10 Worst Moments In WWE Battleground History

10. Mojo Rawley Debuts (2016)

After winning in the main event of last year's Fourth of July episode of Raw and subsequently beating Sheamus in clean fashion on SmackDown, Zack Ryder earned himself a United States Championship match against Rusev at the Battleground pay-per-view. Although he wasn't viewed as a major threat to the star-spangled prize, he had a strong showing and looked credible in defeat, coming close to capturing the gold before falling to the Accolade.

The match itself was fine and an effective way to keep Rusev's streak of dominance alive, but it was what happened afterward that left fans confused.

The Bulgarian brute continued to assault Ryder until Mojo Rawley's music hit to a small pop with Rawley racing toward the ring to save his tag team partner from further destruction. Rawley had just been drafted to the main roster days earlier, so it wasn't too surprising that the crowd (even though the event emanated from his hometown of Washington D.C.) didn't know who he was, but he was on SmackDown Live. Rusev was on Raw. This looked to set up a future face-off between Rawley and Rusev, but it was impossible due to the Brand Split.

Surely there was a better way to introduce The Hype Bros to the main roster audience than this?