{"id":140706,"date":"2025-08-25T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=140706"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:28:38","slug":"major-tna-title-change-at-wwe-nxt-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/25\/major-tna-title-change-at-wwe-nxt-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Major TNA Title Change at WWE NXT Heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday night at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/22\/wwe-nxt-heatwave-preview-8-24-25-card-time-watch\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE NXT Heatwave<\/a><\/span>, Ash by Elegance defeated Masha Slamovich and NXT Women&#8217;s Champion and TNA Knockouts Champion Jacy Jayne, bringing the TNA Knockouts World title back to TNA Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>At WWE Heatwave, the intense rivalry between Jacy Jayne, Ash By Elegance, and Masha Slamovich boiled over as Jayne put the TNA Knockouts World Championship on the line in a Triple Threat Match.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tnawrestling.com\/media\/articles\/featured\/7582ce95f2a4b456b2df5229c12364b8-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jayne was poised to continue her historic run as both the TNA Knockouts and NXT Women&#8217;s Champion, while Ash and Slamovich were both looking to bring the Knockouts World Title back home to TNA Wrestling.\u00a0The tide began to turn when Jazmyn Nyx was caught delivering a cheap shot to Ash, prompting the referee to eject Fatal Influence from ringside.<\/p>\n<p>Slamovich was down and out following the Rolling Encore from Jayne, but it was The Elegance Brand who pulled Jayne to the outside before she could secure the three count. Ash would capitalize, soaring with Rarified Air to pin Slamovich and become the new TNA Knockouts World Champion for the very first time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS AWESOME!!! \ud83d\udc4f \ud83d\udc4f \ud83d\udc4f <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ThisIsTNA<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6X1jYPULW6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6X1jYPULW6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1959767659802743024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>A Controversial Win<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ll hear about this match in this week&#8217;s NXT and TNA iMPACT event, for at least two reasons. The first is that the referee was not supposed to eject Fatal Influence from the ringside (when the Elegance Brand was allowed to stay). In a Three-Way match, anything can happen. No disqualifications, interferences, or countouts apply.<\/p>\n<p>Also, with this win, Ash by Elegance brings the TNA Knockouts World Title home, something that made the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carlossilva\/status\/1959776438661661016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNA President Carlos Silva very happy<\/a><\/span>. Meanwhile, NXT&#8217;s Trick Williams remains the TNA World Champion and won&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/22\/tna-impact-after-the-bell-8-21-25-a-mind-game-fallout\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">defend it on the iMPACT Zone until TNA Bound For Glory<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This TNA Knockouts World Championship reign is Ash by Elegance&#8217;s first since her TNA debut in February 2024. After Gail Kim and Madison Rayne, she is only the third Knockout in the history of TNA Wrestling to hold both the Knockouts World Title and the Knockouts Tag Team Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd2f \ud83e\udd2f \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Ash By Elegance is the NEW <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ThisIsTNA<\/a> Knockouts World Champion! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ashamae_Sebera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Ashamae_Sebera<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0uJw3EJLzf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0uJw3EJLzf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1959768358351438202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on WWE NXT Heatwave and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubi<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A&amp;E<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Speed<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday night at WWE NXT Heatwave, Ash by Elegance defeated Masha Slamovich and NXT Women&#8217;s Champion and TNA Knockouts Champion Jacy Jayne, bringing the TNA Knockouts World title back to TNA Wrestling. At WWE Heatwave, the intense rivalry between Jacy Jayne, Ash By Elegance, and Masha Slamovich boiled over as Jayne put the TNA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5457,"featured_media":140756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,6,2192,321,8959,5],"tags":[9510,8023,6925,8638,9509],"class_list":["post-140706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact","category-news","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-tna-knockouts","category-tna-wrestling","category-nxt","tag-ash-by-elegance","tag-jacy-jayne","tag-masha-slamovich","tag-nxt-heatwave","tag-tna-knockouts-championship"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140706"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140757,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140706\/revisions\/140757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}