Winners of the 2016 WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Revealed (Video)

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The Authors of Pain defeated TM-61 in the finals of the second Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic at tonight’s WWE NXT “Takeover: Event” in Toronto. The match saw The Authors’ manager, WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering, suspended in a cage.

The Authors were presented with the Dusty Cup by Goldust, Triple H and NXT General Manager William Regal after the match.

Below are the tournament brackets plus videos from the match:

First Round Matches:
* TM-61 defeated Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss
* Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Otis Bogojevic and Tucker Knight

* 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

Semi-final Matches
* TM-61 defeated Sanity
* The Authors of Pain defeated DIY

Finals
* The Authors of Pain defeated TM-61

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