AWA: Heatwave 2014

AWA Heatwave is an annual PPV event that takes place in Mid-June every year. The PPV event is supposed to be representing the heat of summer and the heated rivalries between wrestlers. This year's event takes place in San Jose, California at The SAP Center holding 18,300 fans.

Pre-show rivalries
On the May 27th episode of Monday Night Mayhem, Ace Montgomery, the Money in the Bank Briefcase holder from the night before attacked Matt Flame after his match with "Explosive" Joseph which Flame won. He then declared that he would challenge Matt Flame at the Heatwave event and then GM Will Frost decided to give Nate Pearson a qualifying match against Nicolas Slater, which Pearson defeated Slater by countout to make the match a triple threat match. On Friday, May 31st, on the AWA Incision show, "Explosive" Joseph defeated Kevin Redneck to also qualify for the match, which made the final contest a Fatal 4-Way match at Heatwave between the champion, Matt Flame, "Explosive" Joseph, Nate Pearson, and Mr. Money in the Bank, Ace Montgomery, giving Ace his first big title opportunity in AWA.

Also on the May 27th edition of Mayhem, Felix Powers defeated Matthew Valentine to become the #1 contender for the AWA Global Championship. Felix Powers also defeated Feo Vanquero on AWA Genesis to prove he will win the Global title at Heatwave.

On May 29th, GM Will Frost decided to once again put the stipulations of if The Three Blades lost, they wouldn't get a title opportunity for six months, so at Heatwave, the tag team champions will take on Nicolas Slater and Kevin Redneck for the titles.