Dorian Van Dux and Sean Legacy Become NXT Tag Team Title Contenders

Dorian Van Dux and Sean Legacy are heading to an NXT Tag Team Championship match after picking up a hard-fought win in a Fatal Four-Way tag team contest on the July 8 episode of WWE NXT.

The match featured four teams competing for the right to challenge Vanity Project for the titles: Van Dux and Legacy, OTM, BirthRight’s Stacks Lorenzo and Uriah Connors, and DarkState’s Osiris Griffin and Cutler James. The bout served as the opening contest of the evening and quickly descended into mayhem.

The finish came about in chaotic fashion. Saquon Shugars showed up at ringside and distracted DarkState, an interference that allowed OTM to eliminate Osiris Griffin and Cutler James from contention. With bodies scattered and the action bleeding toward the entrance aisle, Van Dux seized the moment and connected with a frog splash on Uriah Connors. He then tagged in Legacy, who punctuated the sequence with a 450 Splash off the top rope to score the pinfall and put his team over the top.

The victory earns Van Dux and Legacy a future shot at Vanity Project, who have held the NXT Tag Team Championships for 134 days. WWE has not yet announced a date or setting for the title match, leaving the timeline open for now.

With a reign of that length, Vanity Project has established itself as a formidable force in the NXT tag division. Whether Van Dux and Legacy can capitalize on their momentum and dethrone the champions remains to be seen, but their combination of athleticism and opportunism on display Wednesday night suggests they will be a legitimate threat when that showdown finally arrives.