NXT Cruiserweight Championship

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NXT Cruiserweight Championship
The current title holder Jordan Devlin.
The current title holder Jordan Devlin .
Data
Title holder Jordan Devlin
since January 25, 2020
owner WWE
broadcast NXT
NXT UK
205 Live
Introduced September 14, 2016
Former names
  • WWE Cruiserweight Championship
    (2016-2019)
Records
Most title wins Neville and Enzo Amore (2 times)
Longest reign Neville (197 days)
Shortest reign Akira Tozawa (6 days)
Oldest title holder The Brian Kendrick (37 years, 154 days)
Youngest title holder Lio Rush (24 years, 332 days)
Heaviest title holder Angel Garza (93 kg)
Easiest title holder Akira Tozawa (71 kg)

The NXT Cruiserweight Championship is the cruiserweight wrestling title of the US promotion WWE , which is awarded exclusively to male individual wrestlers with a maximum weight of 93 kg (205 lbs ). The title was introduced on September 14, 2016 at the Cruiserweight Classic . The current title holder in his first reign is Jordan Devlin. As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .

history

The Cruiserweight Classic was a 32-man WWE tournament that aired on the WWE Network between June 23 and September 14, 2016 . The final of the Cruiserweight Classic took place on September 14, 2016 between the American T. J. Perkins and the Mexican Gran Metalik. Before the finals began, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H stated that the tournament winner would also be the champion of the Cruiserweight Division reintroduced with the return of the Brand Extension . As with other titles that have been introduced since 2016, the new championship does not have the lineage of the predecessor title ( Cruiserweight Championship ) , which was fought between 1996 and 2001 in the WCW and between 2001 and 2007 in the WWE . The final, and thus the first Cruiserweight Classic as well as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, was won by Perkins after just 18 minutes by giving up Metalik.

Originally the championship was defended exclusively on Raw . On November 29, 2016, the premiere of the cruiserweight show 205 Live took place on the WWE Network. The championship was defended on Raw and 205 Live after the show launched . On January 23, 2018, then-title holder Enzo Amore was fired from the WWE and the championship was declared vacant. Triple H then took creative control of 205 Live and began restructuring the show. In the 205 Live episode on January 30th, a 16-man singles elimination tournament was announced to crown a new titleholder. The final of the tournament took place at WrestleMania 34 between Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali, where Alexander defeated Ali to win the vacant championship. According to WrestleMania 34 , the master's eight was exclusively defended at 205 Live .

Just before NXT moved to the USA Network in September 2019 , Triple H announced that 205 Live was becoming part of NXT to create more opportunities for cruiserweight wrestlers. The following month the title was renamed the NXT Cruiserweight Championship . On January 25, 2020 at Worlds Collide , Triple H and NXT General Manager William Regal presented the then title holder Angel Garza with a new title belt. The redesigned design is largely the same. The WWE logo on the center panel has been replaced with a vertical NXT logo and the purple belt is now dark purple.

List of title holders

  • Current title holder
  • Current interim title holder
    • # Title holder Title change statistics annotation
    date event place Number Days
    1 TJ Perkins September 14, 2016 Cruiserweight Classic Winter Park , Florida 1 46 Defeated Gran Metalik in the final of the Cruiserweight Classic for the newly created title.
    2 The Brian Kendrick October 30, 2016 Hell in a Cell Boston , Massachusetts 1 30th
    3 Rich Swann 29th November 2016 205 Live Columbia , South Carolina 1 61
    4th Neville 29th January 2017 Royal Rumble San Antonio , Texas 1 197
    5 Akira Tozawa August 14, 2017 Raw Boston, Massachusetts 1 6th
    6th Neville 20th August 2017 SummerSlam New York City , New York 2 35
    7th Enzo Amore September 24, 2017 No Mercy Los Angeles , California 1 15th
    8th Kalisto October 9, 2017 Raw Indianapolis , Indiana 1 13 This was a lumberjack match .
    9 Enzo Amore October 22, 2017 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Minneapolis , Minnesota 2 93
    - Title vacant 23rd January 2018 - - - 75 The title was declared vacant after Enzo Amore was fired.
    10 Cedric Alexander April 8, 2018 WrestleMania 34 New Orleans , Louisiana 1 181 Defeated Mustafa Ali in the final of a tournament for the vacant title.
    11 Buddy Murphy October 6, 2018 Great show-down Melbourne , Australia 1 183
    12 Tony Nese April 7, 2019 WrestleMania 35 East Rutherford , New Jersey 1 77
    13 Drew Gulak June 23, 2019 Stomping grounds Tacoma , Washington 1 108 This was a triple threat match in which Akira Tozawa was also involved.
    14th Lio Rush October 9, 2019 NXT Winter Park , Florida 1 63
    15th Angel Garza December 11, 2019 NXT Winter Park , Florida 1 45
    16 Jordan Devlin January 25, 2020 Worlds Collide Houston , Texas 1 0220+ This was a Fatal Four Way match that included Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Travis Banks.
    - Sántos Escobár 3rd June 2020 NXT Winter Park , Florida 1 090+ Due to an entry ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an interim champion was to be crowned in the USA until Devlin could return. Escobár defeated Drake Maverick in a tournament final and became interim champion in the USA.

    statistics

    Neville held the title twice for a total of 232 days.
  • Current title holder
  • Current interim title holder
    • space Surname number Days in total
    1 Neville 2 232
    2 Jordan Devlin 1 0220+
    3 Buddy Murphy 1 183
    4th Cedric Alexander 1 181
    5 Enzo Amore 2 108
    Drew Gulak 1 108
    7th Sántos Escobár 1 090+
    8th Tony Nese 1 77
    9 Lio Rush 1 63
    10 Rich Swann 1 61
    11  TJ Perkins 1 46
    12 Angel Garza 1 45
    13 The Brian Kendrick 1 30th
    14th Kalisto 1 13
    15th Akira Tozawa 1 6th

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ NXT Cruiserweight Championship wwe.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016
    2. ↑ WWE Monday Night Raw # 1208 results + report from Providence, Rhode Island from July 18, 2016 (incl. Videos) Wrestling-infos.de. Retrieved September 16, 2016
    3. ↑ WWE Cruiserweight Classic Final Results & Report from Winter Park, Florida from September 14, 2016 (incl. Videos) Wrestling-infos.de. Retrieved September 16, 2016

    Web links

    Commons : NXT Cruiserweight Champions  - Collection of images, videos and audio files