“WWF Light Heavyweight Championship”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

释义

History
1997 tournament Title deactivation
Notes
External links

{{short description|Former championship created by Universal Wrestling Association and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Michinoku Pro Wrestling and WWE}}{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|image=File:WWF Light Heavyweight belt.jpg
|caption=The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship belt with the WWF scratch logo
(circa 2001)
|championshipname=WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
|promotion=Universal Wrestling Association (March 26, 1981–June 16, 1995)
Michinoku Pro Wrestling (June 16, 1995–November 5, 1997)
World Wrestling Federation (November 5, 1997–November 18, 2001)
|firstchamp=Perro Aguayo
Taka Michinoku (as per WWE's official title history)
|finalchamp=X-Pac
|created=March 26, 1981
December 7, 1997 (as per WWE's official title history)
|mostreigns=Perro Aguayo and Villano III
(7 reigns)
|longestreign=Villano III (826 days)
|shortestreign=Perro Aguayo & Scotty 2 Hotty (8 days)
|oldest=Perro Aguayo (43 years, 9 months)
|youngest=Essa Rios
(21 years, 63 days)
|heaviest=Shinjiro Otani ({{convert|236|lb|kg|abbr=on}})
|lightest=The Great Sasuke
({{convert|180|lb|kg st|abbr=on}})
|tallest=Chris Adams
({{height|ft=6|in=1}})
|shortest=The Great Sasuke
({{height|ft=5|in=8}})
|titleretired=November 2001
|pastlookimages=
}}

The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) promotion. The title was challenged by light heavyweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs (before deactivation, the weight limit was changed to 220Ibs). It was created on March 26, 1981 for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) in a partnership between the WWF and UWA. On 16 June, 1995, the title moved to Michinoku Pro Wrestling, but due to WWF's ownership of the title, it was returned to the WWF in 1997, the year in which the WWE begins the championship's lineage. The inaugural champion in UWA was Perro Aguayo, however, the WWE considers the inaugural champion to be Taka Michinoku, with his reign beginning on December 7, 1997. It was retired in November 2001 with X-Pac as the final champion.

History

The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was first introduced in Japan in a tournament which ended with Perro Aguayo defeating Gran Hamada to become the first recognized champion. It then migrated to the US West Coast before transitioning to Mexico and then later being defended once again in Japan by way of the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion. The title would later become popularized and widely defended within the confines of the World Wrestling Federation in 1997, when a tournament was held in the United States to crown a champion. Before the tournament, the title was previously considered a part of the much venerated J-Crown.

1997 tournament

{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarterfinals
{{small|(RAW is WAR)}}
| RD2=Semifinals
{{small|(RAW is WAR)}}
| RD3=Finals
{{small|(In Your House: D-Generation X)}}
| RD1-seed1=Nov. 3
| RD1-seed2=Hershey
| RD1-team1=Águila
| RD1-team2=Super Loco
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-score2= 5:12
| RD1-seed3=Nov. 10
| RD1-seed4=Ottawa
| RD1-team3=Taka Michinoku
| RD1-team4=Devon Storm
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-score4=5:00
| RD1-seed5=Nov. 11¹
| RD1-seed6=Cornwall
| RD1-team5=Eric Shelley
| RD1-team6=Scott Taylor
| RD1-score5=Pin
| RD1-score6=5:27
| RD1-seed7=Nov. 24
| RD1-seed8=Fayetteville
| RD1-team7=Brian Christopher
| RD1-team8= Flash Flanagan
| RD1-score7=Pin
| RD1-score8=3:30
| RD2-seed1=Nov. 25²
| RD2-seed2=Roanoke
| RD2-team1=Águila
| RD2-team2=Taka Michinoku
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-score2= 6:19
| RD2-seed3=Nov. 25²
| RD2-seed4=Roanoke
| RD2-team3=Scott Taylor
| RD2-team4=Brian Christopher
| RD2-score3=Forf³
| RD2-score4=
| RD3-seed1=Dec. 7
| RD3-seed2=Springfield
| RD3-team1=Taka Michinoku
| RD3-team2=Brian Christopher
| RD3-score1=Pin
| RD3-score2= 12:00
}}Notes:
¹ {{small|This match aired on November 17.}}
² {{small|These matches aired on December 1.}}

³ {{small|Christopher won by forfeit after Kane chokeslammed Taylor before Christopher made his way to the ring, leaving Taylor unable to compete.}}

Title deactivation

In March 2001, the WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling. Following the conclusion of the Invasion angle at the 2001 Survivor Series pay-per-view, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was abandoned in favor of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Simultaneously, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship was rebranded as the WWF Cruiserweight Championship. It would become the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in accordance with the company's name change in May 2002, and it would be defended until September 2007.^[1]^[2]

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/lightheavyweight/|title=Light Heavyweight Championship History|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-16}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/|title=History of the Cruiserweight Championship|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2008-02-19}}

External links

WWF Light Heavyweight Title History
Wrestling-Titles.com: WWF World Light Heavyweight Title
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915182607/http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/97.htm 1997 WWF event results]
1997 tournament results
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Title History
[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=15 WWF Light Heavyweight Title in Cagematch.com database]

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