Tag Team title match official for next week’s NXT UK

WWE has officially confirmed Pretty Deadly’s first NXT UK Tag Team title defense.

Pretty Deadly (Sam Stoker & Lewis Howley) will defend their NXT UK Tag Team titles against Kenny Williams & Amir Jordan on NXT UK next Thursday (April 1). Pretty Deadly became the NXT UK Tag Team Champions by defeating Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) for the titles last month.

Williams & Jordan were set up as Pretty Deadly’s first challengers by defeating Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster on NXT UK two weeks ago. Jordan wasn’t happy that Williams, who also cheated in the match where they defeated Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter the previous week, used a low blow on Webster to help get the win.

In a segment on NXT UK last week, Williams informed Jordan that they were getting a Tag Team title shot. Williams said him cheating against Andrews & Webster was just a “knee-jerk reaction” and promised that he would stick to whatever rules Jordan wants. Jordan told Williams that they didn’t need to cheat to win.

A promo from Pretty Deadly aired on this week’s NXT UK. Stoker & Howley said their match against Williams & Jordan will be the first of many successful title defenses in the never-ending era of Pretty Deadly.

It was also announced on this week’s NXT UK that Trent Seven will be in Tyler Bate’s corner when Bate faces Noam Dar in a Heritage Cup rules match at NXT UK: Prelude in two weeks (Thursday, April 8). Sha Samuels will be in Dar’s corner. The winner of Bate vs. Dar will become the number one contender to A-Kid’s Heritage Cup Championship. NXT UK: Prelude will also feature WALTER defending his NXT United Kingdom Championship against Rampage Brown. The show will air on Peacock in the United States/the WWE Network everywhere else starting at 3 p.m. EST/8 p.m. BST.