Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni April 8, 2013 episode ti "Raw", WWE kede titun kan sanwo-nipasẹ-wo (PPV) akọle Battleground lati wa ni waye ni October 6 ti odun ti ni First Niagara Center ni Buffalo, New York. Ó rọ́pò Over the Limit, tí wọ́n ṣe ní May láti ọdún 2010 sí 2012, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n fẹ́ ṣe é ní October 2013 kí WWE tó pinnu láti dá Over the Limit dúró. Ogun 2013 ni iṣẹlẹ akọkọ ninu akoko PPV tuntun, bi ogun keji ti o waye ni ọdun to nbo, biotilejepe o gbe soke si Keje. Iṣẹlẹ keji yii fi idi Battleground mulẹ bi PPV oṣooṣu ti WWE titi di iṣẹlẹ ikẹhin ni
Ọdún 2017.