WWE NXT: Andrade Almas attacks Cedric Alexander
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicks off in Orlando
Saturday 8 October 2016 17:33, UK
Cedric Alexander suffered a dual blow on WWE NXT as he was dumped out of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and attacked by his partner, Andrade "Cien" Almas.
Alexander and Almas put up a valiant fight against reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival but were beaten when Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder clocked Alexander with Shatter Machine.
Almas took the loss terribly, assaulting Alexander from behind and hurling him face first onto the steel ring steps to a chorus of boos from fans at Full Sail University in Orlando.
Dawson and Wilder were joined in the second round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by The Authors of Pain - Akam and Rezar downing The Bollywood Boyz, Gurv and Harv Sihra.
The Tag Team Classic is a 16-team tournament that will conclude with the final at NXT's TakeOver: Toronto show on November 19, a night before WWE's Survivor Series pay-per-view.
Rich Swann will partner No Way Jose in the competition - that duo will tackle Tony Nese and Drew Gulak in their first-round encounter - and he warmed up with a singles win over Patrick Clark.
Elsewhere, Peyton Royce beat newcomer Danielle Kamela in a women's division match, while Samoa Joe viciously attacked former American footballer Dan Matha before he could make his NXT debut.
Joe then told NXT General Manager William Regal to hand him NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura or the Japanese star's title - or he would "escalate things."
Full Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic entrants:
TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne)
Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss
Austin Aries and TBC
Nico Bogojevic and Tucker Knight
Hideo Itami and Kota Ibushi
Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali
Tye Dillinger and Bobby Roode
SAnitY
The Authors of Pain - ADVANCED TO ROUND TWO
The Bollywood Boyz - ELIMINATED
No Way Jose and Rich Swann
Tony Nese and Drew Gulak
The Revival - ADVANCED TO ROUND TWO
Andrade "Cien" Almas and Cedric Alexander - ELIMINATED
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
Bin Wang and HoHo Lun
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