'', The Prime Time Players and Neville defeated The New Day.〔 On June 22, it was announced on WWE.com, The Prime Time Players would defend the titles against The New Day at the event. At Elimination Chamber, NXT Champion Kevin Owens defeated United States Champion John Cena. At Money in the Bank, Cena defeated Owens in a rematch.〔 On the June 15 episode of ''Raw'', Owens challenged Cena to a match at Battleground for the United States Championship.〔 On the June 22 episode of ''Raw'', Cena accepted Owens' challenge. At The Beast in the East on July 4, Owens lost the NXT Championship to Finn Bálor. At Money in the Bank, Sheamus won the Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract.〔 On the June 15 episode of ''Raw'', Randy Orton, who also participated in the match, attacked Sheamus after his match against Dean Ambrose, but Sheamus later attacked Orton during his match against Kane.〔 On the July 6 episode of ''Raw'', Orton returned and attacked Sheamus, after his match against Roman Reigns.〔 On July 13, it was announced on WWE.com, Orton would face Sheamus at the event. At Elimination Chamber, R-Truth eliminated King Barrett during the Elimination Chamber match for the Intercontinental Championship.〔 On the Money in the Bank pre-show, Truth defeated Barrett. In the following weeks, Truth mocked Barrett, wearing his royal crown and cape. On the July 6 episode of ''Raw'', Barrett defeated Truth.〔 On the July 13 episode of ''Raw'', Truth defeated Barrett. It was then announced, Truth would face Barrett on the Battleground Kickoff show, with Barrett's King of the Ring crown on the line.〔 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 (2015)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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