Pretty Deadly (professional wrestling)

Pretty Deadly is a British professional wrestling tag team consisting of Elton Prince (born 21 May 1997) and Kit Wilson (born 4 August 1994). They are currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the NXT brand, and are the current NXT Tag Team Champions in their first reign. They are former one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champions.

Pretty Deadly
Tag team
MembersLewis Howley/Elton Prince
Sammy Smooth/Sam Stoker/Kit Wilson
Name(s)Greased Lightning
Pretty Deadly
Billed heightsHowley: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Stoker: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Debut2015[2]
Years active2015, 2019–present

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2015–2020)

Howley and Stoker debuted as a tag team on 2 February 2019 on Hustle Wrestling Live in Enfield by defeating Justin Case and Justin Vincible in a tag team match.[3] However, they were briefly active one time under the name of Greased Lightning in a match against Lance Lawrence and Oliver Peace on the 14 November 2015 episode of WrestleForce Live in Basingtoke. Stoker was previously known as Sammy Smooth. After that, they both returned to competing as singles wrestlers.[4] They are also known for their tenures with professional wrestling promotions such as Progress Wrestling[5] and Revolution Pro Wrestling. During their International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom affiliation, they captured the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship one time as Pretty Bastards[6] and one time as The Collective also teaming up with James Castle as a freebird trio.[7][8]

WWE (2020–present)

They had sporadic appearances across NXT UK in 2019 before making their official WWE debut in a losing effort to Wild Boar and Primate.[9] They were forced to take a six-month hiatus before returning to United Kingdom and turning in their first victory in WWE.[10] Howley and Stoker became the number one contenders for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship on 28 January 2021 after defeating Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster, Oliver Carter and Ashton Smith and The Hunt (Wild Boar and Primate) in a four-way tag team match.[11]

NXT UK Tag Team Champions (2021–2022)

They defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) to capture the NXT UK Tag Team Championship on 25 February 2021 on NXT UK.[12] They would retain the titles against Kenny Williams & Amir Jordan on the April 1 episode of NXT UK after Williams turned on Jordan. On the June 4 episode of NXT UK, Pretty Deadly would successfully defend their titles against, Jack Starz and Nathan Frazer.[13] On the 22 July episode NXT UK, they would retain against Subculture's Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan. On the 19 August episode of NXT UK Pretty Deadly would retain against Moustache Mountain.[14] However, they would lose the titles to Moustache Mountain in a rematch on the December 9 episode of NXT UK, ending their reign at 287 days.

NXT Tag Team Champions (2022–present)

On the April 5 edition of NXT 2.0, Pretty Deadly, now under the ring names of Elton Prince and Kit Wilson reveal themselves as The Creed Brothers' attackers after the brothers defeated Imperium, effectively making their debut on the NXT brand. The following week, they would defeat The Creed Brothers in a Gauntlet match, involving Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde), Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Grayson Waller and Sanga, to win the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, making them the first tag team to win the titles on their NXT debut and the second team to hold both the NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Championship.

Personal lives

Howley originates from Grays, England,[15] and Stoker originates from London, England.[16] In 2017, Howley appeared on an episode of First Dates.[17]

Championships and Accomplishments

References
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