The TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament was a

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X Cup Tournament staged by

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in April and May 2006. The tournament pits

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-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.

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won the World X Cup for the second time in a row after team captain

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defeated

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captain

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to break a 5-5 tie on the May 18, 2006 edition of ''

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''. This is

's second World X Cup Championship, as he was a member of Team USA in

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. Several matches leading up to the World X Cup were billed as "World X Cup preview matches", including a six-man tag team match between members of Team USA and Team Japan at ''

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'', in which Team Japan were victorious; and the aforementioned four-way match at Destination X, featuring Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Puma and Sonjay Dutt, representing the

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and

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respectively (Puma and Dutt would go on to compete for

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and the US).

History

The 2004 World X Cup took place in May 2004, with

defeating

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, and Team Britain. In October 2005, TNA website manager Bill Banks announced that, as a result of the working relationship between TNA and the

ese

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, TNA were considering hosting a second World X Cup, this time featuring members of the NJPW roster. On the February 18, 2006 episode of ''

'', it was announced that the World X Cup was to return in 2006. Later that evening,

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defeated "The Prince of Punk" Shannon Moore and

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in a three-way match to become the first member of the 2006 Team USA. On the March 11, 2006 episode of ''Impact!'',

became the second member of Team USA when he defeated

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and

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in another three-way match. On the March 18, 2006 episode of ''Impact!'', Sonjay Dutt defeated Maverick Matt and

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in a third three-way match to become the third member of Team USA. On the April 8, 2006 episode of ''Impact!'', Alex Shelley defeated

and

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to become the fourth and final member of Team USA.

and

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

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were already booked to wrestle in Japan. The other members were to be

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and

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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

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(Captain) **

(Captain) ** Eric Young **

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** Shocker (Captain) ** Puma **

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(Captain) **

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** Minoru Tanaka ** Black Tiger

Results

Round One (Tag Team Matches) - 1 Point

*''

'': April 27, 2006 **

(

and

) defeated

(

and Minoru) *''

'': May 4, 2006 **

( Shocker and

) defeated

( Eric Young and

)

Round 2 (Singles Matches) - 2 Points

*''

'':May 11, 2006 ** Team USA's

defeated Team Mexico's Puma *

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: May 14, 2006 ** Team Japan's

defeated Team Canada's

Round 3 (The Gauntlet) - 5 Points

: May 14, 2006 **16-man Gauntlet: Team Canada's

won, last eliminating 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.

Round Four (Tie-breaker) - 1 Point

*''

'': May 18, 2006 ** Team USA's

defeated Team Canada's

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. *

: 6 *

: 5 *

: 4 *

: 3

References

''TNA News And Views In The New Bank Shot'' (October 30, 2005)

External links

TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)
{{TNA Tournaments 2006 World X Cup Tournament, TNA 2006 in professional wrestling