In the main event, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between defending champion Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar ended in a disqualification when The Undertaker made his unexpected return (and his first appearance on pay-per-view in WWE since WrestleMania 31) and attacked Lesnar.

At Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose in a ladder match to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

[12] On the June 1 episode of Raw, Reigns defeated Wyatt to retain his spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match.

[9] On June 22, Ryback was scheduled to defend the title against Big Show and Miz in a triple threat match at the event.

[15] At Money in the Bank, The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) defeated The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (with Kofi Kingston) to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

[9] On the July 6 episode of Raw, Orton returned and attacked Sheamus, after his match against Roman Reigns.

A third match was then scheduled for the Battleground Kickoff pre-show, with Barrett's King of the Ring crown on the line.

[22] In the second match, The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston).

[22] The match between Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns was a vicious back-and-forth with a lot of reversals and signature moves.

In the end, a hooded person attacked Reigns with a Superkick, which then allowed Wyatt to execute Sister Abigail for the win.

[22] In the fifth match, John Cena defended the WWE United States Championship against Kevin Owens.

[22] In the main event, Seth Rollins defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman).

When the lights came back on, The Undertaker emerged and attacked Lesnar with a low blow, a chokeslam and two tombstone piledrivers.

On the same night, the two engaged in a vicious brawl which prompted half of the WWE roster and many security guards to separate the two.

[26] On the following night's Raw, John Cena confronted Seth Rollins over his cowardly tactics to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, going as far as calling him a joke.

[27] After recovering, Cena would accept Rollins' challenge on the August 11 episode of Tough Enough to a Winner Takes All match at SummerSlam.

[28] At the event, Cena lost the United States Championship to Rollins thanks to interference from SummerSlam host Jon Stewart.