WWF Light Heavyweight Title
WWF Light Heavyweight Title History
| No.
| Won By
| Won From
| Location
| Date
|
| 1.
| Perro Aguayo
| Gran Hamada*
| Shimizu, Japan
| 3/26/81
|
| 2.
| Fishman
| Perro Aguayo
| Los Angeles, CA
| 9/25/81
|
| 3.
| Perro Aguayo
| Fishman
| Los Angeles, CA
| 10/10/81
|
| 4.
| Chris Adams
| Perro Aguayo
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 10/18/81
|
| 5.
| Perro Aguayo
| Chris Adams
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 12/13/81
|
| 6.
| Gran Hamada
| Perro Aguayo
| Tokyo, Japan
| 4/21/82
|
| 7.
| Perro Aguayo
| Gran Hamada
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 8/29/82
|
| 8.
| Villano III
| Perro Aguayo
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 3/20/83
|
| 9.
| Perro Aguayo
| Villano III
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 8/7/83
|
| 10.
| Gran Hamada
| Perro Aguayo
| Tokyo, Japan
| 4/17/84
|
| 11.
| Villano III
| Gran Hamada
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 5/20/84
|
| 12.
| Fishman
| Villano III
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 8/24/84
|
| 13.
| Perro Aguayo
| Fishman
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 12/24/86
|
| 14.
| Villano III
| Perro Aguayo*(2)
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 6/17/87
|
| 15.
| Rambo
| Villano III
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 10/4/87
|
| 16.
| Villano III
| Rambo
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 7/11/88
|
| 17.
| Sangre Chicana
| Villano III
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 8/14/89
|
| 18.
| Perro Aguayo
| Sangre Chicana
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 10/15/89
|
| 19.
| Sangre Chicana
| Perro Aguayo
| Mexico City, Mexico
| 12/3/89
|
| 20.
| Villano III
| Sangre Chicana
| Naucalpan, Mexico
| 5/27/90
|
| 21.
| Pegasus Kid
| Villano III
| Naucalpan, Mexico
| 3/3/91
|
| 22.
| Villano III
| Pegasus Kid
| Naucalpan, Mexico
| 9/13/92
|
| 23.
| El Signo
| Villano III
| Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico
| 1/1/93
|
| 24.
| Villano III
| El Signo
| Puebla, Mexico
| 7/18/94
|
| 25.
| Aero Flash
| The Fighter*(3)
| Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico
| 6/16/95
|
| 26.
| The Great Sasuke
| Aero Flash
| Shirakawa, Japan
| 3/24/96
|
| 27.
| El Samurai
| The Great Sasuke
| Naruko, Japan
| 6/22/96
|
| 28.
| The Great Sasuke
| El Samurai
| Tokyo, Japan
| 8/4/96
|
| 29.
| Ultimo Dragon
| The Great Sasuke
| Osaka, Japan
| 10/11/96
|
| 30.
| Jushin Liger
| Ultimo Dragon
| Tokyo, Japan
| 1/4/97
|
| 31.
| El Samurai
| Jushin Liger
| Sapporo, Japan
| 7/6/97
|
| 32.
| Shinjiro Ohtani
| El Samurai
| Nagoya, Japan
| 8/10/97
|
| 33.
| Taka Michinoku
| Brian Christopher*(4)
| Springfield, MA
| 12/7/97
|
| 34.
| Christian
| Taka Michinoku
| Chicago, IL
| 10/18/98
|
| 35.
| Gillberg
| Christian
| Columbus, OH
| 11/17/98
|
| 36.
| Essa Rios
| Gillberg
| Austin, TX
| 2/8/00
|
| 37.
| Dean Malenko
| Essa Rios
| East Rutherford, NJ
| 3/13/00
|
| 38.
| Scotty Too Hotty
| Dean Malenko
| State College, PA
| 4/17/00
|
| 39.
| Dean Malenko
| Scotty Too Hotty
| Charlotte, NC
| 4/25/00
|
| 40.
| Crash Holly
| Dean Malenko
| Anaheim, CA
| 3/13/01
|
| 41.
| Jerry Lynn
| Crash Holly
| Chicago, IL
| 4/29/01
|
| 42.
| Jeff Hardy
| Jerry Lynn
| Grand Forks, ND
| 6/5/01
|
| 43.
| X-pac
| Jeff Hardy
| New York, NY
| 6/25/01
|
| 44.
| Tajiri
| X-pac
| Anaheim, CA
| 8/6/01
|
| 45.
| X-pac
| Tajiri
| San Jose, CA
| 8/19/01
|
*This was the final of a tournament to crown the first light heavyweight champion.
*(2)The title was vacated after a defense ended in controversy. This was a rematch to determine the new champion.
*(3)The title was vacated when Villano III left the UWA. This was the tournament final to crown a new champion.
*(4)The title had been part of the J-Crown, a conglomeration of eight titles being defended at once. The WWF requested their belt be returned, and Ohtani was stripped of the title. This was the finals of a tournament to crown a new champion.
Title Defenses (televised only):
29. Ultimo Dragon
---pinned Rey Mysterio, Jr., WCW World War 3: 11/24/96
30. Jushin Liger
---N/A
31. El Samurai
---N/A
32. Shinjiro Ohtani
---N/A
33. TAKA Michinoku
---pinned Jesus Castillo, Shotgun: 1/20/98
---pinned Pantera, No Way Out: 2/15/98
---pinned Scott Taylor, WrestleMania Public Workout: 3/26/98
---pinned Aguila, WrestleMania XIV: 3/29/98
---pinned Dick Togo, Raw is War: 5/19/98
---pinned Sho Funaki, Raw is War: 6/1/98
---pinned Chris Daniels, Shotgun: 9/14/98
---pinned Sho Funaki, Shotgun: 9/28/98
34. Christian
---pinned Dick Togo, Shotgun: 10/19/98
---pinned Brian Christopher, Sunday Night Heat: 10/19/98
---pinned TAKA Michinoku, Shotgun: 11/3/98
---pinned TAKA Michinoku, Sunday Night Heat: 11/3/98
35. Gillberg
---no contest against Christian, Sunday Night Heat: 11/29/98
---pinned TAKA Michinoku, Sunday Night Heat: 11/30/98
---pinned Matt Hardy, Sunday Night Heat: 12/13/98
36. Essa Rios
---pinned Crash Holly, Raw is War: 2/14/00
---pinned Sho Funaki, Jakked: 2/28/00
---lost to Jeff Hardy by DQ, Smackdown: 2/29/00
---beat Christian by DQ, Smackdown: 3/7/00
37. Dean Malenko
---pinned Grandmaster Sexay, Smackdown: 3/14/00
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Smackdown: 3/28/00
---submitted TAKA Michinoku, Smackdown: 4/4/00
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Heat: 4/11/00
38. Scotty 2 Hotty
---beat Dean Malenko and TAKA Michinoku in a Triple Threat Match, Heat: 4/18/00
39. Dean Malenko
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Backlash: 4/30/00
---pinned Chyna, Smackdown: 5/9/00
---submitted Jacqueline, Heat: 6/28/00
---pinned Crash Holly, Raw is War: 7/3/00
---pinned Crash Holly, Heat: 7/18/00
---pinned Essa Rios, Jakked: 7/24/00
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Heat: 7/25/00
---pinned Christian, Heat: 8/1/00
---submitted Essa Rios, Jakked: 8/7/00
---submitted Essa Rios, Heat: 8/15/00
---submitted Crash Holly, Jakked: 8/28/00
---submitted Crash Holly, Heat: 9/12/00
---pinned TAKA Michinoku, Heat: 9/19/00
---submitted TAKA Michinoku, Heat: 9/26/00
---submitted Essa Rios, Jakked: 10/16/00
---submitted Lita, Raw is War: 12/4/00
---submitted Grandmaster Sexay, Heat: 2/20/01
---submitted TAKA Michinoku, Raw is War: 2/26/01
---submitted Funaki, Jakked: 2/27/01
40. Crash Holly
---pinned Funaki, Heat: 3/27/01
---pinned Grandmaster Sexay, Heat: 4/10/01
41. Jerry Lynn
---pinned Grandmaster Sexay, Smackdown: 5/1/01
---beat Crash Holly, Grandmaster Sexay and TAKA Michinoku in a Fatal Four Way Match, Raw is War: 5/7/01
---pinned Dean Malenko, Heat: 5/8/01
---pinned Essa Rios, Jakked: 5/14/01
---pinned Christopher Daniels, Jakked: 5/21/01
42. Jeff Hardy
---pinned TAKA Michinoku, Heat: 6/12/01
---pinned X-pac, King of the Ring: 6/24/01
43. X-pac
---pinned Christian, Raw is War: 7/2/01
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Raw is War: 7/9/01
---pinned Billy Kidman, Raw is War: 7/30/01
44. Tajiri
---N/A
45. X-pac
---pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr., Jakked: 9/3/01
---pinned Scotty 2 Hotty, Raw: 10/8/01
---pinned Crash Holly, Heat: 10/16/01
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