NXT announces 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is making its return in the new year.
It was announced during tonight’s NXT that the Dusty Classic will return in 2020. The teams for the tournament will be announced on the New Year’s Day episode of NXT.
Tonight’s episode was the final live edition of NXT for 2019. The New Year’s Day show will also feature the announcement of the winners of NXT’s year-end awards.
This will be the fifth Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic that WWE has produced. Samoa Joe & Finn Balor won the inaugural tournament in 2015, The Authors of Pain won it in 2016, The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly) won in 2018, and Aleister Black & Ricochet won last year.
WWE hasn’t announced when they’ll be crowning the winners of this year’s tournament.
The Undisputed Era’s O’Reilly & Bobby Fish are the current NXT Tag Team Champions.
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