Chris Sabin Confirms WWE Released Motor City Machine Guns

Motor City Machine Guns were cut.

On April 24th, there were a multitude of talent departures from WWE. Among the names to exit the company were Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, collectively known as Motor City Machine Guns.

Sabin took to X and confirmed that WWE released him and Shelley.

Yup, they released us. Anyways, check out our band GRPPLNG here’s a link to pre order our 4 song EP. Love you all.https://t.co/3neFlnv9eh

— chriSabin (@SuperChrisSabin) April 27, 2026

Sabin and Shelley joined WWE in the fall of 2024, and in their second match, they became WWE Tag Team Champions

Newly crowned IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Robbie Eagles saw the news about Motor City Machine Guns and called them out for a match.