ultimately dismantled. Following the Survivor Series pay-per-view in November 2001, the title was renamed the WWF Cruiserweight Championship, replacing the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. After the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002, the championship became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand. The title was then renamed as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship after the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May that same year. Around 2005, WWE began referring to the title as the "Cruiserweight Championship of the World", but the official name of the title was not changed to reflect this. On September 28, 2007, the title was vacated after the final champion, Hornswoggle, was stripped of the championship by SmackDown! General Manager, Vickie Guerrero. Hornswoggle had won the championship in a Cruiserweight Open at that year's The Great American Bash pay-per-view event. The last match contested for the title occurred on the August 31, 2007, episode of SmackDown!, where Hornswoggle successfully defended the title against Jamie Noble. After a six-month absence, WWE removed the championship from the active championship web page to the defunct championship list. In this way, the title was quietly retired. WWE lists its retirement year as 2007. Brand designation history Following the introduction of the brand split on March 25, 2002, all titles in WWE became exclusive to either the Raw or SmackDown! brand. Reigns Gregory Helms had the longest reign at 385 days. Helms won the championship at the 2006 Royal Rumble in a Cruiserweight Open, despite originally being a member of the Raw brand; he transferred to SmackDown! in conjunction with winning the title. He lost it in a Cruiserweight Open at No Way Out in 2007, thirteen months later, to Chavo Guerrero Jr. Psicosis had the shortest title reign, holding it for approximately one hour. Rey Mysterio Jr. had the most reigns at eight, spread across both WCW and WWE (five reigns in WCW and three in WWE). Three women held the championship; Madusa and Daffney both had reigns in WCW, while Jacqueline was the only woman to win it after it became a WWE championship. See also NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, predecessor in Jim Crockett Promotions References Notes Footnotes External links WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Title History World Championship Wrestling championships Championships acquired by WWE Cruiserweight wrestling championships el:Χορνσουάγκλ#Πρωτάθλημα Ευκίνητων Παλαιστών