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 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.
== Summary Of Winners ==
{| class="wikitable"
== Teams ==
! style="width:60px;"|Edition
! style="width:120px;"|Date
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:350px;"|Winners
! style="width:350px;"|Runner-ups
''Italics'' indicate names which have not yet officially been announced by the competition, but were revealed thru the ticket info.
|-
| align="center"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2015|2015]]
# Dream Team ([[Alberto el Patron]], [[Myzteziz]], [[Rey Mysterio Jr.]])<ref>announced in full at the March 3rd press conference.</ref>
| align="center"|[[May 24]], [[2015]]
# Mexico Team 2 ([[Hijo del Fantasma]], [[Texano Jr.]], [[Psycho Clown]]) <ref>winners of qualifying matches on AAA TV tapings.</ref>
# Team [[NOAH]] ([[Taiji Ishimori]], [[Atsushi Kotoge]], [[Yoshihiro Takayama]]) <ref>announced on April 23rd</ref>
|-
# 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"|[[Lucha World Cup, 2016|2016]]
# Team [[ROH]]/[[Lucha Underground]] ([[Moose]], [[ACH]], [[Brian Cage]]) <ref>team announced May 6th</ref>
| align="center"|[[June 5]], [[2016]]
# Team [[TNA]]/[[Lucha Underground]] ([[Matt Hardy]], [[Ken Anderson]], [[Johnny Mundo]]) <ref>team announced on May 4th</ref>
| align="center"|'''''TBA'''''
# Team Rest of The World ([[Angelico]], [[El Mesias]], [[Drew Galloway]]) <ref>team announced May 7th</ref>
| align="center"|'''''TBA'''''
|}
'''Team Notes'''
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=== 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 (AAA)|Fenix]] & [[Electroshock]]
* [[Texano Jr.]] defeated [[La Parka Jr.|La Parka]] & [[Cibernetico]]
{{Gallery|name=2015_lucha_world_cup.jpg|caption=The Lucha World Cup}}
{{Gallery|name=2015_lucha_world_cup_winners.jpg|caption=[[Alberto el Patron]], [[Myzteziz]], [[Rey Misterio Jr.]] The Lucha World Cup Winners}}
{{Gallery|name=2015_3rd_place_winners.jpg|caption=[[Moose]], [[ACH]], [[Brian Cage]] The Lucha World Cup 3rd place winners}}
== Gallery Of Champions ==
{{Gallery|name=2015_lucha_world_cup_winners.jpg|caption='''Dream Team''', [[Lucha World Cup, 2015|2015]] winners}}
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Revision as of 15:26, 21 May 2016
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 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.
