WCW Cruiserweight Title History

by The Cubs Fan

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Shinjiro Ohtani
- d. Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) - 03/20/96
  Announced as having won a mostly-fictional WCW Tournament
  Determination match held on NJPW card. Never aired on WCW TV
Dean Malenko
- 0. d. Shinjiro Ohtani (05/17) - Worldwide
  Title change taped on 5/2. Clips also aired on WCWSN.
- 1. d. Brad Armstrong (05/19) - Spring Stampede
- 2. d. Rey Mysterio (06/16) - Great American Bash
- 3. d. Rey Mysterio (06/17) - Nitro ?
- 4. d. Bobby Walker (06/24) - Nitro ?
- 5. d. Disco Inferno (07/07) - Bash at the Beach
Rey Mysterio Jr.
- 00. d. Dean Malenko (07/08) - Nitro
- 01. d. Psychosis (07/13) - Saturday Night ?
- 02. d. Ultimo Dragon (08/11) - Hogg Wild
- 03. d. Ultimo Dragon (08/12) - Nitro ?
- 04. d. Dean Malenko (08/15) - Clash of the Champions
- 05. d. Jerry Lynn (08/26) - Nitro
- 06. d. Billy Kidman (09/09) - Nitro
- 07. d. Super Calo (09/15) - Fall Brawl
- 08. d. Juventued Guerrera (09/16) - Nitro
- 09. d. Juventued Guerrera (09/21) - Saturday Night ?
- 10. d. Juventued Guerrera (10/05) - Saturday Night ?
Dean Malenko [2]
- 00. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (10/27) - Halloween Havoc
- 01. d. Jim Powers (10/28) - Nitro
- 02. d. Scotty Riggs (11/04) - Nitro
- 03. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (11/09) - Worldwide
- 04. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (11/09) - Saturday Night
- 05. d. Chris Jericho (11/10) - {Pro}
- 06. d. Juventud Guerrera (11/16) - Saturday Night
- 07. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (11/17) - Worldwide
- 08. DQW Ultimo Dragon (11/18) - Nitro ?
- 09. d. Psychosis (11/24) World War 3
- 10. d. Billy Kidman (12/02) - Nitro
- 11. d. Jimmy Graffitti (12/09) - Nitro
- 12. d. Billy Kidman (12/14) - Saturday Night
- 13. d. David Sammartino (12/16) - Nitro
- 14. d. Mark Starr (12/21) - Saturday Night ?
Ultimo Dragon
- 0. d. Dean Malenko (12/29) - Starrcade
- 1. d. Jushin Liger (12/30) - Nitro
- 2. d. Mark Starr (01/05) - {Pro}
- 3. d. Dean Malenko (01/20) - Nitro
Dean Malenko [3]
- 0. d. Ultimo Dragon (01/21) - Clash of Champions
- 1. d. Jerry Flynn (01/27) - Nitro (?)
- 2. d. Mark Starr (02/03) - Nitro (?)
- 3. CO Eddie Guerrero (02/10) - Nitro
- 4. d. Robbie Brookside (02/17) - Nitro
Syxx
- 0. d. Dean Malenko (02/23) - SuperBrawl
  shoulder injury during defense causes six week gap in defenses
- 1. d. Prince Iaueka (04/14) - Nitro
- 2. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (04/21) - Nitro
- 3. d. Juventud Guerrera (04/28) - Nitro
- 4. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (05/05) - Nitro
- 5. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/16) - Nitro
- 6. d. Chris Jericho (06/21) - Saturday Night
- 7. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (06/23) - Nitro
Chris Jericho
- 0. d. Syxx (06/28) - Los Angeles
  non-televised title change
- 1. d. Juventud Guerrera (06/30) - Nitro
- 2. d. Alex Wright (07/12) - Saturday Night
- 3. d. Psychosis (07/20) - Worldwide
- 4. d. Dave Heath (07/27) - {Pro}
Alex Wright
- 0. d. Chris Jericho (07/28) - Nitro
- 1. d. Scotty Riggs (08/04) - Nitro
- 2. d. Scotty Riggs (08/09) - Saturday Night
- 3. d. Chris Jericho (08/09) - Road Wild
Chris Jericho [2]
- 0. d. Alex Wright (08/16) - Saturday Night
- 1. d. Eddie Guerrero (08/21) - Clash of the Champions
- 2. d. Yuji Nagata (08/25) - Nitro
- 3. d. Doc Dean (08/31) - Worldwide
- 4. NCO Chavo Guerrero (09/01) - Nitro
- 5. d. Hector Guerrero (09/06) - Saturday Night
- 6. d. Brad Armstrong (09/08) - Nitro
Eddie Guerrero
- 0. d. Chris Jericho (09/14) - Fall Brawl
- 1. d. Ultimo Dragon (09/15) - Nitro
- 2. d. Lenny Lance (10/05) - {Pro} (?)
- 3. d. Ultimo Dragon (10/06) - Nitro (?)
- 4. d. Psychosis (10/13) - Nitro
- 5. d. Chris Benoit (10/20) - Nitro
Rey Mysterio Jr. [2]
- 0. d. Eddie Guerrero (10/26) - Halloween Havoc
- 1. d. Dean Malenko (10/27) - Nitro
- 2. d. Kidman (11/01) - Saturday Night
Eddie Guerrero [2]
- 0. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (11/10) - Nitro
- 1. NCO Dean Malenko (11/17) - Nitro
- 2. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (11/23) - World War 3
- 3. d. Louie Spicolli (11/29) - Saturday Night
  month gap between defenses might've been due to an injury for Guerrero
- 4. d. Lizmark Jr. (12/20) - Worldwide
- 5. d. Bobby Blaze (12/20) - Saturday Night
- 6. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (12/27) - Saturday Night
- 7. d. Dean Malenko (12/28) - Starrcade
Ultimo Dragon [2]
- 0. d. Eddie Guerrero (12/29) - Nitro
Juventud Guerrera
- 0. d. Ultimo Dragon (01/08/98) - Thunder
- 1. d. El Dandy (01/10) - Saturday Night
- 2. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (01/12) - Nitro
Rey Mysterio Jr. [3]
- 0. d. Juventud Guerrera (01/15) - Thunder
- 1. d. Mike Anthony (01/18?) - {Pro}
- 2. d. Juventud Guerrera (01/24) - Saturday Night
Chris Jericho [3]
- 0. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (01/24) - Souled Out
- 1. d. Super Calo (02/02) - Nitro?
- 2. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (02/07) - Saturday Night?
- 3. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (02/12) - Thunder
- 4. d. Dean Malenko (02/19) - Thunder
- 5. d. Juventud Guerrera (02/22) - SuperBrawl
- 6. d. Lenny Lane (02/23) - Nitro
- 7. d. Ciclope (03/05) - Thunder
- 8. d. Disco Inferno (03/09) - Nitro
- 9. d. Dean Malenko (03/15) - Uncensored
- 10. DQL. Juventued Guerrera (03/16) - Nitro
- 11. d. Super Calo (03/19) - Thunder
- 12. d. Lenny Lane (03/23) - Nitro
- 13. d. Disco Inferno (03/26) - Thunder
- 14. d. Psychosis (03/28) - Saturday Night
- 15. d. Marty Jannetty (03/30) - Nitro
- 16. d. Juventued Guerrera (04/06) - Nitro
- 17. d. Super Calo (04/13) - Nitro
- 18. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (04/16) - Thunder
- 19. d. Lenny Lane (04/18) - Saturday Night
- 20. d. Prince Iaeuka (04/19) - Spring Stampede
- 21. d. Juventud Guerrera (04/20) - Nitro
- 22. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (04/27) - Nitro
- 23. d. not-Dean Malenko (05/04) - Nitro
- 24. DQL Juventued Guerrera (05/09) - Canadian SN
Dean Malenko [4]
- 0. d. Chris Jericho (05/17) - Slamboree
- 1. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (05/21) - Thunder
- 2. d. Lenny Lane (05/25) - Nitro
- 3. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (05/30) - Saturday Night
- 4. d. Silver King (06/04) - Thunder
- 5. d. Disco Inferno (06/08) - Nitro
- 6. d. 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. d. 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 interfering while being suspended.
- 5. d. Silver King (07/18) - Worldwide
- 6. d. Barry Houston (07/18) - Saturday Night
- 7. d. Juventued Guerrera (07/25) - Worldwide
- 8. DQW. Dean Malenko (07/27) - Nitro
Juventud Guerrera [2]
- 0. d. Chris Jericho (08/08) - Road Wild
- 1. d. Psychosis (08/20) - Thunder
- 2. d. Evan Kourageous (08/31) - Nitro
- 3. d. Hector Garza (09/07) - Nitro
- 4. DQW Silver King (09/10) - Thunder
- 5. d. Kaz Hayashi (09/12) - Saturday Night
- 6. d. Silver King (09/13) - Fall Brawl
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. d. Disco Inferno (10/25) - Halloween Havoc
- 08. d. Juventud Guerrera (10/26) - Nitro
- 09. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (10/29) - Thunder
- 10. DQW Chavo Guerrero Jr. (11/12) - Thunder
Juventud Guerrera [3]
- 0. d. Billy Kidman (11/16) - Nitro
- 1. d. Super Calo (11/21) - Saturday Night
Billy Kidman [2]
- 00. d. Juventud Guerrera (11/22) - World War III
- 01. d. Rey Mysterio (11/23) - Nitro
- 02. d. Eddie Guerrero (11/30) - Nitro
- 03. DQL Rey Mysterio (12/14) - Nitro
- 04. d. Juventud Guerrera and Rey Mysterio (12/27) - Starrcade
- 05. d. Eddie Guerrero (12/27) - Starrcade
- 06. DQW Psychosis (01/07/99) - Thunder
- 07. d. Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis and Rey Mysterio Jr. (01/17) - Souled Out
- 08. TCO Rey Mysterio Jr. and Psychosis (01/30) - Saturday Night
- 09. d. Lash LeRoux (02/01) - Nitro
- 10. d. Lodi (02/13) - Worldwide
- 11. d. Chavo Guerrero (02/21) - Superbrawl IX
- 12. d. Psychosis (03/01) - Nitro
- 13. d. Chavo Guerrero (03/04) - Thunder
- 14. d. Scott Armstrong (03/06) - Worldwide
- 15. DQW Chris Jericho (03/13) - Saturday Night
- 16. d. Mikey Whipwreck (03/14) - Uncensored
Rey Mysterio Jr. [4]
- 0. d. Kidman (03/15) - Nitro
- 1. d. Juventud Guerrera (03/18) - Thunder
- 2. d. Evan Karagias (04/07) - Thunder
- 3. d. Kidman (04/11) - Spring Stampede
- 4. NC. Juventud Guerrera (04/12) - Nitro
- 5. d. Juventud Guerrera (04/15) - Thunder
Psychosis
sometimes spelled Psicosis
- 0. d. Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Mysterio (04/19) - Nitro
Rey Mysterio Jr. [5]
- 0. d. Psychosis (04/26) - Nitro
- 1. d. Kaz Hayashi (05/01) - Saturday Night
- 2. d. Juventud Guerrera (05/01) - Worldwide
  match taped before previous title change actually occurred, but treated as title defense
- 3. d. Evan Karagias (05/17) - Nitro
- 4. d. Kaz Hayashi (05/20) - Thunder
- 5. d. Lash Leroux (05/29) - Saturday Night
- 6. NC Kidman (06/19) - Saturday Night
- 7. d. Blitzkrieg (07/01) - Thunder
- 8. NC Lenny Lane (08/16) - Nitro
Lenny Lane
- 0. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (08/19) - Thunder
- 1. NC Juventud Guerrera (08/23) - Nitro
- 2. d. Scott Armstrong (08/28) - Worldwide
- 3. DQL Kidman (09/02) - Thunder
- 4. d. Kaz Hayashi (09/12) - Fall Brawl
- 5. d. Shaggy 2 Dope (09/20) - Nitro
- 6. d. Evan Karagias (09/23) - Thunder
- 7. d. 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
- 0. d. Psychosis (10/04) - Nitro
- 1. d. Evan Karagias (10/07) - Thunder
- 2. d. Hardbody Harrison (10/09) - Saturday Night
- 3. d. Kaz Hayashi (10/11) - Nitro
- 4. d. Vampiro (10/18) - Nitro
- 5. d. Lash LeRoux (10/24) - Halloween Havoc
Evan Karagias
- 0. d. Disco Inferno (11/21) - Mayhem
- 1. d. Barry Horwitz (12/11) - Worldwide
- 2. d. Allan Funk (12/11) - Saturday Night
- 3. d. the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (12/16) - Thunder
Madusa
- 0. d. Evan Karagis (12/19) - Starrcade
- 1. d. Buzzkill (12/20) - Nitro
- 2. d. Asya (01/06/00) - Thunder
- 3. d. 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
- 0. d. Madusa (01/16) - Souled Out
  vacates the belt on (01/19) - Thunder
the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka
- 0. d. Lash LeRoux (02/20) - SuperBrawl
  Final of an 8 person title tournament
- 1. d. Crowbar (02/23) - Thunder
- 2. d. David Flair (02/28) - Nitro
- 3. DQL Chavo Guerrero (03/01) - Thunder
- 4. DQL Psychosis (03/08) - Thunder
- 5. DQL Billy Kidman (03/11) - Saturday Night
- 6. d. Psychosis (03/19) - Uncensored
- 7. d. Lash LeRoux (03/25) - Worldwide
Billy Kidman [3]
- d. 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]
- d. Kidman (03/31) - Pittsburgh
  House Show match, never mentioned on air
  all active WCW titles vacated on 04/10
Chris Candido
- 0. d. Shannon Moore, Juventud Guerrera, Lash LeRoux, the Artist (04/16) - Spring Stampede
- 1. d. the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (05/07) - Slamboree
- 2. d. Crowbar (05/10) - Thunder
Crowbar
- 0. 05/15 d. 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. d. Crowbar (05/22) - Nitro
  Daffney officially announced as champion after this match
- 1. d. Chris Candido and the artist formerly known as Prince Iaueka (05/24) - Thunder
Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.)
- 0. d. Disco Inferno and Daffney (06/07) - Thunder
- 1. d. Disco Inferno (06/11) - Great American Bash
- 2. d. the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (06/12) - Nitro
- 3. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. and the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (06/19) - Nitro
- 4. d. Cpl. Cajun (06/28) - Thunder
- 5. d. Juventud Guerrera (07/09) - Bash at the Beach
- 6. d. David Flair (07/19) - Thunder
- 7. d. the artist formerly known as Prince Iaeuka (07/22) - Worldwide
Lance Storm
- 0. 07/31 d. 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 d. Juventud Guerrera (08/02) - Thunder
Elix Skipper
- awarded title by Lance Storm (08/14) - Nitro
- 1. d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (08/21) - Nitro
- 2. d. Chris Harris (09/02) - Worldwide
- 3. d. Cpl. Cajun (09/16) - Worldwide
- 4. d. Kwee-wee (09/17) - Fall Brawl
Mike Sanders
- 0. d. 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. d. Lance Storm (10/04) - Thunder
- 2. d. Kwee-Wee (11/26) - Mayhem
Chavo Guerrero Jr. [2]
- 0. d. Chavo Guerrero (12/06) - Thunder
- 1. d. Jamie Noble (12/20) - Thunder
- 2. d. Shannon Moore (01/08/01) - Nitro
- 3. d. Evan Karagias (01/13) - Worldwide
- 4. d. Shane Helms (01/14) - Sin
- 5. d. Crowbar (01/15) - Nitro
- 6. d. Rey Mysterio Jr. (02/18) - SuperBrawl
- 7. d. 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 Cruiserweight Champion, and the 1st recognized by the WWF
- 2. vs Chavo Guerrero (03/26) - Nitro
  End of WCW/Turner Era
Billy Kidman [4]
- 0. vs Shane Helms (07/05/01) - SmackDown!
- 1. vs K-Kwik (07/15) - Heat

Some information from Wrestling-Titles.com. Many links to DDT Digest.
? - not confirmed as a title match, but would seem likely.

Last Updated: 09/23/04

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