2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament

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2006 World X Cup
TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesApril 27-May 18, 2006
Teams4
Venue(s)1
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third placeFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Fourth placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
← 2004
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The TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April and May 2006. The tournament pits stables of X Division-style wrestlers from around the world against one another in a series of singles and tag team matches, with the teams earning points for victories.

Contents

Team USA won the World X Cup for the second time in a row after team captain Chris Sabin defeated Team Canada captain Petey Williams to break a 5-5 tie on the May 18, 2006 edition of TNA Impact! . This is Chris Sabin's second World X Cup Championship, as he was a member of Team USA in 2004.

Several matches leading up to the World X Cup were billed as "World X Cup preview matches", including a six-man tag team match between members of Team USA and Team Japan at Lockdown , in which Team Japan were victorious; and the aforementioned four-way match at Destination X, featuring Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Puma and Sonjay Dutt, representing the United States, Canada, Japan and India respectively (Puma and Dutt would go on to compete for Mexico and the US).

History

The 2004 World X Cup took place in May 2004, with Team USA defeating Team Canada, Team Japan, Team Mexico, and Team Britain. In October 2005, TNA website manager Bill Banks announced that, as a result of the working relationship between TNA and the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, TNA were considering hosting a second World X Cup, this time featuring members of the NJPW roster.

On the February 18, 2006 episode of TNA Impact! , it was announced that the World X Cup was to return in 2006. Later that evening, Jay Lethal defeated "The Prince of Punk" Shannon Moore and Roderick Strong in a three-way match to become the first member of the 2006 Team USA. On the March 11, 2006 episode of Impact!, Chris Sabin became the second member of Team USA when he defeated Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley in another three-way match. On the March 18, 2006 episode of Impact!, Sonjay Dutt defeated Maverick Matt and Elix Skipper in a third three-way match to become the third member of Team USA. On the April 8, 2006 episode of Impact!, Alex Shelley defeated Roderick Strong and Chase Stevens to become the fourth and final member of Team USA.

Team Mexico and Team Japan were quickly announced as competitors in the 2006 World X Cup, much like they were in the 2004 World X Cup. Team UK was planned, but they were replaced by Team Canada, after two of the members, Doug Williams and Nigel McGuinness were already booked to wrestle in Japan. [1] The other members were to be Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch. [1]

Rules

The competition is divided into three rounds.

Teams and Members

Results

Round One (Tag Team Matches) - 1 Point

Round 2 (Singles Matches) - 2 Points

Round 3 (The Gauntlet) - 5 Points

Entry and elimination order

The order of entry in the gauntlet match included a pattern: Japan, Mexico, Canada, USA. This is identical to the final standings in reverse.

Entry
No.		WrestlerElim.
No.		Eliminated by
1 Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tanaka 8 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Lethal
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Puma 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Petey Williams
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Petey Williams Winner
4 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Sabin 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Johnny Devine
5 Flag of Japan.svg Hirooki Goto 7 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Shelley
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Incognito 1= Flag of the United States.svg Sonjay Dutt
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Johnny Devine 4 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Shelley
8 Flag of the United States.svg Sonjay Dutt 1= Flag of Mexico.svg Incognito
9 Flag of Japan.svg Black Tiger 6 Flag of Mexico.svg Shocker
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Magno 5 Flag of Japan.svg Jushin Thunder Liger
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eric Young 11 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Lethal
12 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Shelley 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Petey Williams
13 Flag of Japan.svg Jushin Thunder Liger 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyson Dux
14 Flag of Mexico.svg Shocker 9 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Shelley
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyson Dux 12 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Shelley
16 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Lethal 14 Flag of Mexico.svg Puma

Round Four (Tie-breaker) - 1 Point

Standings

The standings for the 2004 and 2006 World X Cups were identical; in both, Team USA was ranked first, Canada second, Mexico third and Japan fourth.

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