Grizzled Young Vets To Defend NXT UK Tag Team Titles Against Kenny Williams & Amir Jordan Next Week
NXT UK Tag Team Title bout set for next week.
On today’s episode of NXT UK, General Manager Johnny Saint announced that The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) will defend their titles against the team of Kenny Williams and Amir Jordan on next week’s episode.
The match came together as a result of Williams & Jordan defeating Drake & Gibson via countout on the Apr. 17 episode of NXT UK.
As General Manager of NXT UK, sometimes you have to take charge of things. So with their recent behavior in mind, next week in our main event @ZackGibson01 and @JamesDrake_GYT will defend their NXT UK Tag Team Championships against @KennyWilliamsUK and @iamamirjordan.
— Johnny Saint (@JohnnySaintWWE) May 1, 2019
Drake & Gibson won the NXT UK Tag Team Titles at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool when they defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) in the finals of a tournament to crown new champions. Along with their meeting a couple of weeks ago, Drake & Gibson previously faced Williams & Jordan twice at the end of 2018. The Grizzled Young Veterans successfully defeated Williams & Jordan on the Nov. 28, 2018 and Dec. 12, 2018 episodes of NXT UK.