Grizzled Young Veterans, Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne Advance To Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Finals
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals is set with Undisputed Era suffering a shocking upset loss.
Kicking off the January 22 episode of NXT, Grizzled Young Veterans of NXT UK defeated the current NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in the tournament semifinals. Grizzled Young Veterans was able to score the victory after O’Reilly and Fish were distracted by the arrival of all four members from Imperium.
Undisputed Era and Imperium are due to face off in an eight-man tag team match at the Worlds Collide show on January 25. Fightful will have live coverage of the event, taking place in Houston.
GYV making MOVES in this #DustyClassic matchup! @ZackGibson01 @JamesDrake_GYT #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/f6mvBsl7zO
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) January 23, 2020
— da, da, da, da, daaaaa, da daa, daaa, daaa, daaa —#IMPERIUM has made their presence felt! #WWENXT@WalterAUT @FabianAichner @Marcel_B_WWE @TheWWEWolfe pic.twitter.com/5K97Iw313y
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) January 23, 2020
One step closer.@ZackGibson01 & @JamesDrake_GYT have eliminated #UndisputedERA to advance to the #DustyClassic Finals!!!! — #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/9dPFJt2l70
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 23, 2020
As for the other team in the tournament finals, the duo of Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne, which was formed right before the Dusty Classic even began, punched their tickets to the finals. They defeated Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel of Imperium.
The perfect #BroserWeight tag team maneuver doesn’t exi-#WWENXT #DustyClassic @PeteDunneYxB @SuperKingofBros pic.twitter.com/trT9HiHYDQ
— WWE (@WWE) January 23, 2020
#DustyClassic competition heats up as @PeteDunneYxB & @SuperKingofBros take it to #Imperium @Marcel_B_WWE @FabianAichner on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/nUjMQv1Dvy
— WWE (@WWE) January 23, 2020
RT to bless a friend’s timeline with @PeteDunneYxB magic.#WWENXT #DustyClassic pic.twitter.com/QUFiSsFh5Z
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 23, 2020
With the finalists all set, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals will take place on the January 29 edition of NXT. Also announced for next Wednesday’s episode is Tegan Nox taking on Dakota Kai in a grudge match.
Fightful will have live coverage of NXT.
There you have it, folks.#BroserWeights vs. #GrizzledYoungVeterans.
One of these teams will be the winner of the 2020 #DustyClassic! #WWENXT @PeteDunneYxB @SuperKingofBros @ZackGibson01 @JamesDrake_GYT pic.twitter.com/HW1ktQYRHb
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 23, 2020
For all the action of tonight’s episode of NXT, check out our live coverage of the show here and the post-show podcast here.
