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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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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