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NXT Cruiserweight Championship (2016–2022) – originally established as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship by WWE in 2016 (separate lineage from the previous title), it was renamed NXT Cruiserweight Championship when it was moved to WWE's NXT brand in 2019; it was then retired in 2022
In 2016, WWE began to re-launch its cruiserweight division by producing the Cruiserweight Classic—a 32-man tournament with participants billed as being under 205 pounds (93 kg), the lower limit of cruiserweight in MMA.
Since its inception in WCW in late 1991, the Cruiserweight Championship has had a roller coaster of an existence. Its first obstacle was overcoming an almost four-year lull when WCW failed to re-establish the championship after stripping Brad Armstrong of it in 1992.
The Cruiserweight Championship was retired in 2007 with Hornswoggle as its final holder. Another WWE Cruiserweight Championship was created in 2016, and although both championships had shared the same name (before the newer title was renamed to NXT Cruiserweight Championship in 2019), the newer championship did not carry the lineage of the ...
When the company brought back the division in 2016, the promise of a revamp division had some hope. The Cruiserweight Classic was an excellent tournament that featured some of the best wrestling ...
After scouting the best cruiserweights in the entire world, WWE launched the Cruiserweight Classic Tournament in the summer of 2016. Shortly afterwards the new cruiserweight division manifested in the formation of the new one-hour show 205 Live.
Mar 3, 2022 · The WCW Cruiserweight Division would often kick off the show during Nitro's best era. From 1996-1998, the best match of the night might have come on first. Little did they know, as they were ...
