Alex Shelley

Alex Shelley
Shelley in 2016
Birth namePatrick Kenneth Martin[1]
Born (1983-05-23) May 23, 1983 (age 41)[2][3]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Alex Shelley[2]
David Decker[4]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2][5]
Billed weight215 lb (98 kg)[5][6]
Billed fromDetroit, Michigan[5][6]
Trained byBreyer Wellington[2]
Truth Martini[2]
Joe E. Legend[2]
Scott D'Amore[2]
DebutMarch 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]

  1. ^ a b "Alex Shelley's SLAM! Profile". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. REAL NAME: Patrick Kenneth Martin
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  3. ^ a b c アレックス・シェリー. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  4. ^ Ziegler, Jacob (2004-07-22). "ROH: The Battle Lines are Drawn 1/10/04". 411Mania. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  5. ^ a b c "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  6. ^ a b "Alex Shelley". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  7. ^ "Alex Shelley explains why he was pulled from the main event of Hard to Kill - Cageside Seats". 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ 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.

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