TNA 2008 World X Cup Tournament

The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) 2008 World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling tournament that was hosted by TNA in the months of June and July 2008. The tournament featured four Teams: Team TNA, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and Team International. The tournament began on the June 19 edition of "TNA Impact!", and ended at TNA's July pay-per-view event Victory Road, which was held on July 13.

History

TNA has hosted X Cup Tournaments in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The 2003 and 2005 featured Super X Cup Tournaments, where the winners were determined by one-on-one matches. 2004 and 2006 featured Team X Cup Tournaments (America's X Cup/World X Cup), where Teams from around the World competed for their respective countries.

TNA has worked with Border City Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, and New Japan Pro Wrestling for their X Cup Tournaments. In the past, Team USA has represented both the National Wrestling Alliance and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as its own promotion. Team USA, Team Mexico, and Team Canada have been the most prominent Teams in the past X Cup Tournaments.

Tournament Instructions

The tournament has 4 rounds. In each round if a team or wrestler wins a match, his/their team gets a point, depending in which round the match was won. In each round the points increase. In the first round, when a wrestler or team wins they get one point. In the second round, two points, in the third round, three points, and in the fourth, four points. After the final round, the team with the most point gained over the four rounds is declared the winners and presented with the World X Cup.

Background

The 2008 World X Cup Tournament was announced in February of 2008 by Management Director Jim Cornette, after the TNA's pay-per-view event Against All Odds.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1202704520.shtml|title=Jim Cornette announces the return of World X Cup Tournament - full info|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-06-17|publisher=WrestleView.com] The tournament had been halted until June, because of hard times finding talent and finding a place to fit in the tournament. It was announced on the June 12 edition of "TNA Impact!", that the tournament would begin the next week on the June 19 edition of "Impact!". Also announced was the teams in the tournament: The returning Team TNA (The renamed Team USA), the returning Team Mexico, the returning Team Japan, and the debuting Team International (to take the place of Team Canada and Team Britain). Team International consisted of, the Canadian born, Tyson Dux, the British, Doug Williams, the Russian, Alex Koslov, and, the Iranian American captain, Daivari. While Team Japan included, the captain, Milano Collection A.T, Puma, Masato Yoshino, and Naruki Doi. Team TNA consisted of, Captain, Kaz, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man. The members on Team Mexico, however were not fully released until the final round of the turnament, held at Victory Road. Where The final two members were announced to be Volador, Jr and Averno. They were added to the already announced members: the captain, Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero.

Before the tournament began, on the June 12 edition "Impact!", TNA had two preview matches to the World X Cup, with part of the participants in the tournament. The first match was between Team TNA's, The Motor City Machine Guns (Sabin and Shelley) (MMG), and Team Japan's, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi. After a hard fought battle between the two teams, MMG claimed victory when Shelly pinned Yoshino. The second was between Team TNA's, Curry Man, and Team International's, Koslov. Which Koslov was victorious in.

Event

The tournament officially began on the June 19 edition of "iMPACT!", with the first match of Round One, Team TNA's The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelly) versus Team International's Tyson Dux and Daivari. The Machine Guns would come out of the match the victors. Because they won the match, the Machine Guns gained a point for Team TNA.

On the same edition of "iMPACT!", TNA had another World X Cup preview match. With Team TNA's Captain Kaz and Team International's Alex Koslov. Which Kaz would become victorious in.

On the June 26 edition of "iMPACT!", Team Mexico's Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero defeated Team Japan's Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in the second tournament match. Because of their win, Bucanero and Guerrero earned their team a point.

Teams and Members

*Team TNA
**flagicon|USA Kaz (Captain)
**flagicon|USA Alex Shelley
**flagicon|USA Chris Sabin
**flagicon|USA Curry Man
*Team Mexico
**flagicon|MEX Último Guerrero (Captain)
**flagicon|MEX Rey Bucanero
**flagicon|MEX Volador, Jr
**flagicon|MEX Averno
*Team Japan
**flagicon|JPN Milano Collection A.T. (Captain)
**flagicon|JPN Naruki Doi
**flagicon|JPN Masato Yoshino
**flagicon|JPN Puma
*Team International
**flagicon|Iran Daivari (Captain)
**flagicon|CAN Tyson Dux
**flagicon|UK Doug Williams
**flagicon|RUS Alex Koslov

Matches

Preview matches

*"Impact!" June 12, 2008
**Team TNA defeated Team Japan
**The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi).cite website|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1213080151.shtml|title=TNA Impact Tapings for June 12 (Slammiversary fallout, & more)|first=Adam|last=Martin|date=2008-06-10|accessdate=2008-06-12|publisher=WrestleView] cite web|url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008/articles/1213197653.php|title=*Spoilers* TNA iMPACT! Tapings Results (Airing June 12th)|date=2008-06-11|accessdate=2008-06-20|publisher=LordsofPain]

*"Impact!" June 12, 2008
**Team International defeated Team TNA
**Alex Koslov defeated Curry Man.cite website|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1213080151.shtml|title=TNA Impact Tapings for June 12 (Slammiversary fallout, & more)|first=Adam|last=Martin|date=2008-06-10|accessdate=2008-06-12|publisher=WrestleView]

*"Impact!" June 19, 2008Cite web|url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008/articles/1213197927.php|title=*Spoilers* TNA iMPACT! Tapings Results (Airing June 19th)|date=2008-06-11|accessdate=2008-06-20|publsiher= [http://www.lordsofpain.net LordsofPain.net]
**Team TNA defeated Team International
**Kaz defeated Alex Koslov.

Round One (Tag Team Matches) - 1 Point

*"Impact!" June 19, 2008
**Team TNA vs. Team International
**The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Tyson Dux and Daivaricite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/837/84/|title=Thursday On iMPACT: Lethal vs. Sonjay|date=2008-06-18|accessdate=2008-06-19|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( [http://www.tnawrestling.com TNAWrestling.com] )]

*"Impact!" June 26, 2008
**Team Mexico defeated Team Japan
**Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero defeated Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)

Round Two (Single Matches) - 2 Points

*"Impact!" July 03, 2008
**Team Mexico defeated Team International
**Rey Bucanero defeated Alex Koslov

*"Impact!" July 03, 2008
**Team Japan defeated Team TNA
**Milano Collection A.T. defeated Curry Man

*"Impact!" July 10, 2008
**Team International defeated Team Japan
**Doug Williams defeated Masato Yoshino

*"Impact!" July 10, 2008
**Team TNA defeated Team Mexico
**Kaz defeated Último Guerrero

Round Three (Elimination Tag) - 3 Points

*Team TNA (Curry Man, Alex Shelley, and Chris Sabin) defeated Team International (Alex Koslov, Doug Williams, and Tyson Dux), Team Japan (Milano Collection A.T., Masato Yoshino, and Puma), and Team Mexico (Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, and Averno) in four team triple elimination Battle Royal
**Team Japan gained two points for coming in second, Team International gained one point for coming in third, and Team Mexico gained no points for coming in fourth.

Round Four (Ultimate X match) - 4 Points

*Volador, Jr. defeated Kaz, Naruki Doi and Daivari in a Ultimate X match
**Because of Volador's win, Team Mexico won the World X Cup.

tandings

ee also

*TNA X Cup Tournaments
*TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
*TNA 2004 America's X Cup Tournament
*TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament
*TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament
*TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament

References

External links

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