The 2016 Battleground was the fourth annual Battleground professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on July 24, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the last event to feature WWE's full main roster before the newly reinstated brand extension went into full effect, excluding WWE's "Big Four" PPVs, as after the following month's SummerSlam, monthly PPVs became brand-exclusive until WrestleMania 34 in April 2018, after which, brand-exclusive PPVs were again discontinued.
Promotional poster featuring John Cena
The event was held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Randy Orton made his return after a nine-month injury.
Dean Ambrose defended the WWE Championship against his former Shield teammates Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in the main event.
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. The arena was opened on December 2, 1997 as MCI Center but renamed to Verizon Center in 2006 when MCI was acquired by Verizon Communications and changed again to its current name in 2017.
Capital One Arena in 2023
The arena in January 2006, then known as MCI Center.
Capital One Arena, then the Verizon Center, in August 2008
The overhead video board that was installed in 2019 as part of the largest renovation in arena history
