It took them a very long time to get there, however the Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons have arrived in WWE. The veteran tag staff of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin had reportedly been courted by each WWE and AEW after wrapping up in TNA, the place that they had spent the vast majority of their careers. It was speculated the pair would start their WWE tenure on “WWE NXT,” however with over 40 years of expertise between the 2, WWE fast-tracked them to the primary roster. On “The Corridor of Fame,” Booker T, who shared a hoop with each males in TNA as each companion and opponent, assessed the Machine Weapons’ possibilities in WWE.
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“These guys deserve a shot to get to work in WWE,” Booker stated. “These guys have been placing in work. Are they an excellent tag staff? Hell yeah, they are a good tag staff. That loyalty, with the ability to put money into one another for all of those years. That claims one thing in itself. Do they slot in with the blokes in WWE? Proper now I suppose they slot in completely. … I see nothing however good issues for the Machine Weapons in WWE.” Booker praised the duo’s work ethic, and believes the Machine Weapons might be staff gamers underneath the WWE umbrella. He additionally did not suppose they’d have issues adhering to the principles and laws of performing for a publicly traded firm.
At one level it was believed the Machine Weapons have been AEW-bound, since that they had gotten a style for the corporate earlier than, showing at All Out 2022. That proved to not be the case, as information of their WWE signing broke in September. After a number of vignettes teasing the Machine Weapons’ arrival, Shelley and Sabin made a profitable debut on the October 18 “WWE SmackDown.”
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