Lucha Libre World Cup Announce Christi Jaynes is Out Of The 2023 Tourney, Dalys to Replace Her.

A participant in the Lucha Libre World Cup has been removed.

Via their social media, AAA's Lucha Libre World Cup has revealed that independent wrestler Christi Jaynes has been removed from the tournament, with the reason given is that there were difficulties regarding immigration documents. Jaynes was set to be a part of the tourney as part of the "Rest of the World" team, alongside NWA's Natalia Markova & current half of the IMPACT Knockout's Tag Team Champions Taya Valkyrie. The tournament committee stated the following.

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Due to problems with her immigration documents, totally unrelated to the Lucha Libre World Cup organization, wrestler Christi Jaynes Mo will not participate in the 2023 edition to be held at Estadio Panamericano de los Charros on March 19.
The Organizing Committee is working on the process to select and approve the wrestler who will represent the delegation from the rest of the world along with Taya (Valkyrie) and Natalia Markova.

In an update on this story, AAA & the Lucha Libre World Cup committee announced that AAA wrestler Dalys will be filling in for Christi Jaynes as a part of the "Rest of the World" team with Taya Valkyrie & Natalia Markova. The updated card to the show is listed below.

AAA Lucha Libre World Cup 2023 (3/192023)

  • Women's Lucha Libre World Cup - 1st Round: Team Mexico (Sexy Star II, Flammer & La Hiedra) vs. Team Japan (Emi Sakura, Mayumi Ozaki & Akino).
  • Women's Lucha Libre World Cup - 1st Round: Team United States (Deonna Purrazzo, Kamille & Jordynne Grace) vs. Team Rest of the World (Dalys, Taya Valkyrie & Natalia Markova).
  • Men's Lucha Libre World Cup - 1st Round: Team Canada (Josh Alexander, Vampiro & PCO) vs. Team Europe (Joe Hendry, Heddi Karaoui & Thom Latimer).
  • Men's Lucha Libre World Cup - 1st Round: Team Mexico (Taurus, Pentagón Jr & Laredo Kid) vs. Team Rest of the World (Classy Ali, Rage & Bhupinder Gujjar).
  • Men's Lucha Libre World Cup - 1st Round: Dream Team (Psycho Clown, Alberto El Patrón & Hijo del Vikingo) vs. Team Latin America (Carlito, Hip Hop Man & Zumbi).

Fightful will also have the results of the 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup. You can find results from AAA & from across the wrestling world in Fightful's results section.

AAA also published a statement announcing Chessman being suspended from the promotion due to an altercation with Mexican Comedian and influencer Adrian Marcelo (more here). AAA also published a statement addressing a gender violence complaint placed against wrestler Cuartero. More details on that story here.

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