At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, NXT general manager William Regal announced that to honor the memory of WWE Hall of Famer and longtime NXT trainer/producer Dusty Rhodes, a tag team tournament billed as the "Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic" would take place over the following several weeks, culminating with the finals at NXT TakeOver: Respect. The "Dusty Rhodes Tag Tag Team Classic" tournament started on the September 2, 2015 episode of NXT with the first two matches out of the 16 team tournament with Corbin/Rhyno and Jordan/Gable moving on. The next four matches took place at several NXT live events between August 28 to September 4, however the matches were not revealed until September 9 on WWE's YouTube channel with Amore/Cassady, The Mechanics, The Hype Bros., and The Vaudevillains moving on. The final two first round matches took place on the September 9th edition of NXT, with Bálor/Joe and Gargano/Ciampa advancing.
Bracket[]
First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | Pin | |||||||||||||
Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton | ||||||||||||||
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) |
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Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | ||||||||||||||
The Mechanics (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
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Blake and Murphy | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) |
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The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) |
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The Mechanics (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
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Tucker Knight and Elias Samson | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Mechanics (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
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Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | ||||||||||||||
The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe | ||||||||||||||
The Hype Bros. (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) |
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Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | ||||||||||||||
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | Pin | |||||||||||||
Neville and Solomon Crowe | ||||||||||||||
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) |
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Baron Corbin and Rhyno | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey | Pin | |||||||||||||
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa |
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Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournaments |
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Mens |
Women's |