Halftime Heat#1999
{{Short description|Professional wrestling Super Bowl counterprogramming that is produced by WWE}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series
| name = Halftime Heat
| image = WWF Halftime Heat 1999.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = WWF Halftime Heat 1999 logo
| alt =
| promotion = WWE
| brand = NXT (2019)
| first_event = 1999
| last_event = 2019
}}
Halftime Heat was a series of professional wrestling broadcasts produced by WWE used as Super Bowl counterprogramming. They aired during their respective year's halftime of the Super Bowl.
History
Originally produced under the World Wrestling Federation banner (WWF), Halftime Heat aired during a 20-minute block{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-tv-on-super-sunday/|title=Super TV On Super Sunday?|work=www.cbsnews.com|date=28 January 1999|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129013105/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-tv-on-super-sunday/|url-status=live}} on USA Network during Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999,{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-31-9901310168-story.html|title=CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH DEATHBOWL '99|work=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=31 January 1999|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=8 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208183124/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-31-9901310168-story.html|url-status=live}} as a special episode of Sunday Night Heat. The inaugural Halftime Heat featured an Empty arena match between The Rock and Mankind. The match was also accompanied by a Super Bowl ad purchased by the WWF, tying into their Attitude Era branding.{{cite web |last=Lelinwalla |first=Mark |date=4 February 2016 |title=WWE Looks Back At Super Bowl 'Halftime Heat' With The Rock vs. Mankind |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/130790/20160204/wwe-looks-back-super-bowl-halftime-heat-rock-vs-mankind.htm |access-date=28 January 2019 |work=Tech Times |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010319/https://www.techtimes.com/articles/130790/20160204/wwe-looks-back-super-bowl-halftime-heat-rock-vs-mankind.htm |url-status=live }} During the match, Mankind won his second WWF Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Torch_Flashbacks_19/article_38828.shtml#.XE89uM66OM8|title=TORCH FLASHBACK (1999): Mankind wins the WWF Title at Halftime Heat during Super Bowl|date=February 7, 2010|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317233218/http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Torch_Flashbacks_19/article_38828.shtml#.XE89uM66OM8|url-status=live}}
Halftime Heat returned the following year, featuring highlights from the Hardy Boyz taking on the Dudley Boyz as well as the bikini contest, both from that year's Royal Rumble. It concluded with an Interview with Jim Ross and Stone Cold Steve Austin, which discussed an injury update and his engagement to Debra McMichael.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/00.htm|title=WWF @ Baltimore, MD - Arena - January 25, 2000 (11,113; sell out)|date=16 January 2023|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911151900/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/00.htm|url-status=live}}
It was announced in January 2019 that it would be brought back as a special event on the WWE Network,{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-halftime-heat-returning-nxt-six-man-tag-match-275536|title=WWE Halftime Heat returning with NXT six-man tag match|date=27 January 2019|work=WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010344/https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-halftime-heat-returning-nxt-six-man-tag-match-275536|url-status=live}} YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/wwe-return-halftime-heat-during-004216289.html|title=WWE to Return 'Halftime Heat' During Super Bowl Halftime for First Time in 20 Years|work=www.yahoo.com|date=28 January 2019|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010425/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/wwe-return-halftime-heat-during-004216289.html|url-status=live}} During the pre-show of the Royal Rumble footage was shown of what happened after NXT TakeOver: Phoenix went off the air, which led to the announcement of Aleister Black, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream taking on Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, and Tommaso Ciampa, during the returning Halftime Heat.{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/01/28/wwe-halftime-heat-super-bowl-rock-mankind-nxt-tag-team-match|title=WWE 'Halftime Heat' returns after 20 years|work=SI.com|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204124020/https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/01/28/wwe-halftime-heat-super-bowl-rock-mankind-nxt-tag-team-match|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123629/wwe-bringing-back-halftime-heat-next-weekend.html?p=1|title=WWE BRINGING BACK HALFTIME HEAT NEXT WEEKEND - PWInsider.com|work=www.pwinsider.com|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010944/https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123629/wwe-bringing-back-halftime-heat-next-weekend.html?p=1|url-status=live}} Shawn Michaels was also announced as part of the announce team,{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-halftime-heat-to-stream-february-3|title=WWE Halftime Heat to stream live during The Big Game|work=WWE|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010300/https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-halftime-heat-to-stream-february-3|url-status=live}} and was joined by Vic Joseph.{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-news-announcers-set-for-halftime-heat-daniel-bryan-gives-thanks-for-hideo-itami/|title=WWE News: Announcers Set For Halftime Heat, Daniel Bryan Gives Thanks for Hideo Itami|author=Jeremy Thomas|work=411Mania.com|date=January 31, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042551/https://411mania.com/wrestling/wwe-news-announcers-set-for-halftime-heat-daniel-bryan-gives-thanks-for-hideo-itami/|url-status=live}} During the match, the team of Black, Ricochet and Dream were victorious.{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=2/3 Powell's NXT Halftime Heat live review: Velveteen Dream, Ricochet, and Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, and Adam Cole opposite the Super Bowl halftime show|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/02/03/2-3-powells-nxt-halftime-heat-live-review-velveteen-dream-ricochet-and-aleister-black-vs-tommaso-ciampa-johnny-gargano-and-adam-cole-opposite-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065907/https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/02/03/2-3-powells-nxt-halftime-heat-live-review-velveteen-dream-ricochet-and-aleister-black-vs-tommaso-ciampa-johnny-gargano-and-adam-cole-opposite-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|url-status=live}} WWE personnel later announced that the match had 3 million viewers, making it the most watched NXT match in history.{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/michael-cole-says-nearly-3-million-people-watched-halftime-heat-nxt-stars-react |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304003017/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/michael-cole-says-nearly-3-million-people-watched-halftime-heat-nxt-stars-react |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |title=Michael Cole Says Nearly 3 Million People Watched Halftime Heat; NXT Stars React |work=Fightful |last=Lambert |first=Jeremy |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}
Events
The events included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers.{{cite web|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks|date=13 January 2006 |publisher=Discovery Communications|access-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013}}
1999
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
| name = Halftime Heat
| image =
| caption =
| tagline =
| promotion = World Wrestling Federation
| brand =
| date = January 31, 1999
| attendance = 0
| venue = Tucson Convention Center
| city = Tucson, Arizona
| wwenlast = Royal Rumble
| wwennext = St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
| event = Halftime Heat
| lastevent2 =
| nextevent2 = 2019
}}
Halftime Heat was a professional wrestling show produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was pre-recorded and aired on January 31, 1999, the night of Super Bowl XXXIII, at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona.
On January 26, 1999 WWF recorded their episode of February 1 Raw. Prior to the recording the empty arena match that aired as Halftime Heat was filmed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/99.htm|title=WWF @ Tucson, AZ - Convention Center - January 26, 1999 (6,986; sell out)|website=The History of WWE|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611191606/http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/99.htm|url-status=live}}
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|match1 = Mankind defeated The Rock (c)
|stip1 = Empty Arena match for the WWF Championship
|time1 = 17:19
}}
{{clear}}
2019
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
| name = Halftime Heat
| image = Halftime Heat Poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster featuring Aleister Black, Velveteen Dream, Ricochet, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, and Adam Cole
| tagline =
| promotion = WWE
| brand = NXT
| date = February 3, 2019
| attendance = c. 100
|venue = WWE Performance Center{{cite web|title=HALFTIME HEAT UPDATE, TRIBUTE TO MARVEL CHARACTER AT TAKEOVER, KEITH LEE AND MORE NXT NEWS|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123676/halftime-heat-update-tribute-to-marvel-character-at-takeover-keith-lee-and-more-nxt-news.html?p=1|work=PWInsider|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130221202/https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123676/halftime-heat-update-tribute-to-marvel-character-at-takeover-keith-lee-and-more-nxt-news.html?p=1|url-status=live}}
| city = Orlando, Florida
| wwenlast = Worlds Collide
| wwennext = Elimination Chamber
| event = Halftime Heat
| lastevent2 = 1999
| nextevent2 =
}}
Halftime Heat{{cite web|title=WWE Halftime Heat to stream live during The Big Game|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-halftime-heat-to-stream-february-3|work=WWE|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010300/https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-halftime-heat-to-stream-february-3|url-status=live}} was a professional wrestling event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT brand division. The event took place on February 3, 2019, the night of Super Bowl LIII, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
After NXT TakeOver: Phoenix went off the air, Aleister Black, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream would brawl with Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, and Tommaso Ciampa.{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/nxt-takeover-phoenix-post-show-notes/|title=Huge Brawl Takes Place After NXT TakeOver: Phoenix Goes Off the Air|author=Jeffrey Harris|work=411Mania|date=January 26, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065240/https://411mania.com/wrestling/nxt-takeover-phoenix-post-show-notes/|url-status=live}} The brawl led to a six-man tag team match between the wrestlers which was scheduled for Halftime Heat.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123629/wwe-bringing-back-halftime-heat-next-weekend.html?p=1|title=WWE BRINGING BACK HALFTIME HEAT NEXT WEEKEND|work=PWInsider|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010944/https://www.pwinsider.com/article/123629/wwe-bringing-back-halftime-heat-next-weekend.html?p=1|url-status=live}}
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|match1 = Aleister Black, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream defeated Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
|stip1 = Six-man tag team match
|time1 = 16:15
}}
=Other on screen personnel=
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