The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is back as the tournament will take place in 2020.
This will be the fifth installment of WWE NXT’s tag team tournament honoring the late American Dream.
The winners will be awarded the Dusty Rhodes Classic Cup trophy, which is modeled after Dusty’s signature cowboy wrestling boots.
The tournament was established in 2015 as a tribute to the legendary pro wrestler, who was also a key figure behind the scenes at the WWE Performance Center that serves a training facility to develop athletes into WWE Superstars.
WWE announced the tag teams that will be competing in the tournament on Wednesday’s episode of NXT on the USA Network as the tournament will be playing out on the television program.
2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Stars
The eight teams in this year’s tournament include:
- Undisputed Era
- Forgotten Sons
- Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne
- Kushida & surprise partner
- Grizzled Young Veterans
- Gallus
- Imperium
- Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster
Finn Balor and Samoa Joe won the inaugural tournament in 2015 at NXT TakeOver: Respect by beating The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson). In 2016, The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) won by beating at NXT TakeOver: Toronto and the following year, AOP won as they beat TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne).
In 2018, The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong while last year featured Aleister Black and Ricochet getting the win.
Check out: The Rhodes Family unveils the Dusty Rhodes Classic Cup
