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Cruiserweight Championship
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The WWE Cruiserweight Championship traces its roots to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, created on March 20, 1996, with Shinjiro Otani as its first recognized champion, and was acquired by the WWF following its purchase of WCW in 2001, eventually being renamed the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in May 2002 and serving as the only title exclusively tied to the SmackDown brand throughout the entire first brand extension era. The original WCW-era physical belt featured a gold center plate with a globe motif and WCW logos on the side plates, while the 2002 WWE redesign retained a similar aesthe
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