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WCW World Cruiserweight Championship

Inactive title

Current name:
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship
Status:
inactive
Names:
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship (since 20.03.1996)
Promotions:
World Championship Wrestling (20.03.1996 - 26.03.2001)

Description
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Title Holders
INACTIVE
26.03.2001
#46
Shane Helms
18.03.2001 - 26.03.2001 (8 days)
Matches
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
#45
Chavo Guerrero Jr. (2)
06.12.2000 - 18.03.2001 (102 days)
Matches
Lincoln, Nevada, USA
#44
Mike Sanders
02.10.2000 - 06.12.2000 (65 days)
Matches
San Francisco, California, USA
#43
Elix Skipper
14.08.2000 - 02.10.2000 (49 days)
Matches
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
#42
Lance Storm
31.07.2000 - 14.08.2000 (14 days)
Matches
Cinncinatti, Ohio, USA
#41
Lt. Loco
06.06.2000 - 31.07.2000 (55 days)
Matches
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
#40
Daffney
22.05.2000 - 06.06.2000 (15 days)
Matches
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
#39
Crowbar
15.05.2000 - 22.05.2000 (7 days)
Matches
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
#38
Chris Candido
16.04.2000 - 15.05.2000 (29 days)
Matches
Chicago, Illinois, USA
VACANT
11.04.2000 - 16.04.2000 (5 days)
#37
TAFKA Prince Iaukea (2)
31.03.2000 - 11.04.2000 (11 days)
Matches
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
#36
Billy Kidman (3)
30.03.2000 - 31.03.2000 (1 day)
Matches
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
#35
TAFKA Prince Iaukea
20.02.2000 - 30.03.2000 (39 days)
Matches
San Francisco, California, USA
VACANT
18.01.2000 - 20.02.2000 (33 days)
#34
Oklahoma
16.01.2000 - 18.01.2000 (2 days)
Matches
Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA
#33
Madusa
19.12.1999 - 16.01.2000 (28 days)
Matches
Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
#32
Evan Karagias
21.11.1999 - 19.12.1999 (28 days)
Matches
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
#31
Disco Inferno
04.10.1999 - 21.11.1999 (48 days)
Matches
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
#30
Psychosis (2)
02.10.1999 - 04.10.1999 (2 days)
Matches
Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien
#29
Lenny
19.08.1999 - 02.10.1999 (44 days)
Matches
Lubbock, Texas, USA
#28
Rey Mysterio Jr. (6)
26.04.1999 - 19.08.1999 (115 days)
Matches
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
#27
Psychosis
19.04.1999 - 26.04.1999 (7 days)
Matches
Gainesville, Florida, USA
#26
Rey Mysterio Jr. (5)
15.03.1999 - 19.04.1999 (35 days)
Matches
Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
#25
Kidman (2)
22.11.1998 - 15.03.1999 (113 days)
Matches
Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA
#24
Juventud Guerrera (3)
16.11.1998 - 22.11.1998 (6 days)
Matches
Wichita, Kansas, USA
#23
Kidman
14.09.1998 - 16.11.1998 (63 days)
Matches
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
#22
Juventud Guerrera (2)
08.08.1998 - 14.09.1998 (37 days)
Matches
Sturgis, South Dakota, USA
#21
Chris Jericho (5)
13.07.1998 - 08.08.1998 (26 days)
Matches
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
#20
Rey Mysterio Jr. (4)
12.07.1998 - 13.07.1998 (1 day)
Matches
San Diego, California, USA
#19
Chris Jericho (4)
15.06.1998 - 12.07.1998 (27 days)
Matches
Uniondale, New York, USA
VACANT
12.06.1998 - 15.06.1998 (3 days)
#18
Dean Malenko (4)
17.05.1998 - 12.06.1998 (26 days)
Matches
Worcester, Massachussetts, USA
#17
Chris Jericho (3)
24.01.1998 - 17.05.1998 (113 days)
Matches
Dayton, Ohio, USA
#16
Rey Mysterio Jr. (3)
15.01.1998 - 24.01.1998 (9 days)
Matches
Lakeland, Florida, USA
#15
Juventud Guerrera
08.01.1998 - 15.01.1998 (7 days)
Matches
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
#14
Ultimo Dragon (2)
29.12.1997 - 08.01.1998 (10 days)
Matches
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
#13
Eddie Guerrero (2)
10.11.1997 - 29.12.1997 (49 days)
Matches
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
#12
Rey Misterio Jr. (2)
26.10.1997 - 10.11.1997 (15 days)
Matches
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
#11
Eddie Guerrero
14.09.1997 - 26.10.1997 (42 days)
Matches
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
#10
Chris Jericho (2)
12.08.1997 - 14.09.1997 (33 days)
Matches
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
#9
Alex Wright
28.07.1997 - 12.08.1997 (15 days)
Matches
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
#8
Chris Jericho
28.06.1997 - 28.07.1997 (30 days)
Matches
Los Angeles, California, USA
#7
Syxx
23.02.1997 - 28.06.1997 (125 days)
Matches
San Francisco, California, USA
#6
Dean Malenko (3)
21.01.1997 - 23.02.1997 (33 days)
Matches
Chicago, Illinois, USA
#5
Ultimo Dragon
29.12.1996 - 21.01.1997 (23 days)
Matches
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
#4
Dean Malenko (2)
27.10.1996 - 29.12.1996 (63 days)
Matches
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
#3
Rey Misterio Jr.
08.07.1996 - 27.10.1996 (111 days)
Matches
Orlando, Florida, USA
#2
Dean Malenko
02.05.1996 - 08.07.1996 (67 days)
Matches
Orlando, Florida, USA
#1
Shinjiro Otani
20.03.1996 - 02.05.1996 (43 days)
Matches
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
9.09
Current Total Rating (?)
Valid votes: 65
Number of comments: 12
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Average rating: 9.14  [65]
Average rating in 2026: 9.50  [2]
Average rating in 2025: 9.56  [9]
Average rating in 2024: 9.25  [8]
Average rating in 2023: 9.63  [8]
Average rating in 2022: 9.60  [5]
Average rating in 2021: 8.50  [4]
Average rating in 2019: 9.50  [2]
Average rating in 2018: 8.50  [2]
Average rating in 2017: 8.00  [2]
Average rating in 2016: 9.63  [8]
Average rating in 2015: 9.67  [3]
Average rating in 2013: 8.00  [1]
Average rating in 2012: 9.00  [1]
Average rating in 2010: 7.00  [3]
Average rating in 2009: 8.00  [2]
Average rating in 2008: 8.80  [5]
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notstretchmarksghost wrote on 04.10.2026:
[9.0] "Like all WCW belts, it's best to exist the last few years didn't exist outside of the rare highlights. However, this often disrespected and overlooked division always earned its place on the card by featuring some of the industrys all-time greatest workhorses, some of its finest technicians and high-flyers. Some of the biggest names in WCW would win the big gold belt yeah, but this one often represented the true best wrestler on the roster. Guys like Mysterio, Lance Storm, Jericho, Malenko. The best in ring workers far and away. For that, it earns its place and is really and truly an icon of one of the great eras in history."
Zak22 wrote on 30.11.2024:
[7.0] "Great belt that featured the greatest Crusierweight wrestling in North America (and maybe the world) in the mid-90s but it ended pretty badly with green wrestlers winning it and women winning it as a "bit of humour" (btw, the women's belt wasn't being booked properly at this time, so its a double fuck you to the women from WCW), thanks Russo. Also, the belt didn't really propel people to greater things in WCW, no former Cruiserweight champion won the World title in WCW or main evented a PPV, so yeah."
nzx3zeppeli wrote on 15.04.2023:
[10.0] "No Cruiserweight championship in the United States will ever top this one. This division as a whole was a collection of a great showcase of modern professional wrestling, lucha libre, etc. For me, this felt like the groundwork of the wrestling we see today, and this championship was as it's forefront, especially when you have guys like Malenko, Guerrero, Mysterio, Benoit, Jericho, and a lot more challenging for this and putting out the best wrestling, sometimes of an entire episode of Nitro."
XXDoubleHHXX wrote on 27.01.2022:
[10.0] "This was the reason people chose WCW over WWF half the time, the cruiserweights we're a staple of the southern promotion and was the hype matches mostly. The belt may have been small but it beautiful design made it worth it, hell WWE would keep a similar look when they got it. Even when Russo had control this belt was still the top dog."
5nicoShuffle wrote on 21.01.2022:
[10.0] "Without question this was WCW's greatest single's championship. Often racking up 4-5 star classics, and had numerous credible champions - who were skilled in technical wrestling as well as high flying stuff. It definitely got weakened around '99-'00s but wasn't quite as damaged as the World Heavyweight and World Television titles were around this time. This division was such a cornerstone of WCW, that WWE gave it space and time during the invasion, and even created their own version of the title, and I think that says a lot."
AnB wrote on 16.04.2021:
[8.0] "Not surprising at all that this is the highest rated title from WCW. This felt like the most interesting of the titles in the late 90s WCW, with intense and fun matches that mostly steered clear of the nWo storyline. If this title was on the card, it would be worth watching."
DanTalksRasslin wrote on 29.03.2019:
[9.0] "At one time WCW's Cruiserweight Title represented one of the best things in wrestling, allowing a showcase of what for me in the mid-90s was an entirely new, exciting, high-flying style of wrestling the likes of which I'd not seen before, with fantastic domestic and international talent vying for it on a weekly basis. Aside from whatever the NWO was doing, it was by far the most must-see part of Monday Nitro. Towards the end of the company's history, it unfortunately suffered some degree of disrespect under the Russo regime (though not quite as bad as the TV Title), but its legacy lives on, with WCW's Cruiser belt effectively replacing the WWF's own Light Heavyweight Title after the purchase of WCW, and modern-day WWE carrying on with a new Cruiserweight Title even now."
InactiveGuru wrote on 22.04.2018:
[8.0] "WCW's Cruiserweight division was incredible, they brought in all the best cruiserweights from around the country and combined those with international stars and it was really something special to watch. Almost always had the best match of the night."