TheAAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Spanish:Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA) is aprofessional wrestlingchampionship promoted by theMexicanlucha librepromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), a subsidiary of the American promotionWWE. 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 isLaredo Kid, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeatingMatt 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 afterEl Hijo del Fantasma won a match on August 17, 2014, that unified the championship with theAAA Fusión Championship.[2] A total of fourteen men have held the championship for a total of sixteen different title reigns.
The inaugural champion wasAlex Koslov, who defeatedAlan Stone andXtreme Tiger atAAA Television Taping on May 21, 2009, inAguascalientes, 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 championLaredo Kid faced theMajor League Wrestling'sWorld Middleweight ChampionLio 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 an un-televised match. On May 5, Laredo Kid appeared inMLW Fusion with the AAA title, making an in-character statement where he refused to recognize Rush as champion.[3]
Two-time and current championLaredo Kid holds the record for longest combined days at1,654+.
Overall, there have been 17 official reigns among 14 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion isAlex Koslov.Laredo Kid holds the longest reign at 1,218 days. During his reign, Kid was defeated byLio Rush in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush'sMLW World Middleweight Championship, although this reign was not recognized by AAA. Koslov holds the shortest reign at 9 days. Koslov, Kid, andXtreme Tiger have held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The oldest champion isJuventud Guerrera who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days, while the youngest champion isDaga 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 defeatingMatt Riddle at Cierre De La Gira Origenes on December 7, 2024, inMexico City.
