The History of the WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship

Hey guys, and now, we take a look @ a Championship that is short-lived and not only that, it was used mostly during the Attitude Era and the short-lived Invasion Era:

The WWE Light Heavyweight Championship

While WCW had the Cruiserweight Championship as well as the Cruiserweight Division and the Lucha Libre and the Mexican Luchadors WWE had the Light-Heavyweight Division something that WCW also had during the Early 90's!

Not to be confused with the WWF/UWF Light-Heavyweight Title that was fought over in Mexico, The WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship was held by 11 Men and it had changed hands 13 times!

The title deubt on December 7, 1997 @ the WWE In Your House PPV: Degeneration X

and on that night, Taka Michinoku won a Tournament and was crowned the 1st ever WWE Light-Heavyweight Champion!

The longest running Champion was Duane Gill better known as Gillberg who was also the 1st Light-Heavyweight Champion on SD!

He held the title for a record of nearly 15 months!

The WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship was also the 1st Championship held by Christian Cage who won the title from Taka Michinoku in his very 1st match @ the In Your House PPV: Judgment Day back on October 10, 1998!

and it was also the only WWE Championship held by Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lynn!

It was the 1st Singles Title held by Scotty 2 Hotti of Too Cool!

There were other who have held the title as well:

The likes of Tajiri, Essa Rios and the late Crash Holly!

There were only 2 men who have held the title Twice

and that was X-Pac and The Man of 1000 Holds Dean Malenko!

Plus, it was also one of the Championships held by The High Flyer and The Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy!

and with Lita by his side, she managed to lead Jeff Hardy into winning the Light-Heavyweight Championship!

However, after the end of the Invasion Era, the Light-Heavyweight Championship was retired and X-Pac was the last man to hold the Championship!

The Light-Heavyweight Championship was soon replaced by the WWE Cruiserweight Championship!

The Light-Heavyweight Championship may be gone, but the tradition and the spirit of the Light-Heavyweight Championship still lives!

and that is your look @ a title that is short lived:

The WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship


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The light heavyweight title for Christian seemed to be his demise with the WWE. After that Vince really would never give Christian a decent break.
He had the IC title a little while but he never got the push with it....When I look at what the guy does now for TNA it was one of the best moves he made.


What a lot of people weren't aware of at the time Christian got the Light Heavyweight belt Christian was also in posession of the Heavyweight east coast title...and a few others....He had to vacate some of the East coast titles because of his decision to stay with Edge in WWE

Well Christian has held the following titles:

WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship
WWE World Tag Team Championship (9 times) w/Edge, Lance Storm & Chris Jericho
WWE European Heavyweight Championship def. JBL
WWE Hardcore Championship from Molly Holly @ Wrestlemania X8
WWE I-C Heavyweight Champion (3 times)

The only title that he has never held was the WWE Heavyweight Championship or the SD! World Heavyweight Championship

tnalockdownfan wrote:

Well Christian has held the following titles:

WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship
WWE World Tag Team Championship (9 times) w/Edge, Lance Storm & Chris Jericho
WWE European Heavyweight Championship def. JBL
WWE Hardcore Championship from Molly Holly @ Wrestlemania X8
WWE I-C Heavyweight Champion (3 times)

The only title that he has never held was the WWE Heavyweight Championship or the SD! World Heavyweight Championship

Or the United States Title.....

Ah, Good One!

tnalockdownfan wrote:

Ah, Good One!

Well if you really wanna get technical he was never a WWE Tag Champion either.

Exactly!

and also, Christian went to SD! on the same night, Batista took the World Heavyweight Championship to SD!

and now, RAW is WWE and SD! is more like WCW, but the SD! WWE Tag Team Titles are just titles created by Stephanie McMahon Levesque!

tnalockdownfan wrote:

Exactly!

and also, Christian went to SD! on the same night, Batista took the World Heavyweight Championship to SD!

and now, RAW is WWE and SD! is more like WCW, but the SD! WWE Tag Team Titles are just titles created by Stephanie McMahon Levesque!

What is really interesting is Christian was never a WWE Champion or World Heavyweight Champion, yet he hasn't held any other TNA Championship beside the TNA Heavyweight Championship.

Now knowledge is power.

Actually, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in TNA and that was before TNA broke away from the NWA and create their own titles!

But Kurt Angle is the 1st man to hold the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after it broke away from the NWA!