The 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic moved forward on the Sept. 29 episode of WWE NXT, taped from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, with Mini Vikingo and Chazz “Starboy” Hall pulling off an upset over BirthRight in the opening first-round matchup of the night, according to results compiled by multiple outlets including TPWW, F4W Online and eWrestlingNews.
Vikingo, an AAA talent working the tournament alongside Hall, scored the win over BirthRight’s Stacks Lorenzo and Uriah Connors with a corkscrew 630 splash. Following the finish, BirthRight entered the ring and laid out both Vikingo and Hall in a post-match beatdown, F4W Online reported.
In the tournament’s second first-round bout of the night, Fraxiom defeated DarkState to punch their ticket to the next round, as reported by 411Mania. With those results, four of the tournament’s opening-round matches have now been completed, and the bracket continues to take shape heading into the next rounds of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Elsewhere on the card, Zaria retained the NXT Women’s North American Championship by defeating Thea Hail via F-5, according to results published by TPWW that credited Jeff Moss of F4WOnline.com for the call. The show also featured an NXT Title open challenge segment, though full details of that portion of the broadcast were not specified in the available results.
Following the show’s proceedings, Reina Volcan attacked Kelani Jordan, according to eWrestlingNews, though the circumstances and stated motivation behind the assault were not detailed in the available reporting.
