Last night’s WWE NXT Live event in San Jose featured a tournament match from the Dusty Rhodes Classic, wherein Shane Thorne defeated Roderick Strong in singles action. This was originally supposed to feature both members of TM-61, not just Thorne, as well as Austin Aries. However, as was earlier reported, Aries suffered the injury at Thursday’s live event. General Manager William Regal made Strong vs. Thorne last night in San Jose.
Last night’s show also featured The Authors of Pain defeating Rich Swann and No Way Jose to also advance to the next round of the tournament.
Below is an updated look at the current brackets with spoilers:
First Round Matches:
* TM-61 defeated Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss
* Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Otis Bogojevic and Tucker Knight
* RAW Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi defeated Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali
* Sanity defeated Tye Dillinger and Bobby Roode
* The Authors of Pain defeated The Bollywood Boyz
* No Way Jose and Rich Swann defeated Tony Nese and Drew Gulak
* NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival defeated Cedric Alexander and Andrade “Cien” Almas
* Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano defeated Tian Bin and HoHo Lun
Second Round Matches
* TM-61 defeated Aries and Strong
* Sanity defeated TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi
* The Authors of Pain defeated No Way Jose and Rich Swann
* Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano over The Revival by forfeit due to injury to Scott Dawson
Semi-final Matches
* Sanity vs. TM-61
* DIY vs. The Authors of Pain
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