– It was announced earlier today that Austin Aries and a mystery partner have entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Pwinsider.com has confirmed what many figured when the announcement was made, and that is that former ROH Champion Roderick Strong is scheduled to make his NXT debut as Aries’ partner. The site says that it is believed that Strong has signed with WWE, and he has been spotted at the WWE Performance Center. Strong and Aries teamed together previously in ROH and TNA.