WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship
The WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship was a title created in 2001 just prior to World Championship Wrestling being sold to the World Wrestling Federation.
| WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WCW | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 18, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | March 26, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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History
The WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the matches contested for that title had always been a unique feature on WCW programming. With the number of cruiserweights signed, it was decided to expand the visibility of the division, and create a tag team title for the cruiserweights in February 2001.
Tournament brackets
| First round | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| Nitro | Air Raid (Air Paris and Air Styles) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3/5[1] | Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper | 5:30 | ||||||||||||
| Nitro | Skipper/Romeo | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3/12[2] | Jung Dragons | |||||||||||||
| Thunder | The Jung Dragons (Yun Yang and Kaz Hayashi) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 2/26[3] (Aired 2/28) | Mike Sanders and Kwee Wee | |||||||||||||
| Greed | Skipper/Romeo | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3/18[4] | Filthy Animals | 13:46 | ||||||||||||
| Nitro | The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 2/26[5] | Johnny Swinger and Jason Lee | 5:14 | ||||||||||||
| Thunder | Filthy Animals | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3/12[6] (Aired 3/14) | 3 Count | |||||||||||||
| Thunder | 3 Count (Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 3/5[7] (Aired 3/7) | Jason B and Scotty O | |||||||||||||
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo | March 18, 2001 | Greed | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 8 | Romeo and Skipper defeated The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.) in tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | [8] |
| 2 | The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.) |
March 26, 2001 | WCW Monday Nitro | Panama City Beach, FL | 1 | 0 | [9] | |
| — | March 26, 2001 | — | — | The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW and the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship was abandoned. | [10] | |||
References
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