Battleground (2014)

Battleground
Promotional poster featuring Bray Wyatt
PromotionWWE
DateJuly 20, 2014
CityTampa, Florida
VenueTampa Bay Times Forum
Attendance12,000
Buy rate99,000[1] (excluding WWE Network views)
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The 2014 Battleground was the second annual Battleground professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on July 20, 2014, at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, and was the first Battleground event to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February. It was the last WWE pay-per-view event to incorporate the WWE scratch logo, as the following month, WWE rebranded and began using the logo that was originally used for the WWE Network.

Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the Kickoff pre-show. 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.

  1. ^ Pritchard, Bill (September 4, 2014). "WWE Battleground Buyrate Revealed, WWE Network Schedule for 9/4". WrestleZone. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014.