The 2017 Battleground was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brand, SmackDown. It was the fi
Promotional poster featuring Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton inside the Punjabi Prison structure
The fifth annual Battleground was held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 2016 Battleground was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the fourt
Battleground (2017)
…wrestlers from the SmackDown brand division. Tickets went on sale on April 22. This was the first Battleground to be brand-exclusive, as although the previous year's event was the first to be held following the reintroduction of the brand extension, it featured wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown as brand-exclusive PPV…
Promotional poster featuring John Cena
The fourth annual Battleground was held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Randy Orton made his return after a nine-month injury.
SmackDown's Dean Ambrose defended the WWE Championship against his former Shield teammates Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, both of whom were drafted to Raw, in the main event that determined the home brand of the title.