- Team Canada (TNA)
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Team Canada (WCW) ", or for Team Canada (WWE)/ Un-Americans see "The Un-Americans "Infobox Wrestling team
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names= Team Canada
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debut= Early2004
disbanded=July 13 ,2006
promotions= TNA|Team Canada was a heel
professional wrestling stable inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling , which was active from2004 to2006 .History
2004 X-Cups
In
2004 , wrestling promoter and personality "Coach" Scott D'Amore brought together fellow Canadians to form his own incarnation of Team Canada inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for the 2004 America's X-Cup Tournament.The original team was composed of
Teddy Hart as team captain, withJack Evans ,Johnny Devine , andPetey Williams as his teammates. When the World X-Cup was announced, the team was revamped to add power to the speed and agility in the previous incarnation of the team.Petey Williams would replace Teddy as team captain,Johnny Devine would remain on the team, and Eric Young andBobby Roode would be added to the team. The team made it to theUltimate X finals, but lost toTeam USA (Jerry Lynn ,Chris Sabin ,Christopher Daniels andElix Skipper ).Regular Competition
Following the 2004 World X-Cup Tournament, Team Canada became the only team that stayed together in TNA afterward, and went on to win the tag team titles twice. Captain
Petey Williams also won theTNA X Division Championship . All used the same theme music (an acousticO Canada , begun with a riff of the first line on electric guitar), and typically bring a Canadian flag with them, attached to ahockey stick .Team Canada hosts the Canadian version of the TNA website (see External Links), and shirts for Team Canada have the TNA logo on the front with the A covered up with a maple leaf with "
Eh !" on it.In March 2005, Team Canada added Alastair "A-1" Ralphs to replace the injured Johnny Devine. A-1 was used as a "power house" member, and was dubbed "The Muscle Man".
Planet Jarrett
In
September 2005 , Team Canada aligned withPlanet Jarrett , with Scott D'Amore using a match at hisBorder City Wrestling promotion to helpJeff Jarrett win back theNWA World Heavyweight Championship onSeptember 15 . The plot was exposed on theOctober 1 episode of "TNA iMPACT!" Team Canada's alignment was solidified when they appeared--dressed in black with black hockey sticks--at Planet Jarrett's "funeral" for the careers of Team 3D on theOctober 15 "iMPACT!" episode.At "Genesis" on
November 13 , when Christian Cage premiered in TNA, Scott D'Amore offered him a Team Canada t-shirt to signify membership in that stable. At the end of the night, when Team Canada attacked Team 3D with Jeff Jarrett, Cage came out. Under the coat he wore, he revealed to D'Amore's delight that he was wearing the Team Canada shirt. He hugged D'Amore. He then gave D'Amore the Unprettier, making his choice not to join Team Canada or Planet Jarrett clear.They feuded with
3Live Kru throughout2005 . They fought 3LK (afterwards dubbed 4Live Kru after the induction of Kip James) for the last time at "Turning Point" onDecember 11 , whereKonnan split from the group and hit Kip James with a chair, allowing Team Canada to win.Following the disbanding of the 3LK, Team Canada embarked on a lengthy feud against Team 3D, which had seen them beating down Team 3D in Six-Sides of Steel, and laying Canadian Flags over their faces. Team Canada also helped America's Most Wanted on numerous occasions, an ironic twist considering their past history. Team Canada was defeated by Team 3D at Lockdown in an Anthem Match where either the USA or Canadian flag would be raised along with the country's music played .
2006 World X-Cup Tournament
Team Canada took part in the 2006 World X-Cup. Bobby Roode & A-1 stepped aside as non-X Division athletes, leaving Petey Williams, Eric Young, the returning Johnny Devine and the debut of Tyson Dux as Team Canada's X-Cup squad.
Despite early success in exhibitions at the expense of miscommunication on the part of Team USA. Team Canada lost both their first round and second round matches, falling behind early. In the first round, they were defeated by
Team USA membersAlex Shelley andSonjay Dutt , then in the second round, Petey Williams lost toTeam Japan captainJushin Liger .Team Canada turned their fortunes around at TNA Sacrifice 2006 in the "Global Turmoil" main event, in which Petey Williams scored a win over Puma in the final to tie Team USA for the top score in the World X-Cup. Following Sacrifice, team captains Petey Willians and Chris Sabin faced off on
TNA iMPACT! , where Team USA won for the second time in the history of the tournament.After the World X-Cup, Johnny Devine stopped appearing, leaving the roster to regress to Williams, Roode, Young & A-1 (as it was before the tournament).
Disbanding
On the
June 29 th episode of iMPACT!,Jim Cornette announced that Team Canada was disbanded. He later allowed them an all-or-nothing 8-man tag team match on theJuly 13 th edition against Rhino, Team 3D, andJay Lethal , with a stipulation that the disbanding order would be null and void if Team Canada won; Jay Lethal pinned A-1, ending Team Canada's run as a group in TNA.cite news | first = Hicks | last = Brady | title = 2006: The year in wrestling | work = PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts | publisher = Kappa Publications | id = 2007 Edition | page = 21 | accessdate = 2007-07-11 | language = English ]Then at Victory Road, D'Amore would bring all 4 members of Team Canada out for one last time to say his farewells to each member, starting with Roode saying he would be a future world champ, then Petey saying he will excel in the
X Division , then A1 saying he is a true powerhouse, and finally blaming Young saying it was his fault that they are disbanded.*
Bobby Roode became a huge heel within the company as Robert Roode, picking up the valet services ofTraci Brooks and later Payton Banks. He is currently in heel tag team Beer Money.
*Eric Young became a face and formed short-lived teams withRobert Roode &Traci Brooks ,Gail Kim , and Kaz.
*Petey Williams went on to start abodybuilding gimmick and formed a team withScott Steiner , winning the X Division Championship in the process.
*A-1 was released from TNA and later retired fromProfessional Wrestling . Eventually he came out of retirement inJune 2008 .World X-Cup 2008
Due to the disbanding of Team Canada in 2006, Team Canada was not allowed to enter the 2008 World X-Cup.
Tyson Dux who was on the X-Cup Team Canada will be a part ofTeam International .Members
*A-1 (2005-2006)
*Scott D'Amore (2004-2006) (final coach)
*Johnny Devine (2004-2006)
*Tyson Dux (2006)
*Jack Evans (2004)
*Teddy Hart (2004) (former captain)
*Bobby Roode (2004-2006)
*Ruffy Silverstein (2004)
*Petey Williams (2004-2006) (final captain)
*Eric Young (2004-2006)X Cup Teams
2004
*Teddy Hart
*Jack Evans
*Petey Williams
*Johnny Devine 2006
*Petey Williams
*Eric Young
*Johnny Devine
*Tyson Dux Championships and accomplishments
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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling :*TNA X Division Championship (1 time) -Petey Williams :*NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - Bobby Roode and Eric YoungReferences
External links
* [http://www.tnawrestling.com TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)]
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