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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 10, 2008 and concluded on July 13, 2008 at TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view (PPV) event. The tournament featured several international wrestlers alongside several TNA wrestlers. The theme of the contest was four competing teams, each representing a specific country or organization. However, the 2008 competition featured the debut of Team International, which represented several countries and cultures. Daivari, Tyson Dux, Doug Williams, Alex Koslov, Averno, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr., Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Puma, Milano Collection A.T., Kaz, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man all competed in the 2008 installment. They formed the four teams involved: Team International, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and Team TNA. The contest consisted of four rounds, made up of eight matches each, with the third round and the finals held at Victory Road. Several of the wrestlers who competed in the tournament went on to make regular appearances in TNA after the conclusion of the contest. Team Mexico won the tournament by having scored the most points, with seven, compared to TNA with six, Japan with four, and International with three. Bob Kapur of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer reviewed Victory Road, giving the third round a 9 out of 10, while the final round received an 8 out of 10. Kapur said the third round was an "incredible match", while the final was "excellent with some tremendous crazy spots".〔 Wade Keller and James Caldwell of the ''Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter'' each reviewed the matches involved in the tournament. Keller said the third round bout was a dream match for some with "lots of cool spots from start to finish", but that it had "little context early" and was more just a "bunch of spots".〔 As for the final round, Keller commented that "it had some spectacular (and ridiculously dangerous looking) spots", but that it ended up "feeling short for a match of that caliber".〔 Caldwell stated that the third round bout was "entertaining yet quite long" and that the "crowd was super into Sabin and Shelley". He also said that after the match settled into "one-on-one action" it "turned into a pretty good match".〔 The final round was seen by Caldwell as a "one spot match".〔 ==Production== The 2008 installment of the TNA World X Cup Tournament was announced in February 2008 by TNA Management Director Jim Cornette. Cornette did not reveal when the tournament would be held or who would be involved. On the May 1 episode of TNA's television program ''TNA Impact!,'' TNA commentator Mike Tenay announced that the tournament was planned for the summer. In mid-May, it was reported that New Japan Pro Wrestling were sending Milano Collection A.T. and Taichi Ishikari to be featured in the tournament. TNA were also interested in bringing in British wrestler Doug Williams. Averno, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr., Naruki Doi, and Masato Yoshino were revealed at the end of May to be involved. In June, the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' reported that Daivari, Tyson Dux, Williams, and Alex Koslov would make up Team International, while Averno, Bucanero, Guerrero, and Volador Jr. would be Team Mexico and Team Japan would consist of Milano Collection AT, Ishikari, Doi, and Yoshino. The finals of the tournament were also planned to be held at TNA's Victory Road pay-per-view (PPV) event on July 13. It was announced on the June 19 episode of ''Impact!'' that the finals would be contested in an Ultimate X match.〔 Team Mexico had trouble entering the United States, resulting in the tournament starting without them and the team appearing late in the festivities. Team TNA was revealed on the June 12 episode of ''Impact!'', with Kaz as the team captain and Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Curry Man rounding out the team. Despite the report by the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'', Ishikari did not compete in the tournament; instead, Puma filled out Team Japan. Before the tournament commenced, TNA held three preview matches involving World X Cup participants. The first two were featured on the June 12 episode of ''Impact!''. In the first preview match, Team TNA's The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) were pitted against Team Japan's Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in a tag team match lasting 6 minutes. The Motor City Machine Guns won when Sabin pinned Doi after Shelley and Sabin performed a double kick to the face. The second was between Team International's Alex Koslov and Team TNA's Curry Man, and lasted 4 minutes. Koslov won the match by pinfall after a splash from the top rope.〔 TNA held another preview match on the June 19 episode of ''Impact!''. In this match, Kaz of Team TNA defeated Koslov after smashing Koslov face-first into the mat with his signature Wave of the Future maneuver. 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「2008 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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