2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament
The 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination X Cup Tournament produced by the Global Force Wrestling promotion. It is the first Super X Cup to be held since 2005, however in 2006 and 2008 TNA held team based World X Cup Tournaments. The tournament features eight wrestlers: Dezmond Xavier, Davey Richards and Andrew Everett representing Global Force Wrestling; with Idris Abraham representing GFW and the Can-Am Wrestling School, ACH representing AAW, Drago representing Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Sammy Guevara representing Wrestle Circus and Taiji Ishimori representing Pro Wrestling Noah.
| 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Impact Zone |
| Location | Orlando, Florida |
| Start date | July 16, 2017 |
| End date | August 17, 2017 |
| Competitors |
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| Champion | |
| Dezmond Xavier | |
The tournament final took place at Destination X special episode of Impact! on August 17, 2017, in which Dezmond Xavier defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the tournament. The winner would receive an X Division Championship title shot.
Background
The 2017 Impact Wrestling Super X Cup Tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination X Cup Tournament produced by the Impact Wrestling promotion. It is the first Super X Cup to be held since 2005,[1] however in 2006 and 2008 TNA held team based World X Cup Tournaments. The tournament features eight wrestlers: Dezmond Xavier, Davey Richards and Andrew Everett representing Global Force Wrestling; with Idris Abraham representing GFW and the Can-Am Wrestling School, ACH representing All American Wrestling, Drago representing Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Sammy Guevara representing Wrestle Circus and Taiji Ishimori representing Pro Wrestling Noah.[2]
Tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals (TV – GFW Impact!) | Semifinals (TV – GFW Impact!) | Finals (TV – Destination X) | ||||||||||||
| Dezmond Xavier | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Idris Abraham | 11:57 | |||||||||||||
| Dezmond Xavier | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Drago | 15:10 | |||||||||||||
| Drago | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Sammy Guevara | 04:38 | |||||||||||||
| Dezmond Xavier | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Taiji Ishimori | 08:56 | |||||||||||||
| ACH | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Everett | 06:25 | |||||||||||||
| ACH | 10:07 | |||||||||||||
| Taiji Ishimori | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
| Davey Richards | 08:30 | |||||||||||||
| Taiji Ishimori | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
Source: [3]
References
- "Impact TV taping notes: Gail Kim announcement, Super X Cup". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- "Super X Cup Returns!". July 4, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- "Matches « Super X Cup 2017 « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 1 February 2019.