WWE has revealed when the men’s and women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners will be getting their title shots.
Both title matches will be taking place on the Wednesday, March.3 episode of NXT. Men’s Dusty Classic winners MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will challenge for Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles, while women’s Dusty Classic winners Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
At TakeOver: Vengeance Day on Sunday, MSK defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) in the men’s Dusty Classic finals and Kai & Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in the women’s Dusty Classic finals. A trophy presentation for both teams took place on NXT tonight. It included Jax & Baszler appearing for a confrontation with Kai & Gonzalez.
MSK (former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut in this year’s men’s Dusty Classic. They defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas in the first round of the tournament, Drake Maverick & Killian Dain in the quarterfinals, Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde in the semifinals, and The Grizzled Young Veterans in the finals.
Kai & Gonzalez defeated Aliyah & Jessi Kamea in the first round of the women’s Dusty Classic, Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in the semifinals, and Blackheart & Moon in the finals.