Halftime Heat

Halftime Heat is a series of professional wrestling broadcasts that are produced by WWE, and used as Super Bowl counterprogramming. They air 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 on USA Network during Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999. The inaugural Halftime Heat featured an Empty arena match between The Rock and Mankind During the match, Mankind won his second WWF Championship.

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.

It was announced in January 2019 that it would be brought back as a special event on the WWE Network, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. 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. Shawn Michaels was also announced as part of the announce team.