Kelani Jordan wins NXT women’s championship at Heatwave

It’s been two years since Kelani Jordan won the women’s North American championship at NXT Heatwave in 2024. It took all the way up until today (Sun., Aug. 30, 2026) at the event of the same name in Edinburg, Texas, to even challenge for the NXT women’s championship. Booker T spent the entirety of her entrance for the match complaining about the fact that she hasn’t ever had an opportunity. Vic Joseph responded by bringing up all the times she lost number one contender matches before Kendal Grey outright gifted her this shot. It was definitely an interesting decision to paint the match in this light just before the bell rang. Then, during the match, they openly talked about Grey being so good that she rose to the top of the division within just eight months of beginning her career in the industry. What ensued was basically the opposite of Parker vs. Nattie before it, an incredibly well worked back-and-forth war of attrition between two stars who both looked like they really wanted it.