Here is the History of the WWF Lightweight Title.   Any Corrections can be mailed to WWFRI@hotmail.com

Champion Date Location Notes
Perro Aguayo 03/26/81 Shimizu, Japan Defeats Gran Hamada in a tournament final.
Fishman 09/25/81 Los Angeles, CA  
Perro Aguayo (2) 10/01/81 Los Angeles, CA  
Chris Adams 10/18/81 Mexico City, Mexico  
Perro Aguayo (3) 12/13/81 Mexico City, Mexico  
Gran Hamada 04/21/82 Tokyo, Japan  
Perro Aguayo (4) 08/29/82 Mexico City, Mexico  
Villano III 03/20/83 Mexico City, Mexico  
Perro Aguayo (5) 08/07/83 Mexico City, Mexico  
Gran Hamada (2) 04/17/84 Tokyo, Japan  
Villano III (2) 05/20/84 Mexico City, Mexico  
Fishman (2) 08/24/86 Mexico City, Mexico  
Perro Aguayo (6) 12/24/86 Mexico City, Mexico Title held up after a match against Villano III on 05/03/87.
Villano III (3) 06/17/87 Mexico City, Mexico Defeats Perro Aguayo in a rematch for the vacant title.
Rambo 10/04/87 Mexico City, Mexico  
Villano III (4) 07/11/88 Mexico City, Mexico  
Sangre Chicana 08/14/89 unknown  
Perro Aguayo (7) 10/15/89 Mexico City, Mexico  
Sangre Chicana (2) 12/03/89 Mexico City, Mexico  
Villano III (5) 05/27/90 Naucalpan, Mexico  
The Pegasus Kid 03/03/91 Naucalpan, Mexico The Pegasus Kid is better known as Chris Benoit
Villano III (6) 09/13/92 Naucalpan, Mexico  
El Signo 01/01/93 Netzahualcoyoti, Mexico  
Villano III (7) 07/18/94 Puebla, Mexico Villano III was stripped of to title after jumping to PROMELL in 01/95 and the title was declared vacant.
Aero Flash   Netzahualcoyoti, Mexico Defeated Fighter to claim the vacant title.
The Great Sasuke 03/24/96 Shirakawa Fukushima, Japan  
El Samurai 06/22/96 Naruko, Japan  
The Great Sasuke (2) 08/04/96 Tokyo, Japan The Great Sasuke defeated El Samurai in the second round of the J-Crown tournament; he also defeated Ultimo Dragon in the final of the J-Crown tournament on August 05, 1966 in Tokyo, JAPAN to become the unified octuple crown champion.
Ultimo Dragon 10/11/96 Osaka, Japan  
Jushin "Thunder" Liger 01/04/97 Tokyo, Japan On 06/06/97 Liger loses the International Title, one of the eight titles that made up the octuple crown, but retained the other seven titles.
El Samurai (2) 07/06/97 Sapporo, Japan El Samurai won the seven titles still comprising the octuple crown.
Shinjiro Ohtani 08/10/97 Nagoya, Japan On 11/05/97 Ohtani was forced to vacate the WWF portion of the octuple crown by Vince McMahon.
Taka Michinoku 12/07/97 Springfield, MA Defeats Brian Christopher in a tournament final for the vacant championship.
Christian 10/18/98 Chicago, IL  
Duane Gill 11/17/98 Columbus, OH Gill changed his moniker to "Gillberg" as a mockery of WCW wrestler Goldberg.
Essa Rios 02/08/00 Austin, TX  
Dean Malenko 03/13/00 East Rutherford, NJ  
Scotty Too Hotty 04/17/00 State College, PA