The Motor City Machine Guns walked away with the best-of-five series victory over FTR during the November 11 episode of AEW Dynamite/Collision. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin came into the fifth and final match looking to settle things once and for all, and they managed to get the job done with just seconds left on the clock.
FTR wasn’t about to make it easy. Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood spent much of the match trying to keep Shelley away from Sabin, cutting off tags and taking advantage of distractions whenever possible. Things got even dirtier when Wheeler used the ring bell against Sabin while the referee wasn’t looking. Stokely Hathaway also tried helping FTR steal the win, including giving Harwood extra leverage during a pin attempt.
Despite all that, the Motor City Machine Guns refused to stay down. Sabin and Shelley fought back with several big moves, including a double-team neckbreaker that nearly ended the match. FTR answered with a Shatter Machine and later delivered piledrivers, but neither was enough to finish the job. Shelley and Sabin kept finding ways to survive as the match approached its time limit.
With less than a minute remaining, FTR desperately tried putting Shelley away. However, Shelley blocked another Shatter Machine attempt, kicked Wheeler away, and caught Harwood with a sunset flip for the three-count. That last-second pin gave the Motor City Machine Guns the win and secured their victory in the best-of-five series against FTR.
FTR tried everything, including outside interference from Stokely Hathaway, but it still wasn’t enough. Shelley and Sabin got the final word in their rivalry, and they did it when FTR thought they were seconds away from escaping with the match still undecided.
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