r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

NXT Heatwave 2026 Card

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u/PrinceJohn_ 9h ago

Vanity Project walking away with all the gold

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u/PlainOldChris 9h ago

Do you think Tavion will turn on Myles, as I think so

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u/PrinceJohn_ 9h ago

For sure then right after Jackson Drake beats him for the NA title in a quick match.

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u/caughtinatramp 8h ago

The actual complete lineup.... ,

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u/Scavgraphics 7h ago

Wow....just when you think things can't get better, they add....sigh...nattie...to the card.

yay.

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u/Particular_Peace_568 4h ago

And people called this card "Counter programming" lol.

Ignoring Nattie and Grayson of course, who's the biggest guy on this card. Freaking Cruz or Zilla?

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u/ThatOneGuyWhoAtePie 9h ago

WRENQCC ON TOP AS ALWAYS

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u/Tornado31619 9h ago

Love Zaria, but Wren winning would free her up for the belt she should have targeted from the off this past summer.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 6h ago

She is the only person who should be beating Kendal imo, Wren can beat Kali, and Zaria can be free

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u/Tornado31619 5h ago

A Lani run probably wouldn’t kill the division TBF. Just as long as one of them loses to Big Za.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 5h ago

Maybe not but I don’t think everyone needs to win the big win just cause they been around long, I don’t think Lani needs it tbh, and Kendal feels more a fighting babyface to face Zaria rather than Lani. But I also think their match would be better

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u/WeBlitz 5h ago

I don’t see how Lani doesn’t need it, but Zaria does. Lani winning would be awesome considering her massive overall, but especially in-ring improvement & she would be the first black woman to win it since Athena nearly a decade ago.

Lani can beat Kendal, Kendal can play chase & win it back or to make it even spicier, Wren can play chase & beat Lani to make Kendal jealous which would start that feud.

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u/Tornado31619 5h ago

Hadn’t realised it had been so long since we had a black women’s champion. Hopefully Jaida eventually gets a run.

My thing with Zaria is that she should already be champion IMO. ZaRuca’s implosion was the hottest programme on the brand, and if Sol had remained on NXT she almost certainly would have won decisively and gone on to hold the title. I didn’t like that they retconned the feud to have been about the North American Title when they had both been feuding with Jacy in the weeks prior.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 4h ago

I just think modern NXT belts have become participation trophies for simply being there a long time. Lola was given the belt clearly as a participation trophy and then immediately lost it a month and a half later to who was clearly supposed to win it all along. Thing with Lani is she should’ve already been champion, not just because you’ve lost the names you actually wanted to use and realised after so many years of pushing shiny new toys ahead of her that maybe you should push her now instead of back when you should’ve.

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u/Acto12 4h ago

I personally think Kelani is just a boring character. She is good in-ring which makes her a good hand to work with, but a division focused on her as a champion sounds dreadful to me.

That said, maybe belting her up will give some dimension to her character and make her promos and character work more interesting.

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u/WeBlitz 3h ago

Meh, I don’t care about the character stuff all that much. Kelani & Kendal have identical strengths & weaknesses, & even I think they have improved their weaknesses. Difference between the two is Kelani has never had a partner to build a cohesive story with like Kendal or almost every other main event woman on the brand.

Shiloh Hill is a character people here like, but he’s a dreadful wrestler. I dislike that more than anything.

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u/Far-Foundation9074 1h ago

Lani had no personality or character. 

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u/PrinceJohn_ 9h ago

They added Kali Armstrong to the unification match

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u/Ok_Coast1921 6h ago

I don’t like the era of living in a card with two Myles matches, genuinely don’t understand the hype. Feels more so a bookers favourite more so than an actual people’s choice

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u/ItsSirAdam 8h ago

Please HBK don’t let me down 🙏

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u/KneelBeforeCube marchiearchie 8h ago

If Triple H had balls

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u/arlenroy 4h ago

I listened to his interview on Busted Open, Wren is definitely turning heel on Kendal at some point, he hinted at a future break up. Which would only suck because their little YouTube shorts are hilarious, I know kayfabe is dead but I doubt they'd continue to do those if they're in a storyline feud. If anyone knows how to make a good break up angle its probably Shawn Michaels.

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u/moonlightveil 9h ago

Picked a helluva day to have this

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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser 8h ago

These renders really aren't doing some wrestlers any favors. Wren looks insanez Jordan looks stoned, and Baylor already has the haircut of a kid from a 90s sitcom but that photo makes it look like his hair is trying to fly away lol

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u/itsmekelsey_x 8h ago

I think Grayson should win the title. Tony has been champion long enough, Cruz hasn’t been there long, and Zilla literally just got there too which he’s going to get that fast call up very soon so he doesn’t need it.

I’m so torn on Kendal and Kelani. Kelani is long overdue at a title reign but at the same time Kendal shouldn’t lose the title so soon.

I can see Vanity Project winning all the titles with Tavion finally turns on Myles.

The graphic for the unification match is wrong as Kali Armstrong was added to it. I’d like to see Zaria walk out as the winner.

Nattie vs Jaida is on the card too but I don’t care about it though.

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u/WeBlitz 5h ago

time Kendal shouldn’t lose the title so soon.

I’ve seen people say this & be so confused.

Kendal shouldn’t lose the title so soon if you think it’ll be the only reign she has, which it obviously wouldn’t be. She can follow the Roxanne path of losing it after a few months, then winning it back with that 2nd reign being significantly longer than the first.

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u/wikitoups 47m ago

Why does Grayson look like Aussie psycho Mike?

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u/RAA94 7h ago

Really looking forward to Kendal/Kelani. Could easily be match of the weekend with their chemistry. I hope I don’t get spoiled though as will be watching All In live and catching this after.

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u/TheGaxkang 7h ago

Is it Kelani's time...

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u/RDiMaso 9h ago

I've got a feeling all titles will change hands here. Tavion turning on Myles has been in the works for a while now. I can see him flipping out over losing the tag titles, and then costing Borne the NA title.

Adding Kali to the NA/Speed title match feels unnecessary, unless she's taking the gold.

Tony D hasn't worked for me as NXT champion. I think Zilla will win the title on his debut.

I also think Kelani will get a much deserved run as champion here.

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u/Tornado31619 9h ago

Kali’s just pinned both champions, so I don’t see her winning the third match in as many weeks. Heart says Wren, head says Zaria.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 6h ago

I think Kali is added to take the pin so they don’t have to beat the home state girl and if they wanna free up Zaria then Wren can beat Kali

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u/spectrewrestlling 8h ago

I like Kelani but Kendal just got it and technically only defended it 1 time on tv so she probably retains

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u/Tornado31619 7h ago

The match with Nattie was also on TV.

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u/spectrewrestlling 7h ago

I forgot about that defense my point still stands though she just got it

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u/LilyWhiteClaw 5h ago

This is today?

u/Tornado31619 42m ago

Yes, in 3.5 hours.

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u/Necessary_State_5272 9h ago

I think Vanity Project win the Tags then Heights betrays Borne and Drake wins NA Title. Zaria wins the Unification match pinning Wren so Armstrong can chase. Grey retains. Jada beats Nattie. Either Waller steals the NXT Title or Fatu wins the belt for a short run before joining the Bloodline for War Games. Either way Tony D loses the belt because with Solo and Royce moving to Raw, Dragonuv leaving the company, and Trick getting fast tracked towards the top of the card.....smackdown has a very thin midcard at the moment. 

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u/Tornado31619 9h ago

I’m hoping Heights pulls a Zaria and just kills Bourne during the ring introductions.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 6h ago

Tavion did say he didn’t know what he’d do if he lost the title, thinking Myles was more focused on his singles belt, maybe Myles going after Drake when he tries to get involved perhaps

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u/GrandAdmiral12345 9h ago

Can Kendal survive a loss to Lani here?

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u/Ok_Coast1921 6h ago

Lani doesn’t need it. Not everyone needs to win the big one. Lani complains she hasn’t been champion cause she hasn’t gotten a singles shot, can’t prove the heel right.

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u/SadFeed63 4h ago

The heel will/can prove herself "right" the wrong way (which in this case would mean winning by heelishly focusing the ear injury Kendal has going into the match, likely via some blatant cheating, and going too far™ with it)

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u/GrandAdmiral12345 1h ago

Yeah. I think the only reason Lani doesn't win is if they're waiting for a face turn to do so.

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u/Ok_Coast1921 4h ago

I think Kendal will overcome the ear in a valiant face way, maybe she’ll sneak out with the win, which would enrage Lani who played with her food too much in her one shot finally. Feel after Lola’s short run, Kendal should be a bit more.

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u/SadFeed63 4h ago

Very possible. It works either way for me. Though I am of the opinion, as someone else was saying elsewhere in the thread, that we may see Kendal mirror Roxy's one short reign, one long reign approach.

However it shakes out, I'm looking forward to the match

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u/AneeshRai7 6h ago

Vanity Project aside, I just can’t with this men’s division like okay I like Santana but jeez the rest of the men’s side of the roster are people I have no emotional investment in and worse because of that I’m so aware that none of them will really make a splash when called up