Team International

Team International is a professional wrestling stable that has been brought together to compete in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's 2008 World X-Cup Tournament.

History

2008

The 2008 World X-Cup featured Team International, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and TNA Wrestling's Team USA, referred to on-sceen as Team TNA. 2008 is the first year that a "Team International" has competed in a TNA X-Cup Tournament. In the past, the X-Cup Tournaments have featured Team USA/TNA, Team Canada, Team Mexico, Team Britain, and Team Japan. In 2008, Team International featured Canada's Tyson Dux, England's Doug Williams, Russia's Alex Koslov, and the Iranian American Team Captain, Daivari.

Team International is seen by some as being a replacement for both Team Canada and Team Britain, as well as being an addition of Russia and the Middle East. It is unknown why Canada and Great Britain will not feature their own Teams as they have in previous X-Cup Tournaments. It is possible that only four Teams are wanted by TNA and that Team International will fill the gap of the other Teams that will not be featured in the 2008 Tournament.

The Competition

Before the tournament, Alex Kozlov was in action against two Team TNA members, defeating Curry Man but losing to Kaz. In their first match of the tournament, Tyson Dux and Daivari lost to the Motor City Machine Guns of Team TNA. In the second round, although Kozlov was defeated by Team Mexico's Rey Bucerano, Doug Williams gained the team's first points with a victory over Masato Yoshino of Team Japan. In the last two rounds at Victory Road, Team International failed to get any points, therefore finishing tied for third place.

Aftermath

It was reported that captain Daivari and Doug Williams were going to join TNA on a regular basis.

Members

2008

*Daivari (Team Captain)
*Doug Williams
*Tyson Dux
*Alex Koslov

External links

* [http://www.tnawrestling.com TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)]