WWE Cruiserweight Title

WWE Cruiserweight Title History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. Brian Pillman Richard Morton* Chattanooga, TN 10/27/91
2. Jushin Liger Brian Pillman Atlanta, GA 12/25/91
3. Brian Pillman Jushin Liger Milwaukee, WI 2/29/92
4. Scotty Flamingo Jushin Liger Mobile, AL 6/20/92
5. Brad Armstrong Scotty Flamingo Atlanta, GA 7/5/92
6. Shinjiro Ohtani Chris Benoit*(2) Nagoya, Japan 3/20/96
7. Dean Malenko Shinjiro Ohtani Lake Buena Vista, FL 5/2/96
8. Rey Mysterio Jr. Dean Malenko Lake Buena Vista, FL 7/8/96
9. Dean Malenko Rey Mysterio Jr. Las Vegas, NV 10/27/96
10. Ultimo Dragon Dean Malenko Nashville, TN 12/29/96
11. Dean Malenko Ultimo Dragon Milwaukee, WI 1/21/97
12. Syxx Dean Malenko San Francisco, CA 2/23/97
13. Chris Jericho Syxx Inglewood, CA 6/28/97
14. Alex Wright Chris Jericho Charleston, WV 7/28/97
15. Chris Jericho Alex Wright Colorado Springs, CO 8/12/97
16. Eddy Guerrero Chris Jericho Winston-Salem, NC 9/14/97
17. Rey Mysterio Jr. Eddy Guerrero Las Vegas, NV 10/26/97
18. Eddy Guerrero Rey Mysterio Jr. Memphis, TN 11/10/97
19. Ultimo Dragon Eddy Guerrero Baltimore, MD 12/29/97
20. Juventud Guerrera Ultimo Dragon Daytona Beach, FL 1/8/98
21. Rey Mysterio Jr. Juventud Guerrera Lakeland, FL 1/15/98
22. Chris Jericho Rey Mysterio Jr. Dayton, OH 1/24/98
23. Dean Malenko Chris Jericho Worcester, MA 5/17/98
24. Chris Jericho N/A*(3) Uniondale, NY 6/15/98
25. Rey Mysterio Jr. Chris Jericho San Diego, CA 7/12/98
26. Chris Jericho N/A*(4) Las Vegas, NV 7/13/98
27. Juventud Guerrera Chris Jericho Sturgis, SD 8/8/98
28. Billy Kidman Juventud Guerrera Greenville, SC 9/14/98
29. Juventud Guerrera Billy Kidman Wichita, KS 11/16/98
30. Billy Kidman Juventud Guerrera Auburn Hills, MI 11/22/98
31. Rey Mysterio Jr. Billy Kidman Cincinnati, OH 3/15/99
32. Psychosis Mysterio, Guerrera and Blitzkreig*(5) Gainsville, FL 4/19/99
33. Rey Mysterio Jr. Psychosis Fargo, ND 4/26/99
34. Lenny Lane Rey Mysterio Jr. Lubbock, TX 8/19/99
35. Psychosis N/A*(6) N/A 10/2/99
36. Disco Inferno Psychosis Kansas City, MO 10/4/99
37. Evan Karagias Disco Inferno Toronto, Ontario 11/21/99
38. Madusa Miceli Evan Karagias Washington D.C. 12/19/99
39. Oklahoma Madusa Miceli Cincinnati, OH 1/16/00
40. The Artist Lash LeRoux*(7) San Francisco, CA 2/20/00
41. Billy Kidman The Artist Baltimore, MD 3/30/00
42. The Artist Billy Kidman Pittsburgh, PA 3/31/00
43. Chris Candido The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash LeRoux and Crowbar*(8) Chicago, IL 4/16/00
44. Crowbar Chris Candido & Tammy Sytch*(9) Biloxi, MS 5/15/00
45. Daffney Crowbar Grand Rapids, MI 5/22/00
46. Lt. Loco Daffney and Disco Inferno*(10) Knoxville, TN 6/6/00
47. Lance Storm Lt. Loco Cincinnati, OH 7/31/00
48. Elix Skipper N/A*(11) Kelowna, British Columbia 8/14/00
49. Mike Sanders Elix Skipper San Francisco, CA 10/2/00
50. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Mike Sanders Lincoln, NE 12/6/00
51. Shane Helms Chavo Guerrero Jr. Jacksonville, FL 3/18/01
52. Billy Kidman Shane Helms Tacoma, WA 7/3/01
53. X-pac Billy Kidman Philadelphia, PA 7/30/01
54. Billy Kidman X-pac Moline, IL 10/9/01
55. Tajiri*(12) Billy Kidman Kansas City, MO 10/22/01
56. Billy Kidman Tajiri Rochester, NY 4/2/02
57. Tajiri Billy Kidman Kansas City, MO 4/21/02
58. The Hurricane Tajiri and Billy Kidman*(13) Montreal, Quebec 5/14/02
59. Jamie Noble The Hurricane Columbus, OH 6/23/02
60. Billy Kidman Jamie Noble New York, NY 11/17/02
61. Matt Hardy Billy Kidman Montreal, Quebec 2/23/03
62. Rey Mysterio Jr. Matt Hardy Anaheim, CA 6/3/03
63. Tajiri Rey Mysterio Jr. Philadelphia, PA 9/23/03
64. Rey Mysterio Jr. Tajiri Laredo, TX 12/30/03
65. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. San Francisco, CA 2/15/04
66. Jacqueline Chavo Guerrero Jr. Tucson, AZ 5/4/04
67. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Jacqueline Los Angeles, CA 5/16/04
68. Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Spike Dudley*(14) Las Vegas, NV 5/18/04
69. Rey Mysterio Jr. Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chicago, IL 6/15/04
70. Spike Dudley Rey Mysterio Jr. Cincinnati, OH 7/27/04
71. Funaki Spike Dudley Atlanta, GA 12/12/04
72. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Funaki, Spike Dudley, Shannon Moore, Akio and Paul London*(15) Pittsburgh, PA 2/20/05
73. Paul London Chavo Guerrero Jr., Akio, Spike Dudley, Funaki, Billy Kidman, Scotty 2 Hotty and Nunzio*(16) Houston, TX 3/29/05
74. Nunzio Paul London Bridgeport, CT 8/2/05
75. Juventud Guerrera Nunzio Houston, TX 10/9/05
76. Nunzio Juventud Guerrera Rome, Italy 11/15/05
77. Juventud Guerrera Nunzio Sheffield, England 11/22/05
78. Kid Kash Juventud Guerrera Providence, RI 12/18/05
79. Gregory Helms Kid Kash, Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio and Paul London*(17) Miami, FL 1/29/06
80. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Jimmy Wang Yang, Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Scotty 2 Hotty and Jamie Noble*(18) Los Angeles, CA 2/17/07
81. Hornswoggle Chavo Guerrero Jr., Jamie Noble, Jimmy Wang Yang, Funaki and Shannon Moore*(19) San Jose, CA 7/22/07

*This was the finals of a tournament to crown the first WCW Light Heavyweight Champion.

*(2)Armstrong was stripped of the title due to injury. In 1996, it was reinstituted as the Cruiserweight Title and this was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(3)Malenko was suspended and had to vacate the title, which was awarded back to Jericho.

*(4)The title was awarded back to Jericho because of the suspended Malenko's interference in the previous night's title change.

*(5)This was a Four Way Match.

*(6)Psicosis was given the title after Lane was fired with no explanation given.

*(7)Oklahoma vacated the title and this was the final of the tournament for a new champ.

*(8)All titles were declared vacant at the beginning of the Russo/Bischoff regime, and a six way match was held to determine the new Cruiserweight Champ.

*(9)The title was put up against Crowbar in a Crowbar/Daffney vs. Candido/Sytch match. Daffney pinned Sytch and won the belt for Crowbar.

*(10)This was a Triple Threat Match.

*(11)Storm gave the belt to Skipper.

*(12)After the demise of the WCW/ECW Alliance, the WWF adopted the Cruiserweight Title as it's own.

*(13)This was a Triple Threat Match.

*(14)This was a Triple Threat Match.

*(15)This was a 6-Man Elimination Contest.

*(16)Chavo defended the title in a battle royale, which London won.

*(17)This was a Cruiserweight Invitational.

*(18)This was a Cruiserweight Open.

*(19)This was a Cruiserweight Open.

Title Defenses:

1. Brian Pillman
---pinned Johnny B. Badd, Clash of the Champions XVII: 11/19/91
---pinned Richard Morton, Power Hour: 12/7/91

2. Jushin Liger
---N/A

3. Brian Pillman
---pinned Brad Armstrong, Saturday Night: 3/25/92
---pinned Tom Zenk, WrestleWar: 5/17/92

4. Scotty Flamingo
---N/A

5. Brad Armstrong
---N/A

6. Shinjiro Ohtani
---N/A

7. Dean Malenko
---pinned Brad Armstrong, Slamboree: 5/19/96
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., the Great American Bash: 6/16/96
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 6/17/96
---pinned Disco Inferno, Bash at the Beach: 7/7/96

8. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Hog Wild: 8/10/96
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Nitro: 8/12/96
---pinned Dean Malenko, Clash of the Champions: 8/15/96
---pinned Mr. J.L., Nitro: 8/26/96
---pinned Billy Kidman, Nitro: 9/9/96
---pinned Super Calo, Fall Brawl: 9/15/96
---pinned Juventud Guerrera, Nitro: 9/16/96

9. Dean Malenko
---pinned Scotty Riggs, Nitro: 11/4/96
---pinned Psychosis, World War 3: 11/24/96
---submitted Billy Kidman, Nitro: 12/2/96

10. Ultimo Dragon
---pinned Jushin Liger, Nitro: 12/30/96

11. Dean Malenko
---N/A

12. Syxx
---submitted Prince Iaukea, Nitro: 4/14/97
---submitted Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 4/21/97
---submitted Juventud Guerrera, Nitro: 4/28/97
---submitted Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 5/5/97
---submitted Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 6/16/97
---submitted Chavo Guerrero Jr., Nitro: 6/23/97

13. Chris Jericho
---submitted Juventud Guerrera, Nitro: 6/30/97
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Bash at the Beach: 7/13/97

14. Alex Wright
---pinned Scotty Riggs, Nitro: 8/4/97
---pinned Chris Jericho, Road Wild: 8/9/97

15. Chris Jericho
---pinned Eddy Guerrero, Clash of the Champions: 8/21/97
---submitted Yuji Nagata, Nitro: 8/25/97

16. Eddy Guerrero
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Nitro: 9/15/97
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Nitro: 10/6/97
---pinned Psychosis, Nitro: 10/13/97

17. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---pinned Dean Malenko, Nitro: 10/27/97

18. Eddy Guerrero
---draw against Dean Malenko, Nitro: 11/17/97
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., World War 3: 11/23/97
---pinned Dean Malenko, Starrcade: 12/28/97

19. Ultimo Dragon
---N/A

20. Juventud Guerrera
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 1/12/98

21. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---pinned Eddy Guerrero, Thunder: 1/22/98

22. Chris Jericho
---submitted Super Calo, Nitro: 2/2/98
---pinned Juventud Guerrera, SuperBrawl VIII: 2/22/98
---submitted Dean Malenko, Uncensored: 3/15/98
---submitted Prince Iaukea, Spring Stampede: 4/19/98

23. Dean Malenko
---submitted Chavo Guerrero Jr., Thunder: 5/21/98
---submitted Lenny Lane, Nitro: 5/25/98
---submitted Disco Inferno, Nitro: 6/8/98

24. Chris Jericho
---lost to Ultimo Dragon by DQ, Nitro: 7/6/98

25. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---N/A

26. Chris Jericho
---beat Dean Malenko by DQ, Nitro: 7/27/98

27. Juventud Guerrera
---pinned Billy Kidman, Nitro: 8/10/98
---pinned Hector Garza, Nitro: 9/7/98
---pinned Silver King, Fall Brawl: 9/13/98

28. Billy Kidman
---pinned Disco Inferno, Nitro: 9/21/98
---pinned Psychosis, Nitro: 10/5/98
---draw against Rey Mysterio Jr., 10/19/98
---pinned Disco Inferno, Halloween Havoc: 10/25/98
---pinned Juventud Guerrera, Nitro: 10/26/98

29. Juventud Guerrera
---N/A

30. Billy Kidman
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., Nitro: 11/23/98
---lost to Rey Mysterio Jr. by DQ, Nitro: 12/14/98
---pinned Eddy Guerrero, Starrcade: 12/27/98
---beat Rey Mysterio Jr., Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera in a Four Corners Match, Souled Out: 1/17/99
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., SuperBrawl IX: 2/21/99
---pinned Mikey Whipwreck, Uncensored: 3/14/99

31. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---pinned Billy Kidman, Spring Stampede: 4/11/99

32. Psychosis
---N/A

33. Rey Mysterio Jr.
---N/A

34. Lenny Lane
---pinned Kaz Hayashi, Fall Brawl: 9/12/99

35. Psychosis
---N/A

36. Disco Inferno
---pinned Lash Leroux, Halloween Havoc: 10/24/99

37. Evan Karagias
---N/A

38. Medusa Miceli
---N/A

39. Oklahoma
---N/A

40. The Artist
---pinned Psychosis, Uncensored: 3/19/00

41. Billy Kidman
---N/A

42. The Artist
---N/A

43. Chris Candido
---pinned the Artist, Slamboree: 5/7/00

44. Crowbar
---N/A

45. Daffney
---N/A

46. Lt. Loco
---pinned Disco Inferno, the Great American Bash: 6/11/00
---pinned Juventud Guerrera, Bash at the Beach: 7/9/00

47. Lance Storm
---N/A

48. Elix Skipper
---pinned Kwee-wee, Fall Brawl: 9/17/00

49. Mike Sanders
---pinned Kwee-wee, Mayhem: 11/26/99

50. Chavo Guerrero Jr.
---pinned Shane Helms, Sin: 1/14/01
---pinned Rey Mysterio Jr., SuperBrawl XI: 2/19/01

51. Shane Helms
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., Nitro: 3/26/01

52. Billy Kidman
---N/A

53. X-pac
---pinned Tajiri, SummerSlam: 8/19/01

54. Billy Kidman
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, No Mercy: 10/21/99

55. Tajiri
---pinned Crash Holly, Smackdown: 12/11/01
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Heat: 1/29/02
---pinned The Hurricane, Heat: 2/19/02
---pinned Crash Holly, Jakked: 3/11/02

56. Billy Kidman
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., Jakked: 4/9/02

57. Tajiri
---pinned Billy Kidman, Smackdown: 4/30/02
---lost to The Hurricane by CO, Smackdown: 5/7/02

58. The Hurricane
---N/A

59. Jamie Noble
---submitted Chavo Guerrero Jr., Velocity: 6/25/02
---submitted The Hurricane, Velocity: 7/2/02
---pinned Funaki, Velocity: 7/16/02
---pinned Billy Kidman, Vengeance: 7/21/02
---pinned Billy Kidman, Velocity: 7/23/02
---pinned The Hurricane, Global Warning Tour: 8/10/02
---pinned Funaki, Velocity: 8/27/02
---pinned Crash Holly, Smackdown: 9/30/02
---pinned Tajiri, No Mercy: 10/20/02
---pinned Tajiri, Smackdown: 10/22/02
---beat Rey Mysterio and Tajiri in a Triple Threat Elimination Match, Rebellion: 10/26/02

60. Billy Kidman
---pinned Tajiri, Smackdown: 11/19/02
---pinned Crash Holly, Smackdown: 11/26/02
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., Smackdown: 12/3/02
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., Velocity: 12/10/02
---beat Matt Hardy by DQ, Velocity: 1/21/03
---pinned Shannon Moore, Smackdown: 1/28/03
---pinned Matt Hardy, Smackdown: 2/4/03
---pinned Jamie Noble, Velocity: 2/11/03

61. Matt Hardy
---pinned Billy Kidman, Smackdown: 3/4/03
---pinned Rey Mysterio, WrestleMania XIX: 3/30/03
---pinned Funaki, Velocity: 4/1/03
---pinned Brian Kendrick, Smackdown: 4/15/03
---pinned Funaki, Velocity: 4/22/03
---pinned Tajiri, Smackdown: 5/13/03

62. Rey Mysterio
---pinned Matt Hardy, Smackdown: 6/10/03
---pinned Nunzio, Smackdown: 7/1/03
---pinned Matt Hardy, Smackdown: 8/19/03
---pinned Shannon Moore, Heat: 8/24/03
---pinned Nunzio, Smackdown: 8/26/03
---pinned Tajiri, Smackdown: 9/2/03

63. Tajiri
---pinned Billy Kidman, Smackdown: 9/30/03
---pinned Rey Mysterio, No Mercy: 10/19/03
---pinned Jamie Noble, Heat: 11/16/03
---pinned Jamie Noble, Smackdown: 11/18/03
---pinned Billy Kidman, Velocity: 12/9/03

64. Rey Mysterio
---pinned Akio, Smackdown: 1/6/04
---pinned Jamie Noble, Royal Rumble: 1/25/04
---pinned Jamie Noble, Smackdown: 1/27/04

65. Chavo Guerrero
---beat Rey Mysterio, Tajiri, Shannon Moore, Ultimo Dragon, Funaki, Nunzio, Billy Kidman and Jamie Noble in a Cruiserweight Gauntlet Match, WrestleMania XX: 3/14/04
---pinned Ultimo Dragon, Velocity: 3/16/04
---pinned Spike Dudley, Smackdown: 3/23/04
---pinned Jamie Noble, Smackdown: 4/6/04
---pinned Nunzio, Smackdown: 4/27/04

66. Jacqueline
---N/A

67. Chavo Guerrero
---N/A

68. Chavo Guerrero Sr.
---pinned Akio, Smackdown: 5/25/04
---pinned Funaki, Smackdown: 6/1/04

69. Rey Mysterio
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., The Great American Bash: 6/27/04

70. Spike Dudley
---pinned Paul London, Smackdown: 8/10/04
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Smackdown: 8/17/04
---pinned Funaki, Velocity: 8/31/04
---pinned Rey Mysterio, Smackdown: 9/21/04
---pinned Nunzio, No Mercy: 10/3/04
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Velocity: 10/12/04
---beat Billy Kidman, Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero in a Fatal Four Way Match, Survivor Series: 11/14/04

71. Funaki
---pinned Spike Dudley, Smackdown: 12/28/04
---pinned Akio, Smackdown: 1/4/05
---pinned Nunzio, Smackdown: 1/11/05
---pinned Chavo Guerrero, Smackdown: 2/5/05

72. Chavo Guerrero
---pinned Funaki, Smackdown: 2/22/05

73. Paul London
---pinned Billy Kidman, Smackdown: 4/5/05
---lost to Chavo Guerrero by CO, Smackdown: 4/26/05
---pinned Chavo Guerrero, Judgment Day: 5/22/05
---beat Akio and Chavo Guerrero in a Triple Threat Match, Velocity: 5/31/05
---no contest against Chavo Guerrero, Smackdown: 6/27/05
---pinned Nunzio, Heat: 7/24/05

74. Nunzio
---N/A

75. Juventud Guerrera
---pinned Paul London, Velocity: 10/18/05
---beat Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Super Crazy, Tajiri, Funaki, Kid Kash, Gregory Helms, Psychosis, Scotty 2 Hotty and Nunzio in a Battle Royale, Smackdown: 11/13/05

76. Nunzio
---N/A

77. Juventud Guerrera
---N/A

78. Kid Kash
---pinned Juventud Guerrera, Friday Night Smackdown: 1/3/06

79. Gregory Helms
---pinned Nunzio, Friday Night Smackdown: 2/7/06
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Friday Night Smackdown: 2/14/06
---beat Scotty 2 Hotty, Spanky, Paul London, Kid Kash, Psicosis, Super Crazy and Nunzio in a Sudden Death Match, No Way Out: 2/19/06
---pinned Super Crazy, Smackdown: 2/21/06
---pinned Super Crazy, Judgment Day: 5/21/06
---no contest against Super Crazy, Smackdown: 6/20/06
---pinned Matt Hardy, Great American Bash: 7/23/06
---pinned Jimmy Wang Yang, Armageddon: 12/17/06

80. Chavo Guerrero
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Smackdown: 2/20/07
---beat Funaki and Jamie Noble in a Triple Threat Match, Smackdown: 6/26/07
---pinned Jimmy Wang Yang, Vengeance: 6/24/07

81. Hornswoggle
---beat Jamie Noble by CO, Smackdown: 7/24/07
---beat Jamie Noble by CO, Smackdown: 9/4/07