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WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship
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The 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.
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The Cruiserweight division in WCW was always strong and WCW stocked up on good cruiserweights in early 2001. With the number of cruiserweights signed, they decided to create a tag team title for the division in February 2001.
They started a tournament for the titles on February 26, 2001 with the finals on WCW's final pay-per-view event, Greed, on March 18, 2001. All of the matches were on WCW Monday Nitro and WCW Thunder.
- 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
| First round | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||
| Nitro | Filthy Animals | Pin | |||||||||||
| 2/26 | Swinger/Lee | 5:14 | |||||||||||
| Nitro | Filthy Animals | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3/12 | Jung Dragons | 5:04 | |||||||||||
| Thunder | Jung Dragons | Pin | |||||||||||
| 2/28 | Sanders/Kwee Wee | ||||||||||||
| Greed | Filthy Animals | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3/18 | Skipper/Romeo | ||||||||||||
| Nitro | Air Raid | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3/5 | Skipper/Romeo | 5:30 | |||||||||||
| Thunder | Skipper/Romeo | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3/14 | 3 Count | ||||||||||||
| Thunder | 3 Count | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3/7 | Jason B/Scotty O | ||||||||||||
| 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 Mysterio's WWE.com profile | |
The World Wrestling Federation scrapped the championship upon the purchase of WCW in March 2001. The original belts are now still under possession of the final champions, Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman.
| World (Heavyweight) (1991-2001) | International World Heavyweight (1993-1994) |
| World Tag Team Championship (1991-2001) | World Six-Man Tag Team (1991) |
| World Television (1991-2000) | United States (1991-2001) | United States Tag Team (1991-1992) |
| Cruiserweight (1996-2001) | Cruiserweight Tag Team (2001) | Light Heavyweight (1991-1992) |
| Women's (1996-1997) | Women's Cruiserweight (1997) |