My WWE 2K18 Results: WWE Battleground (July.Week 4)

WWE Battleground

July, Week 4, Year 1

Washington, D.C.

Match #1

WWE Tag Team Championship

Tag Team Match

The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins)(c) vs Gallows & Anderson

Result: Double Count out

A video package is shown featuring rising star, Apollo Crews picking up big victories against competitors like Ryback who hasn't been seen since as well as clips of Apollo winning the 8-man Golden Opportunity Battle Royal several weeks ago on RAW where he earned an opportunity at the WWE Intercontinental Championship currently held by Alberto Del Rio. Can Apollo keep his momentum rolling with a big championship win?

Match #2

WWE Intercontinental Championship

Normal Match

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs Apollo Crews

Winner by pinfall and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Apollo Crews)(Spinning Sit-Out Powerbomb)(** Average)

Post-Match: Del Rio goes to lunge after Apollo with a blindside attack but is repelled off by Crews who clotheslines him out of the ring before going back to celebrate his big Intercontinental Championship victory.

Highlights are shown of the very heated rivalry between the WWE United States Champion “The Viper” Randy Orton and Chris Jericho that has been raging for over a month as both Superstars vie for the United States Championship. Orton and Jericho each hold two victories over the other with the rubber match taking place tonight. Who will walk out of Washington, DC with the WWE United States Championship?

Match #3

WWE United States Championship

Rivalry Match

Ladder Match

Randy Orton (c) vs Chris Jericho

Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: Randy Orton (*** ½ Great)

Footage is shown of The Miz picking up a huge victory over John Cena earlier this month on Monday Night RAW. Cena would go on to challenge Miz to a rematch who would accept the challenge for Battleground, wanting the chance to defeat John Cena one more time on a big Pay-Per-View stage. Two straight victories over John Cena would no doubt do major things for Miz's career such as big money main event matches and even opportunities at the WWE Championship. Will tonight be Miz's night or will “Big Match John” pick up the win tonight?

Match #4

Rematch

Normal Match

The Miz (w/Maryse) vs John Cena

Winner by submission: John Cena (STF)

After defeating “The Boss” Sasha Banks and winning back the WWE Women's Championship last month at WWE Money in the Bank, it seemed as though Charlotte's rivalry with Sasha had come to a conclusion. However, this would not prove to be the case as “The Boss” reemerged on RAW this past week alongside a new danger in Nia Jax who was drafted to RAW from NXT in the WWE Draft. Jax and Banks went on to make a statement at Charlotte's expense which would lead RAW ComMissioner, Stephanie McMahon to make a tag team match for Battleground featuring Nia and Sasha taking on Charlotte who has a surefire tag team partner in her protege, Dana Brooke. Will Nia and Sasha make a statement tonight with a victory over the WWE Women's Champion Charlotte?

Match #5

Tag Team Match

Charlotte & Bayley (w/Ric Flair & Dana Brooke) vs Nia Jax & Sasha Banks

Winners: Nia Jax & Sasha Banks (Bank Statement from Sasha on Bayley but pinned by Nia)

Last month on SmackDown, Jack Swagger would find much needed career revitalization with a major upset victory over The Wyatt Family's monster, Braun Strowman that qualified Swagger to enter the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WWE Money in the Bank. Although he did not go on to win the Money in the Bank contract, Swagger displayed a great showing and would find the spotlight once again on him after years of being on the back burner. Swagger would utilize this spotlight time for everything it was worth by challenging “The Beast” Brock Lesnar to a match at WWE Battleground. A tremendously bold move and major wager that holds big implications for Swagger's future. Although Swagger has been spending his time training harder than he's ever have, many have written Swagger off, believing that a mauling from “The Beast” is imminent. Can Swagger shock the world tonight? Or will “The Beast” once again display his dominance?

Match #6

Normal Match

Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) vs Jack Swagger

Winner by pinfall: Brock Lesnar (F5)(**** ½ Instant Classic)

By defeating his fellow Shield brethren Roman Reigns in the Triple Threat WWE Championship match last week on SmackDown Live premiering on Tuesday nights, the WWE Champion Dean Ambrose now has one form of opposition left in the form of “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles. This is a rematch of their match last month at WWE Money in the Bank where Styles defeated Ambrose to become the new WWE Champion. The WWE Championship has encountered many twists and turns since that has led Dean and AJ to a very similar position they found themselves last month at Money in the Bank. Can “The Phenomenal One” once again defeat Ambrose to regain the WWE Championship? Or will “The Lunatic Fringe” defeat AJ Styles and put him in the rear view mirror? Something Dean has done in his rivalry with “The Beast” Brock Lesnar in the past.

Match #7

WWE Championship

Main Event

Normal Match

Dean Ambrose (c)(w/Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) vs AJ Styles (w/Gallows & Anderson)

Winner by pinfall and NEW WWE Champion: AJ Styles (Styles Clash)

NEWS

NEW CHAMPION!

AJ Styles has won the WWE Championship!

TITLE RETAINED

Randy Orton has successfully defended the WWE United States Championship in a championship rematch!