The finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2020 tournament are set.
The third batch of matches in this tournament took place on Wednesday’s episode of NXT on the USA Network in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University.
Those matches saw Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle as well as Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish take on the Grizzled Young Veterans. Dunne and Riddle won their bout while Grizzled Young Veterans was victorious. After the match, the two teams cut a promo about how they would win the trophy.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Finals
Now, Grizzled Young Veterans taking on Dunne and Riddle will go down in the finals of this contest. WWE has announced when the finals will take place.
There was speculation the match could be saved for three potential shows including an episode of NXT or NXT TakeOver: Portland or WWE Worlds Collide.
The Worlds Collide event goes down this Saturday in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center as part of Royal Rumble weekend. The NXT TakeOver: Portland show goes down on Sunday, February 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon at the Moda Center and will air on the WWE Network.
Instead, WWE confirmed that this match will take place on next week’s episode of NXT on the USA Network.
The semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2020 tournament are set.
The second batch of matches in this tournament took place on Wednesday’s episode of NXT on the USA Network in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University.
Those matches saw Kushida & Alex Shelley battle the Grizzled Young Veterans with Grizzled Young Veterans going over while Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne faced Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster with Dunne and Riddle being victorious.
WWE held the first batch of matches last week that saw Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) def. The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler) and NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) def. NXT UK Tag Team Champions Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang).
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Semi-Finals
Now, Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) will battle Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle. The other semi-final match will see Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish take on the Grizzled Young Veterans.
This is 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.
WWE has yet to announce when the finals will take place. It could be saved for three potential dates including an episode of NXT or NXT TakeOver: Portland or WWE Worlds Collide.
The Worlds Collide event goes down on Saturday, January 25, 2020 in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center as part of Royal Rumble weekend.
The NXT TakeOver: Portland show goes down on Sunday, February 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon at the Moda Center and will air on the WWE Network.
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:
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
The bracket has been released for this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament.
The tournament kicks off with first round matches on the March 7th episode of NXT. The tournament winners will earn the right to challenge NXT Tag Team Champions Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly at TakeOver: New Orleans during WrestleMania weekend.
First round matches include:
Heavy Machinery vs. Street Profits
TM61 vs. The Authors of Pain
Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli vs. SAnitY;
Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Tyler Bate & Trent Seven
The finals of the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will see The Authors of Pain take on TM-61.
NXT taped more matches at Sunday’s house show in Hollywood as The Authors defeated Gargano & Ciampa while TM-61 defeated Sanity to advance to the finals, which will take place on 11/19 at TakeOver: Toronto.
First Round Matches:
TM-61 defeated Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong & Otis Bogojevic and Tucker Knight
TJ Perkins & Kota Ibushi defeated Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali
Sanity defeated Tye Dillinger & Bobby Roode
The Authors of Pain defeated The Bollywood Boyz
No Way Jose & Rich Swann defeated Tony Nese & Drew Gulak
The Revival defeated Cedric Alexander & Andrade “Cien” Almas
Ciampa & Gargano defeated Tian Bin & HoHo Lun
Second Round Matches
TM-61 defeated Aries and Strong
Sanity defeated TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi
The Authors of Pain defeated No Way Jose and Rich Swann
Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano over The Revival by forfeit due to injury to Scott Dawson
NXT taped Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic matches at last night’s house show in San Jose, California.
The matches saw The Authors of Pain defeat Rich Swann and No Way Jose to advance, plus Shane Thorne of TM-61 go over Roderick Strong to advance his team.
Strong vs. Thorne was made by William Regal due to the injury Austin Aries suffered on Thursday in Sacramento.
TM-61 will now face Sanity in the semi-finals while Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa will face The Authors of Pain. The finals will then take place at TakeOver: Toronto during Survivor Series weekend.
The first round of the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic wrapped last night with Kota Ibushi & TJ Perkins defeating Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali to advance. Gargano & Ciampa also defeated Tian Bing and HoHo Lun to advance.
Gargano and Ciampa will now face The Revival and Ibushi & Perkins will face Sanity, which takes place next week. Also set for next week is Rich Swann & No Way Jose vs. The Authors of Pain.
Here are this week’s post-match reactions with Gargano, Ciampa, Perkins and Ibushi:
– Randy Orton’s episode of “Shooter” on the USA Network will air on Sunday, November 11.
– The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic continues on tonight’s NXT episode with TJ Perkins & Kota Ibushi vs. Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali, plus HoHo Lun and Tian Bing vs. Ciampa and Gargano. Other matches scheduled for the show include Asuka vs. Thea Trinidad, Aliyah vs. Billie Kay and Noah Potjes vs. Tye Dillinger.
– Tonight’s Total Bellas episode will highlight more tension between Daniel Bryan and Nikki Bella. In the preview below, The Bellas argue about how they would raise their kids and things get heated after Bryan chimes in. Bryan says Nikki believes she deserves everything she has but Nikki disagrees.
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic continued on this week’s NXT episode with more first round matches and the reveal of Austin Aries’ mystery partner.
Aries and partner Roderick Strong defeated Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight to advance. They will face TM-61 next.
Rich Swann and No Way Jose also advanced last night, picking up a win over Tony Nese and Drew Gulak. Swann and Jose will face The Authors of Pain in the second round.
Tournament matches announced for next Wednesday include:
Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali vs. Kota Ibushi & TJ Perkins
Tian Bing & HoHo Lun vs. Gargano & Ciampa.
Here are the post-match interviews with this week’s winning teams:
TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi have previously teamed in EVOLVE during Wrestlemania 32 weekend in Dallas and they also faced each other in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament where TJ defeated Kota to advance to the finals.
Last week’s episode of NXT on the WWE Network featured the first opening round matches in the WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The first round saw NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival defeat Cedric Alexander & Andrade “Cien” Almas, with Almas attacking Alexander after the fact. The Authors of Pain defeated The Bollywood Boyz, and will go on to face the winner of of No Way Jose and Rich Swann vs. Tony
Nese and Drew Gulak. The Tag Team Champions will face the winners of HoHo Lun and Bin Wang vs. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
The tournament continues on tonight’s NXT episode with Sanity being revealed as they face Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger, plus Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss vs. TM-61.
Non-tournament matches for tonight’s NXT episode include Blake vs. Murphy and Liv Morgan vs. Peyton Royce.
WWE.com revealed earlier today the bracket for the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. There is 8 first round matches and the action starts tonight on NXT with NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Cedric Alexander and The Authors of Pain vs. The Bollywood Boyz.
TM-61 vs. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss
Team Aries (Austin Aries & ???) vs. Niko Bogojevic & Tucker Knight
Hideo Itami & Kota Ibushi vs. Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali
Tye Dillinger & Bobby Roode vs. SAnitY
The Authors of Pain vs. The Bollywood Boyz
No Way Jose & Rich Swann vs. Tony Nese & Drew Gulak
NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Cedric Alexander
Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bin Wang & HoHo Lun
Discussion: Who do you see being the final two teams? Let us know in the comments section!
Kota Ibushi recently did an interview with Tokyo Sports and this is what he said when asked about signing with the WWE full time.
“Zero chance. Absolutely not. But these one shot deals are an absolute plus for all concerned. If I can be the precedent for this kind of deal, it opens the doors for a lot of Japanese talent in wwe.”
Kota Ibushi will once again be appearing in NXT during the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic when he teams with Hideo Itami.
With the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicking off this Wednesday night on NXT, WWE announced two more teams that will be participating in the 16-team single elimination tournament.
The second annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic begins next week on NXT and we now know 8 of the 12 teams competing in the single-elimination tournament:
Former NXT Champions Finn Balor and Samoa Joe made history last year by winning the inaugural event. The finals of this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic take place at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on Saturday night, November 19th.
– WWE’s production crew is in the midst of a crazy week, with Backlash on Sunday night, RAW on Monday, SmackDown on Tuesday, last night’s Cruiserweight Classic live finale and now tonight’s NXT tapings from Full Sail University.
– The second annual NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament is now “back on” after WWE officials had put the idea on hold in recent months.
– WWE officials have discussed doing a tournament series featuring all women, similar to the Cruiserweight Classic. It’s still in the preliminary stages of planning, but the event would take place during the first quarter of 2017.
– 2K has released the official trailer for WWE 2K17’s creation suite:
This summer, WWE will present the Global Cruiserweight Series tournament on the WWE Network, a 10-episode series featuring 32 of the world’s top lightweight competitors. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there are more tournaments in the works.
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will be returning later this year. Last year’s inaugural tournament was a phenomenal showcase of talent, with Finn Balor and Samoa Joe being crowned the winners. Back in March, Cody Rhodes confirmed that it will be an annual event.
WWE is also considering a women’s tournament to air on the WWE Network. Like the Global Cruiserweight Series, the women’s tournament would feature a mix of current talents as well as unsigned standout female competitors from around the world.
At Wednesday’s NXT Takeover: Respect special on the WWE Network, the first-ever “Dusty Rhodes Tag-Team Classic” tournament winners were crowned.
The teams of Finn Balor & Samoe Joe, The Mechanics, Baron Corbin & Rhyno and Chad Gable & Jason Jordan advanced to tonight’s WWE Network special, with Balor and Joe eliminating The Mechanics in the opener, and the team of Corbin and Rhyno taking out the team of Gable and Jordan to advance to the finals.
In the finals, which were held in the co-main event spot of the NXT special, Balor and Joe ended up defeating Corbin and Rhyno, who put up a good effort.
Cody Rhodes came out to do the Dusty Rhodes Tag-Team Classic Cup presentation to Balor and Joe. He mentioned that tonight everyone is a “Rhodes” member as “The American Dream” theme music played and the fans echo’d chants of “Thank You Dusty! Thank You Dusty!” to close out the first ever Dusty Classic Tournament and move on to the 30-minute “Ironwoman Match” for the NXT Women’s Champion.
It was announced on this week’s edition of NXT TV that the final four teams in the Dusty Rhodes Tag-Team Classic will advance to NXT Takeover: Respect on October 7th to compete in the semi-finals and finals in the same evening.
NXT Tag-Team Champions The Vaudevillians will take on The Mechanics at this week’s NXT live event in Texas, while The Hype Bros vs. Jason Jordan & Chad Gable is also expected to happen this week. With Rhyno and Baron Corbin advancing this week, below are the updated brackets.
Bracket A – First Round Matches
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady defeated Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton
Finn Balor and Samoa Joe defeated The Lucha Dragons
Bracket B – First Round Matches
The Vaudevillians defeated Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder defeated Tucker Knight and Elias Samson
Bracket C – First Round Matches
Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder defeated Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeated Neville and Solomon Crowe
Bracket D – First Round Matches
Rhyno and Baron Corbin defeated The Ascension
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey
Bracket A – Second Round Matches
Balor and Joe defeated Enzo and Cass
Bracket B – Second Round Matches
The Vaudevillians vs. The Mechanics
Bracket C – Second Round Matches
The Hype Bros vs. Gable and Jordan
Bracket D – Second Round Matches
Rhyno and Corbin defeated Gargano and Ciampa
Semi-Finals
– Balor and Joe vs. The Vaudevillians or The Mechanics
– Rhyno and Corbin vs. The Hype Bros or Gable and Jordan
WWE taped another match for the NXT “Dusty Rhodes Tag-Team Classic” tournament at the NXT live event this past Saturday night in Gainesville, Florida.
The match saw the team of Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeat “The Mechanics” Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder to advance in the tournament.
With that now known, the following is a look at the updated brackets.
Bracket A – First Round Matches
– Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady defeated Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton
– Finn Balor and Samoa Joe defeated The Lucha Dragons
Bracket B – First Round Matches
– The Vaudevillians defeated Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
– Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder defeated Tucker Knight and Elias Samson
Bracket C – First Round Matches
– Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder defeated Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe
– Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeated Neville and Solomon Crowe
Bracket D – First Round Matches
– Rhyno and Baron Corbin defeated The Ascension
– Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey
Bracket A – Second Round Matches
– Balor and Joe defeated Enzo and Cass
Bracket B – Second Round Matches
– The Vaudevillians vs. The Hype Bros.
Bracket C – Second Round Matches
– Gable and Jordan defeated The Mechanics
Bracket D – Second Round Matches
– Rhyno and Corbin defeated Gargano and Ciampa
At Thursday night’s NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University, WWE taped several more matches for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. Here are the updated brackets for the tournament. The finals take place at NXT Takeover on October 7th.
Bracket A – First Round Matches
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady defeated Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton
Finn Balor and Samoa Joe defeated The Lucha Dragons
Bracket B – First Round Matches
The Vaudevillians defeated Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder defeated Tucker Knight and Elias Samson
Bracket C – First Round Matches
Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder defeated Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeated Neville and Solomon Crowe
Bracket D – First Round Matches
Rhyno and Baron Corbin defeated The Ascension
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey
