Heat Wave: Rage in the Cage! was the second Heat Wave professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on July 15, 1995 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Excerpts from then event aired on episode #117 of the syndicated television show ECW Hardcore TV on July 18, 1995. Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. The main event was a steel cage match, in which The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) squared off against The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa). A notable event took place after the steel cage match between Stevie Richards and Luna Vachon, which saw Tommy Dreamer handcuff Raven to the cage and break a folding chair over his head in what was described as "the chair shot heard around the world". Storylines The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program Hardcore TV. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed) debuted in ECW at Barbed Wire, Hoodies & Chokeslams, where they attacked The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) after their scheduled World Tag Team Championship defense against The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) was cancelled by Bill Alfonso. At Hardcore Heaven, Public Enemy defeated Gangstas in a tag team match. This led to a rematch between the two teams at Heat Wave. At Hardcore Heaven, Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten in a Taipei Deathmatch to end the feud between the two. Later that night, The Sandman successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Cactus Jack. On the July 4 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Sandman would defend the title against Rotten at Heat Wave. At Barbed Wire, Hoodies and Chokeslams, Raven abandoned The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) to confront Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicutty due to McGillicutty's fight against Richards' admirer Francine during a handicap match against Taz and 2 Cold Scorpio, which cost Pitbulls, the match. At Hardcore Heaven, Pitbulls lost again, this time to the debuting Dudley Brothers (Dudley Dudley and Snot Dudley) due to Raven once again abandoning them at ringside due to the issue between Richards, Francine and Beulah. Later that night, Pitbulls showed up after