The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA in

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contested for in the

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(AAA). The championship cannot be competed for by anyone who is over the Cruiserweight division weight limit of . Traditionally this division is labelled as the "Junior Heavyweight" division in Mexico while "Cruiserweight" is a term more used in the United States or Canada. The championship was originally named the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. but had the word "world" added to the name after

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won a match on August 17, 2014, that unified the championship with the

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. A total of twelve men have held the championship for a total of fourteen different title reigns. Fénix is the current champion in his first reign.

History

The inaugural champion was

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, who defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger at ''AAA Television Taping'' on May 21, 2009, in

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. On August 17, 2014, at Triplemanía XXII, the Cruiserweight Champion Daga defended the title in a 10-man elimination match, where also participated the AAA Fusion Champion Fénix.

won the match and unified both titles, deactivating the Fusion Championship and renaming the title as AAA World Cruiserweight Championship. On February 10, 2021, the champion

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faced the

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's World Middleweight Champion

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in a title vs. title match. Despide Rush won the match and was recognized as champion, few days later AAA didn't recognized the title change. Instead, Laredo Kid appeared on AAA show with the title belt. According to Konnan, an AAA booker, Rush lost the title back to Laredo Kid in a un-televised match. On May 5, Laredo Kid appeared in ''MLW Fusion'' with the AAA title, making a in-character statement where he refused to recognize Rush as champion. The current champion, Laredo Kid, has been the longest reigning champion at + days. The youngest champion is Daga who won at the age of 24 years and 136 days. During his reign, Laredo Kid was defeated by

in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush's

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– though this reign was not recognized by AAA. The shortest reigning champion was Alex Koslov who held the title for 9 days from August 21, 2009 to August 30, 2009. Alex Koslov and Xtreme Tiger has held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The oldest champion is

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who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days.

Reigns

;Names

Combined reigns

As of , .

References

External links

AAA's official title history
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