Popular WWE duo reveal new team name ahead of Smackdown grudge match

A popular WWE duo revealed a new team name on social media today ahead of their scheduled match this Friday on Smackdown. Friday’s episode of Blue Brand will air live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

WWE Tag Team Champions #diy have been using pretty lethal (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) as lackeys to give them a title shot over the last few weeks on Smackdown.

The duo have made enemies of Motor City Machine Guns and will face Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin in a tag team match this Friday night. Before their grudge match, the tag team mocked their rivals by revealing a sarcastic new team name on Instagram.

“Motor City Machine Guners vs Motor Pretty Machine Stunners,” wrote Pretty Deadly’s Kit Wilson.

Motor City Machine Guns signed with the promotion last year and defeated the Bloodline to become WWE Tag Team Champions. However, they were dethroned by #diy (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano) on the December 6, 2024 edition of Smackdown.

The former WWE manager is accused, rather fatally, of ruining the title game

Wrestling legend Dutch Mantell recently called out quite deadly for ruining a title match earlier this month on WWE Smackdown.

#Diy defended the tag titles against Motor City Machine Guns on the January 3, 2025 episode of Blue Brand. Elton Prince and Kit Wilson interfered in the match to end the fight by disqualification and prevent MCMG from becoming a champion.

Talk about Sportskeeda Wrestlings Smack talk Podcast earlier this month, Mantell noted that the duo were ruining the game, claiming that the company had too many predictable interfaces.

“It was a good match…then the finish. They ruined everything! You’re right though, you can do that finish so many times. Not really creative, it was a way to get out is all I can say ” (From 36:14 to 36:39)

You can watch Mantell’s comments in the video below:

Pretty Deadly are former NXT tag team champions but have never captured gold on the main roster. It will be interesting to see if they can pull off the victory this Friday night on Smackdown.