each other since the February 15 episode of Hardcore TV when Rockin' Rebel blinded Sandman with a liquid and Sandman accidentally struck his wife Peaches and then Cairo saved her and carried her to the backstage. This ignited their rivalry and they fought each other in several matches throughout the year. At Hostile City Showdown, Cairo and Sandman fought each other to a no contest in a Singapore Cane on a Pole match after the Singapore cane fell down from the pole on the mat. Woman handed over the cane to Sandman and then Sandman and Woman assaulted Cairo and Peaches with cane. On the June 28 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Cairo would face Sandman in a Dueling canes match at Heat Wave. The following week on Hardcore TV, Sandman attacked Cairo before Cairo's match against 911, leaving Cairo vulnerable to an easy defeat. On the July 5 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Mikey Whipwreck would defend the ECW Television Championship against Chad Austin at Heat Wave. Event In the opening match, the Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) took on Hack Meyers and Rockin' Rebel. Axl hit an atomic drop to Myers followed by Ian executing a diving bulldog to Myers. After the match, Rebel shoved Myers and then hit him with a clothesline. In the second bout, Mikey Whipwreck defended the ECW Television Championship against Chad Austin. Jason dropped Whipwreck onto the table and then Austin hit a slingshot suplex and a diving leg drop to win the title. After initially winning the title, Austin informed the referee that he had used brass knuckles to win the match, causing the referee to reverse the decision. As a result, Whipwreck retained the title. After the match, Jason and Austin attacked Whipwreck and Jason executed a Piledriver to Whipwreck on the Television Championship title belt. In the third bout, Tommy Dreamer took on Stevie Richards in the following match. Richards initially provoked Dreamer by shaking hands and then attacked him. Dreamer gained control and applied a sleeper hold on Richards to make him pass out to the hold for the win. After the match, Dreamer demanded a shot at Shane Douglas' ECW Heavyweight Championship and Douglas came out to confront Dreamer until Mr. Hughes held him back. The fourth bout saw Mr. Hughes face Tommy Dreamer. The match ended when Shane Douglas