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 Commissioner 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, 2008 in 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
• The Miz--October 5, 2009 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The match took place on RAW.
• Bret Hart [5]--May 17, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario.  The match was No Disqualification on RAW.
• R-Truth--May 25, 2010 in Toledo, Ohio. The match was against The Miz when Bret Hart gives up title after being named RAW GM.
• The Miz--June 14, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The match was a Fatal 4 Way on RAW
• Daniel Bryan--September 19, 2010 in Rosemont, Illinois. The match was at Night of Champions
• Sheamus--March 14, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. The match was on RAW.
• Kofi Kingston [2]--May 1, 2011 in Tampa, Florida.  The match was at Extreme Rules
• Dolph Ziggler--June 19, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The match took place at Capitol Punishment.
• Zack Ryder--December 18, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The match took place at WWE TLC
• Jack Swagger--January 16, 2012 in Anaheim, California.  The match took place on RAW.
• Santino Marella--March 5, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. The match took place on RAW.
• Antonio Cesario--August 20, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The match was on the SummerSlam Pre-show.
• Kofi Kingston [3]--April 15, 2013 in Greensville, South Carolina. The match was on RAW
• Dean Ambrose--May 19, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. The match took place at Extreme Rules.
• Sheamus--May 5, 2014 in Albany, New York. He won a 20 man battle royal on RAW.
• Rusev--November 3, 2014 in Buffalo, New York. The match took place after RAW went off the air. It was shown on the WWE Network.
• John Cena [4]--March 29, 2015 in San Jose, California. The match took place at WrestleMania, and was Rusev's first loss.
• Seth Rollins--August 23, 2015 in Brooklyn, New York. The match took place at Summer Slam in a Winner Take All Match, as Rollins is also the WWE Heavyweight Champion, so he now has both titles.
• John Cena [5]--September 20, 2015 in Houston, Texas. The match took place at Night of Champions.
• Alberto Del Rio --October 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The match took place at Hell In A Cell as an open challenge match for the US Championship.
• Kalisto--January 11, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The match took place on RAW.
• Alberto Del Rio [2[--January 14, 2015 in Lafayette, Louisiana. The match took place on Smackdown.
• Kalisto [2]--January 24, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The match took place at The Royal Rumble.
• Rusev [2]--May 22, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey. The match took place at Extreme Rules.
• Roman Reigns--September 25, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The match took place at Clash of Champions.
• Chris Jericho--January 9, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The match was a handicap match with Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens on RAW.
• Kevin Owens--April 2, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. The match took place at WrestleMania XXXIII.
• Chris Jericho [2]--April 30, 2017 in San Jose, California. The match took place at Payback.
• Kevin Owens [2]--May 2, 2017 in Fresno, California. The match took place on Smackdown Live.
• AJ Styles--July 7, 2017 in New York City, New York. The match took place at a supershow house show at Madison Square Garden.
• Kevin Owens [3]--July 23, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The match took place at Battleground.
• AJ Styles [2]--July 25, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia. The match took place on Smackdown Live.
• Baron Corbin--October 8, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. The match took place at Hell in a Cell between Corbin, AJ Styles and Tye Dillinger.
• Dolph Ziggler--December 17, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. The match took place at Clash of Champions between Corbin, Ziggler and Bobby Roode.
• TITLE VACANT--December 26, 2017 in Rosemont, Illinois. General Manager Daniel Bryan declared the title vacant as champion Ziggler quit WWE the week before.
• Bobby Roode--January 16, 2018 in Laredo, Texas. The match took place on Smackdown Live as the finals of a tournament between Roode and Jinder Mahal.
• Randy Orton--March 11, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. The match took place at Fastlane.
• Jinder Mahal--April 8, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The match took place at WrestleMania XXIV as a Fatal Four-way Match between Mahal, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode and Rusev.
• Jeff Hardy--April 17, 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut. The match took place on RAW.
• Shinsuke Nakamura--July 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The match took place at Extreme Rules.
• Rusev [3]--December 25, 2018 in Fresno, California. The match took place on RAW.
• Shinsuke Nakamura--January 27, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. The match took place on the pre-show to Royal Rumble.
• R-Truth--January 29, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. The match took place on Smackdown.
• Samoa Joe--March 5, 2019 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The match took place on Smackdown with Joe defeating champion R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, and Andrade in an open challenge match.
• Rey Mysterio--May 19, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. The match took place at Money in the Bank.
• Samoa Joe [2]--June 3, 2019 in Austin, Texas. Mysterio relinquishes the title due to injury to the former champion Joe.
• Ricochet--June 23, 2019 in Tacoma, Washington. The match took place at Stomping Ground.
• AJ Styles [3]--July 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The match took place at Extreme Rules.
• Rey Mysterio [2]--November 25, 2019 in Rosemont, Illinois.  The match took place on RAW.
• Andrade--December 26, 2019 in New York City, New York.
• Apollo Crews--May 25, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.  The match took place on RAW at the Performance Center.
• Bobby Lashley [2]--August, 30, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.  The match took place
  
• Riddle--February 21, 2021 in St. Petersburg, Florida.  The match was a triple threat match between Lashley, Riddle and John Morrison at Elimination Chamber.
• Sheamus--April 11, 2021 in Tampa Bay, Florida.  The match took place at WrestleMania.
• Damien Priest--August 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The match took place at Summer Slam.
• Finn Balor--February 28, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio.  The match took place on RAW.
• Theory--April 18, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.  The match took place on RAW.
• Bobby Lashley--July 2, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The match took place at Money in the Bank.
• Seth "Freakin'" Rollins--October 10, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York.  The match took place on RAW.
• Austin Theory [2]--November 26, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.  The match took place at Survivor Series: War Games between Rollins, Theory and Bobby Lashley.