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They did alright all things consideredI watch bits and pieces of Impact most weeks, and any time Storm and Sabin are on it's like the adults are finally in the room. Both still fantastic workers and such strong presence/characters. Both will retire having received far too little recognition for how good they really were IMO.
Chris Sabin:
1X TNA World Heavyweight Champion
2X TNA World Tag Team Champion
8X TNA X-Division Champion
1X Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champion
1X NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
AJPW Junior Tag League (2007)
Sixth TNA Triple Crown Champion after AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Abyss, and Austin Aries
I believe Sabin and Shelley are still the only two to win tag titles in all three of TNA, ROH, and NJPW.
James Storm:
1X TNA World Heavyweight Champion
1X TNA King of The Mountain Champion (that's what they were calling the TV Title at that time)
7X TNA World Tag Team Champion
7X NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champion
2X TNA World Beer Drinking Champion (self-created like Dibiase and Taz)
Both guys are obvious picks for the Impact Hall of Fame.
Sabin will probably get into the ROH Hall of Fame too at some point. He and Shelley really did define tag team wrestling for a generation.
It's easy to say they deserved the big WWE payday but looking at what WWE has done to Bobby Roode it probably would've been pretty soul crushing.