WCW/WWF/WWE Cruiserweight Title History
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- Shinjiro Ohtani
- b Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) - 03/20/96
Announced as having won a mostly-fictional WCW Tournament
Determination match held on NJPW carb Never aired on WCW TV
- Dean Malenko
- 0. b Shinjiro Ohtani (05/17) - Worldwide
Title change taped on 5/2. Clips also aired on WCWSN.
- 1. b Brad Armstrong (05/19) - Spring Stampede
- 2. b Rey Mysterio (06/16) - Great American Bash
- 3. b Rey Mysterio (06/17) - Nitro
?
- 4. b Bobby Walker (06/24) - Nitro
?
- 5. b Disco Inferno (07/07) - Bash at the Beach
- Rey Mysterio Jr.
- Dean Malenko [2]
- Ultimo Dragon
- 0. b Dean Malenko (12/29) - Starrcade
- 1. b Jushin Liger (12/30) - Nitro
- 2. b Mark Starr (01/05/97) - {Pro}
- 3. b Dean Malenko (01/20) - Nitro
- Dean Malenko [3]
- 0. b Ultimo Dragon (01/21) - Clash
of Champions
- 1. b Jerry Flynn (01/27) - Nitro
(?)
- 2. b Mark Starr (02/03) - Nitro
(?)
- 3. CO Eddie Guerrero (02/10) - Nitro
- 4. b Robbie Brookside (02/17) - Nitro
- Syxx
- 0. b Dean Malenko (02/23) - SuperBrawl
[shoulder injury at PPV]
- 1. b Prince Iaueka (04/14) - Nitro
- 2. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (04/21) - Nitro
- 3. b Juventud Guerrera (04/28) - Nitro
(first bronco)
- 4. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (05/05) - Nitro
- 5. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/16) - Nitro
- 6. b Chris Jericho (06/21) - Saturday
Night
- 7. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (06/23) - Nitro
- Chris Jericho
- Alex Wright
- Chris Jericho [2]
- Eddie Guerrero
- 0. b Chris Jericho (09/14) - Fall
Brawl
- 1. b Ultimo Dragon (09/15) - Nitro
- 2. b Lenny Lance (10/05) - {Pro}
(?)
- 3. b Ultimo Dragon (10/06) - Nitro
(?)
- 4. b Psychosis (10/13) - Nitro
- 5. b Chris Benoit (10/20) - Nitro
- Rey Mysterio Jr. [2]
- Eddie Guerrero [2]
- Ultimo Dragon [2]
- 0. b Eddie Guerrero (12/29) - Nitro
- Juventud Guerrera
- Rey Mysterio Jr. [3]
- Chris Jericho [3]
- 0. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (01/24) - Souled
Out
- 1. b Super Calo (02/02) - Nitro?
- 2. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (02/07) - Saturday
Night?
- 3. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (02/12) - Thunder
- 4. b Dean Malenko (02/19) - Thunder
- 5. b Juventud Guerrera (02/22) - SuperBrawl
- 6. b Lenny Lane (02/23) - Nitro
- 7. b Ciclope (03/05) - Thunder
- 8. b Disco Inferno (03/09) - Nitro
- 9. b Dean Malenko (03/15) - Uncensored
- 10. DQL. Juventud Guerrera (03/16) - Nitro
- 11. b Super Calo (03/19) - Thunder
- 12. b Lenny Lane (03/23) - Nitro
- 13. b Disco Inferno (03/26) - Thunder
- 14. b Psychosis (03/28) - Saturday
Night
- 15. b Marty Jannetty (03/30) - Nitro
- 16. b Juventud Guerrera (04/06) - Nitro
- 17. b Super Calo (04/13) - Nitro
- 18. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (04/16) - Thunder
- 19. b Lenny Lane (04/18) - Saturday
Night
- 20. b Prince Iaeuka (04/19) - Spring
Stampede
- 21. b Juventud Guerrera (04/20) - Nitro
- 22. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (04/27) - Nitro
- 23. b Psychosis (04/28) - Nitro
- 24. b not-Dean Malenko (05/04) - Nitro
- 25. DQL Juventud Guerrera (05/09) - Canadian
SN
- Dean Malenko [4]
- 0. b Chris Jericho (05/17) - Slamboree
- 1. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (05/21) - Thunder
- 2. b Lenny Lane (05/25) - Nitro
- 3. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (05/30) - Saturday
Night
- 4. b Silver King (06/04) - Thunder
- 5. b Disco Inferno (06/08) - Nitro
- 6. b Riggs (06/11) - Thunder
Vacates the belt for a match against Chris Jericho
- Chris Jericho [4]
- 0. DQW Dean Malenko (06/14) - Great
American Bash
- 1. DQW Ultimo Dragon (06/24) - Thunder
- 2. DQW Ultimo Dragon (07/06) - Nitro
- 3. b Ultimo Dragon (07/08) - Thunder
- 4. NC Rey Mysterio Jr. (07/12) - Bash
at the Beach
Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho on 07/12, but the match was thrown
out and the belt was given back on 07/13 due to Dean Malenko intefering
while being suspended.
- 5. b Silver King (07/18) - Worldwide
- 6. b Barry Houston (07/18) - Saturday
Night
- 7. b Juventud Guerrera (07/25) - Worldwide
- 8. DQW. Dean Malenko (07/27) - Nitro
- Juventud Guerrera [2]
- Billy Kidman
- 00. Juventud Guerrera (09/14) - Nitro
- 01. Disco Inferno (09/21) - Nitro
- 02. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (10/01) - Thunder
- 03. Psychosis (10/05) - Nitro
- 04. Kaz Hayashi (10/15) - Thunder
- 05. Lenny Lance (10/17) - Saturday
Night
- 06. TLD Rey Mysterio Jr. (10/19) - Nitro
- 07. b Disco Inferno (10/25) - Halloween
Havoc
- 08. b Juventud Guerrera (10/26) - Nitro
- 09. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (10/29) - Thunder
- 10. DQW Chavo Guerrero Jr. (11/12) - Thunder
- Juventud Guerrera [3]
- Billy Kidman [2]
- 00. b Juventud Guerrera (11/22) - World
War III
- 01. b Rey Mysterio (11/23) - Nitro
- 02. b Eddie Guerrero (11/30) - Nitro
- 03. DQL Rey Mysterio (12/14) - Nitro
- 04. b Juventud Guerrera and Rey Mysterio (12/27) - Starrcade
- 05. b Eddie Guerrero (12/27) - Starrcade
- 06. DQW Psychosis (01/07/99) - Thunder
- 07. b Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis and Rey Mysterio Jr. (01/17) - Souled
Out
- 08. TCO Rey Mysterio Jr. and Psychosis (01/30) - Saturday
Night
- 09. b Lash LeRoux (02/01) - Nitro
- 10. b Lodi (02/13) - Worldwide
- 11. b Chavo Guerrero (02/21) - Superbrawl
IX
- 12. b Psychosis (03/01) - Nitro
- 13. b Chavo Guerrero (03/04) - Thunder
- 14. b Scott Armstrong (03/06) - Worldwide
- 15. DQW Chris Jericho (03/13) - Saturday
Night
- 16. b Mikey Whipwreck (03/14) - Uncensored
- Rey Mysterio Jr. [4]
- Psychosis
sometimes spelled Psicosis
- 0. b Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Mysterio (04/19) - Nitro
- Rey Mysterio Jr. [5]
- Lenny Lane
- 0. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (08/19) - Thunder
- 1. NC Juventud Guerrera (08/23) - Nitro
- 2. b Scott Armstrong (08/28) - Worldwide
- 3. DQL Kidman (09/02) - Thunder
- 4. b Kaz Hayashi (09/12) - Fall
Brawl
- 5. b Shaggy 2 Dope (09/20) - Nitro
- 6. b Evan Karagias (09/23) - Thunder
- 7. b El Dandy (09/25) - Saturday
Night
Forced to vacate the title off-camera on or before 10/04
- Psychosis [2]
Announced as champion on 10/04 - no specific title match win is cited
- Disco Inferno
- Evan Karagias
- 0. b Disco Inferno (11/21) - Mayhem
- 1. b Barry Horwitz (12/11) - Worldwide
- 2. b Allan Funk (12/11) - Saturday Night
- 3. b the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (12/16) - Thunder
- Madusa
- 0. b Evan Karagis (12/19) - Starrcade
- 1. b Buzzkill (12/20) - Nitro
- 2. b Asya (01/06/00) - Thunder
- 3. b unknown member of the crowd (01/15) - Saturday
Night
Madusa challenged anyone out of the crowd to challenge her for the
title. Challenger's name was not given.
- Oklahoma
- the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka
- Billy Kidman [3]
- b the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (03/30) - Baltimore
House Show match, never mentioned on air
- the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka [2]
- b Kidman (03/31) - Pittsburgh
House Show match, never mentioned on air
all active WCW titles vacated on 04/10
- Chris Candido
- 0. b Shannon Moore, Juventud Guerrera, Lash LeRoux, the Artist (04/16)
- Spring Stampede
- 1. b the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (05/07) - Slamboree
- 2. b Crowbar (05/10) - Thunder
- Crowbar
- 0. 05/15 b Chris Candido and Tammy with Daffney
actual champion unclear, as Daffney (w/Crowbar) pins Tammy (w/Chris
Candido) in a mixed tag match for the title
- Daffney
- 0. b Crowbar (05/22) - Nitro
Daffney officially announced as champion after this match
- 1. b Chris Candido and the artist formerly known as Prince Iaueka
(05/24) - Thunder
- Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.)
- 0. b Disco Inferno and Daffney (06/07) - Thunder
- 1. b Disco Inferno (06/11) - Great
American Bash
- 2. b the artist formely known as Prince Iaeuka (06/12) - Nitro
- 3. b Rey Mysterio Jr. and the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka
(06/19) - Nitro
- 4. b Cpl. Cajun (06/28) - Thunder
- 5. b Juventud Guerrera (07/09) - Bash
at the Beach
- 6. b David Flair (07/19) - Thunder
- 7. b the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (07/22) - Worldwide
- Lance Storm
- 0. 07/31 b Chavo Guerrero (07/31) - Nitro
Storm changes name of the title to "100 Kilograms and
under" on 08/02
Name change not official
- 1. 08/02 b Juventud Guerrera (08/02) - Thunder
- Elix Skipper
- awarded title by Lance Storm (08/14) - Nitro
- 1. b Chavo Guerrero Jr. (08/21) - Nitro
- 2. b Chris Harris (09/02) - Worldwide
- 3. b Cpl. Cajun (09/16) - Worldwide
- 4. b Kwee-wee (09/17) - Fall
Brawl
- Mike Sanders
- 0. b Elix Skipper (10/02) - Nitro
- handicap "must use powerbomb to win" match with Kevin
Nash as Mike Sanders' partner
belt back to being "Cruiserweight"
- 1. b Lance Storm (10/04) - Thunder
- 2. b Kwee-Wee (11/26) - Mayhem
- Chavo Guerrero Jr. [2]
- 0. b Chavo Guerrero (12/06) - Thunder
- 1. b Jamie Noble (12/20) - Thunder
- 2. b Shannon Moore (01/08/01) - Nitro
- 3. b Evan Karagias (01/13) - Worldwide
- 4. b Shane Helms (01/14) - Sin
- 5. b Crowbar (01/15) - Nitro
- 6. b Rey Mysterio Jr. (02/18) - SuperBrawl
- 7. b Shane Helms (03/05) - Nitro
- Shane Helms
- 0. vs Chavo Guerrero (03/18/01) - WCW Greed
- 1. vs Billy Kidman (03/19) - Nitro
WCW is bought by WWE (03/22) - different companies only exist for
storyline purposes as of 3/26
Helms is the 44th WCW Crusierweight Champion, and the 1st recognized by
the WWF
- 2. vs Chavo Guerrero (03/26) - Nitro
Helms is renamed Gregory Helms upon WWE debut
- Billy Kidman [4]
- X-Pac [2]
also know as Syxx
- 0. vs Billy Kidman (07/30/01) - RAW
- Already held the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
- defeated by Tajiri for only the WWF Light Heavyweight Title on
08/06/01 - RAW
- 1. vs Tajiri (08/19) - SummerSlam (wins the WWE LH Title)
- title for title - regains the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
- defends only WWF LH Title in a match against Chavo Guerrero Jr.
on 09/08/01 - Jakked
- defends only WWF LH Title in a match against Scotty 2 Hotty on
10/08/01 - RAW
- Billy Kidman [5]
- 0. vs X-Pac (10/11/01) - SmackDown!
only the WCW Cruiserweight (and not the WWF Light Heavyweight)
title is on the line
- 1. vs Scotty 2 Hotty (10/21) - Heat
- Tajiri
- 0. vs Billy Kidman (10/22/01) - RAW
- 1. vs the Hurricane (10/28) - Heat
- 2. vs Crash (11/15) - SmackDown!
- WCW is disbanded after Survivor Series (11/18/02).
Tajiri's belt is referred to as the "Cruiserweight
Championship" and is semi-recognized by the WWE.
- The physical belt is MIA - Tajiri is announced as champion, but
it's unclear if the following are title matches.
- ?. vs Crash (11/24) - Jakked
- ?. vs Spike Dudley (12/01) - Jakked
- ?. vs Funaki (12/02) - Heat
- The belt reappears, having been modified, and defenses start
again.
- 3. vs Scotty 2 Hotty (02/03/02) - Heat
- 4. vs Hurricane (02/24/02) - Heat
- 5. vs Crash (03/16/02) - Jakked
- WWE is split into RAW and SmackDown! brands on 04/01/02. Tajiri
and the Cruiserweight Belt become property of the SmackDown! brand;
fully recognized as a WWE belt from this point on.
- Billy Kidman [6]
- Tajiri [2]
- 0. vs Billy Kidman (04/21/02) - Backlash
- 1. vs Billy Kidman (05/02) - SmackDown!
- WWF changes to WWE (05/06)
- 2. vs the Hurricane (05/09) - SmackDown!
(CO Loss)
- the Hurricane [2]
previous known as Shane Helms and Gregory Helms
- Jamie Noble
- 0. vs the Hurricane (06/23/02) - King of the Ring
- 1. vs the Hurricane (07/06) - Velocity
- 2. vs Billy Kidman (07/21) - Vengeance
- 3. vs Billy Kidman (07/27) - Velocity
- 4. vs Funaki (08/31) - Velocity
- 5. vs Shannon Moore (09/05) - SmackDown!
- 6. vs Crash (10/03) - SmackDown!
- 7. vs Tajiri (10/20) - No Mercy
- 8. vs Tajiri (10/24) - SmackDown!
- Billy Kidman [7]
- 0. vs Jamie Noble (11/17/02) - Survivor Series
- 1. vs Tajiri (11/21) - SmackDown!
- 2. vs Crash (11/28) - SmackDown!
- 3. vs Chavo Guerrero (12/05) - SmackDown!
- 4. vs Chavo Guerrero (12/14) - Velocity
- 5. vs Jamie Noble (02/15/03) - Velocity
- Matt Hardy
- Rey Mysterio [6]
- Tajiri [3]
- Rey Mysterio [7]
- 0. vs Tajiri (01/01) - SmackDown!
- 1. vs Jamie Noble (01/25) - Royal
Rumble
- 2. vs Jamie Noble (01/29) - SmackDown
- Chavo Guerrero (Jr.) [3]
- 0. vs Rey Mysterio (02/15) - No
Way Out
- 1. vs Ultimo Dragon (03/20) - Velocity
- 2. vs Rey Mysterio, Ultimo Dragon, Tajiri, Akio, Shannon Moore,
Nunzio, Jamie Noble, Billy Kidman, Funaki (03/24) - WrestleMania
XX
First Ever Cruiserweight Open
- 3. vs Spike Dudley (03/25) - SmackDown!
- 4. vs Jamie Noble (04/08) - SmackDown!
- 5. vs Nunzio (04/29) - SmackDown!
- Jacqueline (Moore)
- 0. vs Chavo Guerrero (05/06) - SmackDown!
- Chavo Guerrero [4]
- Chavo Guerrero Classic
aka Chavo Guerrero Sr.
- 0. vs Chavo Guerrero (Jr.) and Spike Dudley (05/20) - SmackDown!
Spike Dudley pinned
- 1. vs Akio (05/27) - SmackDown!
- 2. vs Funaki (06/03) - SmackDown!
- Rey Mysterio Jr. [8]
- Spike Dudley
- Funaki
- Chavo Guerrero [5]
- 0. b Funaki, Spike Dudley, Shannon Moore, Paul London (02/20/05) - No
Way Out
- 1. b Funaki (02/24/05) - SmackDown!
- Paul London
- 0. b Chavo Guerrero, Funaki, Nunzio, Spike Dudley, Scotty 2 Hotty, Akio,
Billy Kidman (03/31/05) SmackDown!
battle royal
- 1. b Billy Kidman (04/07/05) - SmackDown!
- 2. COL Chavo Guerrero (04/28/05) - SmackDown!
- 3. b Chavo Guerrero (05/22/05) - Judgment Day
- 4. b Akio & Chavo Guerrero (06/04/05) - Velocity
- 5. NC Chavo Guerrero (06/23/05) - SmackDown!
- 6. NC Chavo Guerrero (06/30/05) - SmackDown!
- 7. b Nunzio (07/24/05) - Heat
- Nunzio
- 0. b Paul London (08/06/05) - Velocity
- 1. b Chance Thompson (08/20/05) - Velocity
- Juventud Guerrera [4]
Some information from Wrestling-Titles.com.
Many links to DDTDigest
? - not confirmed as a title match, but would seem likely.
Last Updated: 10/22/05