Most WWE PPVs have themes.
TLC has Table, Ladder and Chair matches. Royal Rumble has the Royal Rumble. Night of Champions has championship matches for every belt. Battleground has...matches? It's kind of unclear what exactly the theme is for this one. There is a "Battleground Hardcore Rules Match", whatever that means, but it seems to be the same as every other No DQ match. They like to give No DQ matches fancy names -- Chicago Street Fight, No Holds Barred, Extreme Rules -- but they're all the same match, with the same rules, with the same weapons. So if that's the draw of this PPV...it's kind of lame, but there are some noteworthy matches, despite the short lead up to this one.
Like with Night of Champions, I'll look at three matches and make my predictions
Match 1: Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins
As I may have mentioned in an earlier post, Cody Rhodes was on his honeymoo--I mean, was fired, and here we have his return. If Cody and his brother Dustin defeat the two Shield members, they'll get their jobs back! I have to think Cody will be rehired -- but I think Goldust will stay retired after this. SoTeam Rhodes will win, but the Shield, being sore losers, will promptly injure Goldust. This will give Cody incentive to continue his feud with the Shield (perhaps taking the US Title from Dean Ambrose?) and allow Dustin to go back to his couch back in...wherever it is he lives exactly.
Winners: Cody Rhodes and Goldust
Match 2: CM Punk vs. Ryback
Another non-title match. This feud is basically pointless, since the "Heyman Guy" stable just formed, Ryback will likely start having tag match with Curtis Axel, and this Punk/Heyman story isn't over just yet -- but CM Punk is involved, so it'll probably be a great match. Ryback isn't the best wrestling in the world, but he'll be able to do what he does, and Punk will be able to sell whatever semi-power moves Ryback will be performing. Ryback will squander what little momentum he has going into this if he loses cleanly to Punk, so I expect Ryback will cheat, win, claim Punk is a bully and hug Paul Heyman or something, but this whole thing just seems like a scheme to sell Battleground.
This feud will continue.
Winner: Ryback (Pictured above. I'd post another pic of him, but they all look the same.)
See?
Match 3: Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
Last PPV, the Orton/Bryan match had a twist ending that I doubt this PPV will match, but as usual, these two should put on an awesome...match. Anyway, I'm liking Daniel Bryan in this one, but he probably won't hold the title for long. Orton has recently been terrorizing Bryan's fiance, Brie Bella (perhaps the next Divas' Champion?), and Orton has started going back to his twisted, sadistic roots. I expect Bryan will win, Orton will be pushed over the edge, and he'll begin to stalk Brie, ambush Bryan, and generally make their lives hell -- which I really want to see. There hasn't been a similar storyline for a while now, and I'm interested to see where they'll take this real-life romantic relationship and apply it to the show. Whatever they have planned for this ongoing feud, I have the feeling it's going to be damn good.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
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