The United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship with a long and illustrious history, having been defended in a variety of promotions until becoming the second mid-card championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after the Intercontinental Championship. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a governing body formed in 1948 to oversee professional wrestling promotions across North America, is credited with the creation of the United States Championship. The NWA launched the United States Heavyweight Championship in the early 1970s, which was granted to the wrestler believed to be the greatest in the country.
The championship was defended in numerous NWA-affiliated promotions over the years, including the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), the National Wrestling Federation (NWF), and the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) (WCW). At this time, many outstanding wrestlers held the belt, including Harley Race, Ric Flair, and Lex Luger. The WWE purchased the WCW in 2001, along with the United States Title. The championship was first defended on Smackdown, the WWE's secondary brand, before being switched to the main brand, Raw, in 2003. The United States Title has been held by some of the sport's most renowned wrestlers, including John Cena, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Benoit, since its acquisition by the WWE.
Who is the current WWE United States Champion?
Shinsuke Nakamura is the current WWE United States Champion. This is the third time he has won this title. At Survivor Series: WarGames, he defeated LA Kight to become the new champion.
List of WWE United States Champions
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | |||
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||
| 1 | Harley Race | January 1, 1975 | House show | Tallahassee, FL | 1 | 183 |
| 2 | Johnny Valentine(Vacated on October 4, 1975 after Valentine sustained a career-ending injury in a plane crash) | July 3, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 93 |
| 3 | Terry Funk | November 9, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Paul Jones | November 27, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 107 |
| 5 | Blackjack Mulligan | March 13, 1976 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 217 |
| 6 | Paul Jones | October 16, 1976 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 43 |
| † | Blackjack Mulligan | November 28, 1976 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 11 |
| † | Paul Jones | December 9, 1976 | House show | Winston-Salem, NC | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Blackjack Mulligan | December 15, 1976 | House show | Raleigh, NC | 2(3) | 204 |
| 8 | Bobo Brazil | July 7, 1977 | House show | Norfolk, VA | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Ric Flair | July 29, 1977 | House show | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 |
| 10 | Ricky Steamboat | October 21, 1977 | House show | Charleston, SC | 1 | 72 |
| 11 | Blackjack Mulligan | January 1, 1978 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3(4) | 77 |
| 12 | Mr. Wrestling | March 19, 1978 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ric Flair | April 9, 1978 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 253 |
| 14 | Ricky Steamboat | December 17, 1978 | House show | Toronto, ON, Canada | 2 | 105 |
| 15 | Ric Flair(Vacated due to Ric Flair winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days before) | April 1, 1979 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 133 |
| 16 | Jimmy Snuka | September 1, 1979 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 231 |
| 17 | Ric Flair | April 19, 1980 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 4 | 98 |
| † | Greg Valentine | July 26, 1980 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 121 |
| † | Ric Flair | November 24, 1980 | House show | Greenville, SC | 5 | 64 |
| 18 | Roddy Piper | January 27, 1981 | House show | Raleigh, NC | 1 | 193 |
| 19 | Wahoo McDaniel(Vacated on September 8, 1981 when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher) | August 8, 1981 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 31 |
| 20 | Sgt. Slaughter | October 4, 1981 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 229 |
| 21 | Wahoo McDaniel | May 21, 1982 | House show | Richmond, VA | 2 | 17 |
| 22 | Sgt. Slaughter | June 7, 1982 | House show | Greenville, SC | 2 | 76 |
| 23 | Wahoo McDaniel | August 22, 1982 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 3 | 74 |
| 24 | Greg Valentine | November 4, 1982 | House show | Norfolk, VA | 1(2) | 163 |
| 25 | Roddy Piper | April 16, 1983 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 14 |
| 26 | Greg Valentine | April 30, 1983 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2(3) | 228 |
| 27 | Dick Slater | December 14, 1983 | House show | Shelby, NC | 1 | 129 |
| 28 | Ricky Steamboat | April 21, 1984 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 64 |
| 29 | Wahoo McDaniel(McDaniel was stripped of the title on July 1, 1984 as Tully Blanchard was interfering in McDaniel's title defense) | June 24, 1984 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | Wahoo McDaniel | October 7, 1984 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 5 | 167 |
| 31 | Magnum T. A. | March 23, 1985 | Worldwide Wrestling | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 120 |
| 32 | Tully Blanchard | July 21, 1985 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 130 |
| 33 | Magnum T. A.(Magnum T. A. was stripped of the championship on May 29, 1986 for attacking NWA president Bob Geigel) | November 28, 1985 | Starrcade | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 182 |
| 34 | Nikita Koloff | August 17, 1986 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 328 |
| 35 | Lex Luger | July 11, 1987 | Great American Bash | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 138 |
| 36 | Dusty Rhodes(Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title on April 15, 1988 and suspended for 120 days for attacking NWA President Jim Crockett) | November 26, 1987 | Starrcade | Chicago, IL | 1 | 141 |
| 37 | Barry Windham | May 13, 1988 | House show | Houston, TX | 1 | 283 |
| 38 | Lex Luger | February 20, 1989 | Chi-Town Rumble | Chicago, IL | 2 | 76 |
| 39 | Michael Hayes | May 7, 1989 | WrestleWar | Nashville, TN | 1 | 15 |
| 40 | Lex Luger | May 22, 1989 | House show | Bluefield, WV | 3 | 523 |
| 41 | Stan Hansen | October 27, 1990 | Halloween Havoc | Chicago, IL | 1 | 50 |
| 42 | Lex Luger(Vacated on July 14, 1991 when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at WCW’s The Great American Bash event) | December 16, 1990 | Starrcade | St. Louis, MO | 4 | 210 |
| 43 | Sting | August 25, 1991 | House show | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 86 |
| 44 | Rick Rude(Vacated on December 1, 1992 due to Rude suffering an injury) | November 19, 1991 | Clash of the Champions XVII | Savannah, GA | 1 | 378 |
| 45 | Dustin Rhodes(The WCW Board of Directors announced the title had been held-up on May 29, 1993, several weeks after Rhodes' controversial title defense against Rick Rude) | January 11, 1993 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 138 |
| 46 | Dustin Rhodes | August 30, 1993 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 119 |
| 47 | Steve Austin | December 27, 1993 | Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 240 |
| 48 | Ricky Steamboat | August 24, 1994 | Clash of the Champions XXVIII | Cedar Rapids, IA | 4 | 25 |
| 49 | Steve Austin | September 18, 1994 | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games | Roanoke, VA | 2 | <1 |
| 50 | Jim Duggan | September 18, 1994 | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games | Roanoke, VA | 1 | 100 |
| 51 | Vader(Vader was stripped of the title by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel on March 25, 1995 for hospitalizing Dave Sullivan one week prior) | December 27, 1994 | Starrcade | Nashville, TN | 1 | 88 |
| 52 | Sting | June 18, 1995 | The Great American Bash | Dayton, OH | 2 | 148 |
| 53 | Kensuke Sasaki | November 13, 1995 | WCW World in Japan | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 44 |
| 54 | One Man Gang | December 27, 1995 | Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling | Nashville, TN | 1 | 33 |
| 55 | Konnan | January 29, 1996 | Main Event | Canton, OH | 1 | 160 |
| 56 | Ric Flair(Vacated on November 25, 1996 due to Flair suffering from a shoulder injury) | July 7, 1996 | Bash at the Beach | Daytona Beach, FL | 5(6) | 141 |
| 57 | Eddie Guerrero | December 29, 1996 | Starrcade | Nashville, TN | 1 | 77 |
| 58 | Dean Malenko | March 16, 1997 | Uncensored | North Charleston, SC | 1 | 85 |
| 59 | Jeff Jarrett | June 9, 1997 | Nitro | Boston, MA | 1 | 73 |
| 60 | Steve McMichael | August 21, 1997 | Clash of the Champions XXXV | Nashville, TN | 1 | 25 |
| 61 | Curt Hennig | September 15, 1997 | Nitro | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 104 |
| 62 | Diamond Dallas Page | December 28, 1997 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 112 |
| 63 | Raven | April 19, 1998 | Spring Stampede | Denver, CO | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Goldberg(Vacated on July 6, 1998 when Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship) | April 20, 1998 | Nitro | Colorado Springs, CO | 1 | 77 |
| 65 | Bret Hart | July 20, 1998 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | 21 |
| 66 | Lex Luger | August 10, 1998 | Nitro | Rapid City, SD | 5 | 3 |
| 67 | Bret Hart | August 13, 1998 | Thunder | Fargo, ND | 2 | 74 |
| 68 | Diamond Dallas Page | October 26, 1998 | Nitro | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 35 |
| 69 | Bret Hart | November 30, 1998 | Nitro | Chattanooga, TN | 3 | 70 |
| 70 | Roddy Piper | February 8, 1999 | Nitro | Buffalo, NY | 3 | 13 |
| 71 | Scott Hall(Scott Hall was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair on March 18, 1999) | February 21, 1999 | SuperBrawl IX | Oakland, CA | 1 | 25 |
| 72 | Scott Steiner(Scott Steiner was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair on July 5, 1999) | April 11, 1999 | Spring Stampede | Tacoma, WA | 1 | 85 |
| 73 | David Flair | July 5, 1999 | Nitro | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 35 |
| 74 | Chris Benoit | August 9, 1999 | Nitro | Boise, ID | 1 | 34 |
| 75 | Sid Vicious | September 12, 1999 | Fall Brawl | Winston-Salem, NC | 1 | 42 |
| 76 | Goldberg | October 24, 1999 | Halloween Havoc | Paradise, NV | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Bret Hart | October 25, 1999 | Nitro | Phoenix, AZ | 4 | 14 |
| 78 | Scott Hall | November 8, 1999 | Nitro | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 41 |
| 79 | Chris Benoit | December 19, 1999 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Jeff Jarrett(Vacated on January 16, 2000 due to Jeff Jarrett suffering an injury) | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 27 |
| 81 | Jeff Jarrett(All titles were declared vacant by Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo on April 10, 2000 as part of rebooting WCW) | January 17, 2000 | Nitro | Columbus, OH | 3 | 84 |
| 82 | Scott Steiner(Scott Steiner was stripped of the title on July 9, 2000 when he used the banned Steiner Recliner submission hold on Mike Awesome at the Bash at the | April 16, 2000 | Spring Stampede | Chicago, IL | 2 | 84 |
| 83 | Lance Storm | July 18, 2000 | Nitro | Auburn Hills, MI | 1 | 66 |
| 84 | Terry Funk | September 22, 2000 | House show | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Lance Storm | September 23, 2000 | House show | Lubbock, TX | 2 | 36 |
| 86 | Gen. Rection | October 29, 2000 | Halloween Havoc | Paradise, NV | 1 | 12 |
| 87 | Lance Storm | November 10, 2000 | Nitro | London, England | 3 | 16 |
| 88 | Gen. Rection | November 26, 2000 | Mayhem | Milwaukee, WI | 2 | 49 |
| 89 | Shane Douglas | January 14, 2001 | Sin | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 22 |
| 90 | Rick Steiner | February 5, 2001 | Nitro | Tupelo, MS | 1 | 41 |
| 91 | Booker T | March 18, 2001 | Greed | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 128 |
| 92 | Chris Kanyon | July 24, 2001 | SmackDown! | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 48 |
| 93 | Tajiri | September 10, 2001 | Raw | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 13 |
| 94 | Rhyno | September 23, 2001 | Unforgiven | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 29 |
| 95 | Kurt Angle | October 22, 2001 | Raw | Kansas City, MO | 1 | 21 |
| 96 | Edge(Championship retired after it was unified with the WWF/E Interncontinental Championship in a match against Test at Survivor Series 2001, which Edge won) | November 12, 2001 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 6 |
| 97 | Eddie Guerrero | July 27, 2003 | Vengeance | Denver, CO | 2 | 84 |
| 98 | Big Show | October 19, 2003 | No Mercy | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 147 |
| 99 | John Cena(John Cena was stripped of the title on July 6, 2004 after attacking SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle) | March 14, 2004 | WrestleMania XX | New York, NY | 1 | 114 |
| 100 | Booker T | July 27, 2004 | SmackDown! | Cincinnati, OH | 2 | 68 |
| 101 | John Cena | October 3, 2004 | No Mercy | East Rutherford, NJ | 2 | 2 |
| 102 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | October 5, 2004 | SmackDown! | Boston, MA | 1 | 42 |
| 103 | John Cena | November 16, 2004 | SmackDown! | Dayton, OH | 3 | 105 |
| 104 | Orlando Jordan | March 1, 2005 | SmackDown! | Albany, NY | 1 | 173 |
| 105 | Chris Benoit | August 21, 2005 | SummerSlam | Washington, D.C. | 3 | 58 |
| 106 | Booker T(Vacated on November 22, 2005, when Booker T's title defense against Chris Benoit ended in a double pinfall) | October 18, 2005 | SmackDown! | Reno, NV | 3 | 35 |
| 107 | Booker T | January 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 40 |
| 108 | Chris Benoit | February 19, 2006 | No Way Out | Baltimore, MD | 4 | 42 |
| 109 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | April 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 51 |
| 110 | Bobby Lashley | May 23, 2006 | SmackDown! | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 49 |
| 111 | Finlay | July 11, 2006 | SmackDown! | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 49 |
| 112 | Mr. Kennedy | August 29, 2006 | SmackDown! | Reading, PA | 1 | 42 |
| 113 | Chris Benoit | October 10, 2006 | SmackDown! | Jacksonville, FL | 5 | 222 |
| 114 | Montel Vontavious Porter | May 20, 2007 | Judgment Day | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 343 |
| 115 | Matt Hardy | April 27, 2008 | Backlash | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 84 |
| 116 | Shelton Benjamin | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 240 |
| 117 | Montel Vontavious Porter | March 17, 2009 | SmackDown | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 | 76 |
| 118 | Kofi Kingston | June 1, 2009 | Raw | Birmingham, AL | 1 | 126 |
| 119 | The Miz | October 5, 2009 | Raw | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 224 |
| 120 | Bret Hart(Vacated on May 24, 2010 when Bret Hart became the Raw General Manager) | May 17, 2010 | Raw | Toronto, ON, Canada | 5 | 7 |
| 121 | R-Truth | May 24, 2010 | Raw | Toledo, OH | 1 | 21 |
| 122 | The Miz | June 14, 2010 | Raw | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 97 |
| 123 | Daniel Bryan | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 176 |
| 124 | Sheamus | March 14, 2011 | Raw | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 48 |
| 125 | Kofi Kingston | May 1, 2011 | Extreme Rules | Tampa, FL | 2 | 49 |
| 126 | Dolph Ziggler | June 19, 2011 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 182 |
| 127 | Zack Ryder | December 18, 2011 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 29 |
| 128 | Jack Swagger | January 16, 2012 | Raw | Anaheim, CA | 1 | 49 |
| 129 | Santino Marella | March 5, 2012 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 167 |
| 130 | Antonio Cesaro | August 19, 2012 | SummerSlamPre-Show | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 239 |
| 131 | Kofi Kingston | April 15, 2013 | Raw | Greenville, SC | 3 | 34 |
| 132 | Dean Ambrose | May 19, 2013 | Extreme Rules | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 351 |
| 133 | Sheamus | May 5, 2014 | Raw | Albany, NY | 2 | 182 |
| 134 | Rusev | November 3, 2014 | Raw Backstage Pass | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 146 |
| 135 | John Cena | March 29, 2015 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA | 4 | 147 |
| 136 | Seth Rollins | August 23, 2015 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 28 |
| 137 | John Cena | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 5 | 35 |
| 138 | Alberto Del Rio | October 25, 2015 | Hell in a Cell | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 78 |
| 139 | Kalisto | January 11, 2016 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 1 |
| 140 | Alberto Del Rio | January 12, 2016 | SmackDown | Lafayette, LA | 2 | 12 |
| 141 | Kalisto | January 24, 2016 | Royal Rumble | Orlando, FL | 2 | 119 |
| 142 | Rusev | May 22, 2016 | Extreme Rules | Newark, NJ | 2 | 126 |
| 143 | Roman Reigns | September 25, 2016 | Clash of Champions | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 106 |
| 144 | Chris Jericho | January 9, 2017 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 83 |
| 145 | Kevin Owens | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 28 |
| 146 | Chris Jericho | April 30, 2017 | Payback | San Jose, CA | 2 | 2 |
| 147 | Kevin Owens | May 2, 2017 | SmackDown | Fresno, CA | 2 | 66 |
| 148 | AJ Styles | July 7, 2017 | WWE Live | New York, NY | 1 | 16 |
| 149 | Kevin Owens | July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 2 |
| 150 | AJ Styles | July 25, 2017 | SmackDown | Richmond, VA | 2 | 75 |
| 151 | Baron Corbin | October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 1 | 70 |
| 152 | Dolph Ziggler(SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan ruled that Dolph Ziggler vacated the title after he left the belt in the ring on the December 19 episode of SmackDown) | December 17, 2017 | Clash of Champions | Boston, MA | 2 | 9 |
| 153 | Bobby Roode | January 16, 2018 | SmackDown | Laredo, TX | 1 | 54 |
| 154 | Randy Orton | March 11, 2018 | Fastlane | Columbus, OH | 1 | 28 |
| 155 | Jinder Mahal | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 8 |
| 156 | Jeff Hardy | April 16, 2018 | Raw | Hartford, CT | 1 | 90 |
| 157 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 15, 2018 | Extreme Rules | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 156 |
| 158 | Rusev | December 18, 2018 | SmackDown | Fresno, CA | 3 | 40 |
| 159 | Shinsuke Nakamura | January 27, 2019 | Royal RumbleKickoff | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 2 |
| 160 | R-Truth | January 29, 2019 | SmackDown | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 35 |
| 161 | Samoa Joe | March 5, 2019 | SmackDown | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | 75 |
| 162 | Rey Mysterio | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 1 | 15 |
| 163 | Samoa Joe | June 3, 2019 | Raw | Austin, TX | 2 | 20 |
| 164 | Ricochet | June 23, 2019 | Stomping Grounds | Tacoma, WA | 1 | 21 |
| 165 | AJ Styles | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | 134 |
| 166 | Rey Mysterio | November 25, 2019 | Raw | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 31 |
| 167 | Andrade | December 26, 2019 | WWE Live | New York, NY | 1 | 151 |
| 168 | Apollo Crews | May 25, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 97 |
| 169 | Bobby Lashley | August 30, 2020 | Payback | Orlando, FL | 2 | 175 |
| 170 | Riddle | February 21, 2021 | Elimination Chamber | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 49 |
| 171 | Sheamus | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37Night 2 | Tampa, FL | 3 | 132 |
| 172 | Damian Priest | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 1 | 191 |
| 173 | Finn Bálor | February 28, 2022 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 1 | 49 |
| 174 | Theory | April 18, 2022 | Raw | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 75 |
| 175 | Bobby Lashley | July 2, 2022 | Money in the Bank | Paradise, NV | 3 | 100 |
| 176 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | October 10, 2022 | Raw | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 47 |
| 177 | Austin Theory | November 26, 2022 | Survivor Series WarGames | Boston, MA | 2 | 258 |
| 178 | Rey Mysterio | August 11, 2023 | SmackDown | Calgary, Canada | 3 | 86 |
| 179 | Logan Paul | November 4, 2023 | Crown Jewel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 273 |
| 180 | LA Knight | August 3, 2024 | SummerSlam | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | 119 |
| 181 | Shinsuke Nakamura | November 30, 2024 | Survivor Series WarGames | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 3 | Current Champion |
WWE United States Championship FAQ
A. David Flair, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, is the youngest United States Champion in the title’s history, having been handed the title by his father, who was also the on-screen President of WCW (the promotion having the title at the time) back then.
A. Terry Funk is the oldest United States Champion, having won the title in 2000 at the age of 56.
A. Originally starting off as a title defended across NWA-affiliated promotions, the United States Championship became exclusive to World Championship Wrestling (WCW), acting as their Secondary Title to counter arch-rival WWE’s Intercontinental Championship.
Following WCW’s purchase by WWE in 2001, the United States Championship made its way over to the Vince McMahon owned promotion.
A. Shinsuke Nakamura has the WWE United States Championship currently, being in his 3rd reign with the title.
A. John Cena has won the United States Championship five times in his career. The Face that Runs the Place will have a chance to win the title for a sixth time when he fights champion Austin Theory for the star-studded title at WrestleMania 39.
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