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WWE United States Championship
WWE United States Championship's current design
WWE United States Championship's current design
Details
Current
champion(s)
Chade Gable
Date won November 12, 2023
Promotion WWE

The WWE United States Championship is the second-tier championship title in the WWE E-Fed federation on Saturday Night Smackdown; the second brand of the company. The first champion was Danny Basham who won a fatal four-way to become the inaugural champion. The current champion is Carmelo Hayes who in his first reign. Damaja and Montel Vontavious Porter hold the record for the most reigns with three reigns each. Wade Barrett's second reign is currently the shortest reign at 9 days. Goldust currently holds the record for longest reign (as an individual) with 230 days.

Title history[]

Key[]

# The overall championship reign
Date The date in which the championship was obtained
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Venue The event where the championship was obtained
Notes Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Name Reign Date Days held Venue Notes
1 Danny Basham 1 August 7, 2005 15 Great American Bash

Basham became the inaugural United States Champion by winning a fatal fourway match.

2 Goldust 1 August 21, 2005 50 Summerslam
3 Damaja 2 October 9, 2005 50 No Mercy Damaja was formerly known as Danny Basham This was a triple threat match also involving Siaki.
4 Charlie Haas 1 November 27, 2005 62 Survivor Series This was a triple threat match also involving Tommy Dreamer.
5 Damaja 3 January 27, 2006 31 Smackdown
6 Test 1 February 26, 2006 55 No Way Out This was a triple threat match also involving Batista.
Vacated April 21, 2006 Smackdown

Test vacated the championship after transferring to RAW.

7 Goldust 2 May 28, 2006 230 Judgment Day

Goldust defeated Mark Henry to claim the vacant United States Championship.

8 Bobby Roode 1 January 12, 2007 18 Smackdown This was a triple threat match also involving Christian.
Vacated January 28, 2007 Smackdown Roode vacated the championship after quitting.
9 Johnny Nitro 1 March 2, 2007 45 No Way Out Nitro defeated Ken Kennedy to claim the vacant United States Championship.
10 Carlito 1 April 15, 2007 38 Wrestlemania
11 Chyna 1 May 22, 2007 154 Judgment Day Chyna is the only woman to hold the United States Championship.
12 Christian 1 October 22, 2007 132 No Mercy This was a triple threat match also involving The Rock
13 Finlay 1 March 1, 2008 72 No Way Out This was a six man ladder match also involving Chyna, Harry Smith, Robert Roode and Edge.
14 Pete Gas 1 May 11, 2008 13 Judgment Day
Vacated May 23, 2008 Smackdown Gas vacated the championship after transferring to RAW.
15 Gangrel 1 May 30, 2008 52 Smackdown

Gangrel defeated Ryan Mitchell to claim the vacant United States Championship.

16 The Rock 1 July 20, 2008 49 Great American Bash This was a triple threat match also involving John Morrison.
17 Gregory Helms 1 September 6, 2008 30 Smackdown
18 The Rock 2 October 5, 2008 50 No Mercy
19 Gregory Helms 2 November 23, 2008 56 Survivor Series
20 Kyle Anderson 1 January 17, 2009 99 Smackdown Anderson vacated the championship and handed it over to John Morrison.
21 John Morrison 2 April 25, 2009 20 Smackdown

Morrison was formerly known as Johnny Nitro.

Vacated May 14, 2009 Smackdown Morrison vacated the championship after quitting.
22 Papydum 1 May 24, 2009 36 Judgment Day Papydum defeated Montel Vontavious Porter, Batista and Tommy Dreamer to claim the vacant United States Championship.
23 Montel Vontavious Porter 1 June 28, 2009 49 Insurrextion
24 Cody Rhodes 1 August 15, 2009 105 Smackdown
Vacated November 27, 2009 Smackdown

Rhodes vacated the championship after transferring to RAW.

25 Rob Van Dam 1 March 28, 2010 13 No Way Out Van Dam defeated The Miz to claim the vacant United States Championship.
26 Raven 1 April 9, 2010 169 Smackdown
27 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 1 September 24, 2010 38 Smackdown
Deactivated October 31, 2010 Halloween Havoc

RAW and Smackdown merge and the United States Championship is deactivated.

28 Bryan Danielson 1 January 21, 2011 85 Smackdown

Danielson won a battle royal to claim the vacant United States Championship.

29 Drew McIntyre 1 April 15, 2011 10 Smackdown
30 Tyler Black 1 April 24, 2011 34 Wrestlemania
Vacated May 27, 2011 Smackdown Black vacated the the championship after quitting.
31 Ryslan Buschski 1 May 27, 2011 94 Smackdown

Buschski defeated CM Punk to claim the vacant United States Championship.

32 Clark Gabriel 1 September 28, 2011 47 SummerSlam

This was a triple threat match also involving Bobby Lashley.

33 Montel Vontavious Porter 2 October 14, 2011 34 Smackdown This was a fatal fourway match also involving Jeff Hardy and The Miz.
34 Ciaran O'Donnell 1 November 16, 2011 63 Survivor Series
35 Montel Vontavious Porter 3 January 16, 2012 53 New Year's Revolution
36 Jon Moxley 1 April 22, 2012 69 Wrestlemania 28
Vacated June 29, 2012 Smackdown

Moxley vacated the United States Championship.

37 Wade Barrett 1 July 6, 2012 199 Smackdown Barrett defeated Elias Ezra to claim the vacant United States Championship.
Vacant Smackdown Barret vacated the United States Championship.
38 Billy Cassidy 1 January 20, 2013 27 New Year's Revolution

Cassidy defeated Abyss to claim the vacant United States Championship.

39 Abyss 1 February 15, 2013 65 Smackdown This was a triple threat match also involving Heath Slater.
40 Adam Cole 1 April 21, 2013 43 Wrestlemania XXIX
41 Justin Gabriel 1 June 2, 2013 84 Extreme Rules
42 Jake Anderson 1 August 25, 2013 49 SummerSlam
43 Jimmy Jacobs 1 October 13, 2013 42 Judgment Day
44 Dolph Ziggler 1 November 24, 2013 139 Survivor Series
45 Sin Cara 1 April 12, 2014 50 SmackDown
46 Damien Sandow 1 May 31, 2014 30 Smackdown
47 Jeff Hardy 1 June 29, 2014 84 Invasion
Vacant Night of Champions The title was vacated after Dolph Ziggler won the Championship Scramble to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship thus unifying it with the US Title.
48 Kevin Owens 1 April 26, 2015 95 King of the Ring
49 Enzo Amore 1 July 30, 2015 59 Smackdown
50 Corey Graves 1 September 27, 2015 182 Smackdown
Vacant March 27, 2016 WrestleMania 32 Corey Graves relinquished and vacated the United States Championship at WrestleMania 32.
51 Kevin Nash 1 March 27, 2016 95 WrestleMania 32 Nash defeated Abyss for the vacant United States Championship with the former champion Corey Graves serving as the Special Guest Referee
52 Rob Van Dam 2 June 30th, 2016 29 Smackdown
53 Briley Pierce 1 August 28th, 2016 133 Summerslam (2016)
54 Bray Wyatt 1 January 8th, 2017 42 New Years Revolution (2017)
55 King Ricochet 1 February 19th, 2017 35 Royal Rumble (2017)
56 Jimmy Jacobs 2 March 26th, 2017 19 Wrestlemania 33
57 Samuel Shaw 1 April 14th, 2017 23 Smackdown
58 Tyler Breeze 1 May 7th, 2017 222 Invasion (2017)
59 Seth Rollins 2 December 15th, 2017 23 Smackdown
60 Tyler Breeze 2 January 7th, 2018 137 Royal Rumble (2018)
Vacated May 23, 2008 Smackdown Breeze vacated the title.
61 Baron Corbin 1 June 24th, 2018 64 Extreme Rules (2018)
62 Colin Delaney 1 August 26th, 2018 134 Summerslam (2018)
63 Shane Thorne 1 January 6th, 2019 139 Royal Rumble (2019)
64 Velveteen Dream 1 May 24th, 2019 63 Smackdown
65 Big E 1 July 26th, 2019 121 Smackdown
Deactivated November 24th, 2019 Survivor Series (2019)
66 Johnny Gargano 1 May 26th, 2020 33 Smackdown
67 Ricochet 2 June 28th, 2020 33 Unforgiven (2020
68 Bray Wyatt 2 July 31, 2020 42 SmackDown
69 Big E 2 September 11, 2020 23 SmackDown
70 The Boogeyman 1 October 4, 2020 145 SmackDown
71 Otis 1 February 26, 2021 16 SmackDown
72 Pastor William Eaver 1 March 13, 2021 35 Fastlane (2021)
73 Darby Allin 1 April 18, 2021 47 WrestleMania 37
74 Jon Moxley 1 June 4, 2021 56 SmackDown
75 Lance Archer 1 July 30, 2021 142 SmackDown
76 Wade Barrett 2 December 10, 2021 9 SmackDown
77 Keith Lee 1 December 19, 2021 54 Cyber Sunday
78 Jake Anderson 2 February 11, 2022 23 SmackDown
79 Xavier Woods 1 March 6, 2022 42 Road Wild (2022)
80 Kane 1 April 17, 2022 70 WrestleMania 200
81 Paul London 1 June 26, 2022 33 Extreme Rules (2022)
82 Finn Bálor 1 July 29, 2022 23 SmackDown
82 Ricky Starks 1 August 21, 2022 35 SummerSlam (2022)
83 Tommaso Ciampa 1 September 25, 2022 84 No Mercy (2022)
84 Rex Steiner 1 December 18, 2022 68 Cyber Sunday (2022)
85 Effy 1 February 24, 2023 122 Super SmackDown
Vacated June 25, 2023 Extreme Rules (2023)
86 Santos Escobar 1 June 25, 2023 129 Extreme Rules (2023)
87 Carmelo Hayes 1 October 24, 2023 19 SmackDown
88 Chad Gable 1 November 12, 2023 1+ SmackDown

List of combined reigns[]

Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates the reign was less than 1 day

As of October 31st, 2023

Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1. Tyler Breeze 2 359
2. Goldust 2 280
3. Wade Barrett 1 208
4. Corey Graves 1 182
5. Raven 1 169
6. Chyna 1 154
7. The Boogeyman 1 145
8. Big E 2 144
22. Lance Archer 1 142
10. Shane Thorne 1 139
10.' Dolph Ziggler 1 139
11. Montel Vontavious Porter 3 136
12. Colin Delaney 1 '134
12. Jon Moxley 2 134
13. Briley Pierce 1 133
14. Christian 1 132
15. Santos Escobar 1 129
16. Effy 1 122
17. Cody Rhodes 1 105
18 The Rock 2 99
18. Kyle Anderson 1 99
19. Danny Basham 3 96
20. Kevin Owens 1 95
20. Kevin Nash 1 95
21. Ryslan Buschski 1 94
22. Gregory Helms 2 86
23. Bryan Danielson 2 85
24. Justin Gabriel 1 84
24. Bray Wyatt 2 84
24. Jeff Hardy 1 84
24. Tommaso Ciampa 1 84
25. Finlay 1 72
25. Jake Anderson 2 72
26. Kane 1 70
27. Ricochet 2 69
28. Rex Steiner 1 68
29. Abyss 1 65
29. John Morrison 2 65
30. Baron Corbin 1 64
31. Ciaran O'Donnell 1 63
31. Velveteen Dream 1 63
32. Charlie Haas 1 62
33. Jimmy Jacobs 2 61
34. Enzo Amore 1 59
35. Seth Rollins 2 57
36. Test 1 55
37. Gangrel 1 52
38. Sin Cara 1 50
39. Clark Gabriel 1 47
39. Darby Allin 1 47
40. Rob Van Dam 2 42
40. Xavier Woods 1 42
41. Adam Cole 1 41
42. Carlito 1 38
43. Papydum 1 36
44. Ricky Starks 1 35
45. Pastor William Eaver 1 35
46. Johnny Gargano 1 33
46. Paul London 1 33
47. Damien Sandow 1 30
48. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 1 28
49. Billy Cassidy 1 27
50. Finn Bálor 2 23
50. Samuel Shaw 1 23
51 Carmelo Hayes 1 19
52. Bobby Roode 1 18
53. Otis 1 16
54. Pete Gas 1 13
55. Drew McIntyre 1 10
56. Chade Gable 1 1+

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