Battleground

The 2013 Battleground was the inaugural Battleground professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. The event took place on October 6, 2013, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Battleground was originally announced to be the new October PPV for the promotion; however, it was moved up to July the following year. It replaced Over the Limit, which had been previously held in May but was going to be held in October 2013. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The main event, which was a match for the vacant WWE Championship between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, ended in a no contest after Big Show interfered and attacked Bryan, Orton, and the referee. The event received 114,000 buys worldwide, making it the second lowest number (behind 2006's ECW December to Dismember) in the previous 17 years. Production Background