10 Worst Cruiserweight Champions Ever

In 1996 WCW made its most lasting contribution to the world of professional wrestling when it brought Cruiserweight wrestling to the U.S mainstream. At a time when giants still dominated the landscape, the WCW Cruiserweight Division provided a stage for a lot of smaller performers to showcase their talents on a global scale. Without it some of the most successful names in the history of professional wrestling such as Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio may not have become World Champions. WWE still reap the benefits to this day; Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan are among many who modelled parts of their style on WCW€™s Cruiserweights. Two of WWE€™s most highly regarded trainers, Dean Malenko and Jamie Noble, got their first major breaks thanks to the division. The former seven time Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman now holds an important position as one of the companies television producers. Unfortunately like everything in life there are always two sides to a story. Whilst we all like to reminisce about the all-time great Championship reigns, we must not forget there have been just as many performers who have had absolutely terrible runs with Cruiserweight Gold. For every Mysterio there is a Hornswoggle, every Malenko a Funaki, without further ado here are the 10 Worst Cruiserweight Champions of all time...
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