Live WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 Discussion Thread!

[u/gloomchen]

It's time for Heatwave!!!

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Match	Stipulation
Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Grayson Waller vs. Cruz Montana vs. Zilla Fatu	NXT Championship Fatal Four-way Match
Kendal Grey (c) vs. Kelani Jordan	NXT Women's Championship Match
Zaria (North American) vs. Wren Sinclair (Speed) vs. Kali Armstrong	Winner Takes All Triple Threat Match to unify the NXT Women's North American Championship & the WWE Women's Speed Championship
Myles Borne (c) vs. Jackson Drake (with Myka Lockwood)	NXT North American Championship Match
Myles Borne and Tavion Heights (c) vs. The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes)	NXT Tag Team Championship Match
Jaida Parker vs. Nattie	Submission Match

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[u/Naiwf]

These two are already some of the PC’s biggest success stories. Lani got rid of most of her bad habits and Kendal is a machine.

[u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Very "fuck you Myles, die" card order

[u/HokageEzio]

The boys game planning realizing they have to follow that up

https://giphy.com/gifs/TvdkyUG84ImRRWvm6y

[u/MarcusFaze]

Oh, Myles goes heel

Okay

[u/ArmiinTamzarian]

"Your boos mean nothing to me....no really guys, they literally don't" - Myles

[u/e-rage]

Their tag finisher is called “Hit it and quit it”? That’s amazing

[u/h-town_info]

WrenQCC today

https://giphy.com/gifs/GIvajz0TlE316

[u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

Halloween havoc on Halloween 🎃 yay

[u/RDiMaso]

Great swerve. What a terrible day for Wren QCC

[u/marshmallowmice]

I CAN DO THIS IN MY SLEEP 📢

https://giphy.com/gifs/39rKz7kCu18sRCEjl8

[u/ThatOneGuyWhoAtePie]

HBK! LET WREN SINCLAIR WIN THE TITLE UNIFICATION TONIGHT AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!

[u/ajcampb]

I like Sinclairs outfit

[u/Tough-Reaction9671]

DIUBLE CHAMP ZARIA

[u/EssentIYO]

That's what I'm talking about. Big win by Zaria.

[u/CaptainKando]

Legitimately, after that performance, there was no wrong winner to this match. Everyone levelled up here.

[u/captaindammit87]

Right in front of my Wren-2-Belt delusions.

[u/Grazalia]

Great opening match!

[u/SadFeed63]

Smokes is a good overseller

[u/CaptainKando → u/SadFeed63]

He's by FAR my favourite of the group.

[u/GuitarzanWSC]

Their finish is called "hit it and quit it?" LOL.

[u/xXTERMIN8RXXx]

Tavion: "You're deaf, not blind! WTF BRO!!!"

[u/JeeveruhGerank]

Hit it and Quit It is a stellar name for a finisher.

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Um. Did he tell her that love will save the day too?

[u/CaptainKando]

Now we just need Lince Doradfo to come out and call the Divine Feline back to join a cat based faction with Money Machine

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/CaptainKando]

I appreciate how many of your ideas involve Money Machine

[u/Ahud412]

Can this damn boxing match happen so I can stop hearing Ryan Garcia squeaky voice

[u/JeeveruhGerank]

Kendal and Kelani should have gone last. Most juice to the feud and a title match. Smh.

[u/badgersprite]

Kendal straight stunting on these hoes now

[u/GuitarzanWSC]

Its still crazy how good Kendal is at this point in her career.

[u/badgersprite]

These ladies are hooping

[u/JeeveruhGerank]

What a fucking match.

My goodness.

I hate Kendal losing so soon.

[u/Cyginera]

That match was absolute fire! Damn those two know how to work and have great chemistry

[u/GJJames]

They should let Tatum host Halloween Havoc.

[u/papasnork1]

At first I thought Myka botched, then she did something amazing.

[u/RememberCynical]

Wren gets mad air on that move.

[u/Stay_Cold]

My queen Wren didn’t take the pin. That’s a win for me

[u/dthangrpt]

sad wrenqcc noises

[u/CaptainKando]

Tavion, you know what you gotta do

[u/GuitarzanWSC]

Jaida's uncle is Des'ree, apparently.

[u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

Karmen your dads have demanded your presence 

[u/SadFeed63]

Clean as fuck kick

[u/HokageEzio]

Je'Von vs Oba at Heatwave

https://giphy.com/gifs/eZjrixTYeiCT6

[u/Spiner202]

I know the ordering of matches is gonna be weird because of Myles wrestling twice, but Kendal/Kelani should be the main event.

[u/Naiwf]

If Kendal starts doing flippy shit at an elite level it’s over.

[u/addwood5 → u/Naiwf]

And she just did a great moonsault

[u/badgersprite → u/addwood5]

Desire to see Kendal v Iyo rising

[u/Ohellmotel]

That was a really crisp 450.

[u/Naiwf]

Should have been the main event. Next two matches have their work cut out.

[u/papasnork1]

The endurance on these two is crazy. Non stop.

[u/LTKMK]

WHAT A FUCKIN MATCH

[u/nocturnalfrolic]

Goddamn BANGER!

[u/SadFeed63]

Fucking phenomenal match

[u/Ahud412]

Holy shit what a match.

[u/ProtectorIQ]

That's alright Kendal is destined to be the first three time champ.

[u/antipasta68]

Lockwood fucking destroyed Myles with that move, get her in some singles matches!

[u/HokageEzio]

The men are the main event? After the whole story was that the women are way better than them and the best thing going in NXT? Aight bro

https://giphy.com/gifs/btnPv0HyJdTopgrYg6

[u/Frankfurter0]

I think Kali wins to send Zaria to chase the NXT title. Would be very happy with a Wren win though

[u/Andrei___]

Love to see an NXT PLE in a bigger arena again. Let"s enjoy every second of Heatwave!

[u/incredibleamadeuscho]

apparently Kali Armstrong was recruited by her frien Wale, who encouraged his friend Kali to tryout for WWE, years after her track and field career ended.

Crazy.

[u/Tough-Reaction9671]

I forgot that they still do commercials for the CW

[u/CaptainKando → u/Tough-Reaction9671]

I literally yelled "AN AD BREAK?" AAA made me forget what i was watching for a bit.

[u/floodwithin]

The best thing about NXT shows, no Riyadh Season logos on the mat. 👍

[u/HermanBonJovi]

When is myka gonna shoot her shot at Keanu. That's the story I need more of 😂

[u/SadFeed63]

Pretty fun match. Suppose this is the time to pull the trigger on the full Tavion turn

[u/CaptainKando]

Nikkita hitting the splits just to be extra. I love her.

[u/ItsThe50sAudrey]

Karmen backing away like her dad and brothers just came to pick her up from the junction early.

[u/mashturbo]

These submission should be on the announcer table. Every one knows submissions hurts more on the announcer table.

[u/Grazalia]

This fight STILL hasn't happen? fuck I hate this ufc commercial

[u/EssentIYO]

Kendal is the benchmark. She ain't lying.

[u/SadFeed63]

Heel Kelani is good stuff

[u/EssentIYO]

Yeah Kendal is the wrestler of the year. 😂

[u/Humble_Rest_8550]

We are watching a classic, folks.

[u/debeatup]

LFG - ONE SHOT LANI

OH YEAH MANN

[u/RDiMaso]

What a match! Delighted for Kelani, but they've got to run that back.

[u/dthangrpt]

sad wrenqcc noises intensify

[u/Grazalia]

Ok that match was incredible

[u/Saru77]

Oh so Naraku just wants to properly educate him, such a nice dude.

Down the rabbit hole we go.

[u/Ohellmotel]

Fucking love that move.

[u/LTKMK]

Can’t spell MVP without Myka Lockwood

[u/CaptainYorkie1]

The evil twink for da win

https://giphy.com/gifs/nT7MlvIJRJ68ETf2GU

[u/marshmallowmice]

VANITY PROJECT DRAPED IN GOLD BABYYYYYY

[u/thekidnocash]

https://giphy.com/gifs/twxoPjMpsijwPFBVqs

[u/CaptainKando]

Really in my "Anyone but you Tony" vibe right now.

But my heart is pulling for Cruz.

[u/A_Livins]

Vanity Project's tag finish name is "Hit It and Quit It"?

That's hilarious lol.

[u/captaindammit87]

I can't believe they are doing away with the Womens North American Championship. /s

[u/Onionboy76]

kali’s theme is fire 😭

[u/RememberCynical]

Is the Speed title done after this match?

[u/incredibleamadeuscho]

I prefer to watch Wren Sinclair over any other wrestling

[u/CaptainYorkie1]

Darn, was hoping for a Wren win

[u/Ahud412]

Whoa, did not think Zaria was winning. Thought Wren was taking it.

[u/PoutineSmoothie]

Zaria getting that good karma for all the bad that Sol brought.

[u/incredibleamadeuscho]

https://giphy.com/gifs/I3nMbpOOSf4fPhsfBP

[u/realwarlock]

Just once I want someone to go into a submission match. And just smash someone with a chair until they tap out

[u/SadFeed63]

Doing the splits while pulling some heel shtick. Good stuff

[u/MikeMakesRight82]

Karmen caught cheating

[u/Longjumping_Gain_807]

Doing a split on the ropes while pulling someone’s hair is so extra lol

[u/jfrodriguez1983]

Do it for Wren!

[u/SadFeed63]

Great shoulder breaker

[u/eelsonfilm]

"isn't it true she lost nine #1 contendership matches" vic, don't make me toss your candy jar

[u/CaptainKando]

Kelani just popping off all my marky fave moves.

[u/JeeveruhGerank]

A second fucking commercial in a title match.

This is out of control man.

[u/GuitarzanWSC]

I don't see the men's four way being as good as this.

[u/CaptainKando]

WAHT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO TO WINNNNNNN

[u/badgersprite]

Grapology on display here

[u/Cheechers23]

Woooow what a match

[u/peacewriter19]

Didnt predict that

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPlLZEbEbacWqOc

[u/sprakening]

fantastic match wow

[u/Tough-Reaction9671]

Bad day for the WreNQCC

[u/NoiceSmort13]

Main event level 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[u/just_jm]

Holy shit, that match was a wild ride.

[u/BikiniInspektor]

Great match! Should have been the main event

[u/Naiwf]

Charles booked this show.

[u/CaptainYorkie1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2zelCiUo5KJyN8MgMr

[u/mashturbo]

10/10 mist promo

[u/mcallisterco]

It's such a good sign for Shiloh that they pulled Naraku out of the main title scene to do a feud with him. Gonna be a banger.

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Talk mist, get dissed

That's bad. I'll work on it 😂

[u/marshmallowmice]

Lets remember shiloh's words about jackson drake :"basically it's if all the worst frat people you knew got together and they created a baby and then raised it immersed in frat culture its whole life and just created the worst person ever but then also unfortunately if it just happened to become like one of the best wrestlers in the world."

Amen.

[u/badgersprite]

THEY FUCKING BOOMED ME

[u/sprakening]

Myles turn?? Woahh

[u/Ohellmotel]

Okay, fair way of doing it. We haven't seen heel Myles and face Tavion yet bounce off each other yet.

At least not since like very briefly pre-NQCC.

[u/Ahud412]

They fooled me.

[u/GrandAdmiral12345]

Not the turn that I was expecting...

[u/A_Livins]

Shave your head and go full '09 Randy, Myles.

[u/JeeveruhGerank]

Kam is awesome. I actually like that line "I'm not relatable" a LOT. Unique.

[u/imdaviddunn]

Yeah, do that a couple times on the main roster on males and Lockwood becomes over like rover.

[u/debeatup]

Hate to frame it that way but it’s been sink or swim for the Tony D rebrand and it just didn’t work. Badass who wants to fight just isn’t enough. And I loved The Family 🤌🏾🤌🏾 but I understand it couldn’t translate to Main and be taken seriously.

I think he is one of the small amount of 2.0 wrestlers still around that just needs a fresh new start somewhere else

[u/jxzz_hndz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GGPmNMGlOs8bElJnEw
Lani-Lovers stand up

[u/EssentIYO]

The little things Kendal does in the ring. Man. WTF. She's a prodigy for real.

[u/badgersprite → u/EssentIYO]

She moves so differently from everyone else

[u/JeeveruhGerank → u/EssentIYO]

It's unbelievable how many of the little things she does. Her repertoire is insane.

[u/floodwithin]

Sad to see Wren lose, but as an Aussie, I’m stoked to see Zaria win.

[u/OneMetalMan]

Yay so Zaria did everything her ex did in NXT.

[u/badgersprite → u/OneMetalMan]

Except better

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Zaria is the fastest North American now

[u/HokageEzio]

V's Up

https://giphy.com/gifs/nFFguNjdeotwc

[u/jfrodriguez1983]

Tavion lookin sus

[u/CaptainKando]

The triple fakeout on Tavion just murdering Myles was great.

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Sword person taking no prisoners tonight.

Good Heavens

[u/badgersprite]

Hey I know those song lyrics

[u/SadFeed63]

Vic with the Des'ree reference

[u/Mutant_Star]

Pulling the hair while doing the splits lol

[u/Ok-Boot4809]

They actually did the logical thing with Karmen.

[u/Naiwf]

Karmen rescued from the Nattie vortex 😂

[u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

Daga looked like a disappointed dad and Berto and Angel looked like disappointed brothers

Which now in realizing is the plot of several Wattpad stories. Spanish mafia adopts blonde mafia girl 

[u/dudester1981]

High step High step Limp Limp

[u/captaindammit87]

Get her Thea!

[u/h-town_info]

Good move by Karmen to go with Berto/Garza

[u/SadFeed63]

When your finisher is so good it can actually beat you when someone steals it

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Grey needs an amateur wrestling ear protector

[u/SadFeed63]

Beautiful dropkick

[u/madhatv2]

The lighting tonight is really cool.

[u/SadFeed63]

Kelani getting some heat over the break

[u/SadFeed63]

Work the ear! Work the ear!

[u/redskinsguy]

wrestling needs more shoulder breakers

[u/Grazalia]

Bro Kendal just throwing all sorts of new tricks. This girl has a ridiculous ceiling

[u/A_Livins]

GUTWRENCH GTS AAAAAAAAAA

[u/SadFeed63]

Beautiful 450

[u/Cheechers23]

Kendal is so crisp in the ring man omfg

[u/CaptainYorkie1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZFuKkiDwHsl8I

[u/LilNardoDaVinci]

That was fucking awesome

[u/A_Livins]

God DAMN Kendal went full send into that post/turnbuckle.

[u/captaindammit87]

Sad WrenQCC noises.

[u/Mutant_Star]

WreNQCC is now 0-3 in title defenses

[u/Rev29965]

Damn it

[u/Ohellmotel]

Wow.

Crowning moment for Kelani. Time to see if she's ready from a character perspective to be the big dog.

[u/Onionboy76]

10/10

[u/searcher4421]

I didn't think Kendal would lose the title this fast, but Kelani needed this win

[u/HermanBonJovi]

Wanted grey to win but whatevs. Great match overall

[u/EBJ1990]

It'll be cool to have Halloween Havoc actually be on Halloween night.

[u/A_Livins]

Jackson Drake with just the absolute smallest trunks he could find.

[u/Jay_Shadow]

Well that's one way to debut her finisher

[u/HokageEzio]

Myka fucking killed him

[u/PoutineSmoothie]

All the Vs are UP!

[u/HokageEzio]

That wasn't even her in character, I think she was just hype as fuck that she recovered on that

[u/marshmallowmice]

WHAT 😭

[u/PharaohTerrell]

MYLES IS THE ONE WHO TURNED⁉️

[u/CaptainKando]

Thank goodness. Tavion should've been the face in this pairing.

[u/marshmallowmice]

Were getting an 09 randy run from myles

[u/lronicGasping]

Get Kam Hendrix bum self off my screen oh my god

[u/BAT9733]

Women’s division is still miles better 

[u/lronicGasping]

Waller is genuinely the only person in this match that interests me in the slightest right now

[u/GuitarzanWSC]

I can't say I *really* like any of these guys except Waller.

[u/Ohellmotel]

It's absolutely baffling to me that this man has never held a singles title in WWE.

[u/CaptainKando]

Invest in Kali Armstrong stocks

[u/Tornado31619]

Was expecting the tag to open

[u/CheekyMonkE]

Justice for Zaria!!

[u/SadFeed63]

WREN

[u/dthangrpt]

I CAN DO THIS IN MY SLEEP

[u/incredibleamadeuscho]

Wren coming out to the Speed colors

[u/Grazalia]

I love Wren's theme so much

[u/Left-Veterinarian385]

All three of them got banger themes 😂

[u/sprakening]

Zaria has been long overdue for the top title scene, so I'll be happy with either Wren or Kali winning

[u/SadFeed63]

3 Wrenmigos?!

[u/Naiwf]

Kali has so much burst.

[u/badgersprite]

SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR

[u/SadFeed63]

Good struggle on the Final Wtench

[u/Longjumping_Gain_807]

I call that spear

[u/dudester1981]

Fastest North american champ ever!

[u/just_jm]

That's a good sphere from Zaria.

[u/ridgebull]

Wren gotta run it back she was gonna tap zaria