The 2004 TNA
America
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's
X Cup Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
was a tournament that was produced by
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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. It was the forerunner to the
TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament. America's X Cup Tournament consisted of four teams:
Team USA
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(representing the
National Wrestling Alliance
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/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling),
Team Canada Canadian National Team or Team Canada may refer to:
Canada at multi-sport events
* Canada at the Olympics
** Canadian Olympic Committee
* Canada at the Paralympics
** Canadian Paralympic Committee
* Canada at the Commonwealth Games
* Canada at ...
,
Team Mexico
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History 2004
The original team consisted of ...
(representing
AAA
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), and
Team Britain.
History
Throughout America's X Cup Tournament, AAA's Team Mexico was extremely successful and dominant. They defeated Team USA, Team UK, and Team Canada. At the end of the tournament, Team AAA was victorious, upsetting the American Team and winning the trophy that Team USA was to defend. After America's X Cup Tournament ended, the World X Cup immediately followed. The World X Cup saw Team USA make a strong comeback. The World X Cup eventually culminated in an
Ultimate X match
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Ultimate X is contested by th ...
which featured Team USA's
Chris Sabin
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After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 f ...
, Team Canada's
Petey Williams
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, and Team Mexico's
Hector Garza
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. Sabin won both the match and the tournament for Team USA.
Teams and members
*
Team NWA/USA
**
Jerry Lynn
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(Captain)
**
Chris Sabin
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**
Elix Skipper
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**
Sonjay Dutt
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*
Team Canada Canadian National Team or Team Canada may refer to:
Canada at multi-sport events
* Canada at the Olympics
** Canadian Olympic Committee
* Canada at the Paralympics
** Canadian Paralympic Committee
* Canada at the Commonwealth Games
* Canada at ...
**
Teddy Hart
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(Captain)
**
Jack Evans
**
Johnny Devine
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**
Petey Williams
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*
Team AAA/Mexico
**
Juventud Guerrera
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Guerrera is best known for ...
(Captain – I & II)
**
Héctor Garza
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(Captain – III)
**
Abismo Negro
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**
Mr. Águila
**
Heavy Metal
*
Team Britain/UK
** James Mason (Captain)
**
Robbie Dynamite
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**
Xtreme Dean Allmark
** Frankie Sloan
Americas X Cup I
America's X Cup I took place on February 11, 2004. The tournament featured Team
AAA
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* AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games
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Mu ...
and Team
NWA facing off in the first ever tournament. The teams were captained by
Juventud Guerrera
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Guerrera is best known for ...
representing Team AAA and
Jerry Lynn
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Lynn has worked for professional wrestling promotion, promotions ...
representing Team NWA.
See also
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TNA X Cup Tournaments
*
TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
*
TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament
*
TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament
*
TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
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 i ...
*
TNA 2008 World X Cup Tournament
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References
External links
TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
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{{TNA Tournaments