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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]].
[[File:2015_lucha_world_cup.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Trophy awarded to winner team of tournament.]]
The '''Lucha World Cup''', officially known as '''Lucha Libre Victoria World Cup''' for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional wrestling trios tournament produced by [[AAA|Lucha Libre AAA World Wide]] (AAA) since [[2015]]. It's featured by wrestlers from promotions by all around the world.


The tournament was announced at a press conference on [[March 3]]rd. Beer brand Victoria is a sponsor of the competition.
== Format ==
The format of Lucha World Cup, for the first two years, is a single-elimination tournament structured by quarterfinals, semifinals, third place match and the final. Matches have a 15-minute time limit. If a match finished without a winner, teams enters in a sudden death in order to get a winner. Every team must select one of their members, and the two picked wrestlers must face off in a 5-minute match looking for get the win for it's team. There will be as many sudden deaths as necessary to determine a winner.


The format of the tournament has not been announced, but is assumed to be a standard one night single elimination competition.
The format was changed for the 2017 edition. Teams were two people each, the time limit was reduced to 10 minutes and the overtime period was reduced to three minutes. No third place match was held.


== Teams ==
== Summary Of Winners ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
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.
! style="width:60px;"|Edition
 
! style="width:120px;"|Date
''Italics'' indicate names which have not yet officially been announced by the competition, but were revealed thru the ticket info.
! style="width:350px;"|Winners
 
! style="width:350px;"|Runner-ups
# Dream Team ([[Alberto el Patron]], [[Myzteziz]], [[Rey Mysterio Jr.]])<ref>announced in full at the March 3rd press conference.</ref>
|-
# Mexico Team 2 ([[Hijo del Fantasma]], [[Texano Jr.]], TBD) <ref>winners of qualifying matches on AAA TV tapings.</ref>
| align="center"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2015|2015]]
# Mexico Team 3 (''[[Blue Demon Jr.]]'', ''[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]'',  TBA) <ref>team made up of luchadors not normally in AAA.</ref>
| align="center"|[[May 24]], [[2015]]
# Team [[NOAH]] ([[Taiji Ishimori]], [[Atsushi Kotoge]], [[Yoshihiro Takayama]]) <ref>announced on April 23rd</ref>
| align="center"|Dream Team<br>([[El Patrón Alberto]], [[Myzteziz]] & [[Rey Mysterio Jr.]])
# Team [[AJPW]] ([[Kenzo Suzuki]], [[Tiger Mask III]], [[Masamune]]) <ref>announced on April 23rd; only Kenzo was a current AJPW wrestler at the time of the show</ref>
| align="center"|Team TNA/Lucha Underground<br>([[Johnny Mundo]], [[Matt Hardy]] & [[Mr. Anderson]])
# Team [[ROH]] (all participants TBA) <ref>team not announced</ref>
|-
# Team [[TNA]] ([[Matt Hardy]], [[Drew Galloway]], [[Ken Anderson]]) <ref>team announced by Dixie Carter on May 4th</ref>
| align="center"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2016|2016]]
# Team Rest of The World (1 from South Africa, 1 from Puerto Rico, 1 from the United Kingdom) <ref>team not announced</ref>
| align="center"|[[June 5]], [[2016]]
 
| align="center"|Team Lucha Underground<br>([[Brian Cage]], [[Chavo Guerrero Jr.]] & [[Johnny Mundo]])
'''Team Notes'''
| align="center"|Team AAA<br>([[Pentagón Jr.]], [[Psycho Clown]] & [[Texano Jr.]])
<references/>
|-
 
| align="center"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2017|2017]]
=== Mexico Team 2 Selection ===
| align="center"|[[October 10]], [[2017]]
 
| align="center"|Team AAA<br>([[Pagano]] & [[Psycho Clown]])
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.
| align="center"|Team NOAH<br>([[Hi69]] & [[Taiji Ishimori]])
 
|-
'''April 30th qualifying matches'''
| align="center"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2023|2023]]
* [[Hijo del Fantasma]] defeated [[Fenix (AAA)|Fenix]] & [[Electroshock]]
| align="center"|[[March 19]], [[2023]]
* [[Texano Jr.]] defeated [[La Parka Jr.|La Parka]] & [[Cibernetico]]
| align="center"|Team Mexico (men's)<br>([[Black Taurus|Taurus]], [[Pentagón Jr.]], [[Laredo Kid]])<br>Team USA (women's)<br>([[Kamille]], [[Deonna Purrazzo]], [[Jordynne Grace]])
 
| align="center"|Team USA (men's)<br>([[Johnny Mundo|Johnny Caballero]], [[Sam Adonis]], [[Christopher Daniels]])<br>Team Mexico (women's)<br>([[Flammer]], [[La Hiedra]], [[Sexy Star II]])
'''May 2nd qualifying match'''
|}
* [[Psycho Clown]] defeated [[Averno]] & [[Zorro]].
 
== Bracket ==
 
Seeding and matchups are currently unknown.


== Gallery Of Champions ==
{{Gallery|name=2015_lucha_world_cup_winners.jpg|caption='''Dream Team''', [[Lucha World Cup, 2015|2015]] winners}}
{{Gallery|name=TeamLU-LLWC-2016.jpg|caption='''Team Lucha Underground''', [[Lucha World Cup, 2016|2016]] winners}}
{{Gallery|name=TeamAAA-LLWC-2017.jpg|caption='''Team AAA''', [[Lucha World Cup, 2017|2017]] winners}}
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 22 March 2023

Trophy awarded to winner team of tournament.

The Lucha World Cup, officially known as Lucha Libre Victoria World Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional wrestling trios tournament produced by Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) since 2015. It's featured by wrestlers from promotions by all around the world.

Format

The format of Lucha World Cup, for the first two years, is a single-elimination tournament structured by quarterfinals, semifinals, third place match and the final. Matches have a 15-minute time limit. If a match finished without a winner, teams enters in a sudden death in order to get a winner. Every team must select one of their members, and the two picked wrestlers must face off in a 5-minute match looking for get the win for it's team. There will be as many sudden deaths as necessary to determine a winner.

The format was changed for the 2017 edition. Teams were two people each, the time limit was reduced to 10 minutes and the overtime period was reduced to three minutes. No third place match was held.

Summary Of Winners

Edition Date Winners Runner-ups
2015 May 24, 2015 Dream Team
(El Patrón Alberto, Myzteziz & Rey Mysterio Jr.) 		Team TNA/Lucha Underground
(Johnny Mundo, Matt Hardy & Mr. Anderson)
2016 June 5, 2016 Team Lucha Underground
(Brian Cage, Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Johnny Mundo) 		Team AAA
(Pentagón Jr., Psycho Clown & Texano Jr.)
2017 October 10, 2017 Team AAA
(Pagano & Psycho Clown) 		Team NOAH
(Hi69 & Taiji Ishimori)
2023 March 19, 2023 Team Mexico (men's)
(Taurus, Pentagón Jr., Laredo Kid)
Team USA (women's)
(Kamille, Deonna Purrazzo, Jordynne Grace) 		Team USA (men's)
(Johnny Caballero, Sam Adonis, Christopher Daniels)
Team Mexico (women's)
(Flammer, La Hiedra, Sexy Star II)

Gallery Of Champions

Dream Team, 2015 winners
Team Lucha Underground, 2016 winners
Team AAA, 2017 winners
V AAA/PAP Championships E
AAA: Cruiser (Matt Riddle) • Mega (El Patrón Alberto) • Latin American (Q.T. Marshall)
Minis (Dinastia) • Mixed Tag (Abismo Negro Jr. & Flammer) • Reina de Reinas (Flammer)
Tag (Arez) & (Komander) • Trios (Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr.,Psicosis & Toxin))
Tournaments: Rey de Reyes (Sam Adonis) • Copa Antonio Peña (Pimpinela Escarlata) • Copa TripleManía (Laredo Kid)
Defunct: Americas Heavy • Americas Trios • Campeón de Campeones • IWC Heavy •
IWC Middle • IWC Minis • IWC Tag • Second/Mascota • GPCW SUPER-X Monster • Lucha Libre Premier • Fusion • Lucha World Cup
Unofficial: AAA Northern Tag (Kuas Extrem & Snaiper) • AAA Northern Middle: (The Tiger) • AAA Northern Light Heavy (Lemus Jr.)
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