WWE NXT Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights After Heatwave 2026

The NXT landscape experienced a seismic shift at Heatwave 2026 in Edinburg, TX with almost every major championship changing hands.

Grayson Waller is now the new NXT champion after outlasting Tony D'Angelo, Cruz Montana and Zilla Fatu in an electric Fatal 4-Way match. The first edition of NXT TV is bound to see several stars step up for the next shot at the prestigious prize.

The women's division also received a considerable shakeup with Kelani Jordan knocking off Kendal Grey in an excellent outing at Heatwave to clinch the NXT Women's Championship. Tonight's scheduled bout between Thea Hail and Nikkita Lyons could determine the number contender.

The rest of the show will see Mason Rook collide with Kam Hendrix, Naraku battle Shiloh Hill and the duo of Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno take on Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux in tag team action.

Here are the complete results, grades and reaction for the post-Heatwave edition of WWE NXT for Sept. 1 as it airs live on The CW.

Zilla Fatu kicked off the show to discuss coming close to capturing the NXT Championship and how his sights are still set on the gold, only to be interrupted Tristan Angels to a chorus of boos.

Angels quipped about how there's less talent to be found the further down The Bloodline you go. He criticized Fatu of not being worthy of being a champion and that's why he fell short at Heatwave.

Fatu demanded a fight with Angels, dodged an attack from him and sent him fleeing from the ring, much to the delight of the crowd.

This segment was as basic as could be and the mic work wasn't anything special, but it did serve its purpose of setting up a match between the two for later in the night. It was a perfectly acceptable way to kick off the show, albeit not the most exciting opening segment.

Fatu has already shown signs of potential and is clearly comfortable on the mic. There's definitely room for improvement, but the building blocks are there.

Angels has exclusively been utilized as a stepping stone since debuting in NXT a few months ago, so while he's hardly a threat to Fatu or anyone toward the top of the card for that matter, he's a fine choice as an opponent for Fatu to give Fatu a bit of a momentum boost.

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