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.

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