WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship belt with the WWF scratch logo (c. 2001)
Details
Promotion	Universal 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 established	March 26, 1981 December 7, 1997 (as per WWE's official title history)
Date retired	March 8, 2002
Statistics First champion(s) Perro Aguayo Taka Michinoku (as per WWE's official title history) Final champion(s) X-Pac Most reigns Perro Aguayo and Villano III (7 reigns) Longest reign Villano III (826 days) Shortest reign Perro Aguayo and Scotty 2 Hotty (8 days) Oldest champion Perro Aguayo (43 years, 9 months) Youngest champion Essa Rios (21 years, 63 days) Heaviest champion Shinjiro Otani (236 lb (107 kg)) Lightest champion The 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.