List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions

Current champion Buddy Murphy

The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is defended on Raw and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.[1][2]

As of October 20, 2018, there have been eleven reigns between nine champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was TJ Perkins. The oldest champion is The Brian Kendrick, winning the title at 37 years old, while the youngest champion is Rich Swann when he won it at 25. Neville and Enzo Amore have the most reigns at two. Neville also has the longest reign at 197 days, while Akira Tozawa has the shortest reign at six days. Neville also has the longest combined reign at 232 days (233 days as recognized by WWE).

The title is currently held by Buddy Murphy, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Cedric Alexander on WWE Super Show-Down.

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days
recog.		 Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDays recog.
1 TJ Perkins September 14, 2016 Cruiserweight Classic Finale Winter Park, FL 1 4646 Before the finale of the Cruiserweight Classic, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H revealed that the winner would also become the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion for WWE's revived cruiserweight division on the Raw brand. Perkins defeated Gran Metalik in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 The Brian Kendrick October 30, 2016 Hell in a Cell Boston, MA 1 3031 [4]
3 Rich Swann November 29, 2016 205 Live Columbia, SC 1 6161 [5]
4 Neville January 29, 2017 Royal Rumble San Antonio, TX 1 197197 [6]
5 Akira Tozawa August 14, 2017 Raw Boston, MA 1 66 [7]
6 Neville August 20, 2017 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 2 3536 Match was part of the SummerSlam pre-show. [8]
7 Enzo Amore September 24, 2017 No Mercy Los Angeles, CA 1 1516 [9]
8 Kalisto October 9, 2017 Raw Indianapolis, IN 1 1313 This was a lumberjack match. [10]
9 Enzo Amore October 22, 2017 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Minneapolis, MN 2 9393 [11]
— Vacated January 23, 2018 — — — —— The title was vacated due to Enzo Amore's release following publicized accusations of sexual assault and harassment. [12][13]
10 Cedric Alexander April 8, 2018 WrestleMania 34 New Orleans, LA 1 181181 Defeated Mustafa Ali in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
The match was part of the WrestleMania 34 pre-show.		 [14]
11 Buddy Murphy October 6, 2018 Super Show-Down Melbourne, Australia 1 14+14+ [15]

Combined reigns

Two-time and longest reigning Cruiserweight Champion Neville

As of October 20, 2018.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Neville2232233
2 Cedric Alexander1181
3 Enzo Amore2108109
4 Rich Swann161
5 TJ Perkins146
6 The Brian Kendrick13031
7 Kalisto113
8 Buddy Murphy †114+
9 Akira Tozawa16

References

  1. ↑ McMahon, Vince (November 30, 2016). "Vince McMahon on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "WHY 205 LIVE STARS DISAPPEARED OFF RAW, WHY IMPACT CONTRACTED TALENTS CAN WRESTLE ANYWHERE AND MORE". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Caldwell, James. "9/14 WWE Cruiserweight Tourney Finals – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Hell in a Cell 2016 live review: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte for the WWE Women's Championship, Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Rusev for the U.S. Championship". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Namako, Jason. "WWE 205 Live Results – 11/29/16 (Rich Swann wins the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on the premiere episode)". WreslteView. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Powell, Jason. "1/29 Powell's WWE Royal Rumble 2017 live review: AJ Styles vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns in a No DQ match for the WWE Universal Championship with Chris Jericho in a shark cage". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Keller, Wade. "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 7/14: Final episode before Summerslam with latest on Seth-Dean, Women's Title match, Fatal Four-way". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ Powell, Jason. "08/20 Powell's WWE SummerSlam Kickoff Show coverage: New Day vs. The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Akira Tozawa vs. Neville for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Jason Jordan vs. Miz, Bo Dallas, and Curtis Axel". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE No Mercy 2017 live review: Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman for the WWE Universal Championship, John Cena vs. Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins vs. Sheamus and Cesaro for the Raw Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ Keller, Wade. "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 10/9: Shield reunion continues, Miz TV with Sheamus & Cesaro, TLC build up continues". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  11. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE TLC 2017 live review: Kurt Angle, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins vs. Braun Strowman, Kane, The Miz, Sheamus, and Cesaro in a TLC match, AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor, Asuka debuts, Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James for the Raw Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Enzo Amore released". WWE. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  13. ↑ Enzo Amore released from WWE after Allegations of sexual assault - Sky Sports.com
  14. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WrestleMania 34 Kickoff Show live review: WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, Cedric Alexander vs. Mustfa Ali for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  15. ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Super Show-Down live review: Undertaker vs. Triple H for the final time, AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a no DQ, no count-out match for the WWE Title, The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler, Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
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