Report: Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin's TNA contracts expire in April

The contracts for former TNA World Champions and company originals Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin are up in early-April.

PWInsider first reported the news Friday, adding that some within TNA expect the duo known as the Motor City Machine Guns to exit the company while others are hoping they can keep both men.

The two are currently part of the Time Machine faction with KUSHIDA, and have been teasing a potential heel turn for Shelley due to a recent losing skid within the group.

TNA is holding two nights of TV tapings this weekend in Philadelphia with Shelley facing Nic Nemeth, and both Shelley and Sabin challenging TNA Tag Team Champions The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards). 

Following this weekend, the next TNA event is April 20th's Rebellion pay-per-view. The two don't have matches announced for that show yet which would likely take shape this weekend if they are planned to appear.

Both men are among the most decorated champions in TNA/Impact Wrestling history.

The 40-year-old Shelley held the TNA World title from June 2023 through this past January when he lost it to Moose. He's a three-time TNA Tag Team Champion with Sabin and has also held the X-Division title once. He made his TNA debut in 2004.

The 42-year-old Sabin debuted for the company in 2003 during the NWA-TNA days and has held the X-Division title ten times, the TNA Tag Team titles three times, and the TNA World title once for a short run in 2013.

The PWInsider report also noted that Shelley has filed for a trademark on the Motor City Machine Guns name.

Sabin has never appeared in WWE while Shelley had a match on a 2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat and teamed with KUSHIDA on three NXT shows in January 2020. The two have competed once in AEW, teaming with Jay Lethal against FTR & Wardlow at 2022's All Out.

Both are very active on the indies, both as a team and singles wrestlers.