Cody Rhodes announces return of two WWE NXT tournaments

Two WWE NXT tournaments are set to make their return.

Going into tonight’s NXT, WWE hyped that Cody Rhodes would be making a major announcement. Rhodes kicked off the show and revealed that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and Men’s Breakout Tournament will both be returning.

Rhodes said the Men’s Breakout Tournament will begin following the conclusion of the ongoing Women’s Breakout Tournament. A timeline for when the Dusty Classic will start wasn’t revealed.

In 2015, the Dusty Classic was established in honor of the late “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. The tournament has been held every year since then except for 2017. There was both a men’s Dusty Classic and a women’s Dusty Classic each of the past two years.

Finn Balor & Samoa Joe, The Authors of Pain, Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, Aleister Black & Ricochet, Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne, MSK, Dakota Kai & Raquel Rodriguez, The Creed Brothers, and Kay Lee Ray & Io Shirai are past Dusty Classic winners.

There have been two previous editions of the Men’s Breakout Tournament. They were won by Jordan Myles (ACH) and Carmelo Hayes.

The Dusty Classic and Men’s Breakout Tournament winners will all earn future title shots. WWE has yet to reveal the participants for the tournaments.

Rhodes also announced that he’s the guest general manager for tonight’s NXT episode. Rhodes booked an NXT Championship match with Ilja Dragunov defending against Dominik Mysterio for later in the show. LA Knight will be the special guest referee for that match.