Lucha World Cup, 2017
The Lucha World Cup 2017, is a professional wrestling trios tournament produced by Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). It was the third annual edition of the tournament. All matches will take place outside of Mexico for the first time. It will also be a 2v2 tag team tournament, instead of the usual trios format.
All matches will take place on October 10th, at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall. There is now women's division tournament was implemented this year; AAA explained they were unable to get enough participants.
The match format was slightly changed. The original match is ten minute round. Should there not be a winner in that time, there will be a three minute singles match with a selected person from each team. If there is still not a decision, the other two wrestlers will fight. If there still is not a winner after both singles matches, five judges will select the winner.
Participant Promotions
| Promotion | Country |
|---|---|
| Lucha Libre AAA World Wide | Mexico |
| Pro Wrestling NOAH | Japan |
| Inoki Genome Federation | Japan |
| Impact Wrestling | United States |
| Lucha Underground | United States |
IGF had stopped promoting events six months prior to the tournament.
Confirmed Teams
All teams were announced at a press conference.
| Team | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Team AAA (Mexico) | Pagano | First participation |
| Psycho Clown | Third participation | |
| Team NOAH (Japan) | Taiji Ishimori | Third participation |
| Hi69 | First participation | |
| Team NOAH (USA) | Cody Hall | First participation |
| Quiet Storm | First participation | |
| Team IGF (Japan) | Nosawa | First participation |
| Kendo Kashin | First participation | |
| Team Impact (USA) | DJZ | First participation |
| Andrew Everett | First participation | |
| Team Lucha Underground (USA) | Marty Martinez | First participation |
| Son of Havoc | First participation | |
| Team Lucha Underground (Mexico) | Aerostar | First participation |
| Drago | First participation | |
| Team Lucha Underground (Rest of the World) | Mil Muertes | Second participation[1] |
| Vampiro | First participation |
Results
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Team AAA/Mexico | W | ||||||||||||
| Team NOAH/USA | |||||||||||||
| Team AAA/Mexico | W | ||||||||||||
| Team IGF/Japan | |||||||||||||
| Team LU/ROTW | |||||||||||||
| Team IGF/Japan | DQ | ||||||||||||
| Team AAA/Mexico | W | ||||||||||||
| Team NOAH/Japan | |||||||||||||
| Team NOAH/Japan | W | ||||||||||||
| Team LU/USA | |||||||||||||
| Team NOAH/Japan | |||||||||||||
| Team Impact/USA | W | ||||||||||||
| Team Impact/USA | W | ||||||||||||
| Team LU/Mexico | |||||||||||||
Judging Panel
A judging panel was composed by Dorian Roldan, Gran Hamada, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tsutomu Shimizu and Scott D'Amore. The panel would decide any match which went thru two overtimes. No match reached that limit. The judging panel also decided the award winners.
Awards
| Award | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| Wrestler Of The Night | Taiji Ishimori |
| Dive Of The Night | Son of Havoc |
| Match Of The Night | Team LU/Mexico vs. Team Impact/USA |
References
Gallery
 Team AAA, 2017 winners |
| Previous | Next |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2018 |
| Mexico City, Mexico | Place is TBA |
| 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.) | ||
