Ex-Champions Hint At Next Move Following Shocking WWE Release

Former WWE Tag Team Champions dropped a hint regarding their next move after their release from the Stamford-based promotion. The stars in question are Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin of Motor City Machine Guns.

The Motor City Machine Guns have been one of the most prominent tag teams in pro wrestling since arriving on the scene. They gained prominence during their time in TNA and also had a run in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In 2024, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin joined the WWE and also became the tag team champions on SmackDown.

However, Motor City Machine Guns got released from the WWE as a part of the mass releases after WrestleMania 42. The duo’s last televised match took place on SmackDown in March, where they defeated Fraxiom in a tag team encounter. Meanwhile, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin teased their next move.

Former WWE Tag Team Champions hinted at their next move

In their recent YouTube video titled “Release,” the former WWE Tag Team Champions, Motor City Machine Guns, in which they talk about life after their WWE release nearly three months ago.

Alex Shelley opened up on his emotions since WWE release:

I don’t know. I don’t know anymore, man. The last couple months I’ve been just… it’s been a rainbow of emotions. I’m down, I’m up, I’m left, I’m right, I’m happy, I’m sad. I’ve been… I don’t know how to express myself. My emotions have been all over the wall and I just… I don’t know anymore, man.”

Alex Shelley also opened up on whether he is going through the five stages of grief:

This is not true. It’s not true. It’s a joke. They do stuff like this all the time. I’m being punked. That’s the only explanation for this.”

God, nature, the universe, Karl Gotch, Harley Race… I don’t care. Whoever is out there, please… just give me what I’m asking for. I’ll help the elderly cross the street. I’ll help a kid do his homework. I don’t give a ***. Just please, give me what I’m looking for.”

Chris Sabin told Shelley that he has not hit the fifth stage of grief yet:

I don’t feel good. You know, there’s a fifth stage too, but you’re just not there yet. And that’s okay. We’ll get there.”

At the end of the video, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin were looking at potential contracts, and when they saw the last contract, Sabin told Shelley that he may have hit the fifth stage, ‘accpetance’:

I think you’ve hit the fifth stage… acceptance.” [H/T Ringside News]

There have been speculations that Motor City Machine Guns could sign with All Elite Wrestling once they are free from their non-compete clause, so it could be the AEW contract that they saw last in the video.