Finals confirmed for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic; Fallon Henley gets her first singles victory

On this week’s NXT, the semi-final matches took place. To kick off the show was Wendy and Dakota taking on Cora Jade & Raquel Gonzalez. Both teams are fairly new to each other, but Cora and Raquel could have been seen as the odds on to win. Through the majority of the match, Cora was kept away from her corner so she was unable to tag in Raquel for the help she needed.

The dynamic of the match drastically put Cora further in trouble when Toxic Attraction attacked Raquel at ringside. While Wendy was preoccupied with Cora at the far side of the ring, which had the referee’s attention, Raquel was appraoching Dakota on the outside. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne appeared and took out Raquel at the knee with a weapon. Despite Raquel being checked out by medical and cleared to continue, it was difficult for her to even make her way back on the ring apron for Cora’s tag.

Once Raquel was able to get back into the match, she couldn’t capitalize on her one-armed powerbomb. She buckled at her injured knee which led to Dakota and Wendy showcasing their teamwork. Dakota hit a stomp from the top rope to get the pin and the victory on her former teammate and co-winner of last year’s Dusty Classic.

Later in the night, the second semi-final match took place between Io Shirai & Kay Lee Ray against Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter.

In a fast-paced match, the KC’s came incredibly close to advancing. After a tag team maneuver resulted in Kay Lee Ray’s shoulders pinned firmly to the mat, Shirai saved her partner and the match at the very last second. Shirai would take out Carter by throwing her into the steel steps leaving Catanzaro alone in the…