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Heat Wave, also known as Heatwave, is a professional wrestling event produced by the WWE for its NXT brand division. It was originally a pay-per-view event produced by Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling that took place annually from 1994 to 2000. The 1998-2000 iterations of Heat Wave aired on pay-per-view (PPV), while the 1997 iteration was an Internet pay-per-view (iPPV).
WWE NXT, also known simply as NXT, is an American professional wrestling television program. It is produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, featuring performers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The show currently airs live on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on USA Network.
Barry Young is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand, under the ring name Wolfgang].
Tyler Bate is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand.
Jordan Devlin is an Irish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on Raw brand under the ring name JD McDonagh. He previously performed in NXT UK, where he was a one-time and the longest-reigning NXT Cruiserweight Champion. His other accomplishments include being a two-time OTT World Champion and a one-time PROGRESS Tag Team Champion. Devlin is also known for his tenure in Japan with Pro Wrestling Zero1, wrestling under the name Frank David and becoming a one-time Zero1 International Lightweight Tag Team Champion.
Fabian Aichner is an Italian professional wrestler. He is currently signed with WWE, where he performs on Raw brand under the ring name Giovanni Vinci. He is a member of Imperium. Aichner previously worked on the American independent circuit, including promotions such as Evolve, where he is a former Evolve Champion, as well as the European independent circuit under the ring name Adrian Severe.
Deveon Everhart Aikens is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Wes Lee. He is a former and the longest reigning one-time NXT North American Champion and a former two-time NXT Tag Team Champion.
Mark Anthony Coffey is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand. He is also a former NXT UK Heritage Cup and NXT UK Tag Team Champion.
Gallus are a Scottish professional wrestling stable consisting of Wolfgang and real-life brothers Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey. They are currently signed to WWE and perform on the NXT brand.
Christian Brigham is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Carmelo Hayes and is the current NXT Champion in his first reign. He is also a former two-time NXT North American Champion, and the final NXT Cruiserweight Champion, having unified it with the North American Championship.
Bronson Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Bron Breakker. A second-generation professional wrestler, Rechsteiner is the son of Rick Steiner and the nephew of Scott Steiner. A two-time former NXT Champion, he was voted "Rookie of the Year" for 2022 by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Hit Row is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-Fab. The stable is currently performing in WWE on the SmackDown brand. They previously performed on the NXT brand. After their release from WWE in November 2021, they have worked the independent circuit and made appearances together at companies such as MCW Pro Wrestling under the name The HitMakerZ. In August 2022, the stable returned to WWE without original member and leader Isaiah "Swerve" Scott.
Legado del Fantasma (LdF) is a professional wrestling stable performing in WWE on the SmackDown brand. The group currently consists of leader Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, and Zelina Vega. The stable is a part of the Latino World Order (LWO), led by Rey Mysterio.
Carla Gonzalez is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Roxanne Perez. She is a former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. Prior to signing with WWE, Gonzalez wrestled under the ring name Rok-C for independent promotions like Reality of Wrestling and Ring of Honor where she was the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion.
Brianna Coda is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, performing on the NXT brand under the ring name Cora Jade, where she is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.
The 2022 NXT In Your House was the 30th In Your House professional wrestling event produced by WWE, and the third annual held for the promotion's NXT brand division. It took place on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired on WWE's livestreaming platforms.
NXT Heatwave was a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT, broadcast on the USA Network. It took place on August 16, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for their NXT brand division. The event was the first Heatwave produced under the WWE banner, as well as the first to be held since 2000 and the eighth overall.
The 2022 Worlds Collide was the third Worlds Collide professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. While the event was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT and NXT UK brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It took place on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, and was the first Worlds Collide to livestream on Peacock. This was the first Worlds Collide event since 2020 and also the final event for NXT UK, which will relaunch as NXT Europe in 2023. This was also NXT's last major event in which the brand was referred to as "NXT 2.0", as nine days later, the "2.0" moniker was dropped.
The 2023 NXT Heatwave is the upcoming 9th Heatwave professional wrestling special episode produced by the American promotion WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand and will be broadcast on the USA Network. It will take place on August 22, 2023, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.