The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship cannot be competed for by anyone who is over the Cruiserweight division weight limit of 105 kg (231 lb).[1] Traditionally this division is labelled as the "Junior Heavyweight" division in Mexico while "Cruiserweight" is a term more used in the United States or Canada.
| AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The current AAA World Cruiserweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 21, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Matt Riddle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 17, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The championship was originally named the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. but had the word "world" added to the name after El Hijo del Fantasma won a match on August 17, 2014, that unified the championship with the AAA Fusión Championship.[2] A total of fourteen men have held the championship for a total of sixteen different title reigns.
The current champion is Matt Riddle, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating defending champion Komander and Laredo Kid at Triplemanía XXXII: Mexico City on August 17, 2024.
History
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The inaugural champion was Alex Koslov, who defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger at AAA Television Taping on May 21, 2009, in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. On August 17, 2014, at Triplemanía XXII, the Cruiserweight Champion Daga defended the title in a 10-man elimination match, where also participated the AAA Fusion Champion Fénix. El Hijo del Fantasma won the match and unified both titles, deactivating the Fusion Championship and renaming the title as AAA World Cruiserweight Championship. On February 10, 2021, the champion Laredo Kid faced the Major League Wrestling's World Middleweight Champion Lio Rush in a title vs. title match. Despite Rush winning the match and being recognized as champion, a few days later AAA did not recognize the title change. Instead, Laredo Kid appeared on AAA show with the title belt. According to Konnan, an AAA booker, Rush lost the title back to Laredo Kid in a un-televised match. On May 5, Laredo Kid appeared in MLW Fusion with the AAA title, making an in-character statement where he refused to recognize Rush as champion.[3]
Laredo Kid is the longest reigning champion at 1,218 days. During his reign, Laredo Kid was defeated by Lio Rush in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship – though this reign was not recognized by AAA. The shortest reigning champion was Alex Koslov who held the title for 9 days from August 21, 2009 to August 30, 2009. Koslov and Xtreme Tiger have held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The youngest champion is Daga who won at the age of 24 years and 136 days. The oldest champion is Juventud Guerrera who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days.
Reigns
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| Name | Duration |
|---|---|
| AAA Cruiserweight Championship | May 2009 – August 2014 |
| AAA World Cruiserweight Championship | August 2014 – present |
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Alex Koslov | May 21, 2009 | AAA Sin Limite | Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes | 1 | 23 | 1 | Koslov defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in the final of a 12-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2009. | [4] |
| 2 | Xtreme Tiger | June 13, 2009 | Triplemanía XVII | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 69 | 1 | This was a four-way elimination hardcore match, also involving Alan Stone and Crazy Boy. | [5] |
| 3 | Alex Koslov | August 21, 2009 | Verano de Escándalo | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas | 2 | 9 | 0 | This was a five-way elimination match, also involving Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on September 6, 2009. | [6] |
| — | Vacated | August 30, 2009 | AAA Sin Limite | Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Alex Koslov lost a six-man steel cage match in which the last man left in the cage was forced out of AAA. This episode aired on tape delay on September 20, 2009. | [7] |
| 4 | Xtreme Tiger | September 26, 2009 | Héroes Inmortales III | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | 253 | 2 | Tiger defeated Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, Sugi San, and Teddy Hart to win the vacant championship. | [8] |
| 5 | Jack Evans | June 6, 2010 | Triplemanía XVIII | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 713 | 1 | This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Christopher Daniels and Nosawa Rongai. | [9] |
| 6 | Juventud Guerrera | May 19, 2012 | Noche de Campeones | Chilpancingo, Guerrero | 1 | 197 | 2 | This was a four-way Extreme match, Psicosis and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on June 10, 2012. | [10] |
| 7 | Daga | December 2, 2012 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan, Jalisco | 1 | 623 | 4 | This was a six-way ladder match, also involving Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Psicosis. This episode aired on tape delay on December 19, 2012. | [11] |
| 8 | El Hijo del Fantasma | August 17, 2014 | Triplemanía XXII | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 945 | 6 | This was a ten-way elimination match, also involving Angélico, Australian Suicide, Bengala, Drago, Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Pentagón Jr., where the AAA Fusión Championship was also unified into the title. Title renamed from "AAA Cruiserweight Championship" to "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship" | [2][12] |
| 9 | Johnny Mundo | March 19, 2017 | Rey de Reyes | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 196 | 1 | This was a three-way match, also involving El Texano Jr. This match was also contested for the AAA Mega and AAA Latin American Championships | [13] |
| 10 | Lanzeloth | October 1, 2017 | Héroes Inmortales XI | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí | 1 | 117 | 1 | This was a ten-way match, also involving Angelikal, Dragon Solar, El Hijo del Vikingo, Máscara de Bronce, Solaris, Tiger Boy, Venum and Villano III Jr. | [14] |
| 11 | Australian Suicide | January 26, 2018 | Guerra de Titanes | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 211 | 3 | [15] | |
| 12 | Sammy Guevara | August 25, 2018 | Triplemanía XXVI | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 175 | 1 | This was a four-way match, also involving A. C. H. and Shane Strickland. | [16] |
| 13 | Laredo Kid | February 16, 2019 | AAA TV-Taping | Morelia, Michoacán | 1 | 1,218 | 9 | [17] | |
| † | Lio Rush | February 10, 2021 | MLW Fusion | Orlando, FL | † | N/A | N/A | Rush defeated Laredo Kid in a match where Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship was also on the line. However, AAA didn't recognize the title change and kept recognizing Laredo Kid as the champion since February 16, 2019.[18] | [19] |
| 14 | Fénix | June 18, 2022 | Triplemanía XXX | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 | 394 | 0 | This was a Winner Takes All match where the AAA Latin American Championship was also on the line between Bandido, Taurus, defending champion Laredo Kid and Hijo del Vikingo | [20] |
| — | Vacated | July 17, 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Fénix relinquished the championship and left AAA due to his commitments with other promotions. | [21] |
| 15 | Komander | September 23, 2023 | AAA Luchando Por Mexico | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 425 | 0 | This was a four-way match also involving Kuukai, Mecha Wolf 450, and SB Kento. | [22] |
| 16 | Matt Riddle | August 17, 2024 | Triplemanía XXXII: Mexico City | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 1 | 96+ | 1 | This was a three-way match also involving Laredo Kid. | [23] |
Combined reigns
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As of November 21, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Laredo Kid | 1 | 9 | 1,218 |
| 2 | El Hijo del Fantasma | 1 | 6 | 945 |
| 3 | Jack Evans | 1 | 1 | 713 |
| 4 | Daga | 1 | 4 | 623 |
| 5 | Komander | 1 | 0 | 418 |
| 6 | Fénix | 1 | 0 | 394 |
| 7 | Xtreme Tiger | 2 | 2 | 322 |
| 8 | Australian Suicide | 1 | 3 | 211 |
| 9 | Juventud Guerrera | 1 | 2 | 197 |
| 10 | Johnny Mundo | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 11 | Sammy Guevara | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| 12 | Lanzeloth | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| 13 | Matt Riddle † | 1 | 1 | 96+ |
| 14 | Alex Koslov | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| — | Lio Rush | — | 0 | — |
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