WWE NXT Heatwave 2025 8/24/2025

WWE NXT Heatwave 2025 8/24/2025

Booker T and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

#1 Contender to the NXT Women's Title - Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice

They all fight and JP takes a double superkick out. KJ forearms JP off the apron. Lola avoids a legsweep then JP double lariats them. JP slams both. JP hits corner spears on Lola.

JP puts both opponents on the 2nd rope and step up buttpresses them down. JP samoan drops Lola for 2. Lola hangs from the top rope and JP corkscrew leg drops her for 2. JP's head is banged off the apron. KJ wrap around hurricanrana's JP on the post.

KJ jumping ddt's Lola for 2. Lola triangles JP. KJ then lands on them and breaks it up. JP and KJ fight on the apron. KJ superkicks JP on the apron. KJ tornillo plancha's outside onto JP. KJ handspring split stunners Lola for 2. KJ half-crabs Lola.

Lola dragon sleepers KJ. Lola superkicks KJ and kicks combos her. Lola then kick combos JP. Lola hits corner hip attacks on both. Lola backdrops KJ for 2. JP headhunters Lola for 2.

KJ takes a spinebuster from JP for 2. JP hits forearms on KJ. We get a tower of doom spot with KJ getting superplexed. Lola knees JP in the gut. JP spinning back elbows her. KJ tries a split-legged moonsault but JP gets her knees up. KJ is dropped onto Lola. Lola spinning high kicks JP.

KJ spinning samoan drops Lola. KJ tries a 450 off the top but Lola catches her in a hold. Lola has a guillotine on. Lola rolls up JP and wins.

Thoughts: This is probably Lola's biggest win so far next to the NXT Underground match she won. They tried but it wasn't the best 3 girls possible for this and it wasn't great. 

We get an Evolve commercial with Keanu Carver doing a promo on Jackson Drake. We then see clips of It's Gal and Jamar Hampton working out from Evolve. We then see Harley Riggins and Jax Presley talk about Cartwheel and Cappuccino from Evolve.

Tatum Paxley apologizes to The Culling. They said she made them proud. Izzi is asked about not helping Tatum and says Tatum would have won if it weren't for interference. Izzi says her and Tatum will fight Wren and someone else. Izzi says it's time to show the world how strong they are. Tatum is told it's her moment from Niko. Niko says the NQCC is falling apart and they are stronger than ever. 

NXT Tag Titles - Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) (c) vs DarkState (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin)

I think there's a good chance Hank and Tank lose here.

Shugars teases being in this then Dion hits Hank from behind. Hank htis shots in the corner then Dion lariats him. Hank hits shots in the corner then Dion takes corner splashes. Tank 2nd rope twisting shoulders Dion.

Dion knee drops Tank's back. OG slams Tank. Tank avoids a double team. All 4 get in. The other heels get on the apron and the faces hit them. OG takes a double lariat over the top. The faces then do stereo topes out.

Hank backsplashes Dion then bulldogs him. Hank is tripped up top then knocked down to the floor by OG. Dion hits mounted shots on Hank on the steps. Hank's face is banged off the apron.

Dion hits a flying lariat on Tank. Hank is sent chest first into the buckles for 2. Tank is tagged in. He beats up on the heels and backdrops Dion. Tank 2nd rope twisting crossbodies the heels. Tank nails Shugars and sends him into Cutler. Tank bubba bombs Dion.

Cutler sends Hank into the post. Dion spinebusters Tank. Tank takes a double team powerbomb/backdrop for 2. Tank drops Dark State on each other and top rope swantons both. 

Hank thwarts Cutler and Shugars outside. OG is back body dropped over the top. Hank black hole slams Dion. Hank top rope dives on OG and Cutler outside. Dion takes a sandwich bodyblock. Tank is pulled crotch first into the post. Hank takes a doomsday device and barely makes it over. OG then pins Hank.

Thoughts: DarkState kind of had to win with how they were being pushed. They were running out of things to do and now they aren't. Hank and Tank were fine in their reign but didn't get the chance to do much. It was an okay match filled with interference. I'm not sure where Hank and Tank go from here but they are probably about as ready as they will ever be to go to the main roster with what they are doing.  

Lexis King talks to Ava. He said he did Myles Borne a favor since he loves to play the sympathy card. Ava says she should fine and suspend King. Ava says Borne insisted they have a match. King says Borne can't see, hear or win. He says he will wrestle a broomstick if she wants. Ava says King took away his vision and she will take his. Ava says they will fight in a blindfold match. 

TNA Knockouts Title - Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Masha Slamovich vs. Ash by Elegance

MS = Masha Slamovich

The Personal Concierge/George Iceman interrupts the intros and says to welcome Ash. Ash has M and Heather with her. Carlos Silva is in the audience.

Ash and Masha shove and trade shots. Jacy gets involved and is knocked down. Masha crucifixes Jacy. Jacy superkicks Ash in the gut and throws her to the apron. MS forearms Ash off the apron. Jacy running neckbreakers MS. Jacy cannonballs Ash off the apron.

MS tornillo topes Jacy and her friends outside. MS snapmares Ash a few times and kicks her back. MS PK's Ash. Masha spin kicks Ash. Jacy pulls out MS and PK's her from the apron. Jacy flying headscissors Ash. Jacy flying back elbows Ash for 2.

Jacy superkicks Ash then sentons her. MS short arm lariats Ash for 2. MS argues with Iceman then Jacy superkicks MS. Ash rolls up Jacy for 2. Ash flapjacks Jacy then flipping neckbreakers her for 2.

Ash handspring back elbows MS. Ash sitout powerbombs MS for 2. MS boots Ash in the face. MS springboard dropkicks Jacy. MS facekicks and step up knees her opponents. She then lariats Jacy, forcing her to ddt Ash.

Jacy shotgun dropkicks Ms in the corner then corner cannonballs both opponents. MS air raid crashes Jacy into Ash in the corner. Jacy and MS trade shots. MS high kicks her. Jacy pumping knees her. Jacy twisting bridging neckbreakers MS for 2.

Ash misses a 2nd rope moonsault and Jacy 2nd rope sentons her. MS and Jacy are on the 2nd rope. MS headbutts her down. Jacy hurricanrana's her and hits a running kick for 2. Ash top rope meteora's Jacy for 2. Jacy and Ash's crews argue. Nyx nails Ash and gets herself and Fallon ejected. MS backrolls Ash for 2.

Jacy pulls Ash's throat over the top rope. Jacy is dropped face first on the apron from MS. Ash top rope plancha's both of them.

MS high kicks Asha twice. Ash knees her in the face. Ash tornado ddt's MS. Ash 2nd rope moonsaults MS. Jacy running knees. Ash then gets a 2 count on MS. MS rolls up Jacy for 2. Jacy spinning forearms her and Heather pulls out Jacy on the pin attempt. Ash top rope swantons MS and pins her to become champ!

Thoughts: That was a shocker. Everyone had Jacy beating Ash here. TNA likes to bury their top faces and this is another example of it. Common sense says they were going to do Jacy/MS at the next big show where MS wins but Ash won instead here. And Ash didn't even win on a TNA show which brought this down some. I don't agree with this booking at all. It was your usual three-way. They did a pretty good job with it. Ash did a bunch of flying here and Jacy was solid as usual. I liked it but the result was not the best call.

Je'Von Evans and Ricky Saints talk in the back. Saints says he's still alive and said he didn't know if he would make it or not. He said Evans proved that he belonged here. Evans says he's sore but he has a bigger mountain to climb. He says he's leaving as NXT champ. Saints said Taker wouldn't say all those things about him if he didn't believe it. Saints says he has his support and believes he's the future of NXT. He says the future of the NXT Title is absolute though. Saints says he knows he doesn't like to hear that but Evans will do something no one has done yet - beat Oba. He says he'll be waiting for him for the golden opportunity when he walks through the curtain. Evans says NXT will get bouncy after tonight.

Jordynne Grace vs. Blake Monroe

JG misses a charge and is slapped. JG chases BM and catches her. BM hides behind the commentators. JG thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. BM then hits her own mounted shots. JG tilt-a-whirl drops her. JG suplexes her with her head until BM's leg. JG fallaway slams BM on the floor.

JG is pulled down backwards on the steps then has her armed banged off the steps. BM stomps on JG then hits mounted shots. BM arm whips her down. BM dropkicks JG against the bottom rope.

JG's arm is pulled into the post and BM gets a 2 count on her. BM kicks JG and armbars her. BM slingblades her for 2. BM gets on her shoulder with an armlock and JG rebound germans her.

They trade forearms. BM is backed up into the ropes chest first. JG short arm clotheslines her twice. JG back elbows her then spinebusters her. JG jackhammers her for 2. 

BM boots her out of the corner. BM pulls off the bottom buckle and takes a reverse alabama slam. JG germans her for 2. BM hits a stroke then does an armbar on her. BM knees her in the face for 2. JC hits an ocean cyclone suplex for 2. BM headbutts her then running headbutts her. BM running knees her on the ropes then backdrops her for 2.

BM goes for a handstand hurricanrana in the corner but JG 2nd rope sitout powerbombs her for 2. JG is curbstomped on the exposed buckle in the corner. BM ddt's her and wins.

Thoughts: The crowd really liked it. I didn't like it as much as them. JG had an injured arm here and BM worked it some though sadly the finish didn't involve it. They mostly did the right things but something was missing outside of the finish.

Jaida Parker complains to a trainer about Lola beating her. Lash Legend comes in and says she wasn't beating Jacy anyway. Lash says she's the only person who can beat her. JP says Lash got squashed vs Nia last week.

Fatal Influence are interviewed in the back. She says she know she lost the title without being pinned. She asks Nyx what is wrong with her for getting her and Fallon kicked out. Lola Vice comes in. Lola says losing the TNA Knockouts Title is a problem and losing the NXT Women's Title at No Mercy is a problem. Sol Ruca and Zaria come in. Zar says Jacy's shadows didn't help her keep the title. Zar asks Sol how it feels to be the only double champ. Jacy says she's sick and says let's go.

Ethan Page and Chelsea Green do a video with a podium and a Canadian flag. They say they aren't here to win your vote, they are here to educate the average fan on the difference between themselves and their Heatwave opponents. Green says the assault on them is beyond repair. Page says they wanted a peace treaty and the Americans chose violence. Page says he has a responsibility to introduce Tavion on the art of wrestling. Page says they will have to pull those two individuals into their world - a world where is no 2nd place trophy and you win or go home. Page says their may go home or with their ego's hurt but they encourage them to salute the Canadian flag.

Chelsea Green and Ethan Page vs. Tyra Mae Steele and Tavion Heights

Tav has a Kurt Angle style singlet on. Green misses a kick on Tyra and is swept then rolled around. Tyra sufboards Green and Page is tripped into her. The faces roll the heels and put them on their shoulders. They then throw them down to the apron and to the floor. They oddly get booed for it.

Page gets on the mic and says something about not giving the fans or the faces Canadian citizenship. Page punches Tav and elbow his neck. The crowd chants for Green. Page boots Tav out of the corner and hits elbow drops. Page facekicks Tav.

Page suplexes Tav. Tav flying lariats Page. Green dropkicks Tyra off the apron. Page codebreakers Tav for 2. Green tries to chop Tav and is blocked. Tyra spears Green then hits mounted shots. Tyra is tripped into the ropes and Green double knees her on them.

Green curbstomps Tyra into the buckles. Green bangs Tyra's face off the mat. Tyra's head is banged off the buckles. Tyra and Green crossbody each other at the same time.

Tav hits lariats on Page then he overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Tav slingblade bulldogs Page then deadlift jackhammers him for 2.  

Green knees Tav from the apron. Page and Tav facekick each other at the same time. Tyra gutwrench suplexes Tav which should be a DQ but the ref doesn't care. Alba tries to save Page from a german but both end up getting it. Tyra ankle locks Page. Green's buddies interfere and Green killswitches Tyra to win.

Thoughts: It sadly didn't work and it was all due to the crowd. The crowd only wanted to cheer Green and booed the faces, completely ruining the match. I also hated the girls being allowed to hit the guys right in front of the ref without punishment. Tavion looked good here and we got to see him do something different stuff than he usually does. 

Josh Briggs talks to Oba Femi in the back. Josh says he thinks Oba's reign comes to an end. He says Evans is a destiny darling. He says the grind of being a champ is wearing Oba down. Oba tells him to leave. Josh says he's next in line and waiting if Evans loses. He says no one is holding him back anymore and he says he'll be watching, so good luck. Josh had a black eye here.

Ava is interviewed. She says she's bringing the WWE Speed Titles to NXT. Sol Ruca and Zaria come in. Sol is told she will defend at No Mercy. Ava says there will be a tournament and whoever wins is Sol's opponent.

Thoughts: Well, this is the official end of WWE Speed. I don't know what role the title will have on this show so we will have to see.

NXT Title - Oba Femi (c) vs. Je'Von Evans

Oba misses a shot and is hit in the gut. Oba sweeps him and Evans goes out. Oba shoulders him over. Evans hits a big punch. Evans chops him then Oba blocks an os cutter. Oba throws Evans over his head then shoulders him over.

Oba throws him in the corner and clubs him. Oba kicks him in the back. Evans springboards at Oba, gets caught and is put in a bearhug. Evans superkicks Oba down. Evans double stomps Oba then PK's him.

Evans goes for a tope outside. Oba grabs his throat. Oba chops him down hard on the apron. Oba gorilla press throws Evans into the ring from the outside. Oba stands on Evans' gut. Oba gutbusters him. Oba gorilla press gutbusters him for 2.

Evans upkicks him from the mat. Oba hits a big spinebuster for 2. Evans is thrown in the corner and goes upside down. Evans hits forearms on Oba. Oba backbreakers him. Oba hits a big chokeslam for 2. 

Evans hits punches on Oba. Evans springboard lariats him. Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes twice for 2. Evans hits a spinning ddt. Evans hits a top rope splash on Oba. Evans hits another top rope splash for 2.

They trade shots. Oba facekicks him then Evans germans him. Oba hits a big lariat. Oba running euros him in the corner. Evans hits a cutter, double springboards and is caught with a shot in mid-air for 2.

They go up top. Evans is pushed off the top into the ref. Evans goes back up and top rope hurricanrana's him. Oba pops him up and Evans cutters him. Evans hits a double jump cutter. A new ref comes in and counts the three. The original ref says no as Oba's foot is under the bottom rope. Evans misses a double springboard dive.

Oba then throws Evans over the top through the commentary table. Oba puts him back in and pop-up powerbombs him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a wild one with Evans getting thrown into the ref off the top, getting a 3 count (that was called off) and then getting thrown through the commentary table. It went a little long but they had the right idea with Evans getting lots of opportunities to win and seemingly even winning but not being able to pull it off in the end. The loss didn't hurt Evans. I liked the match and this should make Evans' quest for the title more interesting. 

Ricky Saints comes out. Ricky goes up in Oba's face and says he's the next challenger and says the title is his.

Overall thoughts: Trick Williams was oddly not on this show in any form. The opener was just kind of so-so. The men's tag was an okay match with tons of interference. The TNA Women's Title match worked out well and Ash surprisingly won. Grace/Monroe had the right idea but I felt like something was missing. The mixed tag was a mess with the crowd not wanting to cheer the faces and tons of female on male violence. The main was pretty good and did what it was supposed to do with Evans coming very close but losing in the end. I'd give it a slight 6 out of 10 total as some of the stuff didn't deliver and it really did need a big highlight match. I'd say it was above average and had room to be better.