List of all United States Champions in WWE history
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The WWE United States Championship is a prestigious secondary professional wrestling championship, which is currently an asset of WWE. The Championship was first introduced in 1975 at the NWA Mid-Atlantic regional promotion as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.
The Championship then became an asset of WCW from 1991 to 2001 and went under the name WCW United States Championship. The title was not seen after WCW shut down in 2001 and later then re-introduced by WWE in 2003.
WWE United States Championship Legacy
The WWE United States Championship has witnessed a total of 103 different champions. Ric Flair holds the record for the most number of United States Championship reigns with six. Under the WWE banner, John Cena holds the most number of reigns with five.
Lex Luger has the longest US title reign with 523 days. Dean Ambrose holds the longest title reign under the WWE banner with 351 days reign. Only two members have held the title for more than a year.
Current WWE United States Champion
LA Knight is the current United States Champion, who won the title at SummerSlam 2024 from Logan Paul. He is on his first US title reign and has held the title for more than 3+ days. The title is currently in the SmackDown brand.
List of all United States Champions
Champion | Date | Days | Event |
Harley Race | January 1, 1975 | 183 | House show |
Johnny Valentine | July 3, 1975 | 93 | House show |
Vacated | October 4, 1975 | – | – |
Terry Funk | November 9, 1975 | 19 | House show |
Paul Jones | November 27, 1975 | 107 | House show |
Blackjack Mulligan | March 13, 1976 | 218 | House show |
Paul Jones | October 16, 1976 | 43 | House show |
Blackjack Mulligan | November 28, 1976 | — | House show |
Paul Jones | December 9, 1976 | — | House show |
Blackjack Mulligan | December 15, 1976 | 204 | House show |
Bobo Brazil | July 7, 1977 | 22 | House show |
Ric Flair | July 29, 1977 | 84 | House show |
Ricky Steamboat | October 21, 1977 | 73 | House show |
Blackjack Mulligan | January 1, 1978 | 78 | House show |
Mr. Wrestling | March 19, 1978 | 22 | House show |
Ric Flair | April 9, 1978 | 253 | House show |
Ricky Steamboat | December 17, 1978 | 105 | House show |
Ric Flair | April 1, 1979 | 134 | House show |
Vacated | August 12, 1979 | – | – |
Jimmy Snuka | September 1, 1979 | 233 | House show |
Ric Flair | April 19, 1980 | 98 | House show |
Greg Valentine | July 26, 1980 | — | House show |
Ric Flair | November 24, 1980 | — | House show |
Roddy Piper | January 27, 1981 | 194 | House show |
Wahoo McDaniel | August 8, 1981 | 32 | House show |
Vacated | September 8, 1981 | – | – |
Sgt. Slaughter | October 4, 1981 | 229 | House show |
Wahoo McDaniel | May 21, 1982 | 18 | House show |
Sgt. Slaughter | June 7, 1982 | 76 | House show |
Wahoo McDaniel | August 22, 1982 | 75 | House show |
Greg Valentine | November 4, 1982 | 163 | House show |
Roddy Piper | April 16, 1983 | 15 | House show |
Greg Valentine | May 1, 1983 | 229 | House show |
Dick Slater | December 14, 1983 | 129 | House show |
Ricky Steamboat | April 21, 1984 | 64 | House show |
Wahoo McDaniel | June 24, 1984 | 7 | House show |
Vacated | July 1, 1984 | – | – |
Wahoo McDaniel | October 7, 1984 | 168 | House show |
Magnum T. A. | March 23, 1985 | 120 | Worldwide Wrestling |
Tully Blanchard | July 21, 1985 | 130 | House show |
Magnum T. A. | November 28, 1985 | 154 | Starrcade |
Vacated | May 29, 1986 | — | — |
Nikita Koloff | August 17, 1986 | 328 | House show |
Lex Luger | July 11, 1987 | 138 | Great American Bash |
Dusty Rhodes | November 26, 1987 | 141 | Starrcade |
Vacated | April 9, 1988 | — | — |
Barry Windham | May 13, 1988 | 283 | House show |
Lex Luger | February 20, 1989 | 76 | Chi-Town Rumble |
Michael Hayes | May 7, 1989 | 15 | WrestleWar |
Lex Luger | May 22, 1989 | 523 | House show |
Stan Hansen | October 27, 1990 | 50 | Halloween Havoc |
Lex Luger | December 16, 1990 | 210 | Starrcade |
Vacated | July 14, 1991 | – | The Great American Bash |
Sting | August 25, 1991 | 86 | House show |
Rick Rude | November 19, 1991 | 378 | Clash of the Champions XVII |
Vacated | December 1, 1992 | – | – |
Dustin Rhodes | January 11, 1993 | 138 | Saturday Night |
Vacated | May 29, 1993 | – | WCW Saturday Night |
Dustin Rhodes | August 30, 1993 | 119 | Saturday Night |
Steve Austin | December 27, 1993 | 240 | Starrcade ’93: 10th Anniversary |
Ricky Steamboat | August 24, 1994 | 25 | Clash of the Champions XXVIII |
Steve Austin | September 18, 1994 | <1 | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games |
Jim Duggan | September 18, 1994 | 100 | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games |
Vader | December 27, 1994 | 88 | Starrcade |
Vacated | March 25, 1995 | — | Saturday Night |
Sting | June 18, 1995 | 148 | The Great American Bash |
Kensuke Sasaki | November 13, 1995 | 44 | WCW World in Japan |
One Man Gang | December 27, 1995 | 33 | Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling |
Konnan | January 29, 1996 | 160 | Main Event |
Ric Flair | July 7, 1996 | 141 | Bash at the Beach |
Vacated | November 25, 1996 | – | – |
Eddie Guerrero | December 29, 1996 | 77 | Starrcade |
Dean Malenko | March 16, 1997 | 85 | Uncensored |
Jeff Jarrett | June 9, 1997 | 73 | Nitro |
Steve McMichael | August 21, 1997 | 25 | Clash of the Champions XXXV |
Curt Hennig | September 15, 1997 | 104 | Nitro |
Diamond Dallas Page | December 28, 1997 | 112 | Starrcade |
Raven | April 19, 1998 | 1 | Spring Stampede |
Goldberg | April 20, 1998 | 90 | Nitro |
Vacated | July 6, 1998 | — | Nitro |
Bret Hart | July 20, 1998 | 21 | Nitro |
Lex Luger | August 10, 1998 | 3 | Nitro |
Bret Hart | August 13, 1998 | 74 | Thunder |
Diamond Dallas Page | October 26, 1998 | 35 | Nitro |
Bret Hart | November 30, 1998 | 70 | Nitro |
Roddy Piper | February 8, 1999 | 13 | Nitro |
Scott Hall | February 21, 1999 | 25 | SuperBrawl IX |
Vacated | March 18, 1999 | – | Thunder |
Scott Steiner | April 11, 1999 | 85 | Spring Stampede |
Vacated | July 5, 1999 | – | Nitro |
David Flair | July 5, 1999 | 35 | Nitro |
Chris Benoit | August 9, 1999 | 34 | Nitro |
Sid Vicious | September 12, 1999 | 42 | Fall Brawl |
Goldberg | October 24, 1999 | <1 | Halloween Havoc |
Bret Hart | October 25, 1999 | 14 | Nitro |
Scott Hall | November 8, 1999 | 41 | Nitro |
Chris Benoit | December 19, 1999 | 1 | Starrcade |
Jeff Jarrett | December 20, 1999 | 27 | Nitro |
Vacated | January 16, 2000 | — | Souled Out |
Jeff Jarrett | January 17, 2000 | 84 | Nitro |
Vacated | April 10, 2000 | — | Nitro |
Scott Steiner | April 16, 2000 | 84 | Spring Stampede |
Vacated | July 9, 2000 | — | Bash at the Beach |
Lance Storm | July 18, 2000 | 66 | Nitro |
Terry Funk | September 22, 2000 | 1 | House show |
Lance Storm | September 23, 2000 | 36 | House show |
Gen. Rection | October 29, 2000 | 15 | Halloween Havoc |
Lance Storm | November 10, 2000 | 13 | Nitro |
Gen. Rection | November 26, 2000 | 49 | Mayhem |
Shane Douglas | January 14, 2001 | 22 | Sin |
Rick Steiner | February 5, 2001 | 41 | Nitro |
Booker T | March 18, 2001 | 128 | Greed |
Chris Kanyon | July 24, 2001 | 46 | SmackDown! |
Tajiri | September 10, 2001 | 13 | Raw |
Rhyno | September 23, 2001 | 29 | Unforgiven |
Kurt Angle | October 22, 2001 | 21 | Raw |
Edge | November 12, 2001 | 6 | Raw |
Unified | November 18, 2001 | – | Survivor Series |
Eddie Guerrero | July 27, 2003 | 84 | Vengeance |
Big Show | October 19, 2003 | 147 | No Mercy |
John Cena | March 14, 2004 | 114 | WrestleMania XX |
Vacated | July 6, 2004 | — | SmackDown! |
Booker T | July 27, 2004 | 66 | SmackDown! |
John Cena | October 3, 2004 | 4 | No Mercy |
Carlito Caribbean Cool | October 5, 2004 | 42 | SmackDown! |
John Cena | November 16, 2004 | 105 | SmackDown! |
Orlando Jordan | March 1, 2005 | 171 | SmackDown! |
Chris Benoit | August 21, 2005 | 61 | SummerSlam |
Booker T | October 18, 2005 | 35 | SmackDown! |
Vacated | November 22, 2005 | — | SmackDown! |
Booker T | January 10, 2006 | 37 | SmackDown! |
Chris Benoit | February 19, 2006 | 42 | No Way Out |
John “Bradshaw” Layfield | April 2, 2006 | 54 | WrestleMania 22 |
Bobby Lashley | May 23, 2006 | 48 | SmackDown! |
Finlay | July 11, 2006 | 48 | SmackDown! |
Mr. Kennedy | August 29, 2006 | 42 | SmackDown! |
Chris Benoit | October 10, 2006 | 219 | SmackDown! |
Montel Vontavious Porter | May 20, 2007 | 343 | Judgment Day |
Matt Hardy | April 27, 2008 | 84 | Backlash |
Shelton Benjamin | July 20, 2008 | 243 | The Great American Bash |
Montel Vontavious Porter | March 17, 2009 | 73 | SmackDown |
Kofi Kingston | June 1, 2009 | 126 | Raw |
The Miz | October 5, 2009 | 224 | Raw |
Bret Hart | May 17, 2010 | 7 | Raw |
Vacated | May 24, 2010 | — | Raw |
R-Truth | May 24, 2010 | 20 | Raw |
The Miz | June 14, 2010 | 97 | Raw |
Daniel Bryan | September 19, 2010 | 177 | Night of Champions |
Sheamus | March 14, 2011 | 47 | Raw |
Kofi Kingston | May 1, 2011 | 49 | Extreme Rules |
Dolph Ziggler | June 19, 2011 | 182 | Capitol Punishment |
Zack Ryder | December 18, 2011 | 29 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs |
Jack Swagger | January 16, 2012 | 50 | Raw |
Santino Marella | March 5, 2012 | 167 | Raw |
Antonio Cesaro | August 19, 2012 | 240 | SummerSlamPre-Show |
Kofi Kingston | April 15, 2013 | 34 | Raw |
Dean Ambrose | May 19, 2013 | 351 | Extreme Rules |
Sheamus | May 5, 2014 | 182 | Raw |
Rusev | November 3, 2014 | 145 | Raw Backstage Pass |
John Cena | March 29, 2015 | 147 | WrestleMania 31 |
Seth Rollins | August 23, 2015 | 28 | SummerSlam |
John Cena | September 20, 2015 | 35 | Night of Champions |
Alberto Del Rio | October 25, 2015 | 79 | Hell in a Cell |
Kalisto | January 11, 2016 | 3 | Raw |
Alberto Del Rio | January 12, 2016 | 10 | SmackDown |
Kalisto | January 24, 2016 | 119 | Royal Rumble |
Rusev | May 22, 2016 | 126 | Extreme Rules |
Roman Reigns | September 25, 2016 | 107 | Clash of Champions |
Chris Jericho | January 9, 2017 | 83 | Raw |
Kevin Owens | April 2, 2017 | 28 | WrestleMania 33 |
Chris Jericho | April 30, 2017 | 2 | Payback |
Kevin Owens | May 2, 2017 | 66 | SmackDown |
AJ Styles | July 7, 2017 | 16 | WWE Live |
Kevin Owens | July 23, 2017 | 2 | Battleground |
AJ Styles | July 25, 2017 | 75 | SmackDown |
Baron Corbin | October 8, 2017 | 70 | Hell in a Cell |
Dolph Ziggler | December 17, 2017 | 9 | Clash of Champions |
Vacated | December 26, 2017 | — | SmackDown |
Bobby Roode | January 16, 2018 | 54 | SmackDown |
Randy Orton | March 11, 2018 | 28 | Fastlane |
Jinder Mahal | April 8, 2018 | 8 | WrestleMania 34 |
Jeff Hardy | April 16, 2018 | 90 | Raw |
Shinsuke Nakamura | July 15, 2018 | 163 | Extreme Rules |
Rusev | December 18, 2018 | 32 | SmackDown |
Shinsuke Nakamura | January 27, 2019 | 2 | Royal Rumble, Kickoff |
R-Truth | January 29, 2019 | 35 | SmackDown |
Samoa Joe | March 5, 2019 | 74 | SmackDown |
Rey Mysterio | May 19, 2019 | 15 | Money in the Bank |
Samoa Joe | June 3, 2019 | 19 | Raw |
Ricochet | June 23, 2019 | 21 | Stomping Grounds |
AJ Styles | July 14, 2019 | 134 | Extreme Rules |
Rey Mysterio | November 25, 2019 | 30 | Raw |
Andrade | December 26, 2019 | 150 | WWE Live |
Apollo Crews | May 25, 2020 | 96 | Raw |
Bobby Lashley | August 30, 2020 | 175 | Payback |
Riddle | February 21, 2021 | 49 | Elimination Chamber |
Sheamus | April 11, 2021 | 131 | WrestleMania 37, Night 2 |
Damian Priest | August 21, 2021 | 191 | SummerSlam |
Finn Bálor | February 28, 2022 | 48 | Raw |
Theory | April 18, 2022 | 75 | Raw |
Bobby Lashley | July 2, 2022 | 100 | Money in the Bank |
Seth “Freakin” Rollins | October 10, 2022 | 47 | Raw |
Austin Theory | November 26, 2022 | 257 | Survivor Series: WarGames |
Rey Mysterio | August 11, 2023 | 84 | SmackDown |
Logan Paul | November 4, 2023 | 273 | Crown Jewel |
LA Knight | August 3, 2024 | 3+* | SummerSlam |
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