(1983-05-23) May 23, 1983 (age 40)[2][3] Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Alex Shelley[2] David Decker[4]
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2][5]
Billed weight
215 lb (98 kg)[5][6]
Billed from
Detroit, Michigan[5][6]
Trained by
Breyer Wellington[2] Truth Martini[2] Joe E. Legend[2] Scott D'Amore[2]
Debut
March 2, 2002[2]
Patrick Kenneth Martin,[1] (born May 23, 1983),[2][3] better known by the ring name, Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler and physical therapy clinician,[7] best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a former one-time TNA World Champion. He was also a former one-time X Division Champion and three-time World Tag Team Champion.
He first gained fame on the independent circuit, working for Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as in Japan, for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. He has also worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion alongside Kushida and a former Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion alongside Chris Sabin, as the Motor City Machine Guns. Aside from wrestling, he is the lead singer of a rock band called The High Crusade, which includes his friends and fellow wrestlers Chris Sabin and Petey Williams.[8]
^ ab"Alex Shelley's SLAM! Profile". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. REAL NAME: Patrick Kenneth Martin
^ abcdefghij"Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
^ abcアレックス・シェリー. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-10-16.
^Ziegler, Jacob (2004-07-22). "ROH: The Battle Lines are Drawn 1/10/04". 411Mania. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
^ abc"TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
^ ab"Alex Shelley". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
^"Alex Shelley explains why he was pulled from the main event of Hard to Kill - Cageside Seats". 28 January 2021.
^Johnson, Stephen Dean (2009-11-04). "Petey Williams adapts to a new life". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
Kenneth Martin, (born May 23, 1983), better known by the ring name, AlexShelley, is an American professional wrestler and physical therapy clinician...
Machine Guns are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of AlexShelley and Chris Sabin. They are best known for their time with Total Nonstop...
in TNA's X Division, until forming The Motor City Machine Guns with AlexShelley in mid-2007. Sabin won 14 total championships while with TNA. He is a...
injury, AlexShelley and Johnny Devine continue to wrestle in both singles and tag-team action. On July 16, 2006, at Victory Road, Devine w/AlexShelley defeated...
contested at the event, including two on the pre-show. In the main event, AlexShelley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the Impact World Championship. In...
is currently held by Moose, who is in his second reign. He defeated AlexShelley on January 13, 2024, at Hard To Kill to win the title. The secondary...
management John Walters defended his ROH Pure Championship and Jimmy Rave, AlexShelley and Abyss won the Trios Tournament in 2006. On July 23, 2022, at Death...
with AlexShelley, Shelley's partner Johnny Devine was pushed in a shopping cart and rammed into the steel post, allowing Sabin to pin Shelley. The following...
Maclin lost the title to AlexShelley, ending his reign at 54 days. On June 30, Maclin got his title rematch against Shelley during Night One of Impact's...
Machine Guns (AlexShelley and Chris Sabin). At Final Resolution they were once again able to retain their title in a match against Shelley and Sabin. At...
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters (AlexShelley and Kushida). During the attack, Devitt was helped by the returning King...
Championship against AlexShelley. During the match, Edwards and the rest of The System attempted to distract Shelley, prompting a brawl with Shelley's partners,...
AlexShelley of The Embassy attacked ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson after a successful title defense. At Tag Wars 2006, Rave, along with Shelley and...
debuting for ROH in September 2003. In mid-2004, Strong joined forces with AlexShelley, Austin Aries, and Jack Evans, collectively known as Generation Next...
live review of AlexShelley vs. Moose for the TNA Title, Trinity vs. Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts Title, Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone". Pro...
match at Bound for Glory. On November 13 at Genesis, Daniels teamed with AlexShelley, Roderick Strong and Samoa Joe to defeat Austin Aries, Chris Sabin, Matt...
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