The full brackets have been announced for the 2021 WWE NXT Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
The tournament will feature 16 teams. WWE previously announced 12 teams but 4 more were revealed today.
One mystery team on the bracket is called MSK. We noted earlier this month that WWE had filed to trademark the “MSK” name but there’s no word yet on who this is for. WWE posted a teaser tweet for the MSK team today, seen below, and fans are speculating that this could be the new name for Desmonz Xavier and Zachary Wentz, formerly known as The Rascalz in WWE. Xavier and Wentz recently signed with WWE but there’s no word yet on when they will debut.
The first round of the tournament will kick off tonight with The Undisputed Era vs. Breezango and Ever-Rise vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans. The winners of the tournament will receive the Dusty Classic Cup and a future title shot from NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch.
Below is a look at all 16 teams for the tournament, and the full bracket. Stay tuned for more.
FIRST ROUND
* The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong) vs. Breezango (Tyler Breeze, Fandango)
* Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari vs. Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Desmond Troy
* Kushida and Leon Ruff vs. The Way (Austin Theory, NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano)
* Ever-Rise (Chase Parker, Matt Martel) vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake, Zack Gibson)
FIRST ROUND
* MSK vs. Jake Atlas and Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
* Killian Dain and Drake Maverick vs. Curt Stallion and August Grey
* Imperium (Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner) vs. Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado, Gran Metalik)
* Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza) vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Sunil Singh, Samir Singh)
The full #DustyCup bracket has been revealed on @WWETheBump! 👀 ⤵️#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/H15FiqjKTv
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 13, 2021
👀👀👀 #WhoIsMSK?#WWENXT #DustyClassic pic.twitter.com/ewqs61xGlL
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 13, 2021
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