WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship

WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship
The WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship belts
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date established	March 18, 2001
Date retired	March 26, 2001
Statistics Most reigns Only two teams held the belt and they both held it once. Longest reign Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper (8 days) Shortest reign Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1 second) Oldest champion Billy Kidman (26 years) Youngest champion Elix Skipper (23 years) Heaviest champion Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper (413 lb combined (Kid Romeo 185 lb & Elix Skipper 228 lb)) Lightest champion Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr. (360 lb combined (Billy Kidman 195 lb & Rey Mysterio, Jr. 165 lb))

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship was a short-lived title created in 2001 just prior to World Championship Wrestling being sold to the World Wrestling Federation.

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.

Participants

• 3 Count (Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore)
• Air Raid (Air Paris and Air Styles)
• The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.)
• Jason B and Scotty O
• The Jung Dragons (Yun Yang and Kaz Hayashi)
• Mike Sanders and Kwee Wee
• Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo
• Johnny Swinger and Jason Lee

Tournament results

First round

• Nitro: Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.) defeated Johnny Swinger and Jason Lee (5:14)
• Thunder: Jung Dragons (Yun Yang and Kaz Hayashi) defeated Mike Sanders and Kwee Wee
• Nitro: Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper defeated Air Raid (Air Paris and Air Styles) (5:30)
• Thunder: 3 Count (Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore) defeated Jason B and Scotty O

Semifinal round

• Nitro: Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper defeated Jung Dragons (James Yang and Kaz Hayashi)

• Thunder: Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr.) defeated 3 Count (Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore)

Championship match

• Greed: Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper defeated Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr.) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (13:46)

Tournament brackets

First round

Semifinals

Championship

Nitro

Air Raid

Pin

3/5

Skipper/Romeo

5:30

Nitro

Skipper/Romeo

Pin

3/12

Jung Dragons

Thunder

Jung Dragons

Pin

2/28

Sanders/Kwee Wee

Greed

Skipper/Romeo

Pin

3/18

Filthy Animals

13:46

Nitro

Filthy Animals

Pin

2/26

Swinger/Lee

5:14

Thunder

Filthy Animals

Pin

3/14

3 Count

Thunder

3 Count

Pin

3/7

Jason B/Scotty O

Title history

Wrestlers:	Reigns together:	Date:	Place:
Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper	1	March 18, 2001	Jacksonville, Florida
The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr.)	1	March 26, 2001	Panama City Beach, Florida
Titles retired		March 26, 2001	Titles abandoned; never appeared on WWE television and only acknowledged on Kidman and Mysterio's WWE.com profiles

The World Wrestling Federation scrapped the championship upon the purchase of WCW in March 2001.