It has been announced by WWE that Austin Aries will be taking part in NXT's second-annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic; however, it was also announced that he will have a mystery tag team partner.

In terms of who this individual will be, PWInsider.com is reporting that it's believed it will be former Ring of Honor World Champion Roderick Strong. The report notes that Strong has recently been spotted at the WWE Performance Center, indicating that he has signed some sort of deal with WWE.