| WWE United States Championship | |||||||||||
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 WWE United States Championship's current design | |||||||||||
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| Current champion(s) |
LA Knight | ||||||||||
| Date won | August 25th, 2024 (aired August 25th, 2024) | ||||||||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||
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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 LA Knight 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, 2018 | — | 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 | 35 | SmackDown | |
| 89 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | December 17, 2023 | 84 | Cyber Sunday | |
| 90 | Montez Ford | 1 | March 10, 2024 | 77 | Fastlane | |
| 91 | Pastor William Eaver | 2 | May 24th, 2024 | 93 | Super SmackDown | |
| 92 | LA Knight | 1 | August 25th, 2024 | 54+ | SummerSlam at Sea |
List of combined reigns[]
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
As of May 17th, 2024
| 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. | Shinsuke Nakamura | 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 |
| 28. | Montez Ford † | 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 |
| 44. | Pastor William Eaver | 1 | 35 |
| 44. | Chad Gable | 1 | 35 |
| 46. | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 33 |
| 45. | Paul London | 1 | 33 |
| 46. | Damien Sandow | 1 | 30 |
| 47. | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 1 | 28 |
| 48. | Billy Cassidy | 1 | 27 |
| 49. | Finn Bálor | 2 | 23 |
| 49. | Samuel Shaw | 1 | 23 |
| 50 | Carmelo Hayes | 1 | 19 |
| 51. | Bobby Roode | 1 | 18 |
| 52. | Otis | 1 | 16 |
| 53. | Pete Gas | 1 | 13 |
| 54. | Drew McIntyre | 1 | 10 |
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