The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was a light heavyweight title of the wrestling organization WWE and was only awarded to wrestlers with a maximum weight of 97.5 kg (215 lbs ). At the end of 1997, the WWF wanted to set up its own Light Heavyweight Division and introduced the championship. In 2001, X-Pac sustained an injury. The title was then discontinued and replaced by the WCW Cruiserweight Championship . As is common in wrestling, the result is determined in advance and the award was made according to a previously determined storyline .
At the end of 1997 the WWF wanted to set up its own Light Heavyweight Division. After the title was presented, the first WWF Light Heavyweight Champion was determined in a tournament . On December 7, 1997, Taka Michinoku won the tournament against Brian Christopher and became the first title holder.
After the purchase of WCW , the WCW Cruiserweight Championship was defended within the WWE . A title association at the Survivor Series event against the then WCW Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri was canceled because X-Pac sustained an injury. The WWE then adopted the WCW Cruiserweight Championship as its own version of the Cruiserweight Championship and discontinued the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship .
Was also the reigning WCW Cruiserweight Champion until he lost the title to Billy Kidman on October 9, 2001. X-Pac was the last wrestler to take the Light Heavyweight title . A title association at the Survivor Series event against the then WCW Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri was canceled because X-Pac sustained an injury.
