Battleground 2013 was a pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on October 6, 2013 in Buffalo, New York. This was the first annual Battleground event.
Kick-off Show[]
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Damien Sandow.
Results[]
- Alberto Del Rio defeated Rob Van Dam in a hardcore match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
- The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger) (with Zeb Colter) defeated Santino Marella and The Great Khali (with Hornswoggle).
- Curtis Axel (with Paul Heyman) defeated R-Truth to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
- AJ Lee (with Tamina Snuka) defeated Brie Bella (with Nikki Bella) to retain the WWE Divas Championship.
- Cody Rhodes and Goldust (with Dusty Rhodes) defeated The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) (with Dean Ambrose) to win back their jobs in WWE.
- Bray Wyatt (with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) defeated Kofi Kingston.
- CM Punk defeated Ryback (with Paul Heyman).
Main Event[]
- Daniel Bryan versus Randy Orton for the vacant WWE Championship ended in a no contest.