A Brief History of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

Wrestling Bios Presents - A Brief History of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

Long before 205 Live was a thing and long before WWE graced us with the purple 205 cruiserweight belt, the WWF had the Light Heavyweight Championship. The assumption has always been that the light heavyweight title was Vince McMahon's answer to WCW's highly entertaining cruiserweight division, and while there is some truth to that statement, you may be surprised to learn that the WWF light heavyweight title was around since the beginning of the 80s (not to be confused with the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship)

In this video, we will look at the history of the WWF Light Heavyweight championship. We look at the title's creation by Vince McMahon Snr, it's time in UWA, it's movement to Japan where it would be featured in Michinoku Pro and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ultimo Dragon holding the belt along with the WCW Cruiserweight title at the same time, the belt being brought to the WWF in 1997 and thus beginning the WWE recognized time with the title, Taka Michinoku being the first champion recognized by WWE, the belt's quick downfall, X Pac holding the title along with the WCW Cruiserweight title after the WCW Invasion, and the deactivation of the title. I also recommend a few matches from the WWF Light Heavyweight division you should check out at the end of the video.