The tournament bracket of the third annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament was published by WWE.

Eight teams in total are taking part in this tournament, a tournament that will wrap up just before NXT Takeover: New Orleans where the eventual winners will receive a title shot on the show.

Occupying the left bracket are The Street Profits vs Heavy Machinery and Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss vs SAnitY. The right side has TM61 vs The Authors of Pain and Only Lorcan and Danny Burch vs Tyler Bate and Trent Seven.