NXT Heatwave (2024)

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NXT Heatwave
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Promotion WWE
Brand(s) NXT
DateJuly 7, 2024
City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue Scotiabank Arena
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The 2024 NXT Heatwave is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by WWE. This will be the third annual Heatwave produced by the company for its developmental brand NXT, and 10th Heatwave overall. It will take place on July 7, 2024, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of Money in the Bank weekend. Unlike the prior two years, which were held as television specials, the 2024 event will air via WWE's livestreaming platforms, marking NXT's first livestreaming event to be held in Canada since NXT TakeOver: Toronto in 2019.

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Production

Background

Heatwave was originally the name of a professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) that took place annually from 1994 to 2000. The 1997 event was an Internet pay-per-view (iPPV), while the 1998 to 2000 iterations of Heatwave aired on traditional pay-per-view (PPV). ECW folded in 2001, and WWE acquired the assets of ECW in 2003. In 2022, WWE revived the event for its developmental brand NXT as an annual television special of the NXT program. On January 4, 2024, it was announced that the third Heatwave under the WWE banner, and 10th overall, would be held on July 7 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of Money in the Bank weekend. Instead of airing as a television special like the previous two years, the 2024 event will be held as a livestreaming event, marking the first Heatwave to air on WWE's livestreaming platforms, Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. This will also be the first NXT livestreaming event to be held in Canada since NXT TakeOver: Toronto in 2019. [1]

Storylines

The event is set to be held at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Scotiabank Arena - 2018 (cropped).jpg
The event is set to be held at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT , and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up . [2] [3]

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