WWE Tapes Another Dusty Rhodes Classic Match, Semi-Finals Set for Takeover Respect, Updated Tournament Bracket Spoilers

September 27, 2015

Lat night during WWE NXT’s live event in Ft. Pierce, FL, Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeated The Hype Bros to advance in the Dusty Rhodes Classic Tournament.

Following the win, we now know that the semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic tournament, which will take place at WWE NXT Takeover Respect, are as follows:

-Samoa Joe and Finn Balor vs Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder

-Chad Gable and Jason Jordan vs Rhyno and Baron Corbin

The winners of the above matches will face off in the finals on the same night, with the winners being presented a trophy from Goldust and Stardust.

The updated Dusty Rhodes Classic tournament bracket is as follows:

Bracket A – First Round Matches

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady defeated Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton

Finn Balor and Samoa Joe defeated The Lucha Dragons

Bracket B – First Round Matches

The Vaudevillians defeated Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder defeated Tucker Knight and Elias Samson

Bracket C – First Round Matches

Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder defeated Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe

Jason Jordan and Chad Gable defeated Neville and Solomon Crowe

Bracket D – First Round Matches

Rhyno and Baron Corbin defeated The Ascension

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey

Bracket A – Second Round Matches

Balor and Joe defeated Enzo and Cass

Bracket B – Second Round Matches

The Mechanics defeated The Vaudevillains

Bracket C – Second Round Matches

Gable and Jordan defeated The Hype Bros

Bracket D – Second Round Matches

Rhyno and Corbin defeated Gargano and Ciampa

Semi-Finals

Balor and Joe vs. The Mechanics

Rhyno and Corbin vs. Gable and Jordan

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

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