Posted September 10Sep 10 comment_6034157 WTF? How long has this trendy behaviour been going on and who started it?
September 10Sep 10 comment_6034161 I imagine it also became something to not have to engender it with “6-man”. “Men’s trios” or “women’s trios” and the like.
September 11Sep 11 comment_6034163 4 hours ago, Timbo Slice said: I imagine it also became something to not have to engender it with “6-man”. “Men’s trios” or “women’s trios” and the like. This, and also AEW made it popular since TK is obviously a lucha fan. Funny enough, they still call the ROH titles "six man".
September 11Sep 11 Author comment_6034164 It was Triple Tag in British Wrestling (so that's the name I grew up with) and Catch A Six in French Catch.
September 11Sep 11 Author comment_6034165 5 hours ago, sek69 said: This, and also AEW made it popular since TK is obviously a lucha fan. Funny enough, they still call the ROH titles "six man". Ah yes. That silly masked commentator. I might have known.
September 11Sep 11 Author comment_6034166 9 hours ago, Timbo Slice said: I imagine it also became something to not have to engender it with “6-man”. “Men’s trios” or “women’s trios” and the like. People got by just gendering it as appropriate.
September 11Sep 11 comment_6034167 You can probably blame Mike Tenay for popularizing the phrase on this side of the Rio Grande.
September 11Sep 11 comment_6034171 5 hours ago, David Mantell said: Ah yes. That silly masked commentator. I might have known. TK is Tony Khan who owns the promotion. Excalibur is the masked commentator, and he is really quite good. But since you just like to spout off Cornette talking points when it comes to AEW, you'll never be convinced of that.
September 11Sep 11 Author comment_6034176 I don't think Khan himself popularised it, but Excalibur saying it and it catching on with their viewers makes sense.
September 11Sep 11 comment_6034178 To be honest it's a pet peeve of mine when people do that, and I avoid doing it, but its also ultimately harmless I guess.
September 12Sep 12 Author comment_6034182 8 hours ago, Chess Knight said: To be honest it's a pet peeve of mine when people do that, and I avoid doing it, but its also ultimately harmless I guess. Harmless yeah. Just aggravating.
September 13Sep 13 comment_6034202 Think I had the ROH trios tournament dvd from 2005 at one point, think that was quite good at the time
September 14Sep 14 comment_6034245 On 9/12/2025 at 3:27 AM, David Mantell said: Harmless yeah. Just aggravating. What could possibly be aggravating about that lmao
September 14Sep 14 comment_6034249 Yeah, as a latino I could give two shits about it being called a trios match instead of a 6-man tag. Like, who fucking cares
September 14Sep 14 Author comment_6034257 12 hours ago, strobogo said: What could possibly be aggravating about that lmao It reeks of trendiness. It's something hip and fashionable to do in certain circles. Especially if you have other territories which have their own name for six man tag and someone calls it Trios in that context. I can understand someone saying six man tag if that's the only term they know but calling a Triple Tag Match off World of Sport or a Catch A Six off Antenne 2 in 1985 a "Trios" has a really snooty air to it.
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