Team Mexico is a

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stable that was first formed in 2004 to compete in

TNA Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

's America's X-Cup Tournament and has since returned to compete in other TNA X Cup Tournaments.

History

2004

The original team consisted of

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wrestlers

Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera. Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promot ...

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Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador (Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss", ...

, and Mr. Águila. They were managed by AAA owner

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. They defeated

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in the first America's X Cup to win the trophy. They went on to defeat Team Canada in the second round of the America's X Cup, as well as Team Britain in the third round. During the series of America's X Cups, Juventud was dropped from the team after parting ways with AAA. It was at this point that Hector Garza was promoted to Team Captain and Heavy Metal was added to the team to maintain roster number. In the World X Cup, Garza won the

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. Team Mexico advanced to the final Ultimate X match but lost when

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retrieved the X to bring the gold home to Team USA.

2006

Team Mexico was reformed in 2006 in light of TNA hosting a second World X Cup Tournament. Team Mexico 2006 was composed of Shocker (Team Captain), Puma,

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, and Magno. Their theme song was "Mexican Unstoppable". Shocker, Magno, and Puma appeared on

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prior to the World X Cup beginning, with Puma competing in the Xscape Match while the three-person contingent looked on during the

vs.

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exhibition contest. Team Mexico scored some early success in the X Cup, with Shocker and Magno defeating Eric Young and

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of Team Canada on an episode of '' Impact!''. Puma lost a second round match against Chris Sabin, placing Team Mexico in second place heading into Sacrifice and the finals. Puma managed to make it to the end of the

finals, but was pinned by Petey Williams and lost the match. Team Mexico was officially listed in third place for the tournament.

2008

Team Mexico returned to TNA for the 2008 World X-Cup, which they won.

Members

2004

(Original captain that was removed from team after incident involving

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) *

Héctor Garza Héctor Solano Segura (June 12, 1969 – May 26, 2013) was a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Héctor Garza. During his career he worked for various major Mexican professional wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mu ...

(Captain after Juventud was released) *

* Mr. Águila * Heavy Metal (Added when Juventud was dropped from the team)

2006

* Shocker (Captain) * Puma * Magno *

2008

Último Guerrero José Gutiérrez Hernández (born March 1, 1972), better known by his ring name Último Guerrero (Spanish for ''Last Warrior''), is a Mexican (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is not related ...

(Captain) *

Rey Bucanero Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974) is a Mexican '' luchador'' or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is ...

* Averno * Volador Jr.

Competitive Record

World X Cup Record

Championships and accomplishments

;

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* TNA America's X Cup (2004) - Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza, Abismo Negro and Mr. Águila (2004 America's X-Cup Team) * TNA World X-Cup (2008) - Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Averno and Volador Jr. (2008 World X-Cup Team)

References

External links

TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)
{{TNA X Cup Tournaments Impact Wrestling teams and stables Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide teams and stables