Update #05

**Updated as of July 31st, 2010 (3:27am)

**NOTE**
Matches in RED BOLD have already been voted in.

WCW

Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Handheld; East Rutherford, NJ; 12/27/91)
Brad Armstrong vs. Ricky Morton (WCW Power Hour: 2/1/92)
Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (Superbrawl 1992) (3 YES)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 10/3/92)
Z-Man vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Power Hour: 10/10/92)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 12/26/92)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger (WCW Pro: 6/15/96)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Great American Bash 1996) (1 YES)
Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (WCW Saturday Night: 6/29/96) (1 NO)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro: 7/8/96) (Title change) (1 YES)
Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Bash at the Beach 7/7/96) (1 YES)
Psicosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (WCW Saturday Night:7/13/96) (1 NO)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (Hog Wild 1996) (1 YES)
**Juventud vs. Kidman (Juvi debut) (Nitro: 8/26/96)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc 1996)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (World War III 1996)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1996)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Otani (Starrcade 1996)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (Clash of the Champions XXXIV; 1/21/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (UnCensored 3/16/97)
Psicosis vs. Ultimo Dragon (Great American Bash 1997) (1 YES)
Hector Garza/Juventud Guerrera/Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka/Psicosis/Villano IV (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (World War III 1997)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1998)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (Spring Stampede 1999)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Nitro: 4/19/99)
Blitzkrieg & Kaz Hayashi vs. Juventud Guerrera & Silver King (Thunder: 10/21/99)
Air Paris & AJ Styles vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Nitro: 3/5/01)
Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Greed 2001)

WWF/E
Tajiri

vs. Kidman (Backlash 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. The Hurricane (King of the Ring 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Hurricane (Global Warning 2002)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Rey Mysterio (SD!: 10/31/03)
Jamie Noble vs. Spike Dudley (Velocity: 5/8/04)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Shannon Moore (Velocity: 5/21/05)
Nunzio & Funaki vs. Spike Dudley & Akio (Velocity: 5/21/05)

**Match Review** (WCW World Cruiserweight Champion) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (w/Sonny Oono) (WCW Hog Wild 1996)

This is the PPV debut for Ultimo "Ultimate" Dragon. Naturally, Mike Tenay joins these three for commentary in this match. He does a great job of introducing Ultimo Dragon by saying that he wasn’t good enough for Inoki’s New Japan Dojo, went to Mexico for a while, and then New Japan came begging him to come back to his motherland. By the way, Rey is wearing his awesome Spiderman-style trunks and mask here. We see some nice back and forth mat work to start. The pace picks up with a spinning heel kick from Dragon, then they try and show each other up by landing on their feet off quebradas. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve come to a stalemate. Dragon unleashes his infamous kick combo to take Mysterio off his feet. Handspring Elbow connects, followed by the running Ligerbomb. Rey makes the ropes after the figure-four and heads to the floor. Tenay mentions that Dragon recently defeated Jushin Liger in only two minutes, forty seconds in New Japan’s J Crown junior heavyweight tournament. Later on in the tournament, he also defeated the first WCW cruiserweight champ Shinjiro Ohtani. Back in, Dragon applies La Reinara, which is a spinning torture rack, ending with Dragon dropping to his knees. Dragon misses the Handspring Elbow and takes a springboard dropkick to the floor. Rey baseball slides Dragon off the stage down into the dirt as he springboard planchas from inside the ring out on top of Dragon! Incredible. Back inside, Rey catches Dragon with a flying headscissors. Rey tries another springboard, but Dragon blocks with a dropkick. Dragon fake dives, then dropkicks Rey down, and levels him with a pescado. Excellent stuff here. In the ring, Dragon flips out of a backdrop and delivers a bridging German suplex for 1-2-NO! Quebrada hits, but there’s no cover. Mutasault gets 1-2-NO! He goes for another running Ligerbomb, but Rey counters with a rana. Dragon blocks the hurracanrana from the top, but can’t block the Springboard Hurracanrana for 1-2-3. (Match length: 11:36)

**My thoughts: Good intro for the WCW to the Ultimate Dragon, but they didn’t quite kick it up to eleven like they did in later WCW matches. These two had an awesome three series on PPV – here at Hog Wild ’96, at World War III ’96, and at Spring Stampede ’97. You should check out all of those matches. This match gets my vote for the Cruiserweight Castle poll.

--Aaron

Update #04

**Updated as of July 23rd, 2010 (6:14pm)

**NOTE**
Matches in RED BOLD have already been voted in.

WCW

Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Handheld; East Rutherford, NJ; 12/27/91)
Brad Armstrong vs. Ricky Morton (WCW Power Hour: 2/1/92)
Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (Superbrawl 1992)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 10/3/92)
Z-Man vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Power Hour: 10/10/92)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 12/26/92)
Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Wild Pegasus (Match to determine 1st WCW World Cruiserweight Champion) (NJPW/WCW Hyper Battle 1996) (3/20/96)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger (WCW Pro: 6/15/96)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Great American Bash 1996
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro: 7/8/96) (Title change)
Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Bash at the Beach 7/7/96)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (Hog Wild 1996)
**Juventud vs. Kidman (Juvi debut) (Nitro: 8/26/96)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc 1996)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (World War III 1996)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1996)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Otani (Starrcade 1996)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (Clash of the Champions XXXIV; 1/21/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (UnCensored 3/16/97)
Hector Garza/Juventud Guerrera/Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka/Psicosis/Villano IV (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (World War III 1997)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1998)
Kidman vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Psicosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Souled Out 1999)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (Spring Stampede 1999)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Nitro: 4/19/99)
Blitzkrieg & Kaz Hayashi vs. Juventud Guerrera & Silver King (Thunder: 10/21/99)
Air Paris & AJ Styles vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Nitro: 3/5/01)
Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Greed 2001)

WWF/E

Tajiri vs. Kidman (Backlash 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. The Hurricane (King of the Ring 2002)
Kidman vs. Jamie Noble (Vengeance 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Tajiri (No Mercy 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Hurricane (Global Warning 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Spike Dudley (Velocity: 5/8/04)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Shannon Moore (Velocity: 5/21/05)
Nunzio & Funaki vs. Spike Dudley & Akio (Velocity: 5/21/05)

Update #03

**Updated as of July 11th, 2010 (12:08pm)

**Note**
Matches in RED BOLD have already been voted in.

　

WCW

Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Handheld; East Rutherford, NJ; 12/27/91)
Brad Armstrong vs. Ricky Morton (WCW Power Hour: 2/1/92)
Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (Superbrawl 1992)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 10/3/92)
Z-Man vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Power Hour: 10/10/92)
Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong (WCW Power Hour: 12/26/92)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger (WCW Pro: 6/15/96)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Great American Bash 1996
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro: 7/8/96) (Title change)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (Hog Wild 1996)
**Juventud vs. Kidman (Juvi debut) (Nitro: 8/26/96)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc 1996)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (World War III 1996)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1996)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Otani (Starrcade 1996)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (Clash of the Champions XXXIV; 1/21/97)
Hector Garza/Juventud Guerrera/Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka/Psicosis/Villano IV (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (World War III 1997)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1998)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (Spring Stampede 1999)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Nitro: 4/19/99)
Blitzkrieg & Kaz Hayashi vs. Juventud Guerrera & Silver King (Thunder: 10/21/99)
Air Paris & AJ Styles vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Nitro: 3/5/01)
Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Greed 2001)

WWF/E
Jamie Noble vs. Hurricane (Global Warning 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Spike Dudley (Velocity: 5/8/04)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Shannon Moore (Velocity: 5/21/05)
Nunzio & Funaki vs. Spike Dudley & Akio (Velocity: 5/21/05)

Update #02

**Updated as of July 5th, 2010 (2:08am)

**Note**
Matches in RED BOLD have already been voted in.

WCW
Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Handheld; East Rutherford, NJ; 12/27/91)
Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (Superbrawl 1992)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger (WCW Pro: 6/15/96)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Great American Bash 1996
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro: 7/8/96) (Title change)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (Hog Wild 1996)
**Juventud vs. Kidman (Juvi debut) (Nitro: 8/26/96)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc 1996)
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (World War III 1996)
Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1996)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Otani (Starrcade 1996)
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (Clash of the Champions XXXIV; 1/21/97)
Hector Garza/Juventud Guerrera/Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka/Psicosis/Villano IV (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon (Bash at the Beach 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl 1997)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (World War III 1997)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis (Nitro: 12/15/97)
Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio (Starrcade 1998)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (Spring Stampede 1999)
Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Nitro: 4/19/99)
Blitzkrieg & Kaz Hayashi vs. Juventud Guerrera & Silver King (Thunder: 10/21/99)
Air Paris & AJ Styles vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Nitro: 3/5/01)
Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper (Greed 2001)

WWF/E

Jamie Noble vs. Hurricane (Global Warning 2002)
Jamie Noble vs. Spike Dudley (Velocity: 5/8/04)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Shannon Moore (Velocity: 5/21/05)
Nunzio & Funaki vs. Spike Dudley & Akio (Velocity: 5/21/05)

Update #01

The Cruiserweight Compilation. (Title to be determined). Myself, Size and Stevie will be voting on these matches and reviewing a few along the way. We decided to do this compilation because cruiserweight wrestling was a major factor in the success of prowrestling in the mid-late 90's. We are paying tribute to that success, mainly because we enjoyed the matches.

Ok, this is a TOTAL work in progress. Myself, Size or Stevie will update it regularly or when we can. The matches will be viewed and voted on by all three of us. Two out of three have to vote YES before the match goes into the next round of voting.

The matches we will be watching are from the WCW Lightheavyweight Title era (91') through the WWE Cruiserweight Title (07'). The Cruiserweight title was vacated on September 25th, 2007. Officially Hornswaggle was last official CW champion. On a side note, I can (not speaking for Size or Stevie) pretty much guarantee NONE of Hornswaggle's matches appear on this compilation.


Here is the complete WCW Cruiserweight Title History as provided for you via the fine folks at Wikipedia.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Cruiserweight_Champions


If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know.

Take care and God Bless,
Aaron