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UPDATE 9/9/15: ROUND 2 Brackets - Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

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#1 · (Edited)
Some of you may have not catched the full brackets of the tournament but they were shown on last nights episode of NXT. I took a snapshot from the WWE Network. This is a 16-team Tournament apparently



I realize the names are kind of small but I was able to read them. For those who have trouble reading it.

Round 1 Brackets
(Column 1)

Finn Balor and Samoa Joe
vs.
The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto)

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady
vs.
Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton

(Column 2)

The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
vs.
Tucker Knight and Elias Samson

BAM Factor (Blake and Murphy)
vs.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)

(Column 3)

The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder)
vs.
Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe

Jason Jordan and Chad Gable
vs.
Neville and Solomon Crowe

(Column 4)

The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
vs.
Rhyno and Baron Corbin

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
vs.
Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsy

Round 2 Brackets

(Column 1)

Finn Balor and Samoa Joe
vs.
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady

(Column 2)

The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
vs.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)

(Column 3)

The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder)
vs.
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable

(Column 4)

Rhyno and Baron Corbin
vs.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa​

Jordan/Gable vs. Neville/Crowe and Ascension vs. Rhyno/Corbin have already taken place as of this post on an NXT episode.

(UPDATE 9/9/15: Finn Balor vs. Lucha Dragons took place on a Smackdown dark taping to be played on NXT. Gargano/Ciampa vs. Breeze/Dempsy took place on this weeks episode of NXT. The other round 1 matches besides the ones listed above took place at house shows at various NXT untelevised events and highlights are available on WWE.com. Marcus Louis for his round 1 match was replaced by Noah Kekoa)

Those are all the brackets. As you know the final two teams will face off at NXT Takeover on October 7th. The winners will of course be the ones to conquer the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets.

There's slight confusion as Wikipedia points to an eight-team Tag Team Tournament but they probably won't change to that unless future tapings are telling otherwise. For now, we'll go with what the most recent episode is saying.

Good luck to all Tag Teams and may the best Tag Team win. Dusty Rhodes is up high above proud of watching his old NWA-customs being granted down here on Earth in Full Sail. :)

R.I.P. Dusty Rhodes.

P.S. Apologies to @Legit BOSS, as I stated that Blake and Murphy were not in the tournament due to the wikipedia page.
 
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#29 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

Jason Jordan and Chad Gable should win the all thing!
I expect them to win it. From these brackets, my prediction is Enzo and Cass vs. Jordan and Gable in the finals. Like always, it's gonna be Enzo and Cass taking the back seat. Especially since the Vaudevillians are faces, I expect this to lead up to Jordan and Gable getting a title shot subsequently.
 
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@Chris JeriG.O.A.T I'm thinking with the news of Chiampa being a punk ass about Breeze's offense, they reconsider giving him anything significant. Calling Tyler stiff is laughable since Sasha hits harder than him.
Possibly, but it's NXT and the smart money should always be on whoever has the most indy experience.
 
#15 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

You know I can't help but think of that Jeff Foxworthy joke about you might be a ******* just switch ******* to.........

" You know your MAIN roster tag team scene might be retarded if....."

a.) Your number one contenders haven't WRESTLED in your company for the last ten plus years......

b.) Your Tag Team needs a midget dressed up like an animal to get over.........

c.) Repeating the same tag team titles matches month after month (see Uso's/Wyatts)

d.) When your DEVELOPMENTAL BRAND can do a tag team tournament that has MORE than two rounds.......



#NXTtagteams>WWEtagteams
 
#16 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

You know I can't help but think of that Jeff Foxworthy joke about you might be a ******* just switch ******* to.........

" You know your MAIN roster tag team scene might be retarded if....."

a.) Your number one contenders haven't WRESTLED in your company for the last ten plus years......

b.) Your Tag Team needs a midget dressed up like an animal to get over.........

c.) Repeating the same tag team titles matches month after month (see Uso's/Wyatts)

d.) When your DEVELOPMENTAL BRAND can do a tag team tournament that has MORE than two rounds.......



#NXTtagteams>WWEtagteams
Dumbest might be the Dudleyz beating the New Day squeaky clean this past Monday. I mean, why even give a fuck about the title match if we know the Dudleyz can already beat the New Day?


Another thing is why aren't they doing this on Raw? Too many pointless matches we have to have instead?
 
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BAM should be eliminated in the first round since people never win their rematches, so I'm not too worried.
I'm speculating they might split the difference, have Vaudevillains retain their titles in one match but have Blake and Murphy go over to advance in another match to keep them with something to do and make the booking even, while Vaudevillains go on with their belts. Not have BAM Factor win of course, but probably have BAM win their initial match via. dirty tactics and Vaudevillains costing them their next match supposedly to set up the title match...maybe..
 
#8 ·
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Finn and Balor in action is the team I want to see, BAM vs. Vaudevillians could be the highlight match of the tournament, let's see how NXT ends the tournament on a high note. :)
 
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If Hype Bros advance over Jordan/Gable

 
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:high5

http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...ty-rhodes-classic-tag-team-tournament-winners

Cody Rhodes said:
"What a bad summer for sports entertainment. When you lose The Dream and you lose "Hot Rod" (Roddy Piper). These are not arguably, just genuinely, in anybody's top five or top ten. The word used now is they are icons, and there's very few true icons of the industry. I was and I feel like I still am, very close to my dad. I haven't really let him go. It's hard when you see a ring, and I think about all the times you saw him in it. It's great though that you ask, because the Dusty Rhodes tag tournament taking place in NXT is something he would really be proud of because of all the platforms it gives to talent, including independent talent that came in for a shot to win the Dusty Rhodes tag tournament. I will actually be there myself, (as) me — for the first time a while on WWE programming — Cody Rhodes and my brother will be there to present the trophy, which I'm looking forward to seeing. I had some help in preparing it for whomever is victorious in said tag team tournament. It's a great way to honor him, and I think we continue to honor him. WWE just put it all out there. A lot of families lose a loved one and they don't get the chance to see video packages and tributes. They have to do all that themselves and put it together. It was done for me, and I'm forever in their debt for that."
The tournament was done in Dusty's honor and will culminate at the upcoming Takeover: Respect event scheduled for Wed., Oct. 7, 2015, at Full Sail in Florida. If it wasn't already, it's now guaranteed to be an emotional evening.
 
#51 ·
Gable & Jordan beat the Hype Bros to advance.

So now we got:

Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Samoa Joe/Finn Balor or Enzo/Cass
Gable/Jordan vs. Rhyno/Baron Corbin
:kid

Mechanics/Enzo & Cass vs. Gable/Jordan, do it right WWE plox.
 
#11 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

The first round matchups are incredibly booty but the second round looks more promising with JJ and CG likely against the Hype Bros, Vaudevillains vs Mechanics and Joe Balor vs Zo and Cass. I was hoping to see Zo and Cass vs Jordan and Gable but I can't see both teams getting past 2 teams of indy gawds without an enormous swerve. It would seem obvious that since the Finals will be at the next Takeover that Balor will be in the main event match so I'm guessing that Gargano/Chiampa will be the winners.
 
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The first round matchups are incredibly booty but the second round looks more promising with JJ and CG likely against the Hype Bros, Vaudevillains vs Mechanics and Joe Balor vs Zo and Cass. I was hoping to see Zo and Cass vs Jordan and Gable but I can't see both teams getting past 2 teams of indy gawds without an enormous swerve. It would seem obvious that since the Finals will be at the next Takeover that Balor will be in the main event match so I'm guessing that Gargano/Chiampa will be the winners.
To be honest? I think Jordan and Gable are going to face Balor and Joe at the finals to set up the whole thing. I doubt they'll do Balor and Joe vs. TWO COMPLETELY new indy guys (indy guys that aren't high on the food chain none the less either in their world). Balor and Joe are probably going to have tension built up as they progress through the tourney and the next takeover will probably be used to have them start hating each other to set up an NXT title match. You mentioned the "swerve", well it's kinda already reported it's intended for Joe and Balor to not get along. That's the swerve.

Meanwhile because of their miscommunication, Jordan and Gable WIN and go over Finn Balor and Samoa Joe!!! :mark: :mark: :mark:

(even if Balor and Joe don't get far enough, I STILL think Jordan and Gable are winning this whole thing)
 
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The reason I ask is that I know this tourney is meant to honour Dusty, but he wasn't known for tag team wrestling...
It's similar to the Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup, that was Tag Team tournament in memorial to Jim Crockett Sr. Dusty Rhodes was a writer for NWA, now he was a writer for NXT so now they're going to pay homage to him in the same way.
 
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Here's how I think this will go:


(Column 1)

Finn Balor and Samoa Joe
vs.
The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto)

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady
vs.
Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton

(Column 2)

The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
vs.
Tucker Knight and Elias Samson

BAM Factor (Blake and Murphy)
vs.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)

(Column 3)

The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder)
vs.
Marcus Louis and Alexander Wolfe

Jason Jordan and Chad Gable
vs.
Neville and Solomon Crowe

(Column 4)

The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
vs.
Rhyno and Baron Corbin

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
vs.
Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsy

---

Finn Balor and Samoa Joe
vs.
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady

The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
vs.
BAM Factor (Blake and Murphy)

The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder)
vs.
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable

Rhyno and Baron Corbin
vs.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa

---
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady
vs.
BAM Factor (Blake and Murphy)

Jason Jordan and Chad Gable
vs.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa

---

FINALS

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady
vs.
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable

dunno who would win that
 
#35 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets

*POSSIBLE SPOILER*

So, WWE posted short videos of four matches for the tournament with results etc..

These matches are:

The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) vs. Tucker Knight and Elias Samson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-MA1jUSn9U
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady vs. Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-vYhbDhWY
BAM Factor (Blake and Murphy) vs. The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLZukWAqcU
The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) vs. Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eiz6npumg4

So I guess these will be shown on NXT, probably only the highlights from above.

Marcus Louis was replaces by someone named Kekoa. As expected, the jobber teams lost to the established ones. The Vaudevillians won against BAMF as well.
 
#36 ·
Re: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Brackets - UPDATE 9/9/15: ROUND 2 Brackets

Round 2 brackets are now up.
 
#44 ·
To be fair, I think they want The Vaudevillains to have their own Tag Title defense at Takeover, to give another team a spot on the takeover card for the semi-final matches. I would imagine that interference happened at that live show to cost them the spot.

So it's all good really. It doesn't bother me :shrug
 
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