The final build to TakeOver: Vengeance Day takes place on tonight s episode of NXT.
The finals for the men s and women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classics will both be set following tonight s show. In the men s Dusty Classic, both semifinal matches are taking place tonight. Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher are facing The Grizzled Young Veterans, while MSK are taking on Legado Del Fantasma s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde.
Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell are facing Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in a women s Dusty Classic semifinal match tonight. The winning team will advance to face Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez in the finals.
Both Dusty Classic finals are taking place at TakeOver: Vengeance Day.
The first round of the women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will conclude on 205 Live tonight.
WWE has announced that Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon will face Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark in the final women s Dusty Classic first round match on 205 Live tonight. Stark is Lacey Ryan s new WWE in-ring name. She s making her WWE debut in the tournament. Ryan has been based on the West Coast and also appeared on Impact Wrestling twice last year.
The team that wins tonight s match will advance to face Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell in the women s Dusty Classic semifinals. LeRae & Hartwell defeated the debuting Gigi Dolin (Priscilla Kelly) & Cora Jade (Elayna Black) in the first round of the tournament.
The second-ever Fight Pit match headlines tonight s episode of NXT.
Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher will face off inside the NXT Fight Pit tonight. The match was originally supposed to happen at NXT New Year s Evil two weeks ago, but it was postponed due to Thatcher suffering a minor injury.
Thatcher also took part in the first Fight Pit match, defeating Matt Riddle in May of last year.
The inaugural women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicks off tonight with Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm facing Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in a first round match. The full bracket for the women s Dusty Classic was revealed earlier today. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell, Gigi Dolin (Priscilla Kelly) & Cora Jade (Elayna Black), Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon, Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark (Lacey Ryan), Aliyah & Jessi Kamea, and Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will also take part in the tournament.
Next Friday s edition of 205 Live will feature matches in both the men s and women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournaments.
WWE has announced that Ashante Thee Adonis & Desmond Troy will face Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari in a men s Dusty Classic first round match on 205 Live next Friday. There will also be women s Dusty Classic action on 205 Live next Friday, though the match that will be taking place on the show has yet to be revealed.
Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez, Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter, Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell, and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon are the first four teams announced for the women s Dusty Classic. It was stated on 205 Live tonight that the women s Dusty Classic will begin on 205 Live next week, but a first round match between Storm & Martinez and Catanzaro & Carter has already been announced for next Wednesday s NXT.