Patrick Martin
Known for: Acting
Patrick Kenneth Martin, better known by his ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler and licensed physical therapist. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs as one-half of The Motor City Machine Guns alongside Chris Sabin. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action (TNA/Impact Wrestling), Ring of Honor (ROH), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he also found success as one-half of the Time Splitters with Kushida. Shelley is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, X Division Champion, and three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Sabin. He also won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Sabin, the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship with Sabin, and three IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships with Kushida. His accomplishments include Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year (2010) with Sabin and a No. 23 ranking in the PWI 500 in 2024. Shelley and Sabin signed with WWE in 2024, became WWE Tag Team Champions, departed in 2026, and returned to AEW later that year. Outside of wrestling, he works as a licensed physical therapist.
Filmography
Series
WWE NXT
2010
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Alex Shelley
1999
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Alex Shelley
2019
Series
WWE Main Event
2012
Series
WWE Main Event
Alex Shelley
2012
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Alex Shelley
2023
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Alex Shelley
2021
Series
TNA iMPACT!
2004
Series
TNA iMPACT!
Alex Shelley
2004
Series
The SmackDown LowDown
Alex Shelley
2022
Series
WWE Speed
Alex Shelley
2024
Series
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Alex Shelley
2026
Film
AEW All In 2026: London
Alex Shelley
2026
Film
AEW All Out 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Alex Shelley
2025
Film
ROH: Best In The World
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Alex Shelley
2025
Film
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII
Alex Shelley
2024
Film
PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
TNA Wrestling: Destination X
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
ROH: Best In The World
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
ROH: Survival Of The Fittest 2017 - Night 1
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
ROH: Field of Honor
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
TNA Bound for Glory IV
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
ROH: Bound By Honor - West Palm Beach
Alex Shelley
2018
Film
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Alex Shelley
2006
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
PWG: Astonishing X-Mas
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Bound by Honor - ROH Champions vs. Bullet Club
Alex Shelley
2018
Film
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 1
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2007
Alex Shelley (Skit)
2007
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
Alex Shelley
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
Alex Shelley
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA No Surrender 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2012
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
TNA No Surrender 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Glory By Honor XVII
Alex Shelley
2019
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
ROH: Year Four
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Alex Shelley
2007
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VIII
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Columbus
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Chicago
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
TNA Destination X 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
TNA Victory Road 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
PWG: All Nude Revue
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Destination X 2011
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
Bloodstained Honor
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
TNA Turning Point 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Turning Point 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night One
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
TNA Victory Road 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
TNA Destination X 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
ROH Final Battle 2016
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 2
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
PWG: Smells Like Steen Spirit
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
ROH: Supercard of Honor XI
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
ROH: Survival of The Fittest
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: Bound By Honor
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
TNA No Surrender 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
ROH: Testing The Limit
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
Alex Shelley
2013
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
TNA Victory Road 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
TNA No Surrender 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
TNA Turning Point 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
TNA Victory Road 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
TNA The Best of 2009
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH Final Battle 2019
Alex Shelley
2019
Film
TNA Final Resolution January 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
PWG: After School Special
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
Alex Shelley
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
ROH Final Battle 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
ROH: Glory By Honor II
Alex Shelley
2003
Film
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
TNA Turning Point 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Alex Shelley
2007
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
ROH: Wrath of The Racket
Alex Shelley
2003
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Destination X 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH: Better Than Our Best
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Turning Point 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
TNA Turning Point 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
ROH: Empire State Showdown
Alex Shelley
2003
Film
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: The Final Showdown
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Pittsburgh
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
ROH: The Last Stand
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH Final Battle 2017
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night One
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
PWG: Holy Diver Down
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH Final Battle 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
TNA Lockdown 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
TNA Hard To Kill 2024
Alex Shelley
2024
Film
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
ROH Final Battle 2004
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: Escape From New York
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
TNA No Surrender 2024
Alex Shelley
2024
Film
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
ROH Final Battle 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
ROH: Enter The Dragon
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2020
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
NJPW Rumble on 44th Street
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
PWG: 2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night 1
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
ROH: Glory By Honor III
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Lockdown 2012
Alex Shelley
2012
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Collinsville
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
The Best of the X Division Vol. 2
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XV
Alex Shelley
2017
Film
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
PWG: As The Worm Turns
Alex Shelley
2010
ROH: Fueling The Fire
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
CM Punk: Icon
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
ROH: Supercard of Honor
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
Kevin Steen: Ascension to the Top
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005
Film
ROH: Showdown In Motown
Alex Shelley
2005
TNA The Whole F'N Show
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
NJPW Music City Mayhem
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
TNA Lockdown 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
ROH: Tag Wars
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
PWG: 2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night 2
Alex Shelley
2009
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Indianapolis
Alex Shelley
2016
AAW: Windy City Classic XI
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 1
Alex Shelley
2023
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
ROH: Best In The World
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: World Title Classic
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
ROH: 14th Anniversary
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Alex Shelley
2015
Film
The Best of Samoa Joe: Unstoppable
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
PWG: It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
Alex Shelley
2021
Film
TNA World X Cup 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2022
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
Alex Shelley
2023
NJPW Invasion Attack 2013
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
NJPW Dominion 6.21
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
ROH: This Means War
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 2
Alex Shelley
2023
BLP TURBO GRAPS 16 2020 PARTS 1 AND 2
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
Prestige Wrestling: Roseland 2
Alex Shelley
2022
Film
TNA Genesis 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH: Creating Excellence
Alex Shelley
2014
Film
ROH: Saturday Night at Center Stage
2020
ROH: Conquest Tour - West Warwick
Alex Shelley
2016
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
ROH: Good Times, Great Memories
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH: Year Three
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
PWG: Hollywood Globetrotters
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2011
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
Alex Shelley
2012
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Lockdown 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: Vendetta
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
PWG: Threemendous VI
Alex Shelley
2021
Film
PWG: 2023 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Alex Shelley
2023
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
PWG: Threemendous II
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
PWG: 70 | 30
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
ROH: Generation Next
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
ROH: Return Engagement
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
PWG: Ninety-Nine
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
Wrestling Revolver Cage Of Horrors
Alex Shelley
2024
Film
ROH: WrestleRave '03
Alex Shelley
2003
Film
Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series Night 1
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
TNA Genesis 2006
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
PWG: DDT4
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
TNA Slammiversary IX
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
PWG: Passive Hostility
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
TNA Lockdown 2008
Alex Shelley
2008
Film
TNA Unbreakable 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Lockdown 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH: Redemption
Alex Shelley
2005
NJPW Resolution 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series Night 2
Alex Shelley
2020
Film
PWG: Guitarmageddon
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Buffalo Stampede
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
Alex Shelley
2003
Film
Joey Janela's Spring Break 4
Alex Shelly
2020
Film
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Gold
Alex Shelley
2004
Film
GCW Evil Deeds
Alex Shelley
2021
Film
ROH: Dissension
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
ROH: Undisputed Legacy
Alex Shelly
2017
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2010
Alex Shelley
2010
Film
ROH: The Homecoming
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2024
Alex Shelley
2024
Film
PWG: Self-Titled
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
PWG: EIGHT
Alex Shelley
2011
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2007
Alex Shelley
2007
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2009
Alex Shelley
2009
Film
ROH: 16th Anniversary
Alex Shelley
2018
Film
ROH: Arena Warfare
Alex Shelley
2006
Film
NJPW Destruction 2013
Alex Shelley
2013
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2005
Alex Shelley
2005
Film
ROH: Reborn - Completion
Alex Shelley
2004
Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter
Alex Shelley
2008
NJPW Best of the Super Jr. XXI - Day 1
Alex Shelley
2014