WCW Light Heavyweight Championship

Brad Armstrong as WCW Light Heavyweight Champion.

Details

Date established

October 27, 1991

Date retired

September 2, 1992

Promotion

World Championship Wrestling

Statistics
First champion(s)	Brian Pillman
Final champion(s)	Brad Armstrong
Most reigns	Brian Pillman (2 reigns)
Longest reign	Brian Pillman (112 days)
Shortest reign	Scotty Flamingo (15 days)

The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived title from 1991 until 1992 in World Championship Wrestling. It preceded the WCW Cruiserweight Championship introduced in 1996, which later became a WWE championship. WWE recognizes former WCW World Light Heavyweight Champions as former WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champions.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific tag team listed
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known or applicable.
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held:	Location	Event	Notes
001 !1	Brian Pillman	1	000000001991-10-27-0000October 27, 1991	59	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Halloween Havoc (1991)	Defeated Richard Morton in tournament final to determine the first WCW Light Heavyweight Champion.^[1]
002 !2	Jushin Thunder Liger	1	000000001991-12-25-0000December 25, 1991	66	Atlanta, Georgia		^[2]
003 !3	Brian Pillman	2	000000001992-02-29-0000February 29, 1992	112	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	SuperBrawl II	^[3]
004 !4	Scotty Flamingo	1	000000001992-06-20-0000June 20, 1992	15	Mobile, Alabama	Beach Blast (1992)	^[4]
005 !5	Brad Armstrong	1	000000001992-07-05-0000July 5, 1992	59	Atlanta, Georgia		^[5]
005.5 !-	Vacated	0 !—	000000001992-09-02-0000September 2, 1992	0	Atlanta, Georgia	Clash of the Champions XX: 20th Anniversary	Armstrong was stripped of the title due to a knee injury. A tournament was announced to take place in early 1993, but the idea was abandoned. The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship would later be replaced with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.^[5]

References

↑ "Brian Pillman's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
↑ "Jushin Liger's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
↑ "Brian Pillman's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
↑ "Scotty Flamingo's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
1 2 "Brad Armstrong's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

External links

WCW Light Heavyweight Champions

Brian Pillman Jushin Thunder Liger Scotty Flamingo Brad Armstrong

World Championship Wrestling championships

World	World Heavyweight (reigns) (1991–2001) International World Heavyweight (reigns) (1993–1994)

Secondary	World Television (reigns) (1991–2000) United States (reigns) (1991–2001)

Tag Team	World Tag Team (reigns) (1991–2001) World Six-Man Tag Team (reigns) (1991) United States Tag Team (reigns) (1986–1992) Cruiserweight Tag Team (reigns) (2001)

Divisional	Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1991–1992) Cruiserweight (reigns) (1996–2001) Women's (reigns) (1996–1997) Women's Cruiserweight (reigns) (1997)

Other	Hardcore (reigns) (1999–2001) Triple Crown

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