Pretty Deadly Wins WWE NXT Tag Team Titles

MSK won the NXT Tag Team titles at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. WWE announced that Nash Carter and Wes Lee would defend their titles against Grayson Waller and Sanga on tonight’s episode of NXT 2.0. Then, the unthinkable happened.

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Carter was fired after a picture of him imitating Hitler and doing the Nazi salute was shared by his wife Kimber Lee on the internet. The circumstances surrounding his release created a lot of buzz backstage. Lee’s wife campaigned for Carter on social media.

WWE booked a gauntlet match to crown the new NXT Tag Team Champions. The company put Grayson Waller & Sanga, Legado del Fantasma, The Creed Brothers, Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen, and Pretty Deadly in said gauntlet match for the NXT tag titles.

The Creed Brothers made their way through the gauntlet match, reaching the final match as Pretty Deadly came out as the last team. In the end, Pretty Deadly pulled off the win as they defeated the Creed Brothers in the final moments. This was a big win or Pretty Deadly as it was also their in-ring debut for NXT 2.0.

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