 The tournament featured eight TNA wrestlers : A.J. Styles , Alex Shelley , Chris Sabin , Michael Shane , Petey Williams , Samoa Joe , Shocker , and Sonjay Dutt . The event was preceded by a four @-@ way qualification match at TNA 's No Surrender PPV event on July 17 , 2005 in which Dutt defeated Elix Skipper , Mikey Batts and Shark Boy . Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles passed through the quarterfinals and the semifinals to make it to the tournament final at Sacrifice . Joe defeated Styles at the event , thus winning the Super X Cup trophy and becoming number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship . Despite losing to Joe , Styles was added to the title match Joe received for winning the competition due to storyline reasons . TNA held a Three Way match for the TNA X Division Championship between Daniels , Joe , and Styles at the Unbreakable PPV event on September 11 , 2005 , which Styles won to become the new TNA X Division Champion . 
