As noted before, The Motor City Machine Guns’ Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin’s contracts with TNA Wrestling expired at the end of this past March.
BodySlam.net’s Cassidy Haynes reported that his sources stated that the Motor City Machine Guns will be heading to AEW.
Those spoken to reportedly stated that AEW officials and the Motor City Machine Guns are currently in the process of finalizing a deal. Haynes reported that this deal is currently not expected to be officially finalized for a bit but a decision has been made and a deal will be worked out in the end.
Shelley and Sabin previously made an appearance for AEW at their All Out 2022 event in September of 2022.

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