{"id":26805,"date":"2016-07-24T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26805"},"modified":"2016-07-24T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:28:09","slug":"wwe-battleground-ppv-news-notes-wwe-titles-brand-split-home-orton-returns-wwe-tv-references-brocks-drug-testing-cena-styles-bayley-big-nxt-debut-mojo-call-title-match-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/24\/wwe-battleground-ppv-news-notes-wwe-titles-brand-split-home-orton-returns-wwe-tv-references-brocks-drug-testing-cena-styles-bayley-big-nxt-debut-mojo-call-title-match-results\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Battleground PPV News &#038; Notes &#8211; WWE Title&#8217;s Brand Split home, Orton returns to WWE TV &#038; references Brock&#8217;s drug-testing, Cena-Styles, Bayley big NXT debut, Mojo call-up, title match results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-479143964\" 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><strong>WWE Battleground PPV News &amp; Notes 7\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dean Ambrose kept the WWE World Title on Smackdown heading into the Brand Split Era.<\/p>\n<p>Ambrose pinned Roman Reigns in a three-way match also involving Seth Rollins in the PPV main event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Randy Orton returned to WWE TV after a nine-month absence to hype his Summerslam match against Brock Lesnar. 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