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The Lucha World Cup is an international trios competition hosted by AAA in 2015. The one night show will take place on May 24 in Palacio de los Deportes.
The tournament was announced at a press conference on March 3rd. Beer brand Victoria is a sponsor of the competition.
The format of the tournament has not been announced, but is assumed to be a standard one night single elimination competition.
Teams
Eight teams were announced for the competition, with 3 representing Mexico, 2 representing Japan and US each, and 1 extra team. Team members were announced during the lead up to the tournament.
Italics indicate names which have not yet officially been announced by the competition, but were revealed thru the ticket info.
- Dream Team (Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Rey Mysterio Jr.)[1]
- Mexico Team 2 (Hijo del Fantasma, Texano Jr., Psycho Clown) [2]
- Mexico Team 3 (Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Solar) [3]
- Team NOAH (Taiji Ishimori, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshihiro Takayama) [4]
- Team AJPW (Kenzo Suzuki, Tiger Mask III, Masamune) [5]
- Team ROH/Lucha Underground (Moose, ACH, Brian Cage) [6]
- Team TNA/Lucha Underground (Matt Hardy, Ken Anderson, Johnny Mundo) [7]
- Team Rest of The World (Angelico, El Mesias, Drew Galloway) [8]
Team Notes
- ↑ announced in full at the March 3rd press conference.
- ↑ winners of qualifying matches on AAA TV tapings.
- ↑ team made up of luchadors not normally in AAA, announced May 7th
- ↑ announced on April 23rd
- ↑ announced on April 23rd; only Kenzo was a current AJPW wrestler at the time of the show
- ↑ team announced May 6th
- ↑ team announced on May 4th
- ↑ team announced May 7th
Mexico Team 2 Selection
AAA announced it's second team would be decided by a tournament taking place on those shows. AAA would later announce three triangle matches to select each participant.
April 30th qualifying matches
- Hijo del Fantasma defeated Fenix & Electroshock
- Texano Jr. defeated La Parka & Cibernetico
May 2nd qualifying match
- Psycho Clown defeated Averno & Zorro.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| DT | Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Rey Misterio Jr. | W | |||||||||||
| NOAH | Taiji Ishimori, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshihiro Takayama | ||||||||||||
| Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Rey Misterio Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
| Moose, ACH, Brian Cage | |||||||||||||
| AAA2 | Hijo del Fantasma, Texano Jr., Psycho Clown | ||||||||||||
| ROH | Moose, ACH, Brian Cage | W | |||||||||||
| Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Rey Misterio Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy, Ken Anderson, Johnny Mundo | |||||||||||||
| AJPW | Kenzo Suzuki, Tiger Mask III, Masamune | ||||||||||||
| Leyendas | Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Solar | W | |||||||||||
| Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Solar | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy, Ken Anderson, Johnny Mundo | W | ||||||||||||
| ROTW | Angelico, El Mesias, Drew Galloway | Moose, ACH, Brian Cage | W | ||||||||||
| TNA | Matt Hardy, Ken Anderson, Johnny Mundo | W | Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Solar | ||||||||||
