List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions
Recognition by the WWF

List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions

Section Title: Recognition by the WWF
Table Section Text: None

No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days

33	Taka Michinoku	December 7, 1997	D-Generation X: In Your House	Springfield, MA	1	315	Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher in a tournament final to win the title

34	Christian	October 18, 1998	Judgment Day: In Your House	Chicago, IL	1	30

35	Gillberg	November 17, 1998	Raw is War	Columbus, OH	1	448	Aired on November 23, 1998

36	Essa Rios	February 8, 2000	Sunday Night Heat	Austin, TX	1	34	Aired on February 13, 2000

37	Dean Malenko	March 13, 2000	Raw is War	East Rutherford, NJ	1	35

38	Scotty 2 Hotty	April 17, 2000	Raw is War	State College, PA	1	8

39	Dean Malenko	April 25, 2000	SmackDown!	Charlotte, NC	2	322	Aired on April 27, 2000

40	Crash Holly	March 13, 2001	Sunday Night Heat	Anaheim, CA	1	47	Aired on March 18, 2001

41	Jerry Lynn	April 29, 2001	Sunday Night Heat	Chicago, IL	1	37

42	Jeff Hardy	June 5, 2001	SmackDown!	Grand Forks, ND	1	20	Aired on June 7, 2001

43	X-Pac	June 25, 2001	Raw is War	New York City, NY	1	42	Also defeated Billy Kidman on July 30, 2001 to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

44	Tajiri	August 6, 2001	Raw is War	Anaheim, CA	1	13	X-Pac's WCW Cruiserweight Championship was not on the line

45	X-Pac	August 19, 2001	SummerSlam	San Jose, CA	2	91	Reigning WCW Cruiserweight Champion until losing title to Billy Kidman on October 9, 2001. X-Pac was the final wrestler to hold the title, a title unification match at Survivor Series against WCW Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri was canceled because X-Pac was injured

—	Deactivated	November 18, 2001	—	—	—	—	The title was deactivated on November 18 after X-Pac's injury

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Gill was a Light Heavyweight Champion in the WWF,.

final_sentence: Gill was a Light Heavyweight Champion in the WWF,.