On the April 8, 2013 episode of "Raw", WWE announced a new pay-per-view (PPV) titled Battleground to be held on October 6 that year at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. It replaced Over the Limit, which had been held in May from 2010 to 2012, but was going to be held in October 2013 before WWE decided to discontinue Over the Limit. The 2013 Battleground was the first event in a new PPV chronology, as a second Battleground was held the following year, although moved up to July. This second event established Battleground as WWE's annual July PPV until the final event in 2017.