AAA World Cruiserweight Championship

The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). 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.

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA
The current AAA World Cruiserweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Date established	May 21, 2009
Current champion	Laredo Kid
Date won	December 7, 2024
Other names
AAA Cruiserweight Championship (May 2009–August 2014) AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (August 2014–present)
Statistics First champion Alex Koslov Most reigns Alex Koslov, Laredo Kid and Xtreme Tiger (2 reigns) Longest reign Laredo Kid (1,218 days) Shortest reign Alex Koslov (9 days) Oldest champion Juventud Guerrera (37 years and 178 days) Youngest champion Daga (24 years and 136 days) Heaviest champion Johnny Mundo (98 kg (216 lb)) Lightest champion Xtreme Tiger (67 kg (148 lb))

The championship was originally named the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. but had the word "world" added to the name after El Hijo del Fantasma won a match on August 17, 2014, that unified the championship with the AAA Fusión Championship.^[2] A total of fourteen men have held the championship for a total of sixteen different title reigns.

The current champion is Laredo Kid, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Matt Riddle at Cierre De La Gira Origenes on December 7, 2024.

History

Alex Koslov became the inaugural champion when he defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in 2009

The inaugural champion was Alex Koslov, who defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger at AAA Television Taping on May 21, 2009, in Aguascalientes, 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 champion Laredo Kid faced the Major League Wrestling's World Middleweight Champion Lio 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 a un-televised match. On May 5, Laredo Kid appeared in MLW Fusion with the AAA title, making an in-character statement where he refused to recognize Rush as champion.^[3]

Laredo Kid is the longest reigning champion at 1,218 days. During his reign, Laredo Kid was defeated by Lio Rush in a unification match to unify the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship with Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship – though this reign was not recognized by AAA. The shortest reigning champion was Alex Koslov who held the title for 9 days from August 21, 2009 to August 30, 2009. Koslov and Xtreme Tiger have held the title the most times with 2 championship reigns. The youngest champion is Daga who won at the age of 24 years and 136 days. The oldest champion is Juventud Guerrera who won at the age of 37 years and 178 days.

Reigns

Names

Name	Duration
AAA Cruiserweight Championship	May 21, 2009 – August 17, 2014
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship	August 17, 2014 – present

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
1	Alex Koslov	May 21, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes	1	23	1	Koslov defeated Alan Stone and Xtreme Tiger in the final of a 12-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2009.	[4]
2	Xtreme Tiger	June 13, 2009	Triplemanía XVII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	69	1	This was a four-way elimination hardcore match, also involving Alan Stone and Crazy Boy.	[5]
3	Alex Koslov	August 21, 2009	Verano de Escándalo	Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas	2	9	0	This was a five-way elimination match, also involving Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on September 6, 2009.	[6]
—	Vacated	August 30, 2009	AAA Sin Limite	Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after Alex Koslov lost a six-man steel cage match in which the last man left in the cage was forced out of AAA. This episode aired on tape delay on September 20, 2009.	[7]
4	Xtreme Tiger	September 26, 2009	Héroes Inmortales III	Monterrey, Nuevo León	2	253	2	Tiger defeated Jack Evans, Rocky Romero, Sugi San, and Teddy Hart to win the vacant championship.	[8]
5	Jack Evans	June 6, 2010	Triplemanía XVIII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	713	1	This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Christopher Daniels and Nosawa Rongai.	[9]
6	Juventud Guerrera	May 19, 2012	Noche de Campeones	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	1	197	2	This was a four-way Extreme match, Psicosis and Teddy Hart. This episode aired on tape delay on June 10, 2012.	[10]
7	Daga	December 2, 2012	Guerra de Titanes	Zapopan, Jalisco	1	623	4	This was a six-way ladder match, also involving Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Psicosis. This episode aired on tape delay on December 19, 2012.	[11]
8	El Hijo del Fantasma	August 17, 2014	Triplemanía XXII	Mexico City, Mexico	1	945	6	This was a ten-way elimination match, also involving Angélico, Australian Suicide, Bengala, Drago, Fénix, Jack Evans, Joe Líder and Pentagón Jr., where the AAA Fusión Championship was also unified into the title. Title renamed from "AAA Cruiserweight Championship" to "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship"	[2][12]
9	Johnny Mundo	March 19, 2017	Rey de Reyes	Monterrey, Nuevo León	1	196	1	This was a three-way match, also involving El Texano Jr. This match was also contested for the AAA Mega and AAA Latin American Championships	[13]
10	Lanzeloth	October 1, 2017	Héroes Inmortales XI	San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí	1	117	1	This was a ten-way match, also involving Angelikal, Dragon Solar, El Hijo del Vikingo, Máscara de Bronce, Solaris, Tiger Boy, Venum and Villano III Jr.	[14]
11	Australian Suicide	January 26, 2018	Guerra de Titanes	Mexico City, Mexico	1	211	3		[15]
12	Sammy Guevara	August 25, 2018	Triplemanía XXVI	Mexico City, Mexico	1	175	1	This was a four-way match, also involving A. C. H. and Shane Strickland.	[16]
13	Laredo Kid	February 16, 2019	AAA TV-Taping	Morelia, Michoacán	1	1,218	9		[17]
†	Lio Rush	February 10, 2021	MLW Fusion	Orlando, FL	†	N/A	N/A	Rush defeated Laredo Kid in a match where Rush's MLW World Middleweight Championship was also on the line. However, AAA didn't recognize the title change and kept recognizing Laredo Kid as the champion since February 16, 2019.[18]	[19]
14	Fénix	June 18, 2022	Triplemanía XXX	Tijuana, Mexico	1	394	0	This was a Winner Takes All match where the AAA Latin American Championship was also on the line between Bandido, Taurus, defending champion Laredo Kid and Hijo del Vikingo	[20]
—	Vacated	July 17, 2023	—	—	—	—	—	Fénix relinquished the championship and left AAA due to his commitments with other promotions.	[21]
15	Komander	September 23, 2023	AAA Luchando Por Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	1	689	1	This was a four-way match also involving Kuukai, Mecha Wolf 450, and SB Kento.	[22]
16	Matt Riddle	August 17, 2024	Triplemanía XXXII: Mexico City	Aguascalientes, Mexico	1	112	1	This was a three-way match also involving Laredo Kid.	[23]
17	Laredo Kid	December 7, 2024	Cierre De La Gira Origenes	Mexico City, Mexico	2	248+	3		[24]

Combined reigns

Two-time and current champion Laredo Kid, who holds the record for longest combined days at 1,466+

As of August 12, 2025.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Laredo Kid †	2	12	1,466+
2	El Hijo del Fantasma	1	6	945
3	Jack Evans	1	1	713
4	Daga	1	4	623
5	Komander	1	1	418
6	Fénix	1	0	394
7	Xtreme Tiger	2	2	322
8	Australian Suicide	1	3	211
9	Juventud Guerrera	1	2	197
10	Johnny Mundo	1	1	196
11	Sammy Guevara	1	1	175
12	Lanzeloth	1	1	118
13	Matt Riddle	1	1	112
14	Alex Koslov	2	1	32
—	Lio Rush	—	0	—