{"id":68386,"date":"2020-05-13T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=68386"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:02:21","slug":"chris-sabin-returning-to-impact-wrestling-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/13\/chris-sabin-returning-to-impact-wrestling-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sabin Returning to IMPACT Wrestling Ring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chris Sabin<\/strong> is forever etched in the history books of IMPACT Wrestling as a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, but also as part of one of the greatest tag teams of the past 20 years alongside <strong>Alex Shelley<\/strong> in the <strong>Motor City Machine Guns<\/strong>, who were 2x TNA World Tag Team Champions, as well as tag team champions in <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> and <strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong> (where they captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles). Sabin suffered a terrible knee injury in early 2019 as part of ROH&#8217;s roster, which kept him out for the rest of the year. He did a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/29\/chris-sabin-wwe-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guest trainer spot at the WWE Performance Center<\/a> last year while off, and has since been working with IMPACT in a producer role. But on Tuesday night, Chris Sabin sent out an intriguing tweet that seems to imply that he was closer than ever to a return to the ring and that the return will be happing in an IMPACT Wrestling ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The day shall soon come when I say \u201cWatch me wrestle TONIGHT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IMPACTWRESTLING<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chriSabin (@SuperChrisSabin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperChrisSabin\/status\/1260345596000505857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The news came out of the blue for many and saw several responses from other wrestlers. One of them came from IMPACT star <strong>Daga<\/strong>, who asked for a match, which drew a response from IMPACT Executive Vice President <strong>Scott D&#8217;Amore<\/strong> who would &#8220;love to see that!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s have a match. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottDAmore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ScottDAmore<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DAGA \u30c0\u30ac (@Daga_wrestler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daga_wrestler\/status\/1260427938341761024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would love to see that!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott D&#39;Amore (@ScottDAmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottDAmore\/status\/1260431050100088833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But while many would love to see the 8x IMPACT X-Division Champion make his return to the ring in any capacity, most are arguably chomping at the bit to see him reunite with Alex Shelley, who made his own return to pro wrestling last July after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/07\/23\/motor-city-machine-gun-alex-shelley-announces-departure-from-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a one-year sabbatical<\/a>, working with Ring of Honor and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/01\/08\/time-splitters-official-in-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a brief stint in NXT this past January with another former tag partner in <strong>KUSHIDA<\/strong><\/a>. Shelley even commented on Sabin&#8217;s tweet last night, suggesting Sabin come and train alongside him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come train with me!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @Lx $helley (@AlexShelley313) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexShelley313\/status\/1260369616594927624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Adding fuel to the fire of a possible MCMG reunion would be comments made last month by Shelley, who revealed that he was supposed to reunite with Sabin as Motor City Machine Guns for IMPACT&#8217;s TNA special that would have occurred during this year&#8217;s WrestleMania Week in Tampa, prior to the events being canceled due to COVID-19. Sabin had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/news\/2020\/01\/chris-sabin-announced-for-special-tna-event-665527\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously been announced for the event<\/a>, but the MCMG news was kept secret at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But I can tell you what my itinerary was going to look like. 15:00, wrestle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tony_Deppen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Tony_Deppen<\/a>. After that? Surprise appearance for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IMPACTWRESTLING<\/a> for a quick MCMG reunion with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperChrisSabin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SuperChrisSabin<\/a>. After that? Teaming with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanhausenAD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DanhausenAD<\/a> as a Danhausen (has special gear for this).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @Lx $helley (@AlexShelley313) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexShelley313\/status\/1246231550150217729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Someone of Chris Sabin&#8217;s caliber could easily fit into a program with anyone on the roster &#8211; from the World title picture to facing Moose over the prestige of the TNA World title (which Sabin once held). IMPACT World Tag Team Champions <strong>The North<\/strong> (Ethan Page &amp; Josh Alexander) are having a hard time finding competition right now and with their very public love for the TNA-era of IMPACT, it would almost be fitting for TNA Legends like Motor City Machine Guns to return to face The North.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Generation Me (The Young Bucks) vs Motor City Machine Guns: FULL MATCH (TNA No Surrender 2010)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R83Ystt-OdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Would you rather see Chris Sabin return to IMPACT Wrestling television as a singles wrestler or reunite with Alex Shelley for another ride as the Motor City Machine Guns? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world.\u00a0 We provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can watch IMPACT every Tuesday on AXS-TV and see past episodes of IMPACT Wrestling on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impactplus.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMPACT+<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Sabin is forever etched in the history books of IMPACT Wrestling as a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, but also as part of one of the greatest tag teams of the past 20 years alongside Alex Shelley in the Motor City Machine Guns, who were 2x TNA World Tag Team Champions, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":68392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6],"tags":[275,226,177],"class_list":["post-68386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","tag-chris-sabin","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-motor-city-machine-guns"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}