2017 Super X Cup Tournament

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The  **2017 Super X Cup Tournament** is a ongoing professional wrestling tournament promoted by the American-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The tournament commenced on May 31, 2017 and concluded on 2017. It is the first edition of **2017 Super X Cup Tournament**, and fifth edition of the tournament counting its previous forms under different names. A Block winner [[]] will take on the B Block winner [[ ]] in the finals to determine the winner of the tournament.

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Considered TNA tournament to create stars for the future of their x division, the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block is determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a defeat; each night of the event sees the ten members of one block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results. On the final day of the event, the winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the G1 Climax, who will gain a future match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, NJPW's biggest yearly event.

The event saw the G1 Climax debut of Jeff Cobb, Jon Moxley, Taichi, Kenta, Shingo Takagi, and Will Ospreay as well as Lance Archer's first participation since 2014; this was Kenta's in-ring debut in NJPW. As usual, the tournament took place over several cities and locations; the 2019 edition marked the first time that the G1 Climax tournament took place outside of Japan, as the event opened with G1 Climax in Dallas at the American Airlines Centerin Dallas, before moving back to Japan.The event was broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States, TV Asahi and Fighting TV Samurai [ja] in Japan, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling World worldwide.

## Production

### Tournament rules

TNA announced that the 2017 edition and its dates of the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament on March 9, 2019 at Reboot Impact Episode for TNA Wrestling after being brought by [Anthem]] it was announced that the first night of the tournament will be held at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India, marking the first time TNA held events in India. The tournament was announced to features twenty wrestlers, divided in two blocks of ten ("A" and "B"). Each participant faces all nine other wrestler within the same block in singles match, with the winner of each block being determined via a point system, gaining two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no point for a loss; each night of the event sees the ten members of a same block compete for the tournament, while the members of the non-competing block perform in tag team matches that have no influence of the tournament results, typically facing their future tournament opponents. In case of several wrestler sharing the top score, the results of the matches those wrestlers had when facing each others in the tournament act as tiebreaker, with the one having the most wins over the other top-scorers determining the winner of the block.

On the final day of the event, the respective winners of both blocks face each other to determine the winner of the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament, who would gain a future match for the TNA X Division Championship, at event TBA. The winner also receive a Trophy and the ability to call himself the best X Division Star In The World. The matches of the tournament have a 15-minutes time limit (with the time limit being reached resulting in a draw); the final match between the two block winners has no time limit.

### Storylines

The event includes matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

2 Time TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams was
announced as the first participant in the tournament one day after the tournament announced on March 10, 2017.
Independent Wrestler ACH was announced as participation in the tournament on March 11, 2017. On TNA twitter page.
Idris Abraham was announced as participation in the tournament on March 11, 2017. When he signed his TNA Contract.
On April 13, 2017 at TNA Lockdown 2017 in Osaka-jo Hall, NJPW’s Zack Sabre Jr. announced his decision to participate in the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament by coming down to the ring at lockdown and saying that Zack Sabre Jr. is here TNA Wreslteing and will become the Best X Division Star In The World. One day later after both Dezmond Xavier and Marshe Rockett was unable to win the TNA X Division Championship also was announced to participate to in the tournament on twitter. With the tweet reading here both of these men second chance to impress the TNA Fans. All if these men have been for a a block. NJPW’s Junior Heavyweight Legend Jushin Thunder Liger was announced as the first member of B Block at TNA First Saturday Special Event TNA Battle Of The Belts announced as a special visitor to TNA Wrestling. During the announcement Houston .
TNA Wrestler Andrew Everett was announced for the tournament by 2 Time TNA X Division Champion Trevor Lee on the May 18, 2017 episode of Impact.
was
announced as the first participant in the one day after the tournament announced on March 10, 2017.
Taiji Ishimori

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Sammy Guevara

Kenta, who had been released by WWE the previous February, made his surprise NJPW debut at the event, also announcing his participation in the G1 Climax.
Four time-participant Lance Archer, who had last participated to the tournament in 2014, announced his participation on June 10, 2019 via the company's official YouTube channel.

The twenty participants were officially announced on June 16, 2019. The list included six first-time participants, namely Cobb, Moxley, Ospreay, Takagi, Kenta, and Taichi, with fourteen participants returning from the previous year, and Archer returning after a five-year hiatus; participants from the previous year who did not return were Michael Elgin, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, who had left NJPW, and Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Togi Makabe, and Yoshi-Hashi. The event marked Kenta's NJPW in-ring debut, while Moxley was still undefeated since joining the company.

## 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Results

Rules
2017 Super X Cup Tournament Divided Into Two Block
Ten Wrestlers Each Block
Top Four Advanced To That Block Playoff Semifinal
Number One Face Number Four
Number Two Face Number Three
The Winner Of Esch Semifinal Playoff Match
Face Each Other In The Finals
The Man Who Will That Finals Match
Is The Winner Of That Block
Each Block Winner Will Each In Finals
Called The 2017 Super X Cup Tournament The Finale
The Man Who Will That Match
Will Declared The Winner Of The 2017 Super X Cup Tournament

## 2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block

### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 1

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The first night of A Block took place on May 31, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India; it was promoted as **2017 Super X Cup Tournament**. It marked the first time that a night of the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament took place in India. This event was broadcast live on Youtube in the United States. The show would receive coverage from more mainstream publications such as Sports Illustrated and Deadspin.

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 2 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 1

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The second night of A Block took place on June 6, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 5 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The third night of A Block took place on June 15, 2017 at the India Impact Zonel in Mumbai, India. It has only match taking place live during TNA No Surrender 2017 live on POP TV as the second match of the card. For Total Nonstop Action Wrestling this was there firts attempt to show X Division Style to better audience then ever before since the tournament being.
Will Ospreay Fought Ricochet Ends In A 15 Minutes Time Limit Draw and help give major exposure to the TNA product in the wrestling world. And help Ricochet choice to singed with TNA instead of WWE this move being called the first victory for the brand new TNA Wrestling. Showing they are here to fight back and being a great company again.

#### Tournament scores

A New System For The Socres Being. With the rank then wreslter then points then record and finally how many matches each man had in the tournament.

### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 6 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 5
2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 4

2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 5
2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 3

The Sixth night of A Block took place on June 16, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India.

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 6

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The sixth night of A Block took place on June 23, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India.

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 7 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 3
2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 5

2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 6
2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 8

The seventh night of A Block took place on June 30, 2017  at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India. It was the first of two shwo of the week! Beginning Matches Taking Place On YouTube And On Impact Wrestling Each Week To Get More Exposed To
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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 8

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Block B Night 6
2017 Super X Cup Tournament Block Night 7

2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 8
2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 10

The eighth night of A Block took place on July 4, 2017 at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It took place live during TNA Fourth Of July Edition on POP TV. It was Petey Williams first appearance and match on Impact Wrestling In Years.

## 2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block

### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 1

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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The first night of B Block took place on June 2, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India.

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 2 (B Block)

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The second night of B Block took place on June 13, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India. 4

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 3 (India)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 5
2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 6

2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 2
2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 4

The third night of B Block took place on June 19, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India.

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#### Tournament scores

2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 4 ===

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 6
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2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 3
2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 5

The fourth night of B Block took place on June 26, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India.

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### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 5 (B Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 7
2017 Super X Cup Tournament A Block Night 8

2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 4
2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 6

The fifth night of B Block took place on July 3, 2017 at the India Impact Zone in Mumbai, India. One match happen on this night. Different Wrestler Insider Said Jushin Thunder Liger help Andrew Everett get exposed to bigger wrestling audience of 100,000 view live on YouTube.

### 2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 6 (B Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 5
2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Night 7

The sixth night of B Block took place on July 4, 2017 at the Liacouras Center in []Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. It took place at TNA Fourth Of July Edition and was first 2017 Super X Cup Tournament B Block Match To Take Place Live On POP TV. It was also the TNA Debut Of Former WWE Superstar And Former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger As Sammy Guevara Bodyguard Jack Hager.

### Night 14 (B Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The seventh night of B Block took place on August 4, 2019 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka.

### Night 15 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The eighth night of A Block took place on August 7, 2019 at the Hamamatsu Arena in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu.

### Night 16 (B Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The eighth night of B Block took place on August 8, 2019 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Naka-ku, Yokohama.

### Night 17 (A Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The ninth night of A Block took place on August 10, 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the A Block. Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada to be declared the winner of the A Block.

### Night 18 (B Block)

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

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2017 Super X Cup Tournament Night 3

The ninth night of B Block took place on August 11, 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and saw the finals of the B Block. Jay White defeated Tetsuya Naito to be declared the winner of the B Block.

### Night 19 (Final)

The final night took place on August 12, 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo. A Block winner Kota Ibushi defeated B Block winner Jay White to be declared the winner of the tournament.

### Final standings

 Kazuchika Okada | 14
 Bad Luck Fale | 8
 Evil | 8
 Hiroshi Tanahashi | 8
 Kenta | 8
 Sanada | 8
 Zack Sabre Jr. | 8
 Will Ospreay | 8
 Lance Archer | 6

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### Group Play

The first half of the TNA World Title Series took the form of 8 smaller round-robin tournaments. Each Group featured 4 participants who met a certain criteria. All of the participants were chosen by an internal committee. While some specific reasons for nominations were revealed on air (e.g. all current title holders, apart from Bobby Roode, had automatically qualified), most reasons were not explained.

* Group Champions - Men who had previously held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at least once.
* Group UK - Men who are from England or Scotland in the UK.
* Group Knockouts - Women who are members of the TNA Knockouts' Division.
* Group TNA Originals - Men who had been on the active roster for at least 10 years or since the company was founded in 2002.
* Group Tag Team Specialists - Men who are better known for their tag team careers rather than their singles careers.
* Group X-Division - Members of the TNA X-Division.
* Group Future 4 - An emphasis on younger talent.
* Group Wildcard - An open category.

 These wrestlers qualified for the Round of 16 to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
 These wrestlers were mathematically eliminated from the tournament during Group Play.
 The winner of the TNA World Title Series.

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