WWE announced the final set of teams competing in their upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 tournament.
This year’s tournament will be featuring 14 teams and starts at this week’s WWE NXT show on September 22.
The final five teams that were announced were:
- Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento & Takuma)
- Sean Legacy & Dorian Van Dux
- Harley Riggins & Jax Presley
- Shido Ash & Viktor Zanov
- Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger)
Full field of tag teams for WWE Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026:
- NXT Tag Team Champions The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes & Brad Baylor)
- AAA World Tag Team Champions The Wagner Brothers (Galeno & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.)
- The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed)
- BirthRight (Uriah Connors & Stacks)
- Mini Vikingo & Chazz “Starboy” Hall
- Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axion)
- DarkState (Cutler James & Osiris Griffin)
- Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno
- Los Americanos (Rayo & Bravo Americano)
- Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento & Takuma)
- Sean Legacy & Dorian Van Dux
- Harley Riggins & Jax Presley
- Shido Ash & Viktor Zanov
- Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger)
Both The Vanity Project and The Wagner Brothers have received First Round byes for this year’s tournament due to their status as being current tag team champions in NXT and AAA.

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