ECW Heat Wave

ECW Heat Wave, known as NXT Heatwave since 2022. is a series of professional wrestling events that was first made by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1994 to 2000. ECW began making it a pay-per-view starting in 1998. In 2022, WWE (which bought ECW in 2003) brought back the event's name for their NXT brand.

Results
1994

Heat Wave 1994: The Battle for The Future took place on July 16, 1994 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first Heat Wave event held by ECW.

1995

Heat Wave 1995: Rage In The Cage! took place on July 15, 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the second Heat Wave event held by ECW.

1996

Heat Wave 1996 took place on July 13, 1996 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the third Heat Wave event that ECW produced. The event was only available on the internet.

 Four-Way Dance eliminations 
Elimination no.WrestlerEliminated byElimination moveTime1Chris Jericho2 Cold ScorpioPinfall27:0022 Cold ScorpioPitbull #2Pinfall31:003Pitbull #2Shane DouglasPinfall40:47Winner:Shane Douglas

1997
Heat Wave 1997 took place on July 19, 1997 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fourth Heat Wave event made by ECW.

1998

Heat Wave 1998 took place on August 2, 1998 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. It was the fifth Heat Wave event made by ECW and the first to be broadcast on pay-per-view. The event also featured talent from Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).

1999

Heat Wave 1999 took place on July 18, 1999 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. It was the sixth Heat Wave event made by ECW.

2000

Heat Wave 2000 took place on July 16, 2000 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. It was the seventh Heat Wave event and the last to be made by ECW.

 2022 

NXT Heatwave 2022 took place on August 16, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida as a special episode of the NXT TV series on the USA Network.

 2023 

NXT Heatwave 2023 took place on August 22, 2023, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida as a special episode of the NXT TV series on the USA Network.

 2024 

NXT Heatwave 2024 took place on July 7, 2024, on the weekend of Money in the Bank. It happened at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, making this the biggest arena to host a Heatwave event. It now was held as a livestreaming event on Peacock in the U.S. and the WWE Network elsewhere.

 References 

Related pages
Extreme Championship Wrestling
WWE NXT

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Category:World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events
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