Lewis Howley, who trained under the tutelage of Jon Ritchie, Paul Jerome and Lucas Jackson at the DKW Academy based in Purfleet, Essex and Sam 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 Basingstoke.
[7][8] Howley and Stoker had sporadic appearances across NXT UK in 2019 before making their official WWE debut in a losing effort to Wild Boar and Primate.
[22] After failing to regain the titles, Pretty Deadly began feuding with Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and lost to them at Spring Breakin in a trunk match.
[27][28] On the 14 July episode of SmackDown, Prince suffered a separated shoulder during Pretty Deadly's tag team match against The Brawling Brutes and had to be side-lined.
[30] After being away in-ring since then, Pretty Deadly lost to Los Garza (Angel and Berto) on the 10 January 2024 episode of SmackDown in a first round #1 contendership match to determine the next challenger for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Pretty Deadly faced #DIY for the WWE Tag Team Championship's but the match ended in a no-contest due to interference by The Street Profits.
[42] Since 22 September 2024, Stoker has been married to fellow professional wrestler Lucy Bridge, who also performs in WWE on the NXT brand under the ring name Stevie Turner.