Battleground 2015: Burn It To The Ground
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2015
Date: July 19, 2015
Location: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Jerry Lawler
Pre-Show: King Barrett vs. R-Truth
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus
Rating: C+. This took its time to get going but the second half was far better than the first. In other words, it was another good TV match formula transferred over to pay per view. Orton going over here, while annoying in a way, was the right choice for an opener, even though I hate Sheamus losing as Mr. Money in the Bank. Good back and forth stuff here though and I got a lot more into it after that chinlock.
Tag Team Titles: Prime Time Players vs. New Day
Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns
The fireflies continue to look awesome. They lock up to start with Bray hammering him down in the corner for a bit of a surprise. The fans are WAY into Wyatt here, though it might be more anti-Roman instead. An uppercut sends Wyatt to the floor but he pops Reigns with one of his own to take over again. The cross body block takes Reigns down again but Reigns Samoan drops him out to the floor.
Sister Abigail is broken up (obvious due to being a slow kiss) so Reigns hits ten clotheslines in the corner and another Samoan drop. Both guys are spent so Bray grabs some chairs. Reigns knocks them away just as quickly though and grabs chairs of his own. All four chairs wind up in the ring but someone in a hood superkicks Reigns, allowing Bray to hit Sister Abigail for the pin at 22:10.
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte vs. Nikki Bella
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte vs. Brie Bella
Brie comes back in with a double missile dropkick (with the camera barely catching it), setting up the BRIE MODE running knees to the chest. The Bellas huddle on the floor but are quickly surrounded, setting up a BIG staredown. Sasha dives through the ropes to take out a lot of them, followed by Charlotte diving on the rest. Back in and Brie breaks up the Bank Statement on Charlotte, only to have the Bella Buster countered into the Figure Eight for the submission at 11:31. Cole: “TEAM BELLA IS MORTAL!” Oh shut up Michael.
The preshow panel recaps the night, including Barrett beating Truth.
US Title: John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
WWE World Heavyweight Title: Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar
German #6 has Rollins in even more trouble and Brock looks livid. Rollins backflips out of #7 and hits a superkick (way too common a move tonight), followed by three straight low superkicks. Another regular superkick means Rollins can apply to be a Young Buck, but the Pedigree is easily countered. Rollins hits a pair of suicide dives but Brock charges in and throws Rollins with a belly to belly.
Results
Randy Orton b. Sheamus – RKO
Prime Time Players b. New Day – Clash of the Titus to Big E.
Bray Wyatt b. Roman Reigns – Sister Abigail
Charlotte b. Brie Bella and Sasha Banks – Figure Eight to Bella
John Cena b. Kevin Owens – STF
Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins went to a no contest when Undertaker interfered
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