AAA World Cruiserweight Championship

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA)
The current AAA World Cruiserweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide WWE
Date established	May 21, 2009
Current champion	Laredo Kid
Date won	December 7, 2024
Other names
AAA Cruiserweight Championship (May 2009–August 2014) AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (August 2014–present)
Statistics First champion Alex Koslov Most reigns Alex Koslov, Laredo Kid and Xtreme Tiger (2 reigns) Longest reign Laredo Kid (1,218 days) Shortest reign Alex Koslov (9 days) Oldest champion Juventud Guerrera (37 years and 178 days) Youngest champion Daga (24 years and 136 days) Heaviest champion Johnny Mundo (98 kg (216 lb)) Lightest champion Xtreme Tiger (67 kg (148 lb))

The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Spanish : Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), a subsidiary of the American promotion WWE. 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. The current champion is Laredo Kid, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Matt Riddle at Cierre De La Gira Origenes on December 7, 2024.

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.

History

Inaugural champion Alex Koslov

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]

Reigns

Two-time and current champion Laredo Kid holds the record for longest combined days at 1,636+.

Overall, there have been 17 official reigns among 14 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion is Alex Koslov. Laredo Kid holds the longest reign at 1,218 days. During his reign, Kid was defeated by Lio Rush in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship, although this reign was not recognized by AAA. Koslov holds the shortest reign at 9 days. Koslov, Kid, and Xtreme Tiger have held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The oldest champion is Juventud Guerrera who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days, while the youngest champion is Daga who won at the age of 24 years and 136 days.

Laredo Kid is the current champion, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Matt Riddle at Cierre De La Gira Origenes on December 7, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Name	Duration
AAA Cruiserweight Championship	May 21, 2009 – August 17, 2014
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship	August 17, 2014 – present

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
1	Alex Koslov	May 21, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes	1	23	Defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in the tournament final. This event aired on May 31, 2009.	[4]
2	Xtreme Tiger	June 13, 2009	Triplemanía XVII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	69	Defeated previous champion Alex Koslov, Alan Stone, and Crazy Boy in a four-way elimination hardcore match.	[5]
3	Alex Koslov	August 21, 2009	Verano de Escándalo	Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	2	9	Defeated previous champion Xtreme Tiger, Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, and Teddy Hart in a five-way elimination match. This event aired on September 6, 2009.	[6]
—	Vacated	August 30, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico	—	—	Alex Koslov lost a six-man steel cage match where the last man left in the cage was forced out of AAA. This event aired on September 20, 2009.	[7]
4	Xtreme Tiger	September 26, 2009	Héroes Inmortales III	Monterrey, Nuevo León	2	253	Defeated Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, Sugi San, and Teddy Hart.	[8]
5	Jack Evans	June 6, 2010	Triplemanía XVIII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	713	Defeated previous champion Xtreme Tiger, Christopher Daniels, and Nosawa Rongai in a four-way elimination match.	[9]
6	Juventud Guerrera	May 19, 2012	Noche de Campeones	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	1	197	Defeated previous champion Jack Evans Psicosis, and Teddy Hart in a four-way extreme match. This event aired on June 10, 2012.	[10]
7	Daga	December 2, 2012	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan, Jalisco	1	623	Defeated previous champion Juventud Guerrera, Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Psicosis in a six-way ladder match. This event aired on December 19, 2012.	[11]
8	El Hijo del Fantasma	August 17, 2014	Triplemanía XXII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	945	Defeated previous champion Daga, AAA Fusión Champion Fénix, Angélico, Australian Suicide, Bengala, Drago, Jack Evans, Joe Líder, and Pentagón Jr. in a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Cruiserweight Championship and the AAA Fusión Championship into the "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship".	[2] [12]
9	Johnny Mundo	March 19, 2017	Rey de Reyes	Monterrey, Nuevo León	1	196	Defeated El Hijo del Fantasma and El Texano Jr. in a Winner Takes All triple threat match for the AAA Mega Championship, AAA Latin American Championship, and AAA World Cruiserweight Championship.	[13]
10	Lanzeloth	October 1, 2017	Héroes Inmortales XI	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	1	117	Defeated previous champion Johnny Mundo, Angelikal, Dragon Solar, El Hijo del Vikingo, Máscara de Bronce, Solaris, Tiger Boy, Venum, and Villano III Jr. in a ten-way match.	[14]
11	Australian Suicide	January 26, 2018	Guerra de Titanes	Mexico City, Mexico	1	211		[15]
12	Sammy Guevara	August 25, 2018	Triplemanía XXVI	Mexico City, Mexico	1	175	Defeated previous champion Australian Suicide, A. C. H., and Shane Strickland in a four-way match.	[16]
13	Laredo Kid	February 16, 2019	AAA	Morelia, Michoacán	1	1,218		[17]
†	Lio Rush	February 10, 2021	MLW Fusion	Orlando, FL	—	—	Defeated Laredo Kid in a Winner Takes All match for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship and the MLW World Middleweight Championship. However, AAA didn't recognize the title change and continued recognizing Laredo Kid as the champion. [18]	[19]
14	Fénix	June 18, 2022	Triplemanía XXX: Tijuana	Tijuana, Mexico	1	394	This was a Winner Takes All match where the AAA Latin American Championship was also on the line, that also involved previous champion Laredo Kid, Taurus, Bandido, and Hijo del Vikingo in a Winner Takes All match for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship and the AAA Latin American Championship.	[20]
—	Vacated	July 17, 2023	—	—	—	—	Fénix left AAA due to commitments with other promotions.	[21]
15	Komander	September 23, 2023	AAA Luchando Por Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	1	329	Defeated Kuukai, Mecha Wolf 450, and La Estrella in a four-way match.	[22]
16	Matt Riddle	August 17, 2024	Triplemanía XXXII: Mexico City	Aguascalientes, Mexico	1	112	Defeated previous champion Komander and Laredo Kid in a three-way match.	[23]
17	Laredo Kid	December 7, 2024	Cierre De La Gira Origenes	Mexico City, Mexico	2	418+		[24]

Combined reigns

As of January29, 2026

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Laredo Kid †	2	1,636+
2	El Hijo del Fantasma	1	945
3	Jack Evans	1	713
4	Daga	1	623
5	Fénix	1	394
6	Komander	1	329
7	Xtreme Tiger	2	322
8	Australian Suicide	1	211
9	Juventud Guerrera	1	197
10	Johnny Mundo	1	196
11	Sammy Guevara	1	175
12	Lanzeloth	1	118
13	Matt Riddle	1	112
14	Alex Koslov	2	32
—	Lio Rush	—	—

See also

• WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, a similar championship originally created by UWA in 1981 in conjunction with the WWF
• WWE Cruiserweight Championship, a similar title originally created by WCW in 1996
• NXT Cruiserweight Championship, WWE's first in-house cruiserweight championship from 2016 to 2022

References

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External links

• AAA's official title history