Hank & Tank Headed For WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic Semifinals

Hank and Tank beat the Creeds to advance to the semi-finals of the 2026 Dusty Rhodes Classic during "WWE NXT."

Hank and Tank began the match at the advantage by cutting the ring in half and isolating Brutus Creed. But soon enough after Hank Walker had tagged into the contest, Brutus found his way back into the fight and tagged out to his brother Julius. From there, it was their turn to cut the ring in half and isolate Walker, though again once Brutus tagged back into the contest the pendulum swung the other way. 

That pendulum continued to swing back-and-forth before the closing stretch got kicked off with an almighty rally from Walker, running down Julius in the ring before following suit with Brutus on the outside. He and Tank sought to put the match to bed with sandwiching splashes on on Julius in the ring, only for Brutus to pull Walker out of the ring, eventually getting sandwiched himself. 

The referee was distracted trying to keep Brutus from getting back in the ring, allowing Hank and Tank to both return to the ring and drop Julius for the winning pinfall. 

They will now face the AAA Tag Team Champions, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno, in the semi finals following their win over Birthright's Charlie Dempsey and Lexis King earlier in the night. On the other side of the bracket, NXT Tag Team Champions Chad Baylor and Ricky Smokes will take on Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno.