Alex Shelley Returning To Ring Of Honor At Global Wars After Eight Year Absence

– Ring of Honor has announced that at Global Wars, as part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Time Splitters with KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley will make his long awaited return after an eight year absence. Shelley is more commonly known for his work as one-half of the Motor City Machine Guns with Chris Sabin in TNA and occasionally for ROH, but Shelley first caught peoples attention as the leader of stable Generation Next in Ring of Honor.

The following is the release from ROH on Shelley’s return.

Alex Shelley will finally make his Ring of Honor return on Saturday May 10th in Toronto, Canada as ROH and New Japan present GLOBAL WARS. The Time Splitters will be competing as Shelley will be teaming with his New Japan partner KUSHIDA. Since KUSHIDA’s announced involvement on these events many fans have contacted ROH asking if The Time Splitters would be teaming. We are thrilled to announce that they will be.

Shelley is a world traveled competitor who has established himself as one of the top tag team wrestlers on the planet in many major organizations. He is a former two time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. In his career he has been in top tier tag teams with the likes of KUSHIDA, Chris Sabin, Austin Aries, and Roderick Strong. He’s been a member of The Time Splitters, Motor City Machine Guns, and Generation Next. Shelley is also a highly successful singles star and was involved in some of the best technical matches ROH has ever seen between 2004 and 2006. His classic bouts can be seen on his new two disc DVD: Alex Shelley Made In Detroit

The Time Splitters’ opponents, and other major matches will be announced later this afternoon! ROH and New Japan officials are currently finalizing the card and will be able to provide more details in the upcoming hours. Check back to rohwrestling.com to find out who The Time Splitters will compete against, as well as who The Bullet Club will defend their IWGP Tag Team Championships against.