Lucha Libre World Cup

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The Lucha Libre World Cup is an annual professional wrestling tournament and event organized by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) since 2015. The first two tournaments, which featured three-man tag teams, referred to as trios in lucha libre , were held in Mexico City, while the third tournament, which featured traditional two-man tag teams, was held in Tokyo, Japan.

Tournaments

#EventFirst dateFinal dateWinnersRef(s)
1 Lucha Libre World Cup (2015) May 24, 2015May 24, 2015Dream Team
(El Patrón Alberto, Myzteziz and Rey Mysterio Jr.)
[1] [2]
2 Lucha Libre World Cup (2016) June 3, 2016June 5, 2016Men: Team Lucha Underground
(Brian Cage, Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Johnny Mundo)
Women: Team Mexico
(Faby Apache, Mari Apache and Lady Apache)
[3] [4]
3 Lucha Libre World Cup (2017) October 9, 2017October 10, 2017Team Mexico AAA
(Pagano and Psycho Clown)
[5]
4 Lucha Libre World Cup (2023) March 19, 2023March 19, 2023Men: Team Mexico (Taurus, Pentagón Jr., and Laredo Kid)
Women: Team United States (Deonna Purrazzo, Kamille, and Jordynne Grace)
[6]

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