WWE Battleground

WWE Battleground, known as NXT Battleground beginning in 2023, is a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based promotion. From 2013 to 2017, the event was broadcast on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) and beginning in 2014, it began to simultaneously be livestreamed on the WWE Network, which was extended to Peacock beginning in 2023. The event was established in 2013, debuting in October on WWE's PPV calendar, replacing Over the Limit. In 2014, Battleground moved up to the July slot, becoming the promotion's annual July PPV. To coincide with the brand extension that was reintroduced in July 2016, the 2017 event was held exclusively for wrestlers from the SmackDown brand. Battleground was then discontinued as WWE reduced the amount of yearly PPVs produced after they had discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 34 in April 2018. After five years, the event was revived in 2023 for WWE's developmental territory, NXT, to be held in May and only available via WWE's livestreaming platforms.