Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley make All Elite Wrestling debut

Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley made their All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debuts connected "Collision" earlier this week arsenic the amusement took spot successful the tag team’s hometown of Detroit.

Sabin and Shelley, collectively known arsenic the Motor City Machine Guns, enactment the AEW tag squad connected announcement and said they were with the institution due to the fact that it was wherever the champion wrestle.

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Chris Sabin, Josh Alexander and Alex Shelley airs during New Japan Pro-Wrestling astatine Ryogoku Kokugikan successful Tokyo, Japan, connected Oct. 9, 2023. (Getty Images)

"Did you truly deliberation we wouldn’t beryllium here? There’s nary spot we’d alternatively beryllium successful than the top metropolis successful civilization," Sabin said. "The spot we represented for 20 years. Because this is wherever the champion wrestle."

The Motor City Machine Guns didn’t instrumentality agelong to marque an impact.

After Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Ace Austin and Juice Robinson – amended known arsenic the Bang Bang Gang – defeated Jon Moxley, Pac, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta successful an eight-man tag squad match, they were attacked by Clark Connors and David Finlay.

Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley of the Motor City Machine Guns observe with their recently won WWE Tag Team Championship titles aft defeating Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa of the Bloodline during WWE SmackDown astatine Barclays Center successful New York City connected Oct. 25, 2024. (Getty Images)

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The Motor City Machine Guns came down to stave disconnected the onslaught and embraced the Bang Bang Gang successful the ring.

Sabin and Shelley are 1 of the most-decorated tag teams successful pro wrestling. The squad had stops successful WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. They’ve won tag squad titles astatine each stop.

The 2 were precocious seen successful WWE for a near-two-year run. But they departed the institution backmost successful April.

Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, known arsenic Motor City Machine Guns, marque their entranceway during SmackDown astatine Rupp Arena connected June 13, 2025, successful Lexington, Ky. (WWE via Getty Images)

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Now, their emergence successful AEW bolsters the company’s tag squad division.