WWE United States Title History
Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
---|---|---|---|
Eddie Guerrero | Chris Benoit | 7/27/2003 | Vengeance[1] |
Big Show | Eddie Guerrero | 10/19/2003 | No Mercy |
John Cena | Big Show | 3/14/2004 | WrestleMania XX[2] |
Booker T | Rob Van Dam | 7/29/2004 | Smackdown![3] |
John Cena (2) | Booker T | 10/3/2004 | No Mercy |
Carlito | John Cena | 10/7/2004 | Smackdown! |
John Cena (3) | Carlito | 11/18/2004 | Smackdown! |
Orlando Jordan | John Cena | 3/3/2005 | Smackdown! |
Chris Benoit | Orlando Jordan | 8/21/2005 | SummerSlam |
Booker T (2) | Chris Benoit | 10/21/2005 | Smackdown![4] |
Booker T (3) | Chris Benoit | 1/13/2006 | Smackdown![5] |
Chris Benoit (2) | Booker T | 2/19/2006 | No Way Out |
JBL | Chris Benoit | 4/2/2006 | WrestleMania 22 |
Bobby Lashley | JBL | 5/26/2006 | Smackdown! |
Finlay | Bobby Lashley | 7/14/2006 | Smackdown! |
Mr. Kennedy | Finlay | 9/1/2006 | Smackdown![6] |
Chris Benoit (3) | Mr. Kennedy | 10/13/2006 | Smackdown! |
MVP | Chris Benoit | 5/20/2007 | Judgment Day |
Matt Hardy | MVP | 4/27/2008 | Backlash[7] |
Shelton Benjamin | Matt Hardy | 7/20/2008 | Great American Bash[8] |
MVP (2) | Shelton Benjamin | 3/20/2009 | Smackdown! |
Kofi Kingston | MVP | 6/1/2009 | Raw |
The Miz | Kofi Kingston | 10/5/2009 | Raw |
Bret Hart | The Miz | 5/17/2010 | Raw[9] |
R-Truth | The Miz | 5/24/2010 | Raw[10] |
The Miz (2) | R-Truth | 6/14/2010 | Raw[11] |
Daniel Bryan | The Miz | 9/19/2010 | Night of Champions |
Sheamus | Daniel Bryan | 3/14/2011 | Raw |
Kofi Kingston (2) | Sheamus | 5/1/2011 | Extreme Rules |
Dolph Ziggler | Kofi Kingston | 6/19/2011 | Capitol Punishment |
Footnotes:
[1]: In an attempt to revive the U.S. title, this was the title tournament finals as the belt became exclusive to Smackdown.
[2]: On July 8, 2004, Cena was stripped of the belt after attacking Smackdown General Manager Kurt Angle.
[3]: This was an eight-man elimination match which also featured John Cena, Rene Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas and Luther Reigns.
[4]: The title became vacant after a double-pinfall decision during a Booker/Benoit match on November 25, 2005. Therefore, a best-of-seven series between the two was started.
[5]: This was match #7 in the best-of-seven series, but since Booker was injured, Randy Orton subbed in his place and won the title for Booker T.
[6]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Bobby Lashley.
[7]: Matt Hardy was drafted to ECW on June 23, 2008, making the belt a part of the ECW brand.
[8]: Since Shelton Benjamin was a member of the Smackdown brand, the title returned to Smackdown.
[9]: Bret Hart vacated the WWE U.S. title when a week later, he became the General Manager of Raw.
[10]: This match served the purpose of filling the title vacancy.
[11]: This was a fatal four-way match which also included John Morrison and Zach Ryder.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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