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NXT set D’Angelo-Borne title contender match and Dusty Classic quarterfinals
WWE NXT was broadcast from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on The CW.
Tony D’Angelo was scheduled to face Myles Borne in a match to decide who gets a shot at the NXT Championship.
The winner is set to challenge Grayson Waller at Halloween Havoc on October 31.
The show also included two quarterfinal matches in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, a tag-team tournament.
NXT Tag Team Champions Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes were scheduled to face Chazz Hall and Mini Vikingo, while Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno were set to meet Axiom and Nathan Frazer.
Saquon Shugars was also scheduled to face Tristan Angels.
The supplied coverage does not state the match outcomes.
NXT Tag Team Champions Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes, known as Vanity Project, are set to face Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno in the semifinals of the 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Both teams advanced after winning quarterfinal matches on the October 13 episode of NXT.
The Dusty Classic winners will earn a shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Tony D’Angelo and Myles Borne were scheduled to compete for a shot at Grayson Waller and the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc.
- Who
- Vanity Project and Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno advanced in the tournament. Tony D’Angelo and Myles Borne were scheduled to compete in a number one contender’s match.
- What
- Vanity Project will face Dar and Moreno in a Dusty Classic semifinal. D’Angelo and Borne were scheduled to compete for an NXT Championship opportunity.
- When
- The qualifying matches took place on the October 13, 2026 episode of NXT.
- Where
- The show was broadcast on The CW from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
- Why
- The Dusty Classic winners earn a shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship. The D’Angelo-Borne match winner was scheduled to earn a shot at the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Vanity Project defeated Mini Vikingo and Chazz “Starboy” Hall in a Dusty Classic quarterfinal.
Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno defeated Nathan Frazer and Axiom in the other quarterfinal.
Dar and Moreno were set to face Vanity Project in the semifinals.
- Tournament
- 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
- Semifinal matchup
- Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno vs. Vanity Project
- Vanity Project members
- Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes
- D’Angelo-Borne match
- Winner scheduled to challenge for the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc on October 31
- Show venue
- WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida
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