WWE
United
States Champions
Formerly Known As
WCW United States Championship
- Harley Race--1975 in
Tallahassee, Florida. Race defeated Johnny Weaver in the
finals of the tournament.
- Johnny Valentine--July
3, 1975 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Terry Funk--November
9, 1975 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Johnny Valentine
died in a plane crash on October 4. Terry Funk beat Paul
Jones in a 16 man tournament.
- Paul Jones--November
1975.
- Blackjack Mulligan--March
1976.
- Paul Jones [2]--October
16, 1976.
- Blackjack Mulligan [2]--January
1977.
- Bobo Brazil--1977 in
Norfolk, Virginia.
- Ric Flair--July 9,
1977 in Richmond, Virginia.
- Ricky Steamboat--November
11, 1977 in Richmond, Virginia.
- Blackjack Mulligan [3]--February
1978.
- Mr. Wrestling--February
1978 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Ric Flair [2]--April
9, 1978 in Richmond, Virginia.
- Ricky Steamboat [2]--December
18, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario.
- Ric Flair [3]--April
1, 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Jimmy Snuka--September
1, 1979 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Flair vacated the
title when he teamed with Blackjack Mulligan to win the
Tag Team Titles. Snuka won a tournament.
- Ric Flair [4]--April
19, 1980 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Greg Valentine--July
26, 1980 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Ric Flair [5]--November
24, 1980 in Greenville, North Carolina.
- Roddy Piper--January
27, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Wahoo McDaniels--August
8, 1981 in Greensboro, North Caroline.
- Sgt. Slaughter--October
4, 1981 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wahoo McDaniels
lost his title due to injuries from Abdullah the Butcher
in September. Slaughter defeated Ricky Steamboat in a
tournament for the title.
- Wahoo McDaniels [2]--May
21, 1982 in Richmond, Virginia.
- Sgt. Slaughter [2]--June
7, 1982 in Greenville, North Carolina.
- Wahoo McDaniels [3]--August
22, 1982 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Greg Valentine [2]--November
4, 1982 in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Roddy Piper [2]--April
16, 1983 in Greensboro, North Caroline.
- Greg Valentine [3]--April
30, 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Dick Slater--December
14, 1983 in Shelby, North Carolina.
- Ricky Steamboat [3]--April
21, 1984 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Wahoo McDaniels [4]--June
24, 1984 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- TITLE VACANT--July
1984. Wahoo McDaniels was attacked and injured by Tully
Blanchard. A tournament was set up.
- Wahoo McDaniels [5]--October
5, 1984 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Magnum TA--March 23,
1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Tully Blanchard--July
21, 1985 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Nikita Koloff--August
17, 1986 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Magnum TA was
stripped of the title on May 27 for attacking NWA
president Bob Geigel. Nikita Koloff won the best of seven
matches 4-3 over Magnum TA during the Great American Bash
tour. On September 28, 1986, Koloff defeated Wahoo
McDaniels to unify the NWA Heavyweight Title.
- Lex Luger--July 11,
1987 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Dusty Rhodes--November
26, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Barry Windham--May 13,
1988 in Houston, Texas. Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the
title for attacking Jim Crockett. Windham won a
tournament by defeating Nikita Koloff.
- Lex Luger [2]--February
20, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Michael Hayes--May 7,
1989 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Lex Luger [3]--May 22,
1990 in Bluefield, West Virginia.
- Stan Hansen--October
27, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Lex Luger [4]--December
16, 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. In January of 1991, the
title is recognized as the WCW US Heavyweight Title.
- Sting--August 25, 1991
in Atlanta, Georgia. Luger vacated the title in January
of 1991 after winning the WCW Heavyweight Title. Sting
won a tournament by defeating Steve Austin.
- Rick Rude--November
19, 1991 in Savannah, Georgia.
- Dustin Rhodes--January
11, 1993 in Atlanta, Georgia. Rick Rude vacated the title
in December due to a back injury. Dustin Rhodes won by
defeating Ricky Steamboat in a tournament.
- Dustin Rhodes [2]--August
30, 1993 in Atlanta, Georgia. The US title was held up
when the match between Rick Rude and Dustin Rhodes
wrestled to a double pinfall. A series of matches
resulted in no winner of the title, including a 30 minute
iron man match. Dustin won a best of three series 2-1
over Rude to win the title.
- Steve Austin--December
27, 1993 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He won a two out
of three falls match at Starrcade.
- Ricky Steamboat [4]--August
24, 1994 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Steve Austin [2]--September
18, 1994 in Roanoke, Virginia. Ricky Steamboat forfeited
the title to Austin due to a back injury.
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan--September
18, 1994 in Roanoke, Virginia. Austin was forced to honor
the contract and he lost to Duggan.
- Big Van Vader--December
27, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee. The match took place at
Starrcade.
- Sting [2]--June 18,
1995 in Dayton, Ohio. Vader was stripped of the title on
March 25, 1995 by Comissioner Nick Bockwinkle. Sting won
a tournament by defeating Meng.
- Kensuke Sasake--November
13, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan.
- One Man Gang--December
27, 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee. The One Man Gang won by
a fictitious pinfall. Kensuke Sasaki won the match.
However, only the fictitious pinfall was aired several
weeks later.
- Konnan--January 4,
1995 in Canton, Ohio.
- Ric Flair [6]--July 7,
1995 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The match took place at
Bash at the Beach.
- Eddie Guerrero--November
29, 1996 in Nashville, Tennessee. Flair vacated the title
due to a torn ACL suffered in a match with Kensuke Sasaki
in November. Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a
tournament to win the title.
- Dean Malenko--March
16, 1997 in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Jeff Jarrett--June 9,
1997 in Boston, Massachusetts. The match took place on
Nitro.
- Steve McMichael--August
21, 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Curt Hennig--September
15, 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Diamond Dallas Page--December
28, 1997 in Washington, DC. The match took place at
Starrcade.
- Raven--April 19, 1998
in Denver, Colorado. The match was a three way match
between Raven, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit at
Spring Stampede.
- Bill Goldberg--April
20, 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The match took
place on Nitro.
- Bret Hart--July 20,
1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Goldberg lost the title
when he became WCW/nWo Heavyweight Champion. Hart
wrestled Diamond Dallas Page to win the title.
- Lex Luger [5]--August
10, 1998 in Rapid City, South Dakota. The match took
place on Nitro.
- Bret Hart [2]--August
13, 1998 in Fargo, North Dakota. The match took place on
Thunder.
- Diamond Dallas Page [2]--October
26, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Bret Hart [3]--November
30, 1998 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Roddy Piper [3]--February
8, 1999 in Buffalo, New York.
- Scott Hall--February
29, 1999 in San Francisco, California. The match took
place at Super Brawl IX.
- TITLE VACANT--March
18, 1999 in Lexington, Kentucky. President Ric Flair
stripped Hall of the title.
- Scott Steiner--April
11, 1999 in Tacoma, Washington. Steiner won a tournament
by defeating Booker T at Spring Stampede.
- David Flair--July 5,
1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. The title was awarded to him by
his father, President Ric Flair, because Steiner's women
kept him from wrestling.
- Chris Benoit--August
9, 1999 in Boise, Idaho. The match took place on Nitro.
- Sid Vicious--September
12, 1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The match took
place at Fall Brawl.
- Goldberg [2]--October
24, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The match took place at
Halloween Havoc.
- Bret Hart [4]--October
25, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona. The match took place on
Nitro.
- On November 1, 1999, Bret
Hart vacated the title and attempted to return the belt
to Goldberg. After watching a tape of his match, Hart
realized the match had interference. Before being able to
return the belt to Goldberg, Hart was attacked by Sid
Vicious and the Outsiders - Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
Sid Vicious stole the belt but is not acknowledged as the
champion. On the same night, Hall defeated Vicious and
took the belt from him.
- Scott Hall [2]--November
8, 1999 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The match was a Four
Way Dance Ladder Match at Nitro: Hall vs. Sid Vicious vs.
Goldberg vs. Bret Hart.
- Chris Benoit [2]--December
19, 1999 in Washington, DC. The title was forfeited to
Benoit from Hall at Starrcade due to a knee injury.
- Jeff Jarrett [2]--December
20, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. The match was a ladder
match at Nitro.
- TITLE VACANT--January
16, 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Due to Jeff Jarrett's
injury from Nitro, the title was taken away from him when
he couldn't compete at Souled Out.
- Jeff Jarrett [3]--January
17, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio. Commissioner Kevin Nash gave
Jarrett back his title on Nitro.
- TITLE VACANT--April
10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. The title was vacated on
Nitro.
- Scott Steiner [2]--April
16, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois. He defeated Sting in a
tournament at Spring Stampede.
- TITLE VACANT--July 9,
2000 in Daytona Beach Florida. The Cat said that if
Steiner used the Steiner Recliner, he could take away the
title; he did.
- Lance Storm--July 18,
2000 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He defeated Mike Awesome
in a final match of a single-night tournament on Tuesday
Nitro.
- Terry Funk [2]--September
22, 2000 in Amarillo, Texas. This took place at a
house show. WCW has not yet recognized this win or
the next win. [This title wasn't officially recognized by
WCW]
- Lance Storm [2]--September
23, 2000 in Lubbock, Texas. This took place at a
house show. [This title wasn't officially recognized by
WCW]
- General Rection--October
29, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rection wrestled
Lance Storm and Jim Duggan in a handicap match at
Halloween Havoc.
- Lance Storm [3]--November
13, 2000 in London, England. The match took place
on Nitro.
- General Rection [2]--November
26, 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The match took place at
Mayhem
- Shane Douglas--January
14, 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The match was a Chain
on a Pole/First Blood Match at Sin.
- Rick Steiner--February
5, 2001 in Tupelo, Mississippi. The match took place on
Nitro.
- Booker T--March
18, 2001 in Jacksonville, Florida. The match took place
at Greed.
- Chris Kanyon--July
26, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Booker T gave
Kanyon the title on WWF Smackdown!
- Tajiri--September
10, 2001 in San Antonio, Texas. The match took place on
RAW. Tajiri is a member of the WWF.
- Rhyno--September
23, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The match took
place at Unforgiven. Rhyno is a member of ECW.
- Kurt Angle--October
22, 2001 in Kansas City, Missouri. The match took place
on WWF RAW, with Angle a part of the WWF.
- Edge--November
12, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts. The match took place
on WWF RAW, with Edge a part of the WWF.
- November 18, 2001 -
The Title is now unified with the WWF
Intercontinental Championship.
- Eddie Guerrero--July 27,
2003 in Denver, Colorado. He won the tournament final defeating Chris Benoit
at Vengeance.
- The Big Show--October 19, 2003 in Baltimore,
Maryland. The match took place at No Mercy.
- John Cena--March 14, 2004 in New York
City, New York. The match took place at WrestleMania XX.
- TITLE VACANT--July 7, 2004 in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Kurt Angle stripped Cena of title for putting
his hands on him.
- Booker T [2]--July 29, 2004 in
Cincinnati, Ohio. This was an elimination match on Smackdown!
- John Cena [2]--October 3, 2004 in
East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was match five in a best of five series at
No Mercy
- Carlito Cool--October 7, 2004 in
Boston, Massachusetts. This match took place on Smackdown!
- John Cena [3]--November 18, 2004 in
Dayton, Ohio. This match took place on Smackdown!
- Orlando Jordon-- March 3, 2005 in
Albany, New York. The match took place on Smackdown!
- Chris Benoit [3]--August 21, 2005 in
Washington, D.C. The match was at SummerSlam.
- Booker T [4]--October 21, 2005 in
Reno, Nevada. The match was on Smackdown!
- TITLE VACANT--November 25, 2005 in
Sheffield, England. Title vacated due to controversial finish.
- Booker T [5]--January 13, 2006 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the seventh match in the best of seven.
Randy Orton sub'ed for Booker T.
- Chris Benoit [4]--February 19, 2006
in Baltimore, Maryland. The match was at No Way Out.
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield--April 2,
2006 in Chicago, Illinois. The Match was at WrestleMania 22
- Lashley--May 26, 2006 in Bakersfield,
California. The match was on Smackdown!
- Finlay--July 14, 2006 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The match took place on SmackDown!
- Mr. Kennedy--September 1, 2006 in
Reading, Pennsylvania. The match was a triple threat with Lashley on
Smackdown!
- Chris Benoit [4]--October 13, 2006 in
Jacksonville, Florida. The match was on Smackdown!
- MVP--May 20, 2007 in St. Louis,
Missouri. The match was best of three falls and was won 2-0
- Matt Hardy--April 27, 2008in
Baltimore, Maryland. The match was at Backlash.
- Shelton Benjamin--July 20, 2008 in
Uniondale, Long Island, New York. This match took place at the Great American
Bash.
- MVP [2]--March 19, 2009 in Corpus
Christi, Texas. The match was on SmackDown!
- Kofi Kingston--June 1, 2009 in
Birmingham, Alabama. The match took place on RAW