The second Classic took place throughout the fall of 2016, eventually culminating in November at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, where it was won by The Authors of Pain.
The winners of the tournament receive a trophy that is modeled in part after Rhodes' signature "cowboy" style wrestling boots.
Bracket[]
| First Round NXT (October 5) |
Quarterfinals NXT/Live event (November 2) |
Semifinals Live event (November 7) |
Final NXT TakeOver: Toronto (November 19) | |||||||||||
| TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss | ||||||||||||||
| TM-61 | Pin3 | |||||||||||||
| Austin Aries and Roderick Strong | ||||||||||||||
| Austin Aries and Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic) |
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| TM-61 | Pin | |||||||||||||
| SAnitY | ||||||||||||||
| Kota Ibushi and T.J. Perkins1 | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali | ||||||||||||||
| Kota Ibushi and T.J. Perkins | ||||||||||||||
| SAnitY | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger | ||||||||||||||
| SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
| TM-61 | ||||||||||||||
| The Authors of Pain | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Authors of Pain (Rezar and Akam) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) |
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| The Authors of Pain | Pin | |||||||||||||
| No Way Jose and Rich Swann | ||||||||||||||
| No Way Jose and Rich Swann | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tony Nese and Drew Gulak | ||||||||||||||
| The Authors of Pain | Pin | |||||||||||||
| DIY | ||||||||||||||
| The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
| Andrade Almas and Cedric Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| The Revival | ||||||||||||||
| DIY | Forfeit2 | |||||||||||||
| DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) |
Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ho Ho Lun and Tian Bing | ||||||||||||||
- 1 – T.J. Perkins replaced Hideo Itami, who was injured before his tournament match.
- 2 – The Revival was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to Dawson being "injured".
- 3 – Austin Aries could not perform due to a legitimate injury. William Regal announced that the winner of a singles match between Thorne vs. Strong, would advance in the tournament.
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External links[]
| Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournaments |
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| Mens |
| Women's |