WCW Light Heavyweight Championship
| WCW Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | October 27, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | September 2, 1992 | ||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Brian Pillman |
| Final champion(s) | Brad Armstrong |
| Most reigns | Brian Pillman (2) |
| Longest reign | Brian Pillman (112 days) |
| Shortest reign | Scotty Flamingo (15 days) |
The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship is a defunct professional wrestling championship that was contested in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1991 and 1992.
Conceived in 1991, the championship was first awarded as the result of a single-elimination tournament; its subsequent lineage would end when the final champion Brad Armstrong was stripped of the title due to injury. A second tournament to decide Armstrong's successor was announced, but never took place. During this time, the title was held by four different champions, with the inaugural champion Brian Pillman being the only wrestler to win it on more than one occasion.
The light heavyweight division which contested the championship had proved popular with fans, but its viability suffered as a result of WCW's creative decisions; in 1992, Bill Watts became the head booker, and implemented storyline changes in WCW's product which stymied the division's style. WCW would later introduce another, similar title in the WCW Cruiserweight Championship; the two titles are now considered one and the same by the wrestling promotion WWE, who have since purchased WCW's assets.
The WCW Light Heavyweight Championship was created in 1991, with the inaugural champion decided though a single-elimination tournament held over several weeks. Seven wrestlers were used for the tournament—three quarter final matches, with the seventh competitor entering at the semi final stages. The first two quarter finals were broadcast on WorldWide in August 1991, and saw The York Foundation's Richard Morton defeat Johnny Rich, and Badstreet defeat Joey Maggs. The next month, WCW's Main Event featured the last quarter final, in which Mike Graham triumphed over another York Foundation member in Terrance Taylor.
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