Six More Teams Announced For WWE Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026

WWE announced the next 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 next week’s WWE NXT show on September 22nd.

Six new teams were announced for the field which were:

• 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)

Current tag team field 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)

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.