Live from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York, WWE presents the first ever Battleground on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:

Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton for the vacant WWE title; Alberto Del Rio vs Rob Van Dam for the World Heavyweight title in a hardcore rules match; Curtis Axel vs R-Truth for the Intercontinental title; AJ Lee vs Brie Bella for the Divas title; Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns with the stipulation being that if the Rhodes brothers win they get their jobs back but if they lose they can never work for WWE again; and Dolph Ziggler vs Dmaien Sandow in the Kickoff match.