NXT Battleground (2023)

The 2023 NXT Battleground is the upcoming sixth Battleground professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event will take place on May 28, 2023, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. This will be the first Battleground held since July 2017, as well as the first to livestream on Peacock.

NXT Battleground
Tickets sale poster featuring Tiffany Stratton, Carmelo Hayes, Bron Breakker, Roxanne Perez, and Wes Lee
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateMay 28, 2023
CityLowell, Massachusetts
VenueTsongas Center
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Battleground will be held on the same day as Double or Nothing, an event produced by rival promotion All Elite Wrestling, making the first pay-per-view to be competed by two major promotions since the 1987 Survivor Series and Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat on the very same day.[1]

Production

Background

Battleground was an annual July pay-per-view (PPV) event established by WWE in 2013, although the original event was held in October.[2] Battleground continued until its final event in July 2017, as following WrestleMania 34 in April 2018, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs, resulting in WWE reducing the yearly amount of PPVs produced.[3] However, on March 30, 2023, WWE revived the event for its developmental territory, NXT, and it was scheduled to take place on May 28, 2023, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. The event will be livestreamed on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets, in turn marking the first Battleground to air on Peacock due to the American version of the WWE Network merging under Peacock in March 2021.[4][5]

Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up.[6][7]

References
  1. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/shawn-michaels-says-nxt-battleground-running-same-day-aew-double-or-nothing-was-holiday-thing?amp
  2. Salgado, Sebastian (July 30, 2013). "WWE officially announces the Battleground PPV". Super Luchas. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. WWE.com Staff (February 17, 2018). "WWE pay-per-views just got bigger for 2018!". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  4. WWE.com Staff (March 8, 2021). "WWE Network to launch on Peacock March 18". WWE. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. Defelice, Robert (March 30, 2023). "Shawn Michaels Announces NXT Battleground 2023 Will Emanate From Lowell, Massachusetts". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  6. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  7. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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