Lucha World Cup, 2016

Official poster for the event.

The Lucha World Cup 2016, officially known as Lucha Libre Victoria World Cup 2016 for sponsorship reasons, was a professional wrestling trios tournament produced by Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). It was the second annual edition of the tournament. The first round matches of tournament took place on June 3 (Puebla), and semifinals, finals, and third place matches took place on June 5 (Mexico City), 2016. The women's division tournament was implemented this year.

Participant Promotions

Promotion	Country	Division
		Men's	Women's
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide	Mexico	✓	✓
Pro Wrestling NOAH	Japan	✓
Pro Wrestling ZERO1	Japan	✓
Royal Road (Ōdō)	Japan	✓
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	United States	✓	✓
Lucha Underground	United States	✓
OZ Academy	Japan		✓
Pro Wrestling WAVE	Japan		✓

Confirmed Teams

Men's Division

Team	Members	Notes
Team AAA	Pentagón Jr.	First participation
	Psycho Clown	Second participation
	Texano Jr.	Second participation
Team NOAH	Maybach Taniguchi	First participation
	Naomichi Marufuji	First participation
	Taiji Ishimori	Second participation
Team Royal Road/ZERO1	Akebono	First participation
	Ikuto Hidaka	First participation
	Masato Tanaka	First participation
Team TNA	Eli Drake	First participation
	Ethan Carter III	First participation
	Tyrus	First participation
Team Lucha Underground	Brian Cage	Second participation
	Chavo Guerrero Jr.	First participation
	Johnny Mundo	Second participation
Team International	Dragón Azteca Jr.	First participation
	Dr. Wagner Jr.	Second participation
	Rey Mysterio Jr.	Second participation
Team Legends	Blue Demon Jr.	Second participation
	Canek	First participation
	La Parka	First participation
Team Rest Of The World	Apolo	First participation
	Mil Muertes	First participation
	Rockstar Spud	First participation

Women's Division

Team	Members
Team Canada	Allie
	KC Spinelli
	Taya Valkyrie
Team Japan	Aja Kong
	Sumire Natsu
	Yuki Miyazaki
Team Mexico	Faby Apache
	Lady Apache
	Mary Apache
Team USA	Cheerleader Melissa
	Santana Garrett
	Sienna

Results

Men's Division

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1

Team AAA

W

8

Team Ōdō/ZERO1

Team AAA

W

Team NOAH

4

Team NOAH

W

5

Team ROTW

Team AAA

Team LU

W

3

Team Legends

6

Team LU

W

Team LU

W

Third place

Team INTL

2

Team INTL

W

Team NOAH

7

Team TNA

Team INTL

W

Women's Division

Semifinals Puebla, Puebla

Finals Mexico City

Team Canada

Team Mexico

W

Team Mexico

W

Team Japan

Team Japan

W

Team USA

Trofeo Victoria 2016

The Trofeo Victoria 2016 was disputed in a Battle Royal-style match between members of teams who were eliminated on first round of tournament. The rules of the match were announced as an initial four way match with one member of every team at start of the match. When a wrestler is eliminated, another member of his team will be added to the match. The match will continue until two wrestlers left, and those wrestlers will face off in a one fall match to determine the winner. Mil Muertes (Team Rest Of The World) defeated Tyrus (Team TNA) to win the match and the trophy.

Judging Panel

Judging panel was composed by Black Terry, Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Satánico, Solar, Universo 2000, and Villano V. Judges evaluated all the matches and they gave awards to Dive Of The Night, Match Of The Night, Male Wrestler Of The Night, and Female Wrestler Of The Night.

Awards

Award	Winner(s)
Male Wrestler Of The Night	Pentagón Jr.
Female Wrestler Of The Night	Mary Apache
Dive Of The Night	Johnny Mundo
Match Of The Night	Team AAA vs. Team Lucha Underground

References

Lucha World Cup Chronology

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