This Firday, Chris Sabin is set to challenge Punishment Martinez for the ROH World TV title at the Death Before Dishonor PPV. Nick Paglino of Prowrestling.com spoke with the former ROH World Tag Team champion about his PPV World TV Title match, the status of Alex Shelley, and more.
The former Impact Wrestling star is looking to capture his first singles title in ROH and he discusses his state of mind for his match against Punishment Martinez at ROH Death Before Dishonor:
“I am really looking forward to it, this weekend is pretty big. Not only that but then on Sunday I have a six-man tag at the New Japan Long Beach show. I am really looking forward to the match with Martinez, my first match happened in 2003 and whilst I didn’t wrestle consistently until 2015 I have been able to see the company grow, but this is my first time getting a title match for a singles title.”
Back in July, his Motor City Machine Gun partner Alex Shelley posted a tweet that indicated that he was moving on from professional wrestling. Shelley has been in the wrestling business for over 10 years and has done nearly everything he could do in the sport, but is it truly the end of Alex Shelley inside a wrestling ring? Shelley never confirmed or denied the allegations, but Sabin has an update on his partner’s mindset at the moment:
“I think he is just pursuing interests outside of WWE right now, he is going to school. You know, he was going to school when we were wrestling in Ring Of Honor so I knew eventually we were going to go our separate ways. I think it’s a combination of things, him wanting to focus on school, he got a concussion and I think he was just ready to pursue other interests outside of wrestling. I support him in whatever he wants to do and I look at it as another journey.”
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