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The NWA TNA
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...

2003 Super X Cup
TNA X Cup Tournaments
The TNA X Cup Tournaments consist of various types of X Division tournaments that feature wrestlers and/or Teams from all over the World competing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to fight for a trophy or a group of trophies.-History:...

Tournament
Professional wrestling tournament
On various occasions in professional wrestling a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein...

was an X Division

X Division

The X Division is a high-flying, high-risk, fast-paced style of professional wrestling seen originally in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and since then in various NWA member promotions...

tournament that was contested in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

History

The Super X Cup Tournament was an international tournament that featured X Division wrestlers from all over the world to compete in one-on-one matches, with the winner getting a shot at the TNA X Division Championship

TNA X Division Championship

The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily defended in TNA's X Division—a style based on a fast-paced, daredevil type of wrestling...

. The 2003 Super X Cup was the first X Cup Tournament of any kind for TNA Wrestling. Competitors from the United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, Great Britain

Great Britain

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, and Japan

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wrestled in the Super X-Cup Tournament. Many of these competitors were brought back to TNA for future X Cup Tournaments.

Super X Cup Events

Various wrestlers from around the Globe, including Chris Sabin

Chris Sabin

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, Juventud Guerrera

Juventud Guerrera

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, Nosawa, Teddy Hart

Teddy Hart

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, and Jonny Storm

Jonny Storm

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, among others, competed in the Super X Cup Tournament. Chris Sabin defeated Jerry Lynn

Jerry Lynn

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, Frankie Kazarian

Frankie Kazarian

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, and finally Juventud Guerrera

Juventud Guerrera

to capture the Super X Cup and challenge then-X Division Champion, Matt Bentley

Matt Bentley

Matthew James "Matt" Bentley is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling by the ring name Michael Shane. He was trained by his cousin, former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Shawn Michaels, and he took the name Michael Shane as a play on...

(known then as "Michael Shane"). Sabin lost his match against Shane, and the stipulations stated that it was to be Shane's X Division Championship against Sabin's Super X Cup. However, Sabin is still officially recognized as the overall official winner of the 2003 Super X Cup.
The tournament brackets were:

Aftermath

Since the debut of the 2003 Super X Cup Tournament, there have been various X Cup Tournaments held in TNA Wrestling throughout the years. Wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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, Border City Wrestling

Border City Wrestling

Border City Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion once based in Windsor, Ontario. It was the base promotion for several Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers, including all of the former Team Canada, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Many BCW employees were trained by Scott...

, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

, All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling

is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. All Japan Pro Wrestling still remains one of the most popular puroresu promotions still in operation.-The Giant Baba Era :...

, New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...

, and other promotions

Professional wrestling promotion

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have competed in the various X Cup Tournaments that have been hosted by TNA.

External links

TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)

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History

Super X Cup Events

Aftermath

See also

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