On tonight’s NXT episode, NXT announced the eight teams that will compete in the upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, though no start date was announced.
The tournament will feature four teams from NXT and four from NXT UK.
NXT Teams
– Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) – NXT Tag Team Champions
– The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)
– Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne
– Kushida & a mystery partner
NXT UK Teams
– Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
– Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) – NXT UK Tag Team Champions
– Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel)
– Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster
Bracket
Update: WWE also announced the bracket for the tournament:
- Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) vs. The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)
- Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster
- Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Kushida & ???
- NXT UK Tag Team Champions Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)

There have been four Dusty Rhodes Classics so far, starting in 2015.
Past winners:
– 2015: Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe
– 2016: The Authors of Pain
– 2018: Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly
– 2019: Aleister Black and Ricochet

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