XCW Heat Wave
From Iwe
| Heat Wave | ||
| NXT Heatwave logo used since 2022. Starting from 2025, the IWE logo is used. | ||
| Promotion(s) | Xtreme Championship Wrestling (1994–2000) IWE (2022–present) | |
| Brand(s) | NXT (2022–present) | |
| First event | Heatwave '94: the Battle for the Future | |
Heat Wave, also stylized as Heatwave, is a professional wrestling event currently produced by IWE for its developmental brand, NXT. It was originally a pay-per-view event produced by Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW) that took place annually from 1994 to 2000. XCW folded in 2001 and IWE acquired its assets in 2003.
In 2022, IWE revived the Heat Wave name for NXT, but stylized as Heatwave, and it has since been held annually, first as a television special of NXT in 2022 and 2023, then as a livestreaming event in 2024 as IWE ceased airing NXT pay-per-views from 2022. The event's name is a reference to its being held in the summer, as all events are held in either July or August, since the 2024 live-streaming event took the place of The Great American Bash as it was held outside the United States.
[edit] Events
| NXT-branded event |
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Heatwave '94: the Battle for the Future | July 16, 1994 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | XCW Arena | |||||||
| Xtreme Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Heatwave '95: Rage in the Cage! | July 15, 1995 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | XCW Arena | |||||||
| Heat Wave (1996) | July 13, 1996 | |||||||||
| Heat Wave (1997) | July 19, 1997 | |||||||||
| Heat Wave (1998) | August 2, 1998 | Dayton, Ohio | Hara Arena | |||||||
| Heat Wave (1999) | July 18, 1999 | |||||||||
| Heat Wave (2000) | July 16, 2000 | Los Angeles, California | Grand Olympic Auditorium | |||||||
| IWE: NXT | ||||||||||
| NXT Heatwave (2022) | August 16, 2022 | Orlando, Florida | IWE Performance Center | |||||||
| NXT Heatwave (2023) | August 22, 2023 | |||||||||
| NXT Heatwave (2024) | July 7, 2024 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Scotiabank Arena | |||||||
| Heatwave (2025) | August 24, 2025 | Lowell, Massachusetts | Lowell Memorial Auditorium | TBA | ||||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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