# Why TNA Should Name Its Full X-Cup Field by Thursday Label: OPINION Promotion: Indie By The WrestlingNews.com Team Published Nov. 9, 2026, 2:30 PM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/opinion-why-tna-should-name-its-full-x-cup-field-by-thursday/ > Opinion. This is our view, not news. TNA has named 2 of the 8 World X-Cup entrants six days before Destination X on Nov. 15 in Edmonton. We think it should name the rest by Thursday's Impact, and we say why. Opinion. This is our view, not news. ## The quick version - TNA has named two of the eight World X-Cup entrants: Rey Horus on Nov. 6 and Jason Hotch on Nov. 9. Destination X is Sunday, Nov. 15. - Our writers argue TNA should name the other six on or before Thursday's Impact on Nov. 12, the last show before the event. - The strongest case against us is that a slow reveal keeps people talking. It may, up to a point. TNA is building the World X-Cup one name at a time, and the clock is running down. Our view is that it should name the remaining entrants by Thursday's Impact. A tournament is easier to sell when the people in it are known. ## The facts first TNA announced Horus on Friday, Nov. 6, and Hotch on Monday, Nov. 9, per Fightful. Fightful describes the X-Cup as two four-way matches whose winners meet in a final. That makes eight entrants, and six are still blank on Fightful's card. See our stories on [Horus](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rey-horus-returns-tna-world-x-cup-destination-x/) and [Hotch](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/jason-hotch-named-second-entrant-in-tna-world-x-cup/). The Ultimate X matches for the Knockouts and X Division title shots also have no named entrants on Fightful's list. Destination X is Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Edmonton Expo Centre, live on pay-per-view and TNA+. TNA's Nov. 12 Impact airs at 9 PM ET on AMC, per our [card story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/tna-impact-nov-12-ali-kazarian-elijah-nemeth-card/). It is the last Impact before the show, per F4W Online. ## The view Eight blanks on one card is a lot to fill in six days. Both title matches on the card so far are known. The tournament is the part that is not. A viewer deciding whether to buy a pay-per-view can look at the Slater and Miguel match and at Hartwell and Baszler, and then at a bracket with six empty boxes. Naming the field on Thursday does two things. It lets the Impact crowd and the AMC audience hear the names while TNA still has their attention. And it gives each entrant a few days of build, a promo or a video package, so the final feels like a payoff. A name announced Saturday gets none of that. ## The best case against us Dribbling out names keeps the X-Cup in the news cycle, one day at a time. TNA may also be waiting on travel or on a late surprise, such as another return like Horus. We cannot know, and TNA has not said. That is fair, and it is why this is a view and not a demand. We would still hold the surprises to one and name the rest. ## What to watch Whether TNA names more entrants before Thursday, what it does on the Nov. 12 Impact, and who fills the Ultimate X spots. **How we know.** Source: Fightful (Jason Hotch announcement and Destination X card, Nov. 9), TNA's events page, Pro Wrestling Net and F4W Online via our earlier Impact story, and our own coverage. The count of eight entrants is our arithmetic from Fightful's description of the format. The argument is ours. ## Sources - Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Jason Hotch Announced For TNA World X-Cup", Nov. 9, 2026 (the format, the card, the blanks). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/jason-hotch-announced-for-tna-world-x-cup/ - TNA Wrestling, Events page (Destination X, Sunday, Nov. 15, Edmonton, 4 PM local), read Nov. 9, 2026. https://tnawrestling.com - WrestlingNews.com, "Rey Horus Returns to TNA for the World X-Cup at Destination X", Nov. 6, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/rey-horus-returns-tna-world-x-cup-destination-x/ - WrestlingNews.com, "Jason Hotch Named Second Entrant in World X-Cup", Nov. 9, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/jason-hotch-named-second-entrant-in-tna-world-x-cup/ - WrestlingNews.com, "TNA Sets Ali vs. Kazarian and 3 More for Nov. 12 Impact", Nov. 6, 2026 (Impact time, last show before the event). https://wrestlingnews.com/story/tna-impact-nov-12-ali-kazarian-elijah-nemeth-card/ - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: the argument and the view are our own opinion. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).