List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996–2007)

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. 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 NameYearsWCW Cruiserweight ChampionshipMarch 20, 1996 – November 18, 2001WWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipNovember 18, 2001 – May 6, 2002WWE Cruiserweight ChampionshipMay 6, 2002 – September 25, 2007

Reigns

Combined reigns

RankChampionNo. of reignsCombined daysCombined daysrecognized by WWE1 3 532 5292 8 486 4763 6 4314 7 334 3215 3 283 2846 4 231 2557 2 196 1958 4 188 1859 1 147 14610 1 138 13511 1 126 12712 5 113 10513 1 100 10114 2 91 8915 2 75 7216 1 70 6917 65 6818 63 6219 49 48 2 49 4721 1 48 22 46 4523 43 4224 42 4125 2 33 3226 1 29 2827 28 27 28 27 28 2730 22 2031 15 1832 14 1333 12 934 7 6 2 7 636 1 2 1

List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996–2007)

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