Did young WWE tag team botch on SmackDown? Slip up you missed

The latest edition of SmackDown saw the emergence of new contenders to Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Pretty Deadly won a gauntlet match to earn their shot for the Undisputed Tag Team Championships. The young tag team also botched their promo after the match.

Kit Wilson botched the name of the championships by referring to them as "unified" instead of "undisputed" tag team title belts. For those who didn’t watch, the duo defeated Sheamus and Ridge Holland in the opening contest of SmackDown this week. They will take on Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the tag team titles two weeks from this Friday.

Sheamus and Holland had survived the Street Profits, The Good Brothers, LWO, and Hit Row before they were taken out by Pretty Deadly. Kit Wilson and Elton Prince claimed they survived the whole gauntlet match even though they had only fought during the last minutes of the match.

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Pretty Deadly were drafted to SmackDown as part of the WWE Draft 2023. They are former two-time NXT UK Tag Team Champions. They also captured the NXT Tag Team Championships after they arrived at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to join Shawn Michaels-led NXT. It remains to be seen if they will make history on the June 30, 2023, episode of the blue brand.

Two title matches set for go-home SmackDown for Money in the Bank 2023

WWE has so far booked two title matches for the go-home edition of the blue brand for Money in the Bank. It was announced last week that Asuka will defend her WWE Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair on June 30, 2023.

The Queen had interrupted the Empress of Tomorrow’s championship belt reveal ceremony to call her shot. Asuka tried to take out Charlotte with a mist, but the 14-time world champion ducked in the nick of time and took out her opponent with a big boot.

The final episode of WWE SmackDown before Money in the Bank will also feature the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match. The fight will feature the team of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn and Pretty Deadly. Who will walk out as champions? Only time will tell.

What are your predictions for the show? Let us know in the comments section below!

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Manik Aftab writes Exclusive articles for Sportskeeda Wrestling’s WWE division. A BA (Hons) in English Literature helped him improve his writing skills before starting his career as a pro wrestling writer.

Before joining Sportskeeda, Aftab worked for Ringside News and The Sportster, where his wrestling articles and feature pieces consistently ranked on the first page of Google SERPs.

He prioritizes accuracy, relevance, and ethics in his reporting by conducting thorough research, verifying sources, and adhering to professional journalistic standards.

While Aftab’s favorite wrestler in AEW is Hangman Adam Page, he doesn’t have a favorite in WWE yet. However, he considers Stone Cold Steve Austin to be the greatest professional wrestler of all time. His earliest memory of watching pro wrestling was when The Rock faced The New Age Outlaws in a handicap match, but it was the John Cena vs. Edge match from Unforgiven 2006 that got him hooked. If given the chance to manage a star from the Attitude Era, he would choose The British Bulldog, as he believes Davey Boy Smith was a terrific worker and could've benefitted from having a mouthpiece for his lack of mic skills.

When not watching pro wrestling, Aftab enjoys reading science fiction and watching anime.

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