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| Motor City Machine Guns | |
|---|---|
 Chris Sabin (left) and Alex Shelley (right) in February 2016 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Alex Shelley[1] Chris Sabin[1] |
| Name(s) | Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin[1] Echo Boomers[2] Machine Guns[3] Milennials[2] Motor City Machine Guns[1] Murder City Machine Guns[1] Panic in Detroit[2] |
| Billed heights | Sabin: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[4] Shelley: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[5] |
| Combined billed weight | 420 lb (190 kg)[4][5] |
| Hometown | Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
| Debut | August 25, 2006 |
| Years active | 2006–2012 2016–2018 2020–2021 2022–present |
The Motor City Machine Guns[a] are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. They are signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand and are former one-time WWE Tag Team Champions. They are best known for their tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The team name is a play on the nickname of Detroit, the hometown of both Shelley and Sabin. The duo also made appearances for Japanesse promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Originally forming a team in Pro Wrestling Zero1 in 2006, Shelley and Sabin have worked together on and off ever since.
They have won three TNA World Tag Team Championships and one ROH World Tag Team Championship while in Ring of Honor (ROH) - and in NJPW they have held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship once each.
- ^ a b c d e f "Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Sayanora ROH! Bye bye PWG!". Alex Shelley Live Journal. Archived from the original on November 29, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
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- ^ a b "Alex Shelley". Star Bios. TNAWrestling. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
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