Dusty Classic finals official for WWE NXT Vengeance Day
The finals are set for this year’s WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams defeated Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro of the LWO on Tuesday’s NXT episode to advance to the finals to be held at Sunday’s Vengeance Day event where they will meet Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin.
Williams will be pulling double duty on Sunday’s show where he will also challenge Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship in the main event.
Hayes & Williams defeated Edris Enofe & Malik Blade in the quarterfinals, then the LWO in the semifinals to punch their ticket to Sunday’s finals. Breakker & Corbin defeated Gallus in the quarterfinals, then Axiom & Nathan Frazer in the semis to advance.
The Dusty Classic winners traditionally receive an NXT Tag Team title shot at a later date. The NXT Tag Team Championship is currently held by Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo.
The updated Vengeance Day card:
WWE NXT Vengeance Day, Sunday, February 4, 8 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock/WWE Network —
- NXT Champion Ilja Dargunov defends against Trick Williams
- NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Roxanne Perez
- NXT North American Champion Oba Femi defends against Dragon Lee
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals: Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin
- No DQ match: Dijak vs. Joe Gacy
- Six-person mixed tag team match: The Family (Tony D’Angelo, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo & Adriana Rizzo) vs. OTM (Lucien Price, Bronco Nima & Jaida Parker)
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