WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 8/30/2026

WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 8/30/2026

We are in Edinburg, TX. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out. 

WWE NXT Women's North American Title/WWE NXT Women's Speed Title Unification Match - Zaria vs Wren Sinclair vs Kali Armstrong

Zar and Kali shove each other. Wren tries to intervene and is shoved by both. Wren hits both and rolls up Zar. They all try roll up's. Kali boots Zar in the head. Wren chest clubs Zar. Zar backdrops Kali then Wren pulls both opponents neck forward. 

Zar double suplexes her opponents. She pump kicks Kali in the corner and running lariata Wren. Zar pump kicks Kali. Wren is popped up and takes a forearm. Kali hits punches on Zar and drops her. Kali lariats Zar over the top rope. 

Wren pulls Kali out and rebound forearms her when she throws her into the ropes. Kali flying shoulders Zar outside. Kali tries to do it to Wren but gets the steps.

We go to PiP break and return. Wren takes a spinebuster from Kali for 2. Kali corner spears Wren and Kali. Wren backslides Zar and hits chops on her. Wren then chops Kali. Wren flying headscissors Zar into Kali and Kali ddt's Zar off of it. Wren tries pins on both.

Wren 2nd rope double crossbodies her opponents for 2 counts. Zar spinning lariats Wren then germans Kali. Wren gets on Zar's back with a sleeper. Zar backpack cannonballs Wren into Kali in the corner. 

They all trade shots. Wren takes a double headbutt. Kali and Zar trade shots. Kali sitout powerbombs Zar for 2. Wren rolls up Kali for 2. Zar double spears her opponents. Wren backrolls Zar and Kali flying shoulders Wren. Kali powerslams Zar. Kali victory rolls Zar for 2. They hit each other at the same time.

Wren facebusters Zar then does cattle mutilation. Kali breaks the hold up. Wren jumps off the steps outside and Kali powerslams her on the floor. Kali runs in and Zar spears her. Zar hits an F-5 and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an okay opener here. They kept it moving and had a lot of pin attempts. I thought Kali had a chance at maybe pulling this one off too. Kali had a good showing here. Zar won but she's not exactly lighting the world on fire with this reign or getting over as much as she should. I really won't miss the Speed Title. I don't know if it was ever really needed and it didn't lead to good matches.

Cruz Montana is interviewed. He says he feels like he belongs. He says he's been looked over and laughed at and says the NXT Title is a 3-count away. He says Tony is coming in with experience, Waller is coming to pick his spots and Zilla is an animal. He says he's ready and willing to go to hell and back unlike them. He says he knows it'll be worth it when he holds the title above his head. 

WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match - Myles Borne & Tavion Heights (c) vs. The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)

MB backs up Brad in the corner. MB euros him. Brad hits short arm shoulderblocks. Brad rolls up MB for 2. MB dropkicks Brad. RS comes in. Borne back elbows him. Tav shoulders over RS. RS is dropped gut first onto the knee and take's karelin's lift from Tav.

Brad nails MB from behind. MB suplexes Brad for 2. MB's throat is pulled down over the top and RS holds the ropes over for MB to be thrown out. MB's back is rammed into the apron edge. RS slingshot knee drops MB on the lower back.

We go to PiP break and return. Tav ankle locks Brad. RS helps Brad break the hold. Tav lariats Brad. Myka Lockwood distracts the ref. RS clips Tav and dropkicks him. RS hits mounted shots on Tav.

Brad boots Tav in the corner and gyrates. RS suplexes Tav and knee drops him for 2. Tav flying lariats RS. MB comes in and beat up the heels. He dropkicks, power slams and final cut's Brad. MB neckbreakers RS, making him ddt Brad. MB ushigoroshi's Brad for 2.

RS crossbodies Tav over the top rope. Brad rolls up MB for 2 and knees him in the gut. MB takes a dropkick into a spinebuster for 2. RS boots MB around. MB jumping knees him. MB and Tav take stereo flying knees then hit stereo overhead belly to belly suplexes. Brad takes a dropkick + sitout powerbomb combo for 2.

Tav cradles RS for 2. RS facekicks Tav then is facekicked down. RS thesz presses Tav. Tav double backdrops the heels together. MB tags in and Brad powerslams him. RS is up top and Tav belly to belly suplexes RS down onto Brad. 

All 4 men fight. Tav capture suplexes RS then lariats him over the top. RS gemans MB then MB germans Brad. Brad flying pumping knees him. MB hits a release suplex on him for 2. 

MB is pushed into Tav, knocking him off the apron. MB takes a top rope double stomp + reverse ddt and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout. They kept it moving and the heels bumped big as usual. The crowd should have been more into it than what they were but Tav and MB aren't super over faces. Brad seemed like he hurt his wrist here. The Project always do a nice job and this was no exception.

Borne and Tav hug after. They walk up the ramp together.

Submission Match - Nattie vs. Jaida Parker

Nat has Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic with her.

Nat takes down JP and pounds on her. JP then hits mounted shots on her. Nat clubs her outside and JP hits a big slap. JP clubs on her. Nat chops her and JP chops back. JP then runs into Nat's buddies. Nat tries to sleeper JP from behind. JP rams her into the apron edge and suplexes her on the floor.

We go to PiP break and return. Nat cobra twists her and JP cobra twists her. Nat throws her down by the arm then JP shoulders her over. JP double stomps Nat. JP does a grounded cobra clutch on her. Lyons pulls on JP's hair and she breaks the hold. 

Karmen and Lyons celebrate in the aisle. Perros del Mal appear on the stage and Karmen goes with them. Lyons is confused. Nat clips JP from behind. Nat snapmares JP into the ropes. Nat hits mounted shots on JP.

Nat back elbows her then JP lariats her down twice. JP short arm lariats her. JP step up butt drops Nat on the buckles. JP does a rings of saturn on Nat. Nat grounded sleepers her. Nat armbars her. JP lifts and drops her to escape. 

Nat stomps JP's leg into the mat. Nat sharpshooters JP. They both end up rolling out. Lyons spin kicks JP in the face. Thea Hail then jumps on Lyons and fights with her up the aisle. JP chopblocks Nat. JP blocks a sharpshooter and pushes Nat out with her feet. 

JP clips Nat in the ring. JP sharpshooters Nat. Nat tries to rope break, but there are no rope breaks. Nat then submits.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout like the other Jaida/Nat match. They hit hard, they looked like they were going at it and the work was fine. JP even worked the leg a little before winning which was good.

Wren Sinclair talks to Kendal Grey and is upset about losing her title. KG tells her she didn't get pinned. Wren tells her she has to worry about Kelani tonight. KG tells her not to worry.

WWE NXT Women's Title Match - Kendal Grey (c) vs. Kelani Jordan

They lock up and let go. KJ pulls her by the hair and side headlocks her. KG fireman's carry takeovers her. KG misses a top rope move and KJ dropkicks her. KJ asai moonsaults her outside. KG tiger feint kicks her under the bottom rope. KG slides on the apron and headscissors KJ down.

KJ tiger feint armdrags her. KG armdrags her back. They double clothesline each other down then kip up together. They stand off and we go to PiP break and return.

KG hits shots to the gut. KJ knees her in the gut then knee drops KG on her injured ear. KJ flipping legdrops her. KG is sent face first into the buckles and KJ pulls KG's injured ear into the post. KJ shoulderbreakers her for 2. KJ hits a bad soul foot.

KJ is thrown over the top. KG boots her out of the corner. KG double jump twisting moonsaults her for 2. They trade shots. KG euros her over and back elbows her. KG overhead belly to belly suplexes her. KG pulls the straps down and hits suplexes from the side. KG superkicks her in the gut. KJ northern lights suplexes her for 2.

KJ hits a hard shot to the face then pulls the tap off of KG's ear. KG gutwrench powerslams her for 2. KJ backbreakers her off a flatliner attempt. KJ pele kicks her. KJ misses a top rope 450 and holds her ankle. KG ankle locks her.

KG goes up top and KJ pushes her down into the commentary table. KJ split-legged moonsaults her for 2. We go to break and return. KG top rope reverse spanish flies her.

KJ pump kicks her in the head. KJ boots her in the knee. KJ springboard flipping neckbreakers her. KJ flying forearms her off the buckles. KG hurricanrana's her for 2. KG superkicks her. KG gutwrenches her into a knee to the face. KJ slingshot germans her. KG then germans her. 

KG ankle locks her. KG comes off the 2nd rope and runs into a superkick. KJ top rope 450's her for 2. KG flatliners her for 2. KG ankle locks her. KJ stomps her ear to get out. KJ hits a pumping knee and drops her. KJ misses an asai moonsault. KG spinning back elbows her and rolls out. KJ is violently pulled into the post ear first. KJ then pins her.

Thoughts: I didn't like that reverse spanish fly spot at all, but it was an okay bout otherwise. KG took some hard shots and her bump into the post at the end looked vicious. Kelani winning the title concludes a long storyline with her trying to win the big one and failing. KG did a decent job of working the ankle but KJ's selling of it wasn't the best. I also though this went a little longer than it needed to. It could have been great with a few fixes.

Robert Stone is interviewed and puts over the show so far. He says he's working on things with the tag division. H says Halloween Havoc will be on 10/31. 

Naraku says Shiloh Hill is smart but even the smartest man can lack judgment. He says Hill doing research on the internet doesn't mean he understands the mystery of the mist. He says he will regret wandering into the unknown world to find out about the mist. He says no knowledge can prepare him for the toxins in the eyes. He says Hill has felt the red mist but he left room for more pain. He says he will show the world why he will live in darkness.

Borne and Tavion talk. They are both disappointed and upset. Tav says one match at a time and they have to keep the title around his waist. Borne says Tav will be a champ again. Tav says Borne will be his friend for life. He tells him to even the score with The Vanity Project.

WWE NXT North American Title Match - Myles Borne (c) vs. Jackson Drake

JD runs at him and takes punches. MB euros him. JD chops and clubs him. MB back body drops him then lariats him. MB euros him down. MB lariats him over the top. MB suplexes him on the floor. Tavion Heights comes out.

JD enzugiri's him. JD tries to suplex him over the top but MB holds on. We go to PiP break and return. MB lariats him and dropkicks him. MB powerslams him then elbow slices him for 2. JD stun guns MB. JD handspring cutters him for 2. 

JD topes him outside. JD fireman's carry gutbusters him for 2. MB dropkicks him. MB hits a two powerbombs for 2. JD sits up top and MB dropkicks him down. MB topes him. MB hits Ricky Smokes and throws him in. Myka hits MB in the gut and powerslams him on the floor. Brad then gets on the apron and Tavion sweeps Brad. JD top rope 450's MB and pins him.

Thoughts: Borne had already lost one title tonight, so there was a possibility he lost here. Someone in creative really likes Drake and they like him a lot more than me. I thought this was a bit rushed and just average.

The Vanity Project pose on the ramp. Tav helps up Borne and Borne hits a zig zag on him in a surprise turn.

Kam Hendrix does a promo. He says it's not his fault he has more star power than Mason Rook. He says Mason is an everyman and he relates to the fans. Kam says he's not and is a star people come to see. He says Rook ended his career but he bounced back. He says he's tired of him weighing him down. He says he beat him before and will do it again on Tuesday. He says he's about to take off because it's lights, Kam, action.

We get a Gunther video. He says he got a lot of space and freedom to be himself in NXT UK. He says it was a big challenge to carry it. He says it was amazing to retire AJ, Goldberg and Cena and says no one can take it from him. 

WWE NXT Title Fatal Four Way Match - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Cruz Montana vs. Grayson Waller vs. Zilla Fatu

All four men fight before intros are down. Fatu nails Cruz and throws GW. Fatu corner splashes Cruz and Cruz flying forearms him. Cruz and GW takes a double Fatu lariat. TD spinebusters Fatu. 

TD hits punches on Cruz. TD topes GW. Cruz tope con hilos everyone outside. We go to PiP break and return. GW double stomps Cruz off the up and over. GW slides out and lariats TD. Fatu is sent into the steps. Cruz chops GW down. GW boots him off a sunset flip attempt. GW stomps him in the corner. 

GW back elbows Cruz in the corner. GW neckbreakers him for 2. Cruz forearms TD off the apron and backrolls into a cutter on GW. TD AA's GW. Fatu throat chops TD. Fatu and Cruz go at it and trade chops. Fatu throat chops him. 

Fatu piefaces TD. TD fires up and piefaces him. They shoulderblock battle. TD flying lariats him. TD pop up drops GW on the apron and backdrops him there. TD overhead belly to belly suplexes Fatu then Cruz. TD 2nd rope overhead throws GW.

We go to PiP break and return. GW is in the double electric chair and Cruz top rope blockbusters him. TD is pushed off the buckles. Fatu top rope splashes TD for 2. Cruz jumps off of Fatu's back and canadian destroyers GW. 

Fatu pops up Cruz but Cruz sends him into the post shoulder first. Cruz corner cannonballs Fatu for 2. TD pop up powerslams Cruz. Fatu pop up samoan drops Tony. Fatu flying samoan spikes TD for 2 when GW pulls the ref out.

Fatu punches GW outside and drops him with a headbutt. Fatu clears off the commentary table. TD spears Fatu by surprise on the floor. TD and Cruz get on the buckles and both go down. GW top rope elbow drops Fatu through the commentary table.

Cruz hits shots on TD in the ring. TD flying forearms him. Cruz superkicks him. Cruz backrolls and is hit with a german. Cruz no sells it ad fires up. TD spears Cruz. Cruz codebreakers TD. Cruz spinning lariats him. GW rolls in, stunners Cruz and pins TD. Waller wins!

Thoughts: It was fun because all 4 of these guys had a shot at winning it for different reasons. It was all action at a fast pace here. It was a little rushed at times but it went well. Fatu did fine but I think he needs a new outfit. Waller winning should give Cruz and Fatu someone to chase and defeat down the line. 

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener and it marked the end of the WWE Women's Speed Title. The NXT Tag Title match was decent and The Vanity Project did fine as usual. Nattie/Jaida wasn't as good as their last outing but they were aggressive and made it look like a fight. Kendal/Kelani had a shot at being great but didn't quite get there. It was still alright though. Borne/Drake was probably the worst match of the night and was just average. I liked the main and thought it was fun. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 as it was a good show and it moved along well. I enjoyed it more than I expected.