Predictions for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2016

WWE has revealed all 16 teams that will be entering the second Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and have released the brackets, so I thought it was only fitting to make my predictions for the tournament.

Here are the teams:

TM-61 (Nick Miller & Shane Thorne)

Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss

Austin Aries & ?

Niko Bogojevic & Tucker Knight

Hideo Itami & Kota Ibushi

Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali

Tye Dillinger & Bobby Roode

SAnitY (? &?)

The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar)

The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv & Harv Shira)

No Way Jose & Rich Swann

Drew Gulak & Tony Nese

The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)

Andrade "Cien" Almas & Cedric Alexander

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa

Bin Wang & HoHo Lun

Round 1

TM-61 def. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss

Team Aries def. Niko Bogojevic & Tucker Knight

Hideo Itami & Kota Ibushi def. Lince Dorado & Mustafa Ali

SAnitY def. Tye Dillinger & Bobby Roode

The Authors of Pain def. The Bollywood Boyz

Drew Gulak & Tony Nese def. No Way Jose & Rich Swann

The Revival def. Andrade "Cien" Almas & Cedric Alexander

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa def. Bin Wang & HoHo Lun

Round 2

Team Aries def. TM-61

SAnitY def. Hideo Itami & Kota Ibushi

The Authors of Pain def. Drew Gulak & Tony Nese

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa def. The Revival

Semi-Finals

SAnitY def. Team Aries

The Authors of Pain def. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa

Finals

The Authors of Pain def. SAnitY

So those are my predictions, let's see if they pan out. The tournament starts tonight on NXT

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