2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament

World X Cup 2006 TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament United States April 27-May 18, 2006 4 1 United States 2 Canada Mexico Japan 2004 2008 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. 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 X Division six-man tag team match between members of Team USA and Team Japan at Lockdown, in which Team Japan were victorious; and the aforementioned International X Division 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 X Division 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 X Division three-way match. On the March 18, 2006 episode of Impact!, Sonjay Dutt defeated Maverick Matt and Elix Skipper in a third X Division 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.http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/26/1653953.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160310035819/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/26/1653953.html dead March 10, 2016 Busy summer ahead for Storm 2006-06-26 Elliott Brian 2009-03-26 SLAM! Sports The other members were to be Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch. Rules The competition is divided into three rounds. In Round One, there are two tag team matches. The two winning teams get two points apiece. In Round Two, there are two singles matches. The winners get three points for their respective teams. In Round Three, there will be a gauntlet involving all 16 wrestlers. The last two remaining wrestlers receive two points apiece for their respective teams. The winner gets an additional three points for his team. If the final two are on the same team, then they will automatically receive all seven points, and thus win the tournament. In the event of a tie, the captains of the two teams will compete in a singles match in order to determine the champion. Teams and Members 18em Team TNA USA Chris Sabin (Captain) USA Jay Lethal USA Sonjay Dutt USA Alex Shelley Team Canada CAN Petey Williams (Captain) CAN Eric Young CAN Johnny Devine CAN Tyson Dux Team Mexico MEX Shocker (Captain) MEX Puma MEX Magno MEX Incognito Team Japan JPN Jushin Thunder Liger (Captain) JPN Hirooki Goto JPN Minoru Tanaka JPN Black Tiger Results Round One (Tag Team Matches) - 1 Point TNA Impact!: April 27, 2006 USA Team USA (Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley) defeated JPN Team Japan (Hirooki Goto and Minoru) ''TNA Impact!: May 4, 2006MEX Team Mexico (Shocker and Magno) defeated CAN Team Canada (Eric Young and Johnny Devine) Round 2 (Singles Matches) - 2 Points TNA Impact!:May 11, 2006USA Team USA's Chris Sabin defeated MEX Team Mexico's PumaTNA Sacrifice: May 14, 2006JPN Team Japan's Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams Round 3 (The Gauntlet) - 5 Points TNA Sacrifice: May 14, 200616-man Gauntlet: CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams won, last eliminating MEX Team Mexico's Puma Team Mexico gained three points for coming in second, Team USA gained two points for coming in third, and Team Japan gained one point for coming in fourth. 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. EntryNo.WrestlerElim.No.Eliminated by1 JPN Minoru Tanaka 8 USA Jay Lethal2 MEX Puma 15 CAN Petey Williams3 CAN Petey Williams Winner4 USA Chris Sabin 3 CAN Johnny Devine5 JPN Hirooki Goto 7 USA Alex Shelley6 MEX Incognito 1= USA Sonjay Dutt7 CAN Johnny Devine 4 USA Alex Shelley8 USA Sonjay Dutt 1= MEX Incognito9 JPN Black Tiger 6 MEX Shocker10 MEX Magno 5 JPN Jushin Thunder Liger11 CAN Eric Young 11 USA Jay Lethal12 USA Alex Shelley 13 CAN Petey Williams13 JPN Jushin Thunder Liger 10 CAN Tyson Dux14 MEX Shocker 9 USA Alex Shelley15 CAN Tyson Dux 12 USA Alex Shelley16 USA Jay Lethal 14 MEX Puma Round Four (Tie-breaker) - 1 Point TNA Impact!'': May 18, 2006 USA Team USA's Chris Sabin defeated CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams 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. USA Team USA: 6 CAN Team Canada: 5 MEX Team Mexico: 4 JPN Team Japan: 3 References TNA News And Views In The New Bank Shot (October 30, 2005) External links TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling) 2006 World X Cup Tournament, TNA Category:2006 in professional wrestling