9 Biggest Winners From NXT TakeOver: Respect

5. Baron Corbin & Rhyno

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Between the two non-regular tag teams, this was the one that felt like the most solid choice to lose in the semi-final round. But they didn't lose then and were able to beat the tournament favorites Jordan & Gable to advance to the finals against Balor & Joe.

These guys are a good heel team and might have some mileage together. They're former rivals and seemed like they were only paired in this tournament for the sake of eventual implosion and return to feuding. Not only did are they not feuding, there wasn't an implosion when they lost in the finals.

Rhyno took the Muscle Buster and Coup de Grace to set up the pinfall in the finals but there was no incident afterward. With as much heat as Corbin was getting from the crowd at TakeOver:Rival, maybe he'll continue to team with Rhyno to continue being the bad guys in the tag division for the time being.

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