Motor City Machine Guns
The Motor City Machine Guns are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. They are currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where Chris Sabin is the current Impact X Division Champion in his record tenth reign. The team name, which has been variably Motor and Murder City, is a play on the nickname of Detroit, the hometown of both Shelley and Sabin. The duo also make appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on the NJPW Strong brand, as well as Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW). Originally forming a team in Pro Wrestling Zero1 in 2006, Shelley and Sabin have worked together on and off ever since.
| Motor City Machine Guns | |
|---|---|
Chris Sabin (left) and Alex Shelley (right) in February 2016 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Alex Shelley Chris Sabin |
| Name(s) | Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin Echo Boomers Machine Guns Milennials Motor City Machine Guns Murder City Machine Guns Panic in Detroit |
| Billed heights | Sabin: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Shelley: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 420 lb (190 kg) |
| Hometown | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Debut | August 25, 2006 |
| Years active | 2006–2012 2016–2018 2020–2021 2022–present |
Overall they are four-time World Tag Team Champions - having won three Impact 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.