Two Former World Champions Leave TNA Wrestling

Following speculation last week, it appears that the Motor City Machine Guns have indeed left TNA Wrestling.

As per Fightful Select and PWInsider, this past weekend's TNA tapings in Philadelphia saw a backstage sendoff for Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, with this said to be an "emotional scene" as these two TNA mainstays become free agents as of 1 April. The Motor City Machine Guns final match for the Anthem promotion will air next month, where they'll challenge Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers for the TNA Tag Team Championships.

Some within TNA are saying that MCMG are done with TNA "for now", although as to be expected, there is a belief that the tandem will obviously have no shortage of suitors once they hit the free agency market. Either way, the door has been left open for Sabin and Shelley to return to TNA at some point in the future.

Both Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley have been long-term fixtures of TNA/IMPACT over the years, with Sabin debuting for the promotion in 2003 before Shelley arrived a year later. The pair would first start tagging up for the likes of ROH and PWG in 2006, and would bring that tag team - the Motor City Machine Guns - to TNA in 2007.

Across the subsequent 17 years, the Motor City Machine Guns have been hugely successful in TNA and beyond, being viewed as one of the greatest tandems of the modern era. That success has also seen both Sabin and Shelley become the TNA World Champion, in addition to three runs as TNA Tag Team Champions, one spell as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, one stint as ROH Champions, and 11 TNA X Division Title runs between them.