The Wagner Brothers and Hank & Tank Advances In Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026
Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured two Quarterfinal Round matches for this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
The first match was The Wagner Brothers (Galeno & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) defeating BirthRight (Charlie Dempsey & Lexis King).
The Wagner Brothers ADVANCE!! 👉 Oh YEAH!! https://t.co/rewihgXUxm
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
The second match was Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) defeating The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed).
UPSET ALERT 🚨 Hank & Tank are MOVING ON! https://t.co/vHsADg5Bbs
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
As a result of their victories, The Wagner Brothers will be facing off against Hank & Tank in the Semifinal round of this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
Mini Vikingo Not Cleared To Compete
WWE’s NXT show also featured the announcement of AAA talent Mini Vikingo not being medically cleared to compete on the show.
This announcement was made during a backstage segment involving The Vanity Project and NXT GM Robert Stone. Stone informed that The Vanity Project’s scheduled Six-Man tag team match against Mini Vikingo, Chazz “Starboy” Hall, & EK Prosper would not be taking place due to Mini Vikingo not being cleared to compete. Stone also told Jackson Drake that he would be defending his NXT North American Championship against Prosper at next week’s show.
Chantel Monroe is making quite the impression on The Vanity Project! ✨ @ChantelMonroe_ https://t.co/8XygZdbPpp
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
Izzi Dame vs. Zaria Announced for NXT Halloween Havoc 2026
WWE’s NXT show also featured the first of three new matches for the card of NXT Halloween Havoc 2026, which takes place on October 31 at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
This new match announced was a singles match of Izzi Dame vs. Zaria.
This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Zaria’s bad blood issues with Dame over Dame digging up her past photos in mockery of her. Following Dame’s victory over Layla Diggs in a singles match on the show, Zaria’s music interrupted the victory celebration. Zaria told Dame that things between them needs to stop and issued a challenge to Dame and would put her NXT Women’s North American Championship on the line. Dame responded accepting the challenge but didn’t want the tile on the line and then left the ring.
WOW 🤯 @izzi_wwe rejects @ZariaWWE_’s Title opportunity but accepts a non-title match for Halloween Havoc! https://t.co/JqlvfbCBc7
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
WWE’s NXT show also featured two of three new matches for the card of NXT Halloween Havoc 2026, which takes place on October 31 at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
The first new match announced was a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal match of Zilla Fatu vs. Charlie Dempsey.
This new match was setup over recent weeks shows over Fatu’s bad blood issues with BirthRight. During tonight’s show, Fatu ran out to attack Uriah Connors and confronted BirthRight resulting in BirthRight losing their Quarterfinal Round match to The Wagner Brothers in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Following the match, Zilla brawled with BirthRight clearing them from ringside. In another follow-up segment, Zilla was seen with NXT GM Robert Stone backstage and convinced Stone to give him a match against Dempsey at Halloween Havoc and to bring back the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal stip for it. Stone agreed on the condition that Zilla was medically cleared first for the match.
Zilla Fatu wants to spin the WHEEL and make the DEAL! 🙌 @ZillaFatu https://t.co/VWUnEs2zeL
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
The second new match announced was a singles match of Naraku vs. Shiloh Hill.
This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Naraku and Hill’s bad blood issues with each other. During tonight’s show, a video aired featuring Nakarku talking about his issues with Hill and revealed that he has a brand new devastating mist attack waiting in store to use on Hill for their match at Halloween Havoc.
EVIL is coming for Shiloh Hill when Naraku battles him at Halloween Havoc! 👻 https://t.co/BmdwarDiuz
— WWE (@WWE) October 21, 2026
It was also confirmed that Danhausen will be the official host for this year’s Halloween Havoc event.
Announced: Danhausen is your official host for Halloween Havoc. #WWENXT https://t.co/bIIMkWRZH8
— FADE (@FadeAwayMedia) October 21, 2026
Current card for NXT Halloween Havoc 2026:
- NXT Championship – Tony D’Angelo vs. Grayson Waller (c)
- NXT Women’s Championship – Wren Sinclair vs. Kelani Jordan (c)
- Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal match – Zilla Fatu vs. Charlie Dempsey
- Izzi Dame vs. Zaria
- Naraku vs. Shiloh Hill
- Danhausen to host
Current Card For Next Week’s WWE NXT Show
WWE announced four new matches for the card of next week’s WWE NXT show on October 27 at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Current card for October 27th WWE NXT show:
- NXT North American Championship – EK Prosper vs. Jackson Drake (c)
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 Tournament Semifinal Round match – The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes & Brad Baylor) vs. Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 Tournament Semifinal Round match – The Wagner Brothers (Galeno & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) vs. Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger)
- Lizzy Rain vs. Chantel Monroe
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