The 2024 NXT Heatwave was a professional wrestling

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produced by the American company WWE. This was the third annual Heatwave produced by the company for its developmental brand

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, and 10th Heatwave overall. It took place on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of Money in the Bank weekend. Unlike the prior two years, which were held as

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, the 2024 event aired via WWE's

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platforms, marking NXT's first livestreaming event to be held in Canada since NXT TakeOver: Toronto in 2019. Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the Countdown to Heatwave pre-show. In the main event, Ethan Page defeated previous champion

Trick Williams Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Trick Williams. He is a former one-time ...

, Je'Von Evans, and Shawn Spears in a fatal four-way match to win the NXT Championship by pinning Evans. In other prominent matches,

Roxanne Perez Carla Gonzalez (born November 5, 2001) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Roxanne Perez, where she is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign. She is a former ...

defeated

Lola Vice Valerie Loureda (born July 19, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Lola Vice. As a mixed martial artist, she competed in the women's ...

to retain the NXT Women's Championship,

Kelani Jordan Lea Mitchell (born October 22, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and former artistic gymnast. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Kelani Jordan and is the current and inaugural NXT Wome ...

defeated

Sol Ruca Calyx Harmony Hampton (born August 26, 1999) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Sol Ruca. Early life Calyx Harmony Hampton was born in Ontario, California, on Aug ...

to retain the

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, and in the opening bout,

Oba Femi Isaac Odugbesan (born April 22, 1998) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former shot putter. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Oba Femi and is the current NXT North American Champion i ...

defeated

Wes Lee Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Wes Lee, and is the current NXT North American Champion in his first reign ...

in a

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to retain the

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Production

Background

Heatwave was originally the name of a professional wrestling

produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) that took place annually from 1994 to 2000. The 1997 event was an

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(iPPV), while the

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iterations of Heatwave aired on traditional

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(PPV). ECW folded in 2001, and WWE acquired the assets of ECW in 2003. In

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, WWE revived the event for its developmental brand

as an annual television special of the ''

'' program. On January 4, 2024, it was announced that the third Heatwave under the WWE banner, and 10th overall, would be held on July 7 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the third show of what WWE promoted as a three-night "Money in the Bank Weekend" event at the venue, with the live broadcast of ''

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'' taking place on July 5 and then Money in the Bank itself taking place on July 6. Instead of airing as a television special like the previous two years, the 2024 event was held as a

event, marking the first Heatwave to air on WWE's livestreaming platforms, Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. This was also the first NXT livestreaming event to be held in Canada since NXT TakeOver: Toronto in 2019. Tickets for all three Money in the Bank weekend events went on sale on March 15, 2024, with combo and hospitality packages available.

Storylines

The event comprised six matches, including one on the pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, ''NXT'', and the supplementary online streaming show, ''

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''. At Battleground on June 9,

defeated Ethan Page to retain the NXT Championship. On the following episode of ''NXT,'' SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes announced that Williams would be defending his title at Heatwave against the winner of a 25-man battle royal, which was scheduled for next week's episode. The battle royal was won by Je'Von Evans. Later that night, however, Page argued that he was never officially eliminated from the battle royal as he was attacked by

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. A match between Evans and Page was scheduled for the main event, which Page won. After the match, Williams and Page brawled while Shawn Spears attacked Evans. The following week, Spears defeated Williams in a non-title match. With Evans, Page, and Spears each having a claim for a title match, NXT General Manager Ava announced that Williams would defend his title against the three men in a fatal four-way match at Heatwave. On the June 18 episode of ''NXT'', it was announced that

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and

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would defend the NXT Tag Team Championship at Heatwave against the winners of the

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, which was scheduled for the following week's episode. The turmoil match was won by

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( Andre Chase and Duke Hudson). At Battleground,

successfully defended the

in a triple threat match, which involved

. On the following episode of ''NXT'', Femi celebrated his successful title defense before being interrupted by Lee, who requested a title match. Femi accepted, but under the stipulation that if Lee lost, he could never challenge Femi for the title for as long as he was champion. The match was later made official at Heatwave. At Battleground,

won a

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to win the inaugural

. On the June 18 episode of ''NXT'', Jordan complimented

and promised to give her a title match. Arianna Grace interrupted, assuming Jordan was talking about her. A match between Grace and Ruca was scheduled for the following week where the winner would face Jordan for the title at Heatwave, which Ruca won. At Battleground,

successfully defended the NXT Women's Championship. On the next episode of ''NXT'', Perez addressed the state of the women's division, with several women stating why they deserved to be Perez's next challenger, which included

, who cited her victory over Shayna Baszler in an

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at Battleground. The following week, Perez and Vice teamed together in a

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, which they won, only for Perez to attack Vice after the match, turning Vice face for the first time in her career. On the next episode, Vice attacked Perez after her match and stole the title. Later that night, Vice placed the title in the office of NXT General Manager Ava and demanded a title match against Perez at Heatwave, which was later made official.

Reception

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the matches of this event with his well known star ratings. He gave the highest star rating to the main event, giving it 4.5 stars. He gave the pre-show tag match 1.75 stars, the lowest rated match of the night. He gave the NXT Women's Championship and NXT Tag Team Championship matches 4.25 stars. He gave the North American Championship match 3.25 stars, and the NXT Women's North American Championship match 3.5 stars.

Results

References

External links

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Production

Background

Storylines

Reception

Results

See also

References

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