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Rough night for reigning champs at NXT Heatwave 2026 as five new champions crowned

It was a pretty bad night for NXT champions last night as five titles on the line changed hands by the end of the broadcast.

Zaria, the NXT Women’s North American champion was the only one to keep her belt, but also added the WWE Speed Women’s title to her collection in a winner-takes-all unification triple threat match which also involved Wren Sinclair and Kali Armstrong.

The Vanity Project, the team of Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes, then defeated Myles Borne and Tavion Heights to regain the NXT Tag Team titles for the second time, ending their opponent’s reign after just 25 days.

Kelani Jordan, who has been part of NXT since 2022, finally won the big one, defeating Kendal Grey. Jordan is a former TNA Knockout champion as well and halted Grey’s reign after 63 days.

The title changes continued when Jackson Drake beat Myles Borne, who was wrestling his second match of the night, to become the new NXT North American champion, with Vanity Project now holding more gold.

And in the main event of the show, Grayson Waller defeated champion Tony D’Angelo, Cruz Montana, and Zilla Fatu in a fatal four-way match to win the NXT title. Waller spent three years in NXT but never won a title there until last night.


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Colin Vassallo
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Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

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