Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the February 15th edition of NXT Vengeance Day. This was a really good episode of NXT 2.0, check out the show to find out why!
Topics Rundown:
Weaponized Steel Cage match — Pete Dunne vs. Tony D’Angelo
Raquel and Cora Jade prep for the Dusty Cup tournament
Persia & Indi challenge Toxic Attraction for the NXT Tag Team Championship
Will Wendy Choo wants to partner with Dakota Kai
LA Knight and Grayson Waller feud continues
NXT North American Championship: Carmelo Hayes vs. Cameron Grimes
The first two teams have booked their spots in the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals.
The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed) and Malik Blade & Edris Enofe booked their spots in the semifinals with first-round wins on tonight’s NXT. The Creed Brothers defeated Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen, while Blade & Enofe defeated Legado del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde.
A distraction led to Blade & Enofe getting the upset win over Legado del Fantasma. After Santos Escobar interfered, NXT Champion Bron Breakker made his way down to ringside and laid Escobar out. Blade then rolled up Mendoza as he was distracted by what was going on with Breakker an Escobar.
The Creed Brothers will face either The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) or Andre Chase & Bodhi Hayward in the semifinals. Blade & Enofe will face either MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) or Jacket Time (Kushida & Ikemen Jiro).
The Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Chase & Hayward and MSK vs. Jacket Time are both taking place on NXT next week.
The team that wins the men’s Dusty Classic will get a title shot against NXT Tag Team Champions Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner).
The women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is also returning for this year. That tournament will begin next month.
The full slate of teams for this year’s men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic has been revealed.
WWE announced the list of participants for the eight-team tournament on social media today. The team that wins the tournament will challenge Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) for the NXT Tag Team titles.
The teams that will be taking part in the tournament are:
MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter)
Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen
Jacket Time (Kushida & Ikemen Jiro)
Malik Blade & Edris Enofe
The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
Chase U (Andre Chase & Bodhi Hayward)
Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde)
The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed)
The bracket for the Dusty Classic has yet to be announced. The tournament will kick off on this Tuesday’s episode of NXT.
MSK are looking to repeat as Dusty Classic winners. They lost the NXT Tag Team titles to Imperium at Halloween Havoc last October.
Finn Balor & Samoa Joe, The Authors of Pain, Undisputed Era’s Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, Aleister Black & Ricochet, and Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne have also won the men’s Dusty Classic in previous years.
Blade & Enofe qualified for the Dusty Classic by defeating Joe Gacy & Harland by disqualification on the most recent episode of NXT. Harland got disqualified for not obeying the referee’s five count as he was attacking Blade in the corner.
The women’s Dusty Classic is also returning for 2022. That tournament will begin in February.
