The
TNA TNA may refer to:
Organisations
* Tamil National Alliance, a political coalition in Sri Lanka
* The National Alliance, a political party in Kenya
* The National Archives (United Kingdom), a UK public body
* Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
2004
America
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's
X Cup Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
was a tournament that was hosted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was the forerunner to the
TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament
The TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament was an X Division tournament that was hosted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was the successor to America's X Cup Tournament.
History
America's X Cup Tournament was used somewhat as a preview for the Wo ...
. America's X Cup Tournament consisted of four Teams:
Team USA
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Olympic teams
Additionally, these teams may compete in other international competitions such as ...
(representing the
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.
Founded in 1948, the NWA began as a governing body for a ...
/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling),
Team Canada,
Team Mexico
Team Mexico is a professional wrestling stable that was first formed in 2004 to compete in TNA Wrestling's America's X-Cup Tournament and has since returned to compete in other TNA X Cup Tournaments.
History 2004
The original team consisted o ...
(representing
AAA
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:
Airports
* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)
Arts, entertainment, and ...
), and
Team Britain
Team Britain, or Team UK, was a professional wrestling stable brought together to compete in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's 2004 America's X-Cup Tournament and TNA World Cup 2013. Also, a Team Britain was formed in 2006, but it never was us ...
.
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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Match format ...
which featured Team USA's
Chris Sabin
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After being trained by Scot ...
, 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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After being trained by Scot ...
**
Elix Skipper
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**
Sonjay Dutt
Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a producer and manager. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop ActionImpact Wrestling under the ring name Sonj ...
*
Team Canada
**
Teddy Hart
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(Captain)
**
Jack Evans
**
Johnny Devine
John Parsonage (born April 27, 1974) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Early ye ...
**
Petey Williams
Peter Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He is also ...
*
Team AAA/Mexico
**
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 ...
(Captain – I & II)
**
Héctor Garza
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(Captain – III)
**
Abismo Negro
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**
Mr. Águila
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**
Heavy Metal
*
Team Britain/UK
**
James Mason
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(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
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:
Airports
* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA)
* Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)
Arts, entertainment, and ...
and Team
NWA
NWA or Nwa most commonly refers to:
* N.W.A ("Niggaz Wit Attitudes"), a hip hop group from Compton, California, US
* National Wrestling Alliance, a professional wrestling organization
NWA or Nwa may refer to:
Music
* New Weird America, a subgen ...
facing off in the first ever tournament. The teams were captained by
Juventud Guerrera
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Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promot ...
representing Team AAA and
Jerry Lynn
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representing Team NWA.
See also
*
TNA X Cup Tournaments
The Impact X Cup Tournament consists of various types of X Division tournaments that feature wrestlers and/or teams from all over the world competing in Impact Wrestling – formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Global Force Wrestling ...
*
TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
The 2003 Super X Cup Tournament was an X Cup professional wrestling X Division tournament and pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 20, 2003 at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. It ...
*
TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament
The TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament was an X Division tournament that was hosted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was the successor to America's X Cup Tournament.
History
America's X Cup Tournament was used somewhat as a preview for the Wo ...
*
TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament
The 2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling single-elimination X Cup Tournament produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was the second-ever Super X Cup tournament and the last held until 2017. ...
*
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
The 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was the third World X Cup Tournament and the last held as of . The competition began on June&nb ...
References
External links
TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling) Impact Wrestling tournaments
2004 in professional wrestling
{{TNA Tournaments