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Dusty Classic finals official for WWE NXT Vengeance Day

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The finals are set for this year’s WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 

Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams defeated Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro of the LWO on Tuesday’s NXT episode to advance to the finals to be held at Sunday’s Vengeance Day event where they will meet Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin. 

Williams will be pulling double duty on Sunday’s show where he will also challenge Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship in the main event. 

Hayes & Williams defeated Edris Enofe & Malik Blade in the quarterfinals, then the LWO in the semifinals to punch their ticket to Sunday’s finals. Breakker & Corbin defeated Gallus in the quarterfinals, then Axiom & Nathan Frazer in the semis to advance. 

The Dusty Classic winners traditionally receive an NXT Tag Team title shot at a later date. The NXT Tag Team Championship is currently held by Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo. 

The updated Vengeance Day card: 

WWE NXT Vengeance Day, Sunday, February 4, 8 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock/WWE Network —

  • NXT Champion Ilja Dargunov defends against Trick Williams
  • NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Roxanne Perez
  • NXT North American Champion Oba Femi defends against Dragon Lee
  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals: Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin
  • No DQ match: Dijak vs. Joe Gacy
  • Six-person mixed tag team match: The Family (Tony D’Angelo, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo & Adriana Rizzo) vs. OTM (Lucien Price, Bronco Nima & Jaida Parker)

Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin advance to WWE NXT Dusty Classic finals

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin are going to WWE NXT Vengeance Day. 

Breakker & Corbin defeated Axiom & Nathan Frazer in a semifinals match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on Tuesday’s WWE NXT episode to advance to the tournament finals at Vengeance Day set for Sunday, February 4. 

They now await the winner of next week’s Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. LWO’s Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro matchup in the finals. 

The odd couple pairing of Breakker & Corbin has gone 2-0 in this year’s Dusty Classic with wins over Gallus in the quarterfinals, and now Axiom & Frazer in Tuesday’s semifinals. Hayes & Williams defeated Edris Enofe & Malik Blade in their quarterfinals matchup. Wilde & Del Toro defeated Chase U’s Andre Chase & Duke Hudson to earn their spot in the semifinals.

The Dusty Classic winners will receive a future shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship currently held by Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo.

WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The semifinals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are now set following Tuesday’s episode of WWE NXT. 

Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams, plus the LWO’s Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 Dusty Classic with victories on Tuesday’s episode. 

Hayes & Williams defeated the Edris Enofe & Malik Blade duo to advance in the tournament, while LWO punched their ticket to the semifinals by beating Chase U’s Duke Hudson & Riley Osborne. 

The LWO’s Del Toro & Wilde will face Hayes & Williams in a semifinals bout at a date yet to be announced, but most likely on the January 30 WWE NXT episode. 

On the other side of the Dusty Classic bracket, Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin will take on Nathan Frazer & Axiom in the other semifinal matchup. That contest will take place on the January 23 WWE NXT show. 

The Dusty Classic finals will take place at WWE NXT Vengeance Day on Sunday, February 4. 

Two title matches were also confirmed for Vengeance Day during this week’s NXT show, as Ilja Dragunov defends the NXT Championship against Williams, while Lyra Valkyria puts the NXT Women’s title on the line against Roxanne Perez. 

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic to begin on next week’s WWE NXT

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will kick off on the January 9 episode of WWE NXT. 

It was revealed during this week’s New Year’s Evil special that the Dusty Rhodes tournament will begin on the Tuesday, January 9 edition of the show, and several teams were teased as entering. 

On-screen authority figure Ava (Simone Johnson) announced the tournament in an interview during New Year’s Evil.

Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin agreed to team up for the tournament in a backstage promo segment on Tuesday, as did the duo of Nathan Frazer & Axiom. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade, plus Andre Chase & Duke Hudson were also teased as entering the tournament. 

The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was last held in 2022. In all there have been seven men’s tournaments, and two women’s. The tournament winner traditionally receives an NXT Tag Team title shot. With the NXT Women’s Tag titles unified with the WWE Women’s Tag titles last year, it would appear that there will be just a men’s Dusty Rhodes Classic this year.

The NXT Tag Team titles will also be defended on next week’s show. 

Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo will defend their titles against OTM’s Bronco Nima & Lucien Price. OTM won a number one contender’s match on the December 26 episode to set up the bout. 

Also set for next week, Cora Jade will take on Gigi Dolin. 

The announced lineup for the Tuesday, January 9 WWE NXT: 

  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic begins
  • NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo defend against OTM’s Bronco Nima & Lucien Price
  • Cora Jade vs. Gigi Dolin