Fun Fact: The tournaments to crown the first Cruiserweight Champion was mentioned alot on WCW Nitro in the early days of its existance. There was no graphic or brackets for it, just random matches being called tournaments matches, even if both wrestlers had lost other "tournament" matches. Mr. JL was in about 4 of them. Bonus: When all of these "tournament" matches was happening, the first champ had already been crowned.
I saw the thumbnail and new right away Oklahoma and Hornswoggle would be taking up the bottom slots, lol. I was rooting for Kidman personally (even though his shooting star press wasn't always great, and I'm satisfied that he wound up in the top ten.
Ultimato Dragon should be in the top 10. He was a staple of the WCW Cruiserweight Division when it was at its absolute best and he was a major reason why. Had he not gotten hurt, I fully believe he’d be as revered as Mysterio, Malkeno, Eddie Guerrero, etc
@@paulbruno4894 yeah injuries were unfortunate smh. His matches with liger, Guerrero, Jericho, mysterio, malenko, in njpw(j crown and best of the super juniors) were classics. Even won the TV title. And his kick combo was so smooth. Always enjoyed playing as him in wcw/nwo revenge too.
I remember the final load to Matt's attempt at the cruiserweight belt where he made weight by shedding his sweat soaked jock to get that final pound below the heavyweight/cruiserweight line
One caveat to hornswoggle, I believe he was entered into the match officially because he was in the ring when the bell rang and then hid under the ring for the rest of the match
Random fact: Último Dragón was holding a WWF championship when he appeared with the J crown on Nitro. The title appeared on the show. It was the Light Heavyweight title before it was returned to them and won by Taka
@@agentorange1156 it’s the second biggest weightclass in the ufc, not mma some promotions have a 265+ division but they’re to slow to actually put on a fight anyone cares to watch.
@Tylar122 I know, I am just saying how in WWE it's considered small but like no one would ever look at Jon Jones or Anthony rumble Johnson and consider them small people.
I'd like to see another list ranking of "From Worst To Best" of Every TNA/Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Champions as well as Every TNA/Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion. Please & thank you.
It's called a WHITE BEANER,... "WIFE BEATER" was a term that came from the show COPS.... every trailer park domestic dispute the man seemed to be wearing one.... THE MORE YOU KNOW.... 😅😂😅
It says something about Vince Russo when David Arquette & Hornswaggle are *not* the worst WCW World Heavyweight Champion & Cruiserweight Champion respectively.
This feels like the most obvious number one of any of these lists. Seeing howmall over this list he is itnreally is a crime Chavo Jr. And Chavo Classic aren't in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
I know that this is random for this, but I always think about this when I hear about Russo's booking of the women, "How the hell did this man find someone to marry him!? Let alone have kids with him!?" I feel bad for the poor woman.
Gregory Helms was the greatest wwe cruiserweight champion post WCW. he and Matt Hardy put the division back on the map before the buried them all and put the belt on hornswoggle
Slight error there, Pacitti. When Matt Hardy won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, the weight limit was 220lbs, which Hardy just reached for his match and title win. Also, Jimmy Wang Yang should've won the belt in 2007.
Vince Mcmahon was just not interested in smaller wrestlers except as one offs. The cruiser weights never got their due. You want great matches with smaller wrestlers, you have to look at NJPW or AEW. You might get a few good gems in WWE's library... but it's rare. And yeah, Matt losing in front of his family is a Vince classic. He loves to build up the drama then destroy hope, that cartoon villain that he is.
Yet some of the WWE cruiserweight reigns like Shane Helms are still better than the ones Vince Russo handled and booked. I hate Vince McMahon but you dead wrong.
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I feel like there’s scenarios where Madusa and Jackie could have worked as champions
But the booking just wasn’t there.
Agree. Jackie beating up the cruiserweights could have been decent for a while at least.
Fun Fact: The tournaments to crown the first Cruiserweight Champion was mentioned alot on WCW Nitro in the early days of its existance. There was no graphic or brackets for it, just random matches being called tournaments matches, even if both wrestlers had lost other "tournament" matches. Mr. JL was in about 4 of them.
Bonus: When all of these "tournament" matches was happening, the first champ had already been crowned.
Nooooooo really?
(For those who don't know: the "JL' stands for Jerry Lynn.)
Mysterio/malenko/jericho/Kidman/eddie Guerrero is the goats of the cruiserweight division
Lest we forget, Madusa's German was a thing of beauty.
And she drove a fuckin monster truck afterwards.
It was just her "bridge" on the German Suplex.... The "money shot".....
Camera man deserves a raise......
Do the WCW TV title next
Yes!
Can't wait to see where the Trashcan Jim Duggin pulled that belt from goes on the list.
@@theziggystar670 Blame Scott hall
Love these lists!! Thanks for your work Adam
2:37 Jim Cornette to Adam: I can make that happen if you want.
Neah Broo.... Jim Cornette is Afraid of Vince Russo bro, I mean, bro.... C'mon 😏
Russo had a restraining order against Jim 😂 he (like TK) feared for his life.
Hornswoggle ran into the ring right before the bell rang, so by the rules he was a legal participant in the match.
Taka Michinoku. "If WWF was about talent, Taka would be WWF champion"
I think they've specifically looked at the cruiserweight title, not light-heavyweight
@@davidjsaul yeah I noticed that after I posted the comment but still, Taka was excellent so I left it there
@@ollieduracell absolutely, loved his finishing move too!
@@davidjsaul yeah the driver was sick!
Chavo above Chris and Kidman is crazy.
The Buzzsaw is basically the Japanese William Regal in terms of work rate and being underrated.
😄👍
Gifted Glen Gilberti... how is he gifted?
XD
A Wild Slapnuts appears lol
He do the j o b for the h a w k
And then further down the list we have... *groan* Chavo... Guerrero...
Only the Hawk knows. 😂
Men of culture i see
We need every Adam ranked worst to best
every adam?
@@nixda9326 yes, every Adam lol
@@wesleycooper6775 not sure what that actually means.
Do every commentator ranked
It's an absolute crime that Jimmy Wang Yang was never Cruiserweight champion
I know
I saw the thumbnail and new right away Oklahoma and Hornswoggle would be taking up the bottom slots, lol. I was rooting for Kidman personally (even though his shooting star press wasn't always great, and I'm satisfied that he wound up in the top ten.
Shane/Hurricane/Gregory Helms had three different titles reigns with three different names. Impressive
Ultimo dragon, the real belt collector. Probably one of my favorite cruiserweights in wcw. Was disappointed in his bullshit run in wwe smh.
Ultimato Dragon should be in the top 10. He was a staple of the WCW Cruiserweight Division when it was at its absolute best and he was a major reason why. Had he not gotten hurt, I fully believe he’d be as revered as Mysterio, Malkeno, Eddie Guerrero, etc
@@paulbruno4894 yeah injuries were unfortunate smh. His matches with liger, Guerrero, Jericho, mysterio, malenko, in njpw(j crown and best of the super juniors) were classics. Even won the TV title. And his kick combo was so smooth. Always enjoyed playing as him in wcw/nwo revenge too.
I don't even remember him in WWE. I really liked him in WCW though.
I remember the final load to Matt's attempt at the cruiserweight belt where he made weight by shedding his sweat soaked jock to get that final pound below the heavyweight/cruiserweight line
One caveat to hornswoggle, I believe he was entered into the match officially because he was in the ring when the bell rang and then hid under the ring for the rest of the match
Thank For the Ranking Video And Happy Easter Day 🥚🎨🖌️🖼️🐇🌟🥇🏆
Excellent review video
Absolute truth about Tajari man, that dude could work with fucking anyone and put on bangerz!!!
Random fact: Último Dragón was holding a WWF championship when he appeared with the J crown on Nitro. The title appeared on the show. It was the Light Heavyweight title before it was returned to them and won by Taka
The Penny Lane remix (Lenny Lane) made this video 5*. Well done lad.
It's crazy to think, the cruiserweight in wrestling are the middleweight & up weight divisions in The UFC.
A middleweight in ufc will step in the ring with a body of light heavyweight
Why is that crazy
@Tylar122 because 205 is small in the WWE and it's the second biggest weight class in MMA.
@@agentorange1156 it’s the second biggest weightclass in the ufc, not mma some promotions have a 265+ division but they’re to slow to actually put on a fight anyone cares to watch.
@Tylar122 I know, I am just saying how in WWE it's considered small but like no one would ever look at Jon Jones or Anthony rumble Johnson and consider them small people.
I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time. Glad it’s finally here
I'd like to see another list ranking of "From Worst To Best" of Every TNA/Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Champions as well as Every TNA/Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion. Please & thank you.
Just finished work, this is what we like to see
"Das ist gut" there you got me as a german!
Das war sehr gut!🤣😂🤣😂👍
Kidman’s “white vest” is what I believe is called a wife beater…
The more you know!?!?!?
Not in 2024 apparently
It's called a WHITE BEANER,... "WIFE BEATER" was a term that came from the show COPS.... every trailer park domestic dispute the man seemed to be wearing one....
THE MORE YOU KNOW.... 😅😂😅
Can I just say that "Above Average" wums up the entirety of Mike Sanders' career? "Hey, everyone! I'm Mike Sanders, and I'm definitely not mid!"
dude is 5.5/10. Just above avarage
It says something about Vince Russo when David Arquette & Hornswaggle are *not* the worst WCW World Heavyweight Champion & Cruiserweight Champion respectively.
Babe wake up, Adam put up another championship ranking!!
I’ve been waiting for this videos for a long time YES
Great list for my ride home
Love you guys! Thanks
We all know Vickie Guerrero had her knockers back in the day, but... the rest of the pun writes itself at 3:37.
I would personally love to see either every NXT North American champion, NXT Tag Team champion or an updated NXT Champion ranked from worst to best.
Great idea with this one bro 💯...
11:24 "Lance Sto-Mike Sanders"? Whoever edited this is getting fined lmao
He says "Lance Storm like Sanders"
Should do an updated wwe championship after wrestlemania
This feels like the most obvious number one of any of these lists. Seeing howmall over this list he is itnreally is a crime Chavo Jr. And Chavo Classic aren't in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
We need Every TNA X-Division Champion ranked from worst to best
Crazy that chris Benoit never won the cruiser weight belt. He was one of the greatest cruiser weights to ever get in that ring
Matt Hardy was my favorite Cruiserweight Champion ever. His run was legendary!
I know that this is random for this, but I always think about this when I hear about Russo's booking of the women, "How the hell did this man find someone to marry him!? Let alone have kids with him!?" I feel bad for the poor woman.
Gregory Helms was the greatest wwe cruiserweight champion post WCW. he and Matt Hardy put the division back on the map before the buried them all and put the belt on hornswoggle
Perfect list, I agree with every number.
❤ Lance Storm
One of the best to ever do it
Slight error there, Pacitti. When Matt Hardy won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, the weight limit was 220lbs, which Hardy just reached for his match and title win.
Also, Jimmy Wang Yang should've won the belt in 2007.
Probably wouldve had helms at number one, personally. But it was a great list and ranking.
Billy Kidman ❤
Prince’s music was distributed by Warner Bros. I’m more surprised about DDP’s music which is a clear rip off of Nirvana not being yanked.
You should do “every pro wrestling match ever ranked from worst to best”
Still feel bad for Lance Storm. Deserved so much more
I was damn near certain Hornswoggle would be last, Good god how wrong and depressed i now am having blotted any remembrance of Oklahoma from my memory
Do the X division title next
I miss the Cruiserweight Division
Y’all did Swaggle dirty on this one.
Been waiting for this one
This list was making me angry but also made me laugh. Not because of Cultaholic but because of what could've been
I looked up if this video existed recently
I manifested this video 😂
Next up: Ranking every Light Heavyweight champ
I don't think funki was bad champ
I mean, whole I agree with the sentiment, Rey Mysterio is a "Jr". So technically there is another "Rey Mysterio"! 😅
Awesome 😎👍
The WCW Cruiserweights had some of the best matches
I have:
Jericho
Malenko
Benoit
Eddie
Rey
If you can do a ranking
Of the cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2021 since u didn't do it in this video
The gifted glen gilberty how was he gifted? 😂
Marky d comes to mind
"AKME" 😂😂😂😂😂 I don't remember that
How long did they keep using the wcw version of the title on wwf tv till it was changed to a wwe version?
Vince Mcmahon was just not interested in smaller wrestlers except as one offs. The cruiser weights never got their due. You want great matches with smaller wrestlers, you have to look at NJPW or AEW. You might get a few good gems in WWE's library... but it's rare.
And yeah, Matt losing in front of his family is a Vince classic. He loves to build up the drama then destroy hope, that cartoon villain that he is.
Yet some of the WWE cruiserweight reigns like Shane Helms are still better than the ones Vince Russo handled and booked. I hate Vince McMahon but you dead wrong.
Rank every world title reign in the ruthless agression
Rey Mysterio 👑🏆
The Best Cruiserweight Champion of All Time 💪
Blitzkrieg gets a mention!
Chavo vs. Shane Helms probably would have been a good match
WTF how many championships had Ultimo Dragon there?
The 2016 title.... I totally forgot about that... what happened to it? lol
Jamie Noble!
Before seeing this video, I was expecting Hornswaggle to be the worst cruiserweight champion. Leave it to Vince Russo to prove me wrong.
I disagree with the placement of a few wrestlers. That being said, I wish people talked about Kidman's run more.
Cultaholic, chill on the video lengths.
Every NWA Champion ranked?
Kidman looked like a young Bret Hart
Justice for Swoggle!!!
Candido was dope in ecw
If Hornswoggle is bottom of the list, I'm bailing Dude
Or maybe I won't Brother.... 😆
1:35.... Well Bawh GAWD..... Guess I'm sticking around
3:42 Vickie Guerrero… hear me out
Every NXT Woman Champion next
You cant hate ol glenn, he's gifted dont you know??
Accurate at #1
How did WCW keep from getting sued for that Purple Rain ripoff? How did WCW keep from getting sued for ALL their ripoffs
Chavo was an a horrible champion. I cant recall a single match of his worth remembering.
We all knew Oklahoma was the worst. He also was a terrible cruiserweight champion.
How is Disco Inferno not in the bottom 5?!
3:55
She looks almost exactly like Charlotte Flair
6:44
Every referee ranked worse to best?