WWE NXT Heatwave
August 22, 2023
WWE Performance Center
Orlando, FL
Welcome to our live coverage of NXT Heatwave. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results.
Tonight on NXT
Carmelo Hayes and Wes Lee square off for the NXT Championship
Dragon Lee & Lyra Valkyria team up to face “Dirty” Dom & Rhea Ripley in a Mixed Tag Team Match
Nathan Frazer defends his NXT Heritage Cup against Noam Dar
Trick Williams to battle Ilja Dragunov
Ivy Nile takes on Ava
Von Wagner vs Baron Corbin
Our live coverage begins at 8PM EST
Trick Williams vs Ilja Dragunov
Williams gave Dragunov a Uranage off the middle rope for a near fall. Dragunov German suplexed Williams and gave him a powerbomb for a two-count. Dragunov came off the top rope with a punch to punch to William’s head and pinned him.
===Winner: Ilja Dragunov
Backstage, Nathan Frazier asked Tyler Bate to watch his back tonight in his match against Noam Dar and in return, if he wins, he will give Bate a shot at his Heritage Cup. Bate agreed to do it
Backstage, Mustafa Ali barged into Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley’s dressing room. He told Dominik to break a leg, literally, so he can go away and we can have a North American Champion we can be proud of. Dominik said he doesn’t care about NXT. He only cares about Mami. Ripley said Dom is a champion everybody can look up to and told Ali he has 10 seconds to get out of his locker room.
Ivy Nile vs Ava (w/ Schism)
Nile kicked Ava and gave her a shoulder block. Ava picked Nile up, but Nile got her in the Dragon Sleeper for the submission victory. After the match, several of the Schism masked members came in the ring, but Nile fended them off
===Winner: Ivy Nile
Backstage, Dragunov told Wes Lee now that he has beaten Trick Williams, nothing stands between him and the NXT Championship. Lee said he’s going to be the NXT Champion tonight when he beats Carmelo Hayes and he looks forward to beating Dragunov as well.
NXT Heritage Cup Championship Match
Nathan Frazer (Champion) (w/ Tyler Bate) vs Noam Dar (w/ Ora Mensah, Jakara Jackson, & Lash Legend)
Round 1 – No fall
Round 2 – Dabba-Kato came to ringside and attacked Bate. This distracted Frazer and Dar rolled him up for the pin. Dar 1 Frazer 0. Bate was helped to the back.
Round 3 – No fall
Round 4 – Frazer gave Dar the Supercut and pinned him. Frazer 1 Dar 1
Round 5 – No fall.
Round 6 – Frazer missed the Phoenix splash. Dar hit the Nova Roller on Frazer and pinned him to win the Heritage Cup.
Winner: Noam Dar
Backstage, Ava said Ivy is a failure and so is The Diamond Mine and if she wants to prove her wrong, she knows where to find her.
In the ring, Tiffany Stratton said she is going to go down as the greatest NXT Women’s Champion. Gigi Dolin came out and challenged her. Stratton said she is turning this down because she doesn’t deserve it. Kiana James came down and told Dolin she doesn’t deserve a title match, but she does. Blair Davenport came down and said she should be next in line for the title. Roxanne Perez came out and and punched Stratton. Stratton left the ring leaving the others to fight.
Ivy Nile showed up to confront Ava who was standing with two masked men. Ava told them to get her. They took the masks off to reveal The Creed Brothers. Nile took Ava down. The Creeds said if Schism wants to see Ava again, then they have to give them a match next week in a steel cage match and if they win, they are reinstated.
Backstage, Meta-Four celebrated Noam Dar’s victory. Dar was served with a paper stating there will be an 8-man tournament with the winner getting a shot at NXT next PLE.
Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley vs Dragon Lee & Lyra Valkyria
Raquel Rodriguez came down and attacked Ripley. With Dominik distracted, Lee pinned Mysterio
===Winners: Dragon Lee & Lyra Valkyria
Backstage, Trick Williams told Carmelo Hayes this will be his first title defense without him by his side. Hayes told Williams the last time at the Bash, things went down between him and Dragunov and that put an asterisk on his win. He doesn’t want that and he wants to silence his doubters.
Backstage, Tiffany Stratton said next week it will be Roxanne Perez vs Gigi Dolin vs Kiana James vs Blair Davenport in a 4-way match to see who will face her for her championship.
Backstage, Jacy Jayne told Thea Hail she will get through her frustration because people like us always get through it
Von Wagner (w/ Mr. Stone) vs Baron Corbin
As Wagner was getting ready to put Corbin through the announce table, Bron Breakker clotheslined Wagner.
Joe Gacy said there is nothing The Dyad wouldn’t do for their sister so they are going to accept The Creed Brother’s challenge inside the cage next week.
NXT Championship Match
Carmelo Hayes (Champion) vs Wes Lee
Lee dove through the ropes but Hayes moved out of the way and Lee flew into the barricade head-first. Lee made it back into the ring at the count of nine. Hayes came off the top rope with a leg drop to the back of Lee’s neck and pinned him.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
