8 Teams Announced For WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Classic 2022
Full line-up revealed for this year's men's Dusty Classic.
With Malik Blade and Edris Enofe having earned a spot in this year's men's Dusty Rhodes Classic on this past Tuesday's edition of NXT, it's now been confirmed which seven teams will be joining Blade and Enofe in competing for the Dusty Classic trophy.
As per the NXT Twitter account, the rest of the teams to be involved in the men's 2022 Dusty Classic are:
- Wes Lee and Nash Carter of MSK
- KUSHIDA and Ikemen Jiro of Jacket Time
- Zack Gibson and James Drake of Grizzled Young Veterans
- Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza of Legado Del Fantasma
- Brutus Creed and Julius Creed of Diamond Mine
- Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs
- Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward of, err, Chase University(?)
The brackets and start date for this year's men's Dusty Classic have yet to be revealed, although the tournament will commence in February at some point. Whoever emerges victorious in this tourney will get themselves a shot at the NXT Tag Team Titles currently held by Imperium's Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel.
MSK will be looking to win back-to-back Dusty Classics, with Lee and Carter defeating Grizzled Young Veterans to win last year's tournament. Prior to that, the inaugural Dusty Classic winners were the tandem of Finn Balor and Samoa Joe, with subsequent winners being The Authors of Pain (2017), Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly (2018), Aleister Black and Ricochet (2019), and Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne (2020).
Last year also saw Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez win the first ever women's Dusty Rhodes Classic, defeating Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart to take home that prize.