List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996–2007) explained

The WWE Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was originally a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 225 lbs. During the WWE brand extension, it was the only title to be exclusive to the SmackDown! brand during its entire tenure. There were a total of 36 recognized champions who had a combined 34 official reigns.^[1] This is a chronological list of wrestlers that held the original WWE Cruiserweight Championship, listed by ring name, with the longest reign being 385 days by Gregory Helms (as well as being the only person to hold this championship for 365 days or more), and the most reigns by Rey Mysterio with 8.

After WCW was purchased by WWE, the inaugural champion was retroactively changed from Shinjiro Otani to Brian Pillman, as WWE recognizes the former WCW Light Heavyweight Championship as part of the original lineage of the Cruiserweight Championship.

Reigns

Names

Name	Years
WCW Cruiserweight Championship	March 20, 1996 – November 18, 2001
WWF Cruiserweight Championship	November 18, 2001 – May 6, 2002
WWE Cruiserweight Championship	May 6, 2002 – September 25, 2007

Reigns

Combined reigns

Rank	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days recognized by WWE
1	3	532	529
2	8	486	476
3	6	431
4	7	334	321
5	3	283	284
6	4	231	255
7	2	196	195
8	4	188	185
9	1	147	146
10	1	138	135
11	1	126	127
12	5	113	105
13	1	100	101
14	2	91	89
15	2	75	72
16	1	70	69
17		65	68
18		63	62
19		49	48
19	2	49	47
21	1	48
22		46	45
23		43	42
24		42	41
25	2	33	32
26	1	29	28
27		28	27
		28	27
		28	27
30		22	20
31		15	18
32		14	13
33		12	9
34		7	6
34	2	7	6
36	1	2	1

External links

Notes and References

Web site: WCW/WWF/WWE Cruiserweight Championship history. 2007-04-10. Wrestling-Titles.com.

Rank	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days recognized by WWE
1	3	532	529
2	8	486	476
3	6	431
4	7	334	321
5	3	283	284
6	4	231	255
7	2	196	195
8	4	188	185
9	1	147	146
10	1	138	135
11	1	126	127
12	5	113	105
13	1	100	101
14	2	91	89
15	2	75	72
16	1	70	69
17		65	68
18		63	62
19		49	48
19	2	49	47
21	1	48
22		46	45
23		43	42
24		42	41
25	2	33	32
26	1	29	28
27		28	27
		28	27
		28	27
30		22	20
31		15	18
32		14	13
33		12	9
34		7	6
34	2	7	6
36	1	2	1

Rank	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days recognized by WWE
1	3	532	529
2	8	486	476
3	6	431
4	7	334	321
5	3	283	284
6	4	231	255
7	2	196	195
8	4	188	185
9	1	147	146
10	1	138	135
11	1	126	127
12	5	113	105
13	1	100	101
14	2	91	89
15	2	75	72
16	1	70	69
17		65	68
18		63	62
19		49	48
19	2	49	47
21	1	48
22		46	45
23		43	42
24		42	41
25	2	33	32
26	1	29	28
27		28	27
		28	27
		28	27
30		22	20
31		15	18
32		14	13
33		12	9
34		7	6
34	2	7	6
36	1	2	1

List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996–2007) explained

Reigns

Names

Reigns

Combined reigns

See also

External links

Notes and References

Rank	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days recognized by WWE
1	3	532	529
2	8	486	476
3	6	431
4	7	334	321
5	3	283	284
6	4	231	255
7	2	196	195
8	4	188	185
9	1	147	146
10	1	138	135
11	1	126	127
12	5	113	105
13	1	100	101
14	2	91	89
15	2	75	72
16	1	70	69
17		65	68
18		63	62
19		49	48
19	2	49	47
21	1	48
22		46	45
23		43	42
24		42	41
25	2	33	32
26	1	29	28
27		28	27
		28	27
		28	27
30		22	20
31		15	18
32		14	13
33		12	9
34		7	6
34	2	7	6
36	1	2	1