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

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, it was the only title to be exclusive to the

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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

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, with the longest reign being 385 days by

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(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.

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Official WWE Cruiserweight Championship Title History

* ttp://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwf/wwe-c.html WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com (1996 - present) {{DEFAULTSORT:List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1991-2007) WWE championships lists World Championship Wrestling champions lists

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