Cody Rhodes Appears On WWE NXT, Will Present Trophy To Dusty Rhodes Classic Winners

Cody Rhodes made an appearance to start this week’s WWE NXT, announcing that he’ll present the trophy to the winners of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Tuesday night’s episode featured an opening video promoting the 2026 iteration of the tag team tournament. The video was narrated by Rhodes, who spoke about tag team wrestling as one of the foundations of professional wrestling. The video featured clips of The Steiners, Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas, The Hart Foundation, The Hardys, The Usos, and more.

Rhodes spoke about his father’s recognition of the value of tag team wrestling which was why the tag team tournament was created. The video featured a clip of Dusty Rhodes talking about the purpose behind the tournament before Cody spoke about the Classic’s history. He noted toward the end, “I look forward to presenting the winning team with the cup in person.”

You can see the full video below. The tournament kicks off on tonight’s WWE NXT with Los Americanos vs. Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno, as well as The Creed Brothers vs. Harley Riggins and Jax Presley.

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