AAA World Cruiserweight Championship

The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship cannot be competed for by anyone who is over the Cruiserweight division weight limit of 105 kg (231 lb).^[1] Traditionally this division is labelled as the "Junior Heavyweight" division in Mexico while "Cruiserweight" is a term more used in the United States or Canada.

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA
The current AAA World Cruiserweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Date established	May 21, 2009
Current champion(s)	Fénix
Date won	June 18, 2022
Other name(s)
AAA Cruiserweight Championship (May 2009–August 2014) AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (August 2014–present)
Statistics First champion(s) Alex Koslov Most reigns Alex Koslov and Xtreme Tiger (2 reigns) Longest reign Laredo Kid (1,218 days) Shortest reign Alex Koslov (9 days) Oldest champion Juventud Guerrera (37 years and 178 days) Youngest champion Daga (24 years and 136 days) Heaviest champion Johnny Mundo (98 kg (216 lb)) Lightest champion Xtreme Tiger (67 kg (148 lb))

The championship was originally named the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. but had the word "world" added to the name after El Hijo del Fantasma won a match on August 17, 2014, that unified the championship with the AAA Fusión Championship.^[2] A total of twelve men have held the championship for a total of fourteen different title reigns. Fénix is the current champion in his first reign.

History

 

Alex Koslov became the inaugural champion when he defeatd Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in 2009

The inaugural champion was Alex Koslov, who defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger at AAA Television Taping on May 21, 2009, in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. On August 17, 2014, at Triplemanía XXII, the Cruiserweight Champion Daga defended the title in a 10-man elimination match, where also participated the AAA Fusion Champion Fénix. El Hijo del Fantasma won the match and unified both titles, deactivating the Fusion Championship and renaming the title as AAA World Cruiserweight Championship. On February 10, 2021, the champion Laredo Kid faced the Major League Wrestling's World Middleweight Champion Lio Rush in a title vs. title match. Despide Rush won the match and was recognized as champion, few days later AAA didn't recognized the title change. Instead, Laredo Kid appeared on AAA show with the title belt. According to Konnan, an AAA booker, Rush lost the title back to Laredo Kid in a un-televised match. On May 5, Laredo Kid appeared in MLW Fusion with the AAA title, making a in-character statement where he refused to recognize Rush as champion.^[3]

The current champion, Laredo Kid, has been the longest reigning champion at 1463+ days. The youngest champion is Daga who won at the age of 24 years and 136 days. During his reign, Laredo Kid was defeated by Lio Rush in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship – though this reign was not recognized by AAA. The shortest reigning champion was Alex Koslov who held the title for 9 days from August 21, 2009 to August 30, 2009. Alex Koslov and Xtreme Tiger has held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The oldest champion is Juventud Guerrera who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days.

Reigns

Names

Name	Duration
AAA Cruiserweight Championship	May 2009 – August 2014
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship	August 2014 – present

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
1	Alex Koslov	May 21, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes	1	23	1	Koslov defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in the final of a 12-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2009.	^[4]
2	Xtreme Tiger	June 13, 2009	Triplemanía XVII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	69	1	This was a four-way elimination hardcore match, also involving Alan Stone and Crazy Boy.	^[5]
3	Alex Koslov	August 21, 2009	Verano de Escándalo	Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	2	9	0	This was a five-way elimination match, also involving Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on September 6, 2009.	^[6]
—	Vacated	August 30, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after Alex Koslov lost a six-man steel cage match in which the last man left in the cage was forced out of AAA. This episode aired on tape delay on September 20, 2009.	^[7]
4	Xtreme Tiger	September 26, 2009	Héroes Inmortales III	Monterrey, Nuevo León	2	253	2	Tiger defeated Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, Sugi San, and Teddy Hart to win the vacant championship.	^[8]
5	Jack Evans	June 6, 2010	Triplemanía XVIII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	713	1	This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Christopher Daniels and Nosawa Rongai.	^[9]
6	Juventud Guerrera	May 19, 2012	Noche de Campeones	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	1	197	2	This was a four-way Extreme match, Psicosis and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on June 10, 2012.	^[10]
7	Daga	December 2, 2012	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan, Jalisco	1	623	4	This was a six-way ladder match, also involving Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Psicosis. This episode aired on tape delay on December 19, 2012.	^[11]
8	El Hijo del Fantasma	August 17, 2014	Triplemanía XXII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	945	6	This was a ten-way elimination match, also involving Angélico, Australian Suicide, Bengala, Drago, Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Pentagón Jr., where the AAA Fusión Championship was also unified into the title. Title renamed from "AAA Cruiserweight Championship" to "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship"	^[2]^[12]
9	Johnny Mundo	March 19, 2017	Rey de Reyes	Monterrey, Nuevo León	1	196	1	This was a three-way match, also involving El Texano Jr. This match was also contested for the AAA Mega and AAA Latin American Championships	^[13]
10	Lanzeloth	October 1, 2017	Héroes Inmortales XI	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	1	117	1	This was a ten-way match, also involving Angelikal, Dragon Solar, El Hijo del Vikingo, Máscara de Bronce, Solaris, Tiger Boy, Venum and Villano III Jr.	^[14]
11	Australian Suicide	January 26, 2018	Guerra de Titanes	Mexico City, Mexico	1	211	3		^[15]
12	Sammy Guevara	August 25, 2018	Triplemanía XXVI	Mexico City, Mexico	1	175	1	This was a four-way match, also involving A. C. H. and Shane Strickland.	^[16]
13	Laredo Kid	February 16, 2019	AAA TV-Taping	Morelia, Michoacán	1	1,218	9		^[17]
†	Lio Rush	February 10, 2021	MLW Fusion	Orlando, FL	†	N/A	N/A	Rush defeated Laredo Kid in a match where Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship was also on the line. However, AAA didn't recognized the title change and kept recognizing Laredo Kid as the champion since February 16, 2019.^[18]	^[19]
14	Fénix	June 18, 2022	Triplemanía XXX	Tijuana, Mexico	1	245+	0	This was a Winner Takes All match where the AAA Latin American Championship was also on the line between Bandido, Taurus, defending champion Laredo Kid and Hijo del Vikingo	^[20]

Combined reigns

 

Former champion Laredo Kid who holds the record for longest reign at 1,218 days

As of February 18, 2023.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Laredo Kid	1	9	1,218
2	El Hijo del Fantasma	1	6	945
3	Jack Evans	1	1	713
4	Daga	1	4	623
5	Xtreme Tiger	2	2	322
6	Australian Suicide	1	3	211
7	Juventud Guerrera	1	2	197
8	Johnny Mundo	1	1	196
9	Fénix †	1	0	245+
10	Sammy Guevara	1	1	175
11	Lanzeloth	1	1	118
12	Alex Koslov	2	0	32
†	Lio Rush	–	–	–

References

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External links

• AAA's official title history