WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship belt with the WWF scratch logo
(c. 2001)
Details
PromotionUniversal Wrestling Association (March 26, 1981 – June 16, 1995)
Michinoku Pro Wrestling (June 16, 1995 – November 5, 1997)
World Wrestling Federation (November 5, 1997 – March 8, 2002)
Date establishedMarch 26, 1981
December 7, 1997 (as per WWE's official title history)
Date retiredMarch 8, 2002
Statistics
First champion(s)Perro Aguayo
Taka Michinoku (as per WWE's official title history)
Final champion(s)X-Pac
Most reignsPerro Aguayo and Villano III
(7 reigns)
Longest reignVillano III (826 days)
Shortest reignPerro Aguayo and Scotty 2 Hotty (8 days)
Oldest championPerro Aguayo (43 years, 9 months)
Youngest championEssa Rios
(21 years, 63 days)
Heaviest championShinjiro Otani (236 lb (107 kg))
Lightest championThe Great Sasuke
(180 lb (82 kg; 13 st))

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 220 Ibs). It was created on March 26, 1981, for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) in a partnership between the WWF and UWA. On June 16, 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 which WWE recognizes as the beginning of 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 on March 8, 2002, with X-Pac as the final champion.