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NXT Battleground (2025)
The 2025 Battleground, also promoted as Battleground: Tampa, was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the third annual Battleground held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the eighth Battleground overall. The event took place during Memorial Day weekend on May 25, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This was the first Battleground to air on Netflix in most international markets and it was the first NXT livestreaming event to take place in Tampa. As with the 2023 edition, the event went head-to-head against All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing pay-per-view event.
Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Trick Williams defeated defending champion Joe Hendry from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to win the TNA World Championship; this was the first time a TNA championship was defended on a WWE livestreaming event. In other prominent matches, Oba Femi defeated No Quarter Catch Crew's Myles Borne to retain the NXT Championship and Stephanie Vaquer defeated Jordynne Grace to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
Battleground was previously an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event established by WWE in 2013. The inaugural 2013 event was held in October, but then moved to July from 2014 to 2017, after which, it was discontinued. Since its revival in 2023, the event has been held for WWE's developmental brand, NXT. On March 7, 2025, NXT's third Battleground event, and eighth overall, was announced to be held during Memorial Day weekend on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This event was part of a four-night residency at Yuengling Center, alongside Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX, Monday Night Raw, and NXT; however, the NXT taping for May 27 was cancelled due to low ticket sales. This event became the first NXT livestreaming event to take place in Tampa, as that city was originally planned to host NXT TakeOver: Tampa Bay in 2020 at nearby Amalie Arena, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to Peacock in the United States, the event was also available to livestream on Netflix in most international markets and the WWE Network in a select few countries that had not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marked the first Battleground to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas. Beginning with Halloween Havoc in 2024, all major NXT events are branded solely with the WWE logo instead of the NXT logo, marking the first Battleground since 2017 to just use the promotion's logo. Tickets went on sale on March 14 via Ticketmaster.
As with the 2023 event, Battleground went head-to-head with Double or Nothing, a PPV event produced by rival company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). According to WWE executive Shawn Michaels back in 2023, the scheduling was not intended for WWE to go head-to-head with AEW, but that it was just due to the holiday (Memorial Day weekend) as he said WWE events had always done well on holidays.
The event included six matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) weekly television program, Impact!, following WWE and TNA signing a multi-year partnership in January 2025.
Following Oba Femi's successful NXT Championship defense at Stand & Deliver, a battle royal was scheduled for the May 6 episode of NXT to determine the number one contender for the title at Battleground. The match was won by No Quarter Catch Crew's Myles Borne.
At Stand & Deliver, Stephanie Vaquer retained the NXT Women's Championship in a fatal four-way match involving Jordynne Grace and Giulia. On the April 22 episode of NXT, after Vaquer won her match, she was confronted by Grace and Giulia. After Grace's team defeated Giulia's team in a tag team match the following week, NXT General Manager Ava scheduled a match between Grace and Giulia on the May 6 episode, where the winner would face Vaquer for the title at Battleground. The match was won by Grace.
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NXT Battleground (2025)
The 2025 Battleground, also promoted as Battleground: Tampa, was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the third annual Battleground held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the eighth Battleground overall. The event took place during Memorial Day weekend on May 25, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This was the first Battleground to air on Netflix in most international markets and it was the first NXT livestreaming event to take place in Tampa. As with the 2023 edition, the event went head-to-head against All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing pay-per-view event.
Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Trick Williams defeated defending champion Joe Hendry from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to win the TNA World Championship; this was the first time a TNA championship was defended on a WWE livestreaming event. In other prominent matches, Oba Femi defeated No Quarter Catch Crew's Myles Borne to retain the NXT Championship and Stephanie Vaquer defeated Jordynne Grace to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
Battleground was previously an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event established by WWE in 2013. The inaugural 2013 event was held in October, but then moved to July from 2014 to 2017, after which, it was discontinued. Since its revival in 2023, the event has been held for WWE's developmental brand, NXT. On March 7, 2025, NXT's third Battleground event, and eighth overall, was announced to be held during Memorial Day weekend on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This event was part of a four-night residency at Yuengling Center, alongside Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX, Monday Night Raw, and NXT; however, the NXT taping for May 27 was cancelled due to low ticket sales. This event became the first NXT livestreaming event to take place in Tampa, as that city was originally planned to host NXT TakeOver: Tampa Bay in 2020 at nearby Amalie Arena, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to Peacock in the United States, the event was also available to livestream on Netflix in most international markets and the WWE Network in a select few countries that had not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marked the first Battleground to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas. Beginning with Halloween Havoc in 2024, all major NXT events are branded solely with the WWE logo instead of the NXT logo, marking the first Battleground since 2017 to just use the promotion's logo. Tickets went on sale on March 14 via Ticketmaster.
As with the 2023 event, Battleground went head-to-head with Double or Nothing, a PPV event produced by rival company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). According to WWE executive Shawn Michaels back in 2023, the scheduling was not intended for WWE to go head-to-head with AEW, but that it was just due to the holiday (Memorial Day weekend) as he said WWE events had always done well on holidays.
The event included six matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) weekly television program, Impact!, following WWE and TNA signing a multi-year partnership in January 2025.
Following Oba Femi's successful NXT Championship defense at Stand & Deliver, a battle royal was scheduled for the May 6 episode of NXT to determine the number one contender for the title at Battleground. The match was won by No Quarter Catch Crew's Myles Borne.
At Stand & Deliver, Stephanie Vaquer retained the NXT Women's Championship in a fatal four-way match involving Jordynne Grace and Giulia. On the April 22 episode of NXT, after Vaquer won her match, she was confronted by Grace and Giulia. After Grace's team defeated Giulia's team in a tag team match the following week, NXT General Manager Ava scheduled a match between Grace and Giulia on the May 6 episode, where the winner would face Vaquer for the title at Battleground. The match was won by Grace.