7 Reasons The 2016 Dusty Rhodes Classic Won't Be As Good As 2015

2. Too Many Turns Already

SAnitY Bobby Roode Tye Dillinger
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Another beautiful thing about the 2015 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was whilst we all assumed a turn would come at some point, it never did. We all thought Joe would turn on Finn in the final, or maybe Finn would turn on Joe, but neither happened. It was tag team wrestling for the sake of tag team wrestling, much like the original Crockett Cup.

In the first round of 2016 alone we've had Andrade Almas turn on Cedric Alexander and Bobby Roode abandon Tye Dillinger. Sure, you've got to inject something to make a tournament stand out, but both turns were obvious and clear from a mile off. Well done? Yes, but still dulled by their proximity to each other.

This is a tag team tournament. Turns and abandonment are great vehicles to start stories, but it feels like the tournament has been cheapened somewhat by them already.

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