It has been virtually six months since information broke that The Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley, have been leaving what had lengthy been thought of their house promotion of TNA Wrestling. Now, after a winding street with quite a few twists and turns, new studies have lastly made it official: Sabin and Shelley have formally signed with WWE. The information was initially damaged this week by the Professional Wrestling Nexus outlet, with each Fightful and Professional Wrestling Insider offering affirmation late Friday evening, citing WWE sources.
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Neither Fightful nor PWI confirmed the Weapons’ model vacation spot or debut date, however PWN claims they’re headed to “WWE NXT” and will debut as early because the present’s premiere on The CW Community on October 1. This aligns with reporting from Dave Meltzer in Friday’s version of the Wrestling Observer Publication, who additionally mentioned Sabin & Shelley have been on their method to “NXT.”
The Weapons left TNA again in March, with many followers assuming they might signal a cope with All Elite Wrestling. An April report from Bodyslam claimed they’d certainly selected AEW and {that a} signing was imminent, nevertheless it by no means materialized and the Weapons by no means appeared on AEW programming — their solely AEW match passed off at All Out 2022. In July, each Meltzer and Fightful reporter Sean Ross Sapp indicated that the Weapons hadn’t signed with AEW in spite of everything and have been in actual fact heading to WWE, however this week’s information is the primary affirmation. Fightful’s report claims there had been some artistic talks between the Weapons and AEW, however nothing ended up coming collectively.
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