Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 2013 na "Raw", WWE ta ba da sanarwar sabon biya-da-gani (PPV) mai taken Battleground da za a gudanar a ranar 6 ga Oktoba a wannan shekarar a Cibiyar Niagara ta Farko a Buffalo, New York. Ya maye gurbin Over the Limit, wanda aka gudanar a watan Mayu daga 2010 zuwa 2012, amma za a gudanar da shi a watan Oktoba 2013 kafin WWE ta yanke shawarar dakatar da Over the Limit. Filin yaƙi na 2013 shine farkon abin da ya faru a cikin sabon tarihin PPV, kamar yadda aka gudanar da filin yaƙi na biyu a shekara mai zuwa, kodayake an tura shi zuwa Yuli. Wannan taron na biyu ya kafa Battleground a matsayin WWE na shekara-shekara na PPV na Yuli har zuwa taron ƙarshe a
Shekarar 2017.