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2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	World X Cup
year	2006
other_titles	TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
country	United States
dates	April 27-May 18, 2006
num_teams	4
venues	1
champion	United States
count	2
second	Canada
third	Mexico
fourth	Japan
prevseason	2004
nextseason	2008

The TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April and May 2006. The tournament pits stables of X Division-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.

Team USA won the World X Cup for the second time in a row after team captain Chris Sabin defeated Team Canada captain Petey Williams to break a 5-5 tie on the May 18, 2006 edition of TNA Impact!. This is Chris Sabin's second World X Cup Championship, as he was a member of Team USA in 2004.

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 Lockdown, 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 United States, Canada, Japan and India respectively (Puma and Dutt would go on to compete for Mexico and the US).

History

The 2004 World X Cup took place in May 2004, with Team USA defeating Team Canada, Team Japan, Team Mexico, and Team Britain. In October 2005, TNA website manager Bill Banks announced that, as a result of the working relationship between TNA and the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, TNA were considering hosting a second World X Cup, this time featuring members of the NJPW roster.

On the February 18, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!, it was announced that the World X Cup was to return in 2006. Later that evening, Jay Lethal defeated "The Prince of Punk" Shannon Moore and Roderick Strong in a three-way match to become the first member of the 2006 Team USA. On the March 11, 2006 episode of Impact!, Chris Sabin became the second member of Team USA when he defeated Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley in another three-way match. On the March 18, 2006 episode of Impact!, Sonjay Dutt defeated Maverick Matt and Elix Skipper 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 Roderick Strong and Chase Stevens to become the fourth and final member of Team USA.

Team Mexico and Team Japan 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 Nigel McGuinness were already booked to wrestle in Japan. The other members were to be Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch.

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

Team TNA
- USA Chris Sabin (Captain)
- USA Jay Lethal
- USA Sonjay Dutt
- USA Alex Shelley
Team Canada
- CAN Petey Williams (Captain)
- CAN Eric Young
- CAN Johnny Devine
- CAN Tyson Dux
Team Mexico
- MEX Shocker (Captain)
- MEX Puma
- MEX Magno
- MEX Incognito
Team Japan
- JPN Jushin Thunder Liger (Captain)
- JPN Hirooki Goto
- JPN Minoru Tanaka
- JPN Black Tiger

Results

Round One (Tag Team Matches) - 1 Point

TNA Impact!: April 27, 2006
- USA Team USA (Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley) defeated JPN Team Japan (Hirooki Goto and Minoru)
TNA Impact!: May 4, 2006
- MEX Team Mexico (Shocker and Magno) defeated CAN Team Canada (Eric Young and Johnny Devine)

Round 2 (Singles Matches) - 2 Points

TNA Impact!:May 11, 2006
- USA Team USA's Chris Sabin defeated MEX Team Mexico's Puma
TNA Sacrifice: May 14, 2006
- JPN Team Japan's Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams

Round 3 (The Gauntlet) - 5 Points

TNA Sacrifice: May 14, 2006
- 16-man Gauntlet: CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams won, last eliminating MEX 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.

Entry
No.	Wrestler	Elim.
No.	Eliminated by
1	JPN Minoru Tanaka	8	USA Jay Lethal
2	MEX Puma	15	CAN Petey Williams
3	CAN Petey Williams	Winner
4	USA Chris Sabin	3	CAN Johnny Devine
5	JPN Hirooki Goto	7	USA Alex Shelley
6	MEX Incognito	1=	USA Sonjay Dutt
7	CAN Johnny Devine	4	USA Alex Shelley
8	USA Sonjay Dutt	1=	MEX Incognito
9	JPN Black Tiger	6	MEX Shocker
10	MEX Magno	5	JPN Jushin Thunder Liger
11	CAN Eric Young	11	USA Jay Lethal
12	USA Alex Shelley	13	CAN Petey Williams
13	JPN Jushin Thunder Liger	10	CAN Tyson Dux
14	MEX Shocker	9	USA Alex Shelley
15	CAN Tyson Dux	12	USA Alex Shelley
16	USA Jay Lethal	14	MEX Puma

Round Four (Tie-breaker) - 1 Point

TNA Impact!: May 18, 2006
- USA Team USA's Chris Sabin defeated CAN Team Canada's Petey Williams

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.

USA Team USA: 6
CAN Team Canada: 5
MEX Team Mexico: 4
JPN Team Japan: 3

References

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

References

Elliott, Brian. (2006-06-26). "Busy summer ahead for Storm". SLAM! Sports.

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