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Motor City Machine Guns
Tag team
MembersChris Sabin
Alex Shelley / Kevin Nash
Name(s)Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley
Murder City Machine Guns
Motor City Machine Guns
Billed heightsSabin:[1]
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Shelley:[2]
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Combined
billed weight
[undue weight?discuss][1][2]
HometownDetroit, Michigan, United States
Debut2006

The Motor City Machine Guns are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. The team currently works in the American company Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the Japanese Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX, where they hold the ZERO-1 MAX International Lightweight Tag Team Championship. The team name, which has been variably Motor and Murder City, is a play off of the nickname of Detroit, Michigan, the hometown of both Shelley, Sabin, and their former manager Kevin Nash.

Career

Shelley and Sabin first started teaming in Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX in 2006. On August 25 they took the ZERO-1 MAX International Lightweight Tag Team Championship from Minoru Fujita and Ikuto Hidakain and have held them since.[3] After returning Stateside the pair had short runs in the independent promotions Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor under the names Motor City Machine Guns[4] and Murder City Machine Guns respectively until their main employer, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) requested their workers stop taking bookings with certain companies.[5]

It wasn't until April 2007 that the team debuted in TNA, where hence they had been singles X Division wrestlers. After squaring off against each other in an Xscape match at the annual Lockdown pay-per-view they became regulars in the tag team division, first using the Murder City name,[6] before it was switched to Motor City.[7] The change seemed to be against their wishes, with Shelley stating that "Murder City" was the real name, and "Motor City" was the PG version.[8] After teaming in TNA for a few weeks, Kevin Nash—who already had a history with Shelley—was brought in as a manager, ending his previous alliances with Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt in the process.[6]

The team continued to work in independent promotions in parallel with their work in TNA, getting a run with the Illinois-based All American Wrestling's Tag Team Championship in September 2007.[9]

In wrestling

  • Signature gestures
    • Pointing to their right palm, roughly corresponding to Detroit's location on a map of Michigan.
    • Before going down the ramp, combining both of their signature poses: Shelley's hand over his head and Sabin's gun gesture.
  • Theme music

Championships and accomplishments

  • All American Wresting
    • AAW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)[9]

Notes and references

^ Also spelled Motorcity Machine Guns and Motor City Machineguns

  1. ^ a b "Chris Sabin". Star Bios. TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Shelley". Star Bios. TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
  3. ^ a b "NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  4. ^ "Pro Wrestling Guerilla results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-08-25. February 24, 2007 [...] Holy Diver Down [...]Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) b Chris Bosh & Scott Lost
  5. ^ "TNA also pulls its talent from PWG". press release. Pro Wresting Guerrilla. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  6. ^ a b "June 21, 2007". TNA Today. TNA Wrestling.com. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "RESULTS FROM SUNDAY'S VICTORY ROAD PAY-PER-VIEW". TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  8. ^ "May 31st, 2007". TNA Today. TNA Wrestling.com. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b "All American Wrestling Champions". AAWrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-09-14.