| WCW LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT & WCW/WWE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY |
| - Highlights of the first Light heavyweight tournament - Brian Pillman v. Ricky Morton in a tournament final to become the first (10/27/91) - WCW Light heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman v. Jushin Liger (12/25/91) - WCW Light heavyweight Champion Jushin Liger v. Brian Pillman (2/29/92) - WCW Light heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman v. Scotty Flamingo (6/20/92) - WCW Light heavyweight Champion Scotty Flamingo v. Brad Armstrong (7/5/92) (Armstrong was stripped at the Clash of Champions XX on September 2, 1992 for not defending within a 30-day period. The title was then abandoned.) - Shinjiro Otani v. Chris Benoit in a tournament final to become the 1st WCW Cruiserweight Champion (3/20/96) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Shinjiro Otani v. Dean Malenko (5/2/96) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko v. Rey Mysterio, Jr (7/8/96) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr v. Dean Malenko (10/27/96) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko v. J-Crown Champion The Ultimo Dragon (12/27/96) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion The Ultimo Dragon v. Dean Malenko (1/22/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko v. Syxx (2/24/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Syxx v. Chris Jericho (6/28/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho v. Alex Wright (7/28/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Alex Wright v. Chris Jericho (8/12/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho v. Eddie Guerrero (9/14/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio, Jr (10/26/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr v. Eddie Guerrero (11/10/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero v. The Ultimo Dragon (12/29/97) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion The Ultimo Dragon v. Juventude Guerrera (1/8/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Juventude Guerrera v. Rey Mysterio, Jr (1/15/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr v. Chris Jericho (1/24/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho v. Dean Malenko (5/17/98) (Malenko gave up the belt several weeks later after Jericho protested that he never signed a contract to wrestle Malenko. The title was then declared vacant) - Dean Malenko v. Chris Jericho to determine a new champion (6/18/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho v. Juventude Guerrera (8/8/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Juventude Guerrera v. Kidman (9/14/98) - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Kidman v. Juventude Guerrera (11/16/98) |