Battleground 2016: It’s Battleground!
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2016
Date: July 24, 2016
Location: Verizon Center, Washington D.C.
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
Pre-Show: Usos vs. Breezango
The opening video shows everyone holding their flags before going to a package on the Shield imploding to set up this match.
Charlotte/Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks/???
Sasha and Bayley hug post match.
Wyatt Family vs. New Day
US Title: Rusev vs. Zack Ryder
Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
Cole says Sami has exorcized his demons by beating Owens. Those must be quick rise demons as he pinned Owens about a month ago on Raw in a singles match.
Pre-show recap.
Natalya vs. Becky Lynch
Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan give Dean Ambrose a pep talk.
Intercontinental Title: Darren Young vs. The Miz
Young is challenging after winning a battle royal. He also has Bob Backlund in his corner in an attempt to make Young great again. Ignore the lack of preceding greatness. Young wrestles him down to the mat before getting two off a neckbreaker. Miz shoves him off the top to take over and then grabs a headlock.
Young chokes Miz out and looks at his hands ala Backlund in 1994.
The Club vs. John Cena/Enzo Amore/Big Cass
The beating continues until Gallows misses a splash, setting up the hot tag to Cena. A very quick AA attempt on Styles is countered into a Pele as everything breaks down. Gallows hits a chokebomb on Cass before Cena and Luke play pass the Enzo, only to have AJ hit the forearm on Gallows by mistake. The AA gets two on AJ with Karl making the save, setting up a spinebuster onto the table.
Cena dives back in at nine and the Styles Clash gets another near fall with Cass making the save. The Club takes out Cass so Enzo volunteers to fight them himself. Karl is sent into the post but Gallows kicks Enzo in the face, only to have Cena come back in and take Luke out. Styles comes back in but gets caught in a super AA for the pin at 14:23.
We recap the Shield triple threat which is well over a few years in the making. The short version consists of Rollins returning from knee surgery and taking the title from Reigns, only to have Ambrose take it away that same night. This set up the triple threat but Reigns has been suspended for a month due to a Wellness violation.
WWE World Title: Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose
Ambrose is defending but before we can get going, here are all four authority figures (because there are four authority figures in WWE). We get the big match intros and the three way staredown before Rollins is knocked to the floor. Ambrose rolls Reigns up for two and eats a big clothesline for his efforts.
Results
Sasha Banks/Bayley b. Charlotte/Dana Brooke – Bank Statement to Charlotte
Wyatt Family b. New Day – Sister Abigail to Woods
Rusev b. Zack Ryder – Accolade
Sami Zayn b. Kevin Owens – Helluva Kick
Natalya b. Becky Lynch – Sharpshooter
The Miz b. Darren Young via DQ when Bob Backlund interfered
John Cena/Enzo Amore/Big Cass b. The Club – Super AA to Styles
Dean Ambrose b. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins – Dirty Deeds to Reigns
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