You can officially pencil in new teams for this year's NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag-Team Classic tournament.
On Saturday, WWE announced eight teams for the seventh-annual tag-team tournament established to honor the legacy of the late, great "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.
The teams that were officially announced for this year's tourney by the company include the following:
NXT DUSTY RHODES TAG-TEAM CLASSIC TOURNAMENT FIELD
* MSK
* Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen
* KUSHIDA, Ikemen Jiro
* Grizzled Young Veterans
* Andre Chase & Bodhi Hayward
* Legado Del Fantasma
* The Creed Brothers
* Malik Blade & Edris Enofe
Next week's edition of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network will see the start of this year's tourney.
Check out the announcements for each team listed above via the tweets embedded below.
The first team in the 2022 #DustyClassic is....#MSK!!!
The 2021 Champions are back to reclaim the 🏆 #WWENXT @WesLee_WWE @NashCarterWWE pic.twitter.com/t2swThkbgP— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
The next entrant in the 2022 #DustyClassic looking to etch their name in history is @BrooksJensenWWE & #JoshBriggs! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/XkMHQTzAFj
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
Will it be #JacketTime at this year's #DustyClassic? #WWENXT @KUSHIDA_0904 @IkemenJiro_wwe pic.twitter.com/S1SZk92M1i
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
The newly formed duo of @MalikBladeWWE & @Edris_Enofe earned their spot in the 2022 #DustyClassic this past Tuesday. Can they ride that momentum into tag team immortality? #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/6CKoSjGLlm
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
#GYV has made it to the #DustyClassic finals two years in a row. Will this be the year they finally raise the 🏆 ? #WWENXT @ZackGibson01 @JamesDrake_GYT pic.twitter.com/CMdD8YG33y
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
.@AndreChaseWWE & @bodhihaywardWWE are looking to bring home some hardware for the trophy case at #ChaseUniversity in this year's #DustyClassic! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/f07M4hXIxH
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
.@joaquinwilde_ & @RaulMendozaWWE are looking to make #LaFamilia proud in this year's #DustyClassic. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/WAcFsGE8iV
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022
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