Lucha House Party was a professional wrestling stable and later tag team that consisted of Kalisto , Gran Metalik , and Lince Dorado .
70-519: It was originally formed as a trio consisting of cruiserweights Kalisto, Metalik and Dorado on the 205 Live brand in 2018. The group was based on the fact that the three were masked high-flying luchadores and implemented various elements of Kalisto's former tag team The Lucha Dragons . The trio would compete on the Raw and SmackDown brands challenging for the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships on many occasions between 2018 and 2020 until Kalisto
140-932: A Boneyard match , but would lose despite interference from Gallows and Anderson. On April 15, 2020, the stable was dissolved when Gallows and Anderson were released from their WWE contracts as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic , while Styles formed a tag team with Omos a short time later. After a two year absence, Gallows and Anderson returned to WWE on the October 10, 2022, episode of Raw , reuniting The O.C. with Styles as faces. They attacked former Bullet Club leader Finn Bálor and his stable, The Judgment Day (including Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio ), as Bálor had issued Styles an ultimatum to join his group, whereby Styles refused and brought in Gallows and Anderson as his backup. The following week,
210-514: A WarGames match . On the following episode of Raw, The O.C. was defeated by The Judgment Day in an eight-person mixed tag team match to end their feud. As part of the 2023 WWE Draft , The O.C. were drafted to the SmackDown brand , with Styles and Yim subsequently feuding briefly with Karrion Kross and Scarlett , with Styles and Kross trading victories in singles matches and the two sides facing off in tag team matches. The feud concluded on
280-563: A format with their own title shortly before the company was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation. In 2016, WWE relaunched its Cruiserweight Championship using a 205 lb weight limit, and also introduced a dedicated weekly program, 205 Live , focusing exclusively on cruiserweights. Cruiserweight divisions and championships have risen to much greater prominence in wrestling promotions in Japan and Mexico than
350-482: A handicap match at Super Show-Down and a handicap elimination match on the June 10 episode of Raw . Metalik and Dorado would then begin a brief feud with Singh Brothers by trading wins with them on 205 Live . After losing to The O.C. ( AJ Styles , Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson ) twice on Raw , Lucha House Party was drafted to the SmackDown brand in the 2019 draft on October 11. Kalisto debuted for SmackDown on
420-491: A reaction from fans due to a lack of charisma, personality and understanding of psychology. Championships contested by cruiserweights cannot be held by wrestlers who are not cruiserweights, but cruiserweights are normally eligible to compete for heavyweight championships (e.g. Rey Mysterio winning the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 22 despite being just under 200 lbs). In
490-529: A six-man tag team match at Royal Rumble . The group would soon begin competing under the name "Lucha House Party" feuding with Akira Tozawa and Hideo Itami as both teams exchanged wins until the rivalry culminated in a tornado tag team match between the two teams on the April 17 episode of 205 Live , which Metalik and Dorado won. Their next rivalry began against the trio of Drew Gulak, Gentleman Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick as Lucha House Party defeated
560-474: A six-man tag team match between the stables was scheduled for Crown Jewel on November 5. At the event, The O.C. lost to The Judgment Day after interference from Rhea Ripley . On the November 7, episode of Raw , Mia Yim , returning to WWE herself that night, aligned with The O.C. to counter Ripley. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Styles defeated Bálor while Yim's team defeated Ripley's team in
630-654: A tag team match against The Revival at a live event , putting him out of action. Following Kalisto's injury, Lucha House Party continued to perform as a tag team on SmackDown as Metalik and Dorado began pursuing the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, participating in title matches in the Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber and Money in the Bank . Lucha House Party entered a feud with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura over
700-438: A team, attacking The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), establishing themselves as heels in the process and with the duo's NJPW background being acknowledged by WWE announcers. On the following week's Raw , WWE began teasing an alliance between Gallows and Anderson and their former Bullet Club stablemate Styles when, after meeting Styles in a backstage interview, Gallows and Anderson attacked his Payback opponent Roman Reigns in
770-531: A title shot at SmackDown : New Year's Revolution . Later that night, The O.C. greeted Styles, but he blew them off for not coming to his aid when he was attacked by The Bloodline, thus leaving the group. At SmackDown : New Year's Revolution on January 5, 2024, Michin failed to win the title from Sky. On the February 20, 2024 episode of NXT , Gallows and Anderson attacked Axiom and Nathan Frazer and Chase University ( Andre Chase and Duke Hudson ) after
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#1732793871288840-420: A varying degree of risk. Cruiserweight matches are not limited to such moves and due to the greater speed and agility of the wrestlers can involve more technical grappling than that seen in heavyweight divisions. A match with little to no transition between the spots is known as a spotfest . While spotfests do occur featuring heavyweights, the term is typically more used for cruiserweights, arguably because many of
910-453: Is "up to 225 lbs" (102 kg), while WWE currently uses 205 lb (93 kg) as its weight limit. Due to the scripted nature of professional wrestling and that the billed weight of wrestlers can be changed, weight classes usually are not strictly enforced as they are in professional boxing and mixed martial arts . New Japan and Noah also have junior heavyweight tag team titles, for teams composed of junior heavyweights. WCW tested such
980-420: Is 210 lbs. Other lighter wrestlers who have risen to prominence as main eventers and world heavyweight champions include Shawn Michaels , Chris Jericho , Dolph Ziggler , Christian , Rey Mysterio , Kurt Angle , Jeff Hardy , Eddie Guerrero , Chris Benoit , CM Punk , Seth Rollins , Finn Balor , A.J. Styles , and Kofi Kingston . In 2016, WWE began to re-launch its cruiserweight division by producing
1050-492: The 2020 Royal Rumble , with Styles entering at 18, Anderson at 20, and Gallows at 24, but they were all eliminated. At Super ShowDown in February, Gallows and Anderson took out Mysterio in an attempt to help Styles win the Tuwaiq Mountain Trophy Gauntlet match, but The Undertaker in turn took out Gallows and Anderson, and then took Mysterio's spot in the gauntlet match and defeated Styles to win
1120-502: The 2021 men's Dusty Rhodes Classic , where they defeated Imperium ( Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel ) in the opening round before losing to Legado del Fantasma in the quarter-final. On November 4, 2021, Dorado and Metalik were released from their WWE contracts, thus ending Lucha House Party. It was later reported that Dorado and Metalik had requested their releases two months prior, as they were unhappy and frustrated after their WWE television appearances had fluctuated frequently over
1190-551: The Cruiserweight Classic —a 32-man tournament with participants billed as being under 205 pounds (93 kg), the lower limit of cruiserweight in MMA. The Cruiserweight Classic was won by T. J. Perkins , who became inaugural holder of the new WWE Cruiserweight Championship . The new championship was initially part of the Raw brand , and does not share the same title history as the previous Cruiserweight Championship that
1260-617: The April 24, 2018, episode of SmackDown Live as faces , in a losing effort to Shinsuke Nakamura , Aiden English , and Rusev . After an unsuccessful stint on the SmackDown brand, Gallows and Anderson returned to the Raw brand on April 29, 2019, losing to The Usos. At that point, they had not won a match on television since they defeated The Usos in May 2018. Throughout the following weeks, Styles frustratingly encouraged Gallows and Anderson to be
1330-539: The August 11 episode of SmackDown , when Styles defeated Kross. The O.C. would begin a feud with The Bloodline , with Styles losing to Solo Sikoa on the September 1 episode of SmackDown after interference from Jimmy Uso . John Cena would come to Styles' aid, setting up a tag team match between Cena and Styles against Uso and Sikoa for Fastlane . However, Styles was taken out by Sikoa backstage, removing him from
1400-524: The July 22 episode of Raw , The Club was renamed "The O.C." and repeatedly claimed that they were the "official, original, and only club that matters". The following week, Gallows and Anderson won their second Raw Tag Team Championship , making all members of The O.C. champions, but they lost the titles on the August 19 episode of Raw to Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman , ending their reign at 21 days. At Crown Jewel on October 31, Gallows and Anderson won
1470-643: The Light Heavyweight Championship was used primarily in Mexico due to a working agreement with the Mexican promotion Universal Wrestling Association . New Japan Pro-Wrestling also recognized the championship and the title was used as part of several cross promotional cards between New Japan and the UWA. The WWF's working agreement with the UWA came to an end in 1995 and the title was returned to
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#17327938712881540-401: The May 28 episode of NXT, Mia Yim defeated Tatum Paxley to qualify for the ladder match to crown the inaugural NXT Women's North American Championship at Battleground . Later that night, NXT General Manager Ava announced Gallows and Anderson will face Axiom and Frazer for the titles at the event. On the May 31 episode of SmackDown , Styles seemingly delivered a retirement speech, which
1610-664: The NXT Cruiserweight Championship at New Year's Evil , which Metalik failed to win. On the January 4, 2021 episode of Raw , Lucha House Party defeated the Raw Tag Team Champions The Hurt Business ( Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin ) in a non-title match, thus earning a title shot against Alexander and Benjamin on the February 1 episode of Raw , which Lucha House Party failed to win. Lucha House Party entered
1680-665: The NXT Cruiserweight Championship, and allowing NXT cruiserweights to appear on 205 Live and vice versa. At New Year's Evil in January 2022, following a relaunch of NXT that reverted it back to being a developmental brand, the NXT Cruiserweight Championship was unified with the NXT North American Championship and retired. In 2002, TNA established the " X Division "—an openweight class and championship focused on crossover between traditional wrestling styles with faster-paced, high-flying moves associated with cruiserweights. Despite this, almost all of
1750-705: The October 25 episode of SmackDown by defeating Drew Gulak while Metalik and Dorado debuted for the brand on the December 6 episode of SmackDown by competing in a fatal four-way elimination match to determine the #1 contenders for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship won by The Revival. Metalik and Dorado participated in a tag team turmoil match for the Tag Team World Cup at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view , where they were
1820-455: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship. After the match, Kalisto confronted Dorado until Metalik separated the two, planting the seeds for a split between the group. Lucha House Party earned another title shot against Cesaro and Nakamura as Kalisto and Metalik defeated them on the September 11 episode of SmackDown . Kalisto and Dorado unsuccessfully challenged Cesaro and Nakamura for the titles at Clash of Champions . After weeks of dissension, Kalisto
1890-630: The United States. While there have been various wrestling companies over the years that have promoted cruiserweight/junior heavyweight titles and divisions in the U.S., they have had comparatively little prominence when compared to World Heavyweight champions. Cruiserweight wrestlers are generally shorter and possess less muscle bulk than heavyweights, a build which lends itself to a high-flying wrestling style. While there are many cruiserweights who specialize in alternate wrestling styles, cruiserweights are strongly associated with moves performed from
1960-624: The WWF by 1997. The WWF did not sanction the reign of any of the previous champions, adopting a revisionist history tactic with the company claiming that the title was created in 1997. The title remained activated from December 7, 1997, until it was retired in late 2001. After the World Wrestling Federation acquired the intellectual property of WCW in 2001, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
2030-472: The X Division champions have been high-flyers, with Kurt Angle , Samoa Joe , Abyss and Lashley being notable exceptions. In August 2011, the division was given a 225 lb (102 kg) weight limit before returning to being an openweight division by June 10, 2012, when the 280 lb (130 kg) Samoa Joe was allowed to challenge for the belt at Sammiversary . In 2013, the weight limit returned, only for it to be repealed in August of that year after
2100-557: The company in October 2022 with Mia Yim joining the group the next month. As of September 2024 , the stable has quietly disbanded. From 2014 to 2016, AJ Styles , Luke Gallows (under the name Doc Gallows), and Karl Anderson were members of Bullet Club , primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, Styles was a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion , and Gallows and Anderson were three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions . Styles departed from
2170-706: The division, many argued that the Cruiserweights gradually became a less important part of the show and secondary to the heavyweight wrestlers. In 2008, Rey Mysterio voiced this view: The division kicked off to a certain point but they never put us on top, and when they unmasked us it all came tumbling down. Those in charge of WCW had the mindset that only big men could draw and didn't create new superstars. But wrestling now has changed so much. Chris Benoit , Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho have all been world champions, but back in WCW they were mainly cruiserweights. Also
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2240-486: The division. The division as a whole became a showcase of a fast-paced, aerial and athletic style of wrestling which became highly influential in both the short and long term in the industry. Eric Bischoff has credited with the division as becoming a defining feature of Monday Nitro that was as fundamental to the late 1990s popularity of WCW as the New World Order faction: I think the cruiserweight division and
2310-437: The fast-paced exchanges do not lend themselves as well to ring psychology as the more deliberately paced power moves and holds common in a heavyweight match. Some fans and wrestlers alike use the term "spotmonkey" to describe wrestlers whose matches consist primarily of high spots. In the United States, the term is generally meant as an insult and derogatory criticism, suggesting that the wrestlers have to rely on risky spots to get
2380-428: The first team to be eliminated by Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode . At Survivor Series , Metalik and Dorado represented SmackDown in an interbrand tag team battle royal won by Ziggler and Roode while Kalisto represented SmackDown against Raw's Akira Tozawa and NXT 's Lio Rush in a triple threat match for Rush's NXT Cruiserweight Championship , which Rush retained. On December 30, Kalisto injured his shoulder during
2450-561: The friendship altogether. On the May 30 episode of Raw , Gallows and Anderson entered the WWE Tag Team Championship picture by attacking reigning champions The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ), while later in the show, Styles turned on the returning John Cena and reunited with Gallows and Anderson. This set up a match between Styles and Cena at Money in the Bank on June 19, which Styles won after interference from The Club. On July 19, The Club
2520-630: The interbrand triple threat match, in which he faced SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong , where Strong stole the victory from Styles after Styles had performed a Phenomenal Forearm on Nakamura and Strong threw Styles out of the ring and pinned Nakamura. The O.C. would again have bad luck on the following night's Raw as during Styles' championship match against Rey Mysterio , Gallows and Anderson were ejected from ringside and Styles ultimately lost his U.S. title to Mysterio thanks to help from Randy Orton . All members of The O.C. would enter
2590-478: The last couple of years. Cruiserweight (professional wrestling) Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In professional wrestling , Cruiserweight is a weight class but also a term for a fast-paced, aerial-based style of performer. The term was first coined in the United States in 1996 by World Championship Wrestling . Prior to this,
2660-559: The late 2017 while feuding with The Brian Kendrick and Gentleman Jack Gallagher on 205 Live . They first teamed together to defeat Kendrick and Gallagher on the November 25, 2017 episode of Main Event . The rivalry would fuel further when Kendrick and Gallagher attacked Kalisto and Metalik after matches on the November 28 and December 5 episodes of 205 Live . On the December 12 episode of 205 Live , Kendrick and Gallagher attacked Kalisto after Kalisto defeated Gallagher until Metalik made
2730-429: The match; he was replaced by LA Knight . After a two-month hiatus, Styles returned on the December 15 episode of SmackDown and assisted Knight and Randy Orton in fending off The Bloodline. Styles took out Knight after The Bloodline was cleared from the ring. In the following week, Michin pinned WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky in an eight-women tag team holiday street fight match against Damage CTRL , granting her
2800-495: The new rules were rejected by fans. Due to their initial affiliation with the National Wrestling Alliance , many NWA territories have started sanctioning their own X Division championships, with some territories explicitly replacing existing cruiserweight competitions with the new division. The following is a list of all titles equivalent to a cruiserweight championship. Title names vary, but may include
2870-533: The nine-team tag team turmoil match to win the WWE Tag Team World Cup and be called "the best tag team in the world". Styles also retained his U.S. title against Humberto Carrillo at the event. The O.C. would have unfortunate luck at Survivor Series ; during the Kickoff pre-show, Gallows and Anderson were eliminated from the interbrand tag team battle royal, and on the main show, Styles lost
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2940-471: The promotion in January 2016, followed by Gallows and Anderson in February. After their departures, there were weeks of speculation and teasing from WWE themselves about the trio signing with WWE. At the 2016 Royal Rumble , AJ Styles debuted for WWE in the Royal Rumble match . A few months later on the April 11, 2016, episode of Raw , Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson then made their WWE debut as
3010-525: The ring; Styles, however, did not seem pleased with the attack. Over the next few weeks, Gallows and Anderson continued teasing an uneasy alliance with Styles, while having several face offs with The Usos and Roman Reigns, including at Payback, where the two failed in their attempt to help Styles capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Reigns. On the May 9 episode of Raw , the trio of Styles, Gallows, and Anderson
3080-503: The save. The following week on 205 Live , Kalisto and Metalik defeated Kendrick and Gallagher via disqualification in a tag team match. This would lead to the formation of an alliance between Kalisto and Metalik. The duo were joined by the returning Lince Dorado on the January 23, 2018 episode of 205 Live as they defeated TJP , Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari in a six-man tag team match. Kalisto, Metalik and Dorado followed it up by defeating TJP, Drew Gulak and Gentleman Jack Gallagher in
3150-539: The spring of 1996, WCW introduced its "Cruiserweight division", a segmented portion of the roster featuring smaller, faster and more agile wrestlers that contrasted starkly, both visually and stylistically, with their heavyweight counterparts. Although weight categories were not a new concept in wrestling or even WCW, the WCW Cruiserweight Division was quickly able to form a unique and popular identity by integrating and mixing wrestlers from all around
3220-510: The stable was mainly Dorado's idea that had the support of Metalik. On the November 9 episode of Raw , Metalik and Dorado each won the 24/7 Championship once during a seven-way match for the title but Akira Tozawa ended up winning in the end. On the December 30 episode of NXT , Lucha House Party defeated Legado Del Fantasma ( Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza ) in a tag team match and then Metalik challenged Legado's leader Santos Escobar for
3290-498: The successful duo they once were. On the July 1, 2019, episode of Raw , Gallows and Anderson encouraged Styles to be the guy he once was in NJPW. After Styles lost a United States Championship match to Ricochet , Gallows and Anderson helped Styles to beat up Ricochet, and reuniting The Club as heels. Two weeks later at Extreme Rules , Styles, accompanied by The Club, won his third United States Championship by defeating Ricochet. On
3360-399: The tag team titles as they traded wins with Cesaro and Nakamura in singles matches in August, leading to Lucha House Party earning a title shot at the tag team titles. Kalisto made his surprise return from injury on the August 14 episode of SmackDown to reunite with Metalik and Dorado. On the August 21 episode of SmackDown , Metalik and Dorado unsuccessfully challenged Cesaro and Nakamura for
3430-454: The talent represented therein probably had as much to do with the success of Nitro as the nWo storyline and Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash. I don’t think people recognize it. The talent in that division not only helped Nitro consistently defeat WWE...that talent forced WWE, as much as the nWo, to change the way they were presenting the product. However, in the years following the launch of
3500-603: The terms " Light Heavyweight " and " Junior Heavyweight " were more commonly in use. The older term Junior Heavyweight is still favored in Japan , where many titles for lighter-weight competitors are called Junior Heavyweight titles. Prominent titles include New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship , Pro Wrestling Noah 's GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship , and All Japan Pro Wrestling 's World Junior Heavyweight championships. The weight limit used by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Japanese promotions
3570-497: The terms cruiserweight, lightweight, midweight, middleweight, flyweight, welterweight, featherweight, junior heavyweight, or X Division . It is worth noting that each of these class listings are separate in boxing and amateur wrestling, but are almost interchangeable in professional wrestling. The O.C. (professional wrestling) The O.C. also known as The Club , was an American professional wrestling stable in WWE . The group
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#17327938712883640-405: The title was held four times by Johnny De Fazio and was vacated after his retirement in 1972. The championship was reactivated in January 1978 with the first new champion being Carlos Jose Estrada . By this time, the company had renamed itself the World Wrestling Federation and engaged in a cross promotional agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Three days after Estrada won the vacant title, he
3710-422: The top guys in WCW were scared that fans were more interested in watching luchadore action and high-flying moves than big men just going out there and stomping on each other for 10 minutes. The heavyweights were getting into Eric Bischoff's ear, saying: "We can't let these guys be on top. They're small and wrestling has never been about this, we've got to keep the tradition going." It was stupid for Eric Bischoff, who
3780-660: The top rope and moves requiring a degree of speed, agility, balance and torque. Cruiserweight wrestling is often associated with lucha libre , where similar moves and match pacing are used, but Mexico uses a different weight class system and the actual term "cruiserweight" ( crucero , in Spanish ) is rarely used in favor of Light-Heavyweight ( peso semicompleto in Spanish). Cruiserweight wrestlers tend to be wrestlers of average human height and weight. The high spots often performed by cruiserweights are visually impressive but carry
3850-485: The top talents over the past 15 years arguably falling into the cruiserweight category. As a result, a very substantial portion of WWE's roster are billed at, slightly less, or slightly more than 220 lbs. Many lighter wrestlers have achieved main event status within WWE and, over the years, have won several world heavyweight championships. For instance, the billed weight of former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan
3920-558: The trio on the June 12 episode of 205 Live , before losing to Gulak, Gallagher and Kendrick in a six-man elimination tag team match on the June 26 episode of 205 Live . On the October 29 episode of Raw , Lucha House Party joined the Raw brand as Kalisto and Dorado defeated The Revival ( Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson ) in a tag team match. Lucha House Party continued to compete on Raw and 205 Live as they feuded with Revival on Raw , defeating them in various Lucha House Rules matches which stipulated that any member of Lucha House Party
3990-401: The trophy, thus beginning a feud with Undertaker. Styles then faced Aleister Black at Elimination Chamber in a no disqualification match , but would lose after The Undertaker came out and took out Gallows and Anderson and chokeslammed Styles, allowing Black to hit Black Mass and win the match. Styles would then face The Undertaker in the main event of the first night of WrestleMania 36 in
4060-459: The two teams faced each other, marking Gallows and Anderson's return to NXT. On the February 27 episode of NXT , Gallows and Anderson defeated Edris Enofe and Malik Blade in their first match back in NXT. Gallows and Anderson entered a tournament for an NXT Tag Team Championship match at Stand and Deliver , which was won by Axiom and Nathan Frazer . Mia Yim would also return to NXT on April 30. On
4130-442: The world and from vastly different wrestling styles, particularly Mexican Luchadores such as Rey Misterio Jr. , Psychosis , and Juventud Guerrera , but also Japanese "Super Juniors" such as Último Dragón . North American wrestlers, such as Chris Jericho , Eddie Guerrero , Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit , who had travelled abroad to Mexico and Japan earlier in their careers and learnt the local styles were also able to thrive in
4200-651: Was abandoned in favor of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, and the title was renamed the WWF Cruiserweight Championship ; however, the title was eventually retired, with Hornswoggle serving as the last champion before being stripped of the title for his own safety. None of the preceding championships were particularly prominent in the company; however, over the years the notion of lighter wrestlers becoming main event stars has become more accepted in WWE due to many of
4270-494: Was allowed to compete. The entire Lucha House Party represented Team Raw against Team SmackDown in a losing effort at Survivor Series . Lucha House Party's winning streak finally ended against Revival on the January 14, 2019 episode of Raw as Revival defeated Metalik and Kalisto in a tag team match. After briefly feuding with Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers (Samir Singh and Sunil Singh), Lucha House Party began feuding with Lars Sullivan , losing to him via disqualification in
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#17327938712884340-803: Was composed of leader AJ Styles , Luke Gallows , Karl Anderson and the later added Mia Yim . Their team name is derived from a previous catchphrase: "the official, the original, the only club that matters" due to the three original members of the Bullet Club . Previously working in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as members of Bullet Club , the trio of Styles, Gallows and Anderson reunited in WWE in May 2016 as The Club, before splitting two months later. They would officially reunite in July 2019, having adopted The O.C. as their new name. The team split again in April 2020 when Gallows and Anderson were released from WWE but reformed upon their return to
4410-507: Was defeated by Tatsumi Fujinami . Going forward, the title was almost exclusively used by New Japan while the WWF retained ownership. The title was vacated and retired for the final time on October 31, 1985, as a result of New Japan and the WWF ending their working relationship. In early 1981, the company created the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship , though unlike the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship,
4480-526: Was dubbed "The Club" (a reference to their former NJPW stable, Bullet Club). The Club disbanded two weeks later on Raw , when Styles stated that he wanted an amicable separation from Gallows and Anderson, blaming them and The Usos for his failure to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the previous day's Extreme Rules . Though Styles stated that the three could remain "brothers", Gallows and Anderson refused and ended
4550-441: Was finally separated from Lucha House Party in the 2020 draft , in which he remained on SmackDown, where he remained until he was released from his WWE contract in April 2021, while Dorado and Metalik were drafted to the Raw brand on October 12. It was later reported that Kalisto had asked WWE management to be split from the group, as he gradually grew unhappy with being involved in a faction that struggled to get booked, especially as
4620-457: Was retired in 2007. In November 2016, WWE Network introduced a new weekly program known as 205 Live , exclusively featuring cruiserweight performers. The championship was defended on both Raw and 205 Live until 2018, when it became exclusive to the newly created 205 Live brand . In late 2019, WWE began to merge 205 Live into the NXT brand and creative, including renaming the championship
4690-556: Was revealed to be a ruse after he attacked Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes as Gallows and Anderson stopped security from intervening. This led to an “I quit” match between Styles and Rhodes being announced for Clash at the Castle. At the event, Styles failed to win the Undisputed WWE Championship from Rhodes after saying “I quit!” into the microphone. After that, Styles took time off television, leading to
4760-626: Was running a huge company like WCW, to listen to other people. Vince McMahon runs his own company and does what he wants to do, as did Paul Heyman . Wrestling is about what the fans want, not what the boys want. In 1965, while operating under the name of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship was created. Initially, the title was used from September 1965 until sometime in 1972. During this period,
4830-448: Was sidelined due to an injury. This led to Metalik and Dorado competing as a tag team for a while until Kalisto returned to WWE in the summer of 2020 but differences began arising within the group until Kalisto was separated from the team in the 2020 draft , which led to Lucha House Party becoming a tag team. As part of the group, Metalik and Dorado held the 24/7 Championship once each . Kalisto and Gran Metalik formed an alliance in
4900-411: Was split up in the WWE draft , with Gallows and Anderson being drafted to the Raw brand and Styles to SmackDown , which resulted in them wrestling their last match together as a trio on July 24 at Battleground in a loss against Cena, Enzo Amore , and Big Cass . Gallows and Anderson were both drafted to SmackDown in the 2018 Superstar Shake-up , where they made a one-off reunion with Styles on
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