DATELINE: JULY 8, 1996 – DISNEY MGM STUDIOS – LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL
Rey Mysterio defeats Dean Malenko on Monday Nitro to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time.
Mysterio, then a relative newcomer to fans in the United States, would go on to hold the Cruisrweight championship (between both WCW and WWE) a total of eight times.