Tony D’Angelo entered Heatwave with an enormous problem – defend the NXT Championship towards Grayson Waller, Cruz Montana and Zilla Fatu.
It was the hardest impediment but of his NXT Championship reign. He didn’t have to be pinned to lose the title. He had hungry wrestlers attempting to get to the highest of the boys’s division. Fatu was making his singles debut whereas Montana was popping out of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) attempting to make a direct influence and Waller was clawing his method again to the highest.
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Grayson Waller speaks throughout NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 25, 2026. (WWE by way of Getty Images)
It took some time for any of those rivals to remain down. Fatu hit a nasty flying Samoan Spike on D’Angelo and pinned him. As the referee was nearly to hit three, Waller pulled him out of the ring. Waller was seemingly spent after turning into the punching bag for every of his opponents.
Later, Fatu was mendacity down on the announcer desk after some extra preventing with D’Angelo and Montana. Waller, again in the ring, knew he needed to hit yet one more house run to maintain Fatu down. He thought of it for a second, however determined to make the most of the scenario.
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Grayson Waller and Cruz Montana are in motion throughout NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 11, 2026. (WWE by way of Getty Images)
Waller climbed to the highest turnbuckle and nailed Fatu with an elbow drop. The two crashed by means of the announcer desk.
D’Angelo and Montana battled in the ring as Waller tried to get better. Montana hit Spin the Block on D’Angelo. Waller rushed again into the ring and tossed Montana again to the surface and pinned D’Angelo for the victory.
Waller grew to become the brand new NXT champion.
It is Waller’s first NXT title reign in NXT regardless of beginning his profession with the model and profitable the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge in 2022. He was by no means in a position to attain the heights that NXT has to supply – till Sunday night time.
Tony D’Angelo speaks throughout NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 4, 2026. (WWE by way of Getty Images)
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Waller talked the discuss when he returned to NXT TV and now he’s strolling the stroll.