WWE Battleground results: John Cena retains WWE World Heavyweight Championship (GIF)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4-Way

Randy Orton is out first in this one, followed by Kane, then Roman Reigns and, finally, the champ John Cena–who was carrying two belts, which is interesting, considering the rumors that they were retiring the big gold belt.

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Cena and Reigns start the match on one side of the ring with Kane and Orton on the other. After the bell rings, Kane and Reigns go at it, with Cena and Orton following suit.

Back in the ring, Reigns starts taking it to Orton, but when he turns around, he eats a right hand from Kane. Orton and Kane start double teaming Reigns in the corner. Cena comes up on the apron, but Kane knocks him back to the floor.

Kane and Orton continue to take it to Reigns in the middle of the ring.

The champ eventually gets back in the ring, but now he is the one taking the punishment from Kane and Orton. They knock Reigns to the outside and Kane bounces him off of the post.

Every time that Orton is in trouble, Kane comes in and makes the save. That should stop soon.

Eventually, as we would all expect, Cena starts to make his comeback against Orton. Kane and Orton begin arguing in the middle of the ring, which causes a distraction.

After a sequence in which Orton has both Reigns and Cena under control, Cena begins to make another comeback, locking Orton in the STF. Orton heads to the ropes, but Reigns grabs him and throws him over the announce table.

Now we have a face off between Reigns and Cena. They exchange blows in the center of the ring. After some more back and forth, Cena goes for the STF but Reigns gets out. Reigns then hits him with a Samoan Drop. He goes for the Superman Punch, but Cena counters. Coming off the ropes, though, he DOES eat the Superman Punch. Reigns then hits the spear, but Kane saves the pin.

Kane and Reigns go at it, and Reigns hits him with the Superman Punch. He goes around the ring and kicks Cena first, then Orton and then Kane. He follows all that up by spearing Orton through the barricade.

Reigns hits the spear on Kane, but Cena comes in to make the save.

There’s a sequence in which Kane, Cena and Reigns trade pinfalls on one another.

We get down to just Kane and Reigns. But Cena comes in and hits the AA on Kane for the win.

Winner: John Cena