WWE issued the following statement today regarding Lana's promo at WWE Battleground which has drawn a lot of attention from mainstream media.

"Last night's segment during WWE's Battleground event was in no way referring to the Malaysia Airlines tragedy. The storyline with characters Rusev and Lana has been a part of WWE programming for more than 3 months. WWE apologizes to anyone who misunderstood last night's segment and was offended."