Calling six man tags "Trios" OUTSIDE the context of Lucha

[David Mantell]

WTF? 

How long has this trendy behaviour been going on and who started it?

[Ma Stump Puller]

Blame Quackenbush, it got popular in Chikara.

 

[Timbo Slice]

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. 

[sek69]

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". 

[David Mantell]

It was Triple Tag in British Wrestling (so that's the name I grew up with) and Catch A Six in French Catch.

[David Mantell]

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.

[David Mantell]

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.

[MikeCampbell]

You can probably blame Mike Tenay for popularizing the phrase on this side of the Rio Grande.

[Blehschmidt]

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. 

[David Mantell]

I don't think Khan himself popularised it, but Excalibur saying it and it catching on with their viewers makes sense.

[Chess Knight]

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.

[David Mantell]

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.

[Dale Wolfe]

Think I had the ROH trios tournament dvd from 2005 at one point, think that was quite good at the time

[strobogo]

On 9/12/2025 at 3:27 AM, David Mantell said:

Harmless yeah. Just aggravating.

What could possibly be aggravating about that lmao

[Jmare007]

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

[David Mantell]

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.

[Blehschmidt]

Almost as snooty as that post you just wrote.

[David Mantell]

I never call babyfaces in America "Bons" or "blue eyes" or heels in America "Mechants".

Although anyone who insists on calling babyfaces outside America "tecnicos" is digging their own grave if they ever use that term in reference to Ultimate Warrior, Uncle Elmer, Big Daddy, El Gigante ... 😆

[PeteF3]

Tecnico and rudo are kayfabe terms, though. The graphics and chyrons will spell out what alignment a luchador is. 

"Trio" is also not an exclusive Spanish word.

[David Mantell]

11 hours ago, PeteF3 said:

Tecnico and rudo are kayfabe terms, though. The graphics and chyrons will spell out what alignment a luchador is. 

"Trio" is also not an exclusive Spanish word.

Trios until relatively recently was an exclusively Lucha term.

I've no idea if the CIC in Spain even held six man tags but they called tag matches Catch a Quatro, a literal translation of the French Catch A Quatre so I expect they would have used the term Catch A Seis.

"Les Bons et Les Mechants" is also a kayfabe term, idiomatically "The Goodies and The Baddies"

[strobogo]

You're weird, bro

[PeteF3]

3 hours ago, David Mantell said:

Trios until relatively recently was an exclusively Lucha term.

This pedantic arguing is setting me on edge. I think I'll relax by listening to the soothing folky sounds of the Kingston Six-Man Tag Team, or admire the jazzy virtuosity of the Thelonious Monk Six-Man Tag Team.

[strobogo]

Menage a triple threat

[Dale Wolfe]

I had the dvd of the ROH trios tournament I think, or a rip from one of the boards

That's 2005?

[WingedEagle]

On 9/14/2025 at 8:28 PM, David Mantell said:

Trios until relatively recently was an exclusively Lucha term.

 

Maybe in wrestling. Its a quite common term in...the world. Like a "pair" for 2. A "trio" for 3. Were you ever a kid? Seen a menu? I'm all for dying on hills but please make sure said hill is actually on solid ground. By which I mean dirt, rock, a foundation upon which a pair of legs can stand.