WWE has revealed the majority of the teams that will compete in the 2022 NXT Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
On Saturday, the company confirmed the following teams will compete in the tournament:
MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter)
Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs
Jacket Time (Kushida and Ikemen Jiro)
Malik Blade and Edris Enofe
Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake)
Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward
Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza)
The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed)
On Tuesday’s episode of NXT, Blade and Enofe defeated Joe Gacy and Harland to qualify for the tournament. The men’s tournament begins next week while the women’s tournament will begin in February.
MSK captured the men’s Dusty Cup while Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai won the inaugural women’s edition of the tournament last year at the NXT TakeOver: Vengeance special.
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
Will it be #JacketTime at this year's #DustyClassic? #WWENXT @KUSHIDA_0904 @IkemenJiro_wwe pic.twitter.com/S1SZk92M1i
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2022