Team Japan

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Team Japan
Stable
Members	See below

Team Japan is a professional wrestling group that was brought together as a part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's World X Cup Tournament.

History

2004

Team Japan started as six-man team as team captain Nosawa from

rules.

After the X-Cup event, Nosawa teamed with fellow All Japan wrestler Kazushi Miyamoto for several months under the Team Japan name. They disappeared from TNA after Victory Road.

2006

Team Japan returned to TNA for the

was shortly thereafter announced to be the captain of the team.

Rumored members of the team included Hiroshi Tanahashi, Black Tiger, and Tiger Mask. Oddly, the character of Black Tiger has always been that of a heel in Japan while Tiger Mask is the babyface. The characters are that of "twins" with Black Tiger being the "evil twin". They do not tag and this would have been considered an unusual decision for TNA to make. These were proven as nothing more than rumors, and none of the rumored competitors were included on the team.

Team Japan made its return at

. Team Japan pulled out the win in light of miscommunication on the part of Team USA.

Liger was supposed to be a part of the exhibition competitions at Lockdown, as he was slated to face off with Christopher Daniels. Due to travel conflicts, Liger was unable to make the pay-per-view, and TNA had to alter the card, declaring Daniels' opponent to be a mystery competitor. The competitor was later announced to be Senshi.

Liger did, however, compete in a second round match against Petey Williams from Team Canada. Liger pulled out the win after a double underhook faceplant after teammates Hiroko Goto and Black Tiger interfered in the match.

Team Japan was heavily favored to win the 2006 World X-Cup in light of TNA's talent-swap agreement with

. All four members of the 2006 Team Japan were also members of Liger's heel Control Terrorism Unit (C.T.U.) stable from NJPW.

2008

Team Japan returned to

, performing as Puma, became the first wrestler to represent two different countries in the World X Cup, having wrestled as part of Team Mexico in 2006.

Members

2004

• NOSAWA
  (Captain)
• 2004 World X Cup
  )
• 2004 World X Cup
  )
• Mitsu Hirai Jr.
• Ryuji Hijikata
• Taichi Ishikari
• Miyamoto (Joined TNA after the 2004 World X Cup)

2006

• Jushin Liger (Captain)
• Black Tiger IV
• Minoru Tanaka
• Hirooki Goto

2008

• Milano Collection A.T.
  (Captain)
• Puma
• Naruki Doi
• Masato Yoshino
• Taichi Ishikari
  (Never wrestled as part of the team, was replaced by Puma)

Competitive Record

World X Cup Record

Competition	Notes	Position	Points	Captain
2004 America's X Cup	Did not Enter
2004 World X Cup		4th	2	NOSAWA
2006 World X Cup		4th	3	Jushin Thunder Liger
2008 World X Cup		3rd	4	Milano Collection A.T.

References

External links

• TNAWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)