Overview
- WWE advertised the NXT Championship match between Tony D’Angelo and Naraku as a street fight on the live NXT broadcast as part of the build to Heatwave.
- General manager Robert Stone instructed referee Darryl Sharma not to allow D’Angelo and Naraku to touch before the main event to increase the match’s dramatic stakes.
- Saquon Shugars started a pre-match brawl with DarkState that drew Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno into the fight and set up the opening bout’s chaos.
- DarkState defeated Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, and Saquon Shugars by pinfall after hitting a double powerbomb on Moreno, and the show also featured Nattie Neidhart confronting management over Jaida Parker and an advertised in‑ring debut for Reina Volcan.
- The broadcast continued NXT’s practice of using weekly TV to formalize pay‑per‑view matches and advance faction and midcard storylines that will populate the Heatwave card.