{"id":23518,"date":"2016-07-24T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23518"},"modified":"2016-07-24T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:30:25","slug":"battleground-ppv-update-wwe-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/24\/battleground-ppv-update-wwe-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Battleground PPV Update &#8211; Who is the WWE champion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2762298186\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Dean Ambrose is keeping the WWE World Title on the Smackdown brand following the Battleground PPV main event.<\/p>\n<p>Ambrose pinned Roman Reigns clean in the three-way title match also involving Seth Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield Reunion included Roman Reigns returning to WWE TV following his 30-day Wellness Policy violation.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd in Washington, D.C. sounded completely opposed to Reigns, who dominated for portions of the match to boos, then took the decisive fall to end the match.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown now has the WWE Title and Intercontinental Title held by The Miz. 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