Alex Shelley, 35, was injured at the most recent Ring of Honor television taping event in New York, to the point where he was unable to finish to the match and had to be helped to the back. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the Motor City tag specialist suffered a concussion as well as several damaged teeth when he collided with the head of Frankie Kazarian in a six-man tag team match.
Shelley wrote on Twitter after the incident that it was he had “never been hit so hard in [his]life”, and that actual pieces of his teeth were left behind in his protective mouth guard. He also hinted at a possible retirement in the future, noting that he had been pursuing physical therapy as a future career option, and wondered if he wasn’t “just being stubborn and not reading the signs.”
The Detroit native has been wrestling since 2002, known best for being one half of the Motor City Machine Guns, alongside Chris Sabin. He is a former TNA X-Division Champion and has won tag team gold for Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling, winning the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships three times with both Sabin and Kushida, as the Time Splitters.
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“Long story short: my teeth got knocked out alongside a concussion that made me time travel. And it all goes to hell from here. That said, Ring of Honor takes care of their athletes when injured and practices the most ethical business practices possible. Not all major companies I have wrestled for could say that. NJPW could though.”
“Ironic considering this happened three years ago in NYC as well. And that was the turning point for me to pursue physical therapy. Ain’t no PT for teeth and traumatic brain injuries. Never been hit so hard in my life, I might add. There are chunks of teeth stuck in my mouth guard, which is fight grade. If I didn’t have that, I would have been getting emergency surgery.”
“Like, when things like this happen (freak occurrences that statistically have a low probability of happening) I can’t help but wonder if I’m just being stubborn and not reading the signs. It’s heart rendering and depressing, but it’s also my current reality.”