179 November 4, 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | WWE Crown Jewel 2023 187+
days 178 August 11, 2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | SmackDown 85
days 177 November 26, 2022 Boston, MA | WWE Survivor Series: WarGames (2022) The title became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2023 WWE Draft.
258
days 176 October 10, 2022 Brooklyn, NY | Raw 47
days 175 July 2, 2022 Paradise, NV | WWE Money in the Bank 2022 100
days 174 April 18, 2022 Buffalo, NY | Raw 75
days 173 February 28, 2022 Columbus, OH | Raw 49
days 172 August 21, 2021 Paradise, NV | WWE SummerSlam 2021 191
days 171 April 11, 2021 Tampa, FL | WWE WrestleMania 37 132
days 170 February 21, 2021 St. Petersburg, FL | WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 49
days 169 August 30, 2020 Orlando, FL | WWE Payback 2020 175
days 168 May 25, 2020 Orlando, FL | Raw 97
days 167 December 26, 2019 New York, NY | WWE Live 151
days 166 November 25, 2019 Rosemont, IL | Raw 31
days 165 July 14, 2019 Philadelphia, PA | WWE Extreme Rules 2019 134
days 164 June 23, 2019 Tacoma, WA | WWE Stomping Grounds 21
days 163 June 3, 2019 Austin, TX | Raw Rey Mysterio voluntarily relinquished the title back to Joe due to his shoulder injury and the controversial way in which he won the title at Money in the Bank (Joe's left shoulder was not down when the referee counted the pin).
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days 162 May 19, 2019 Hartford, CT | WWE Money in the Bank 2019 15
days 161 March 5, 2019 Wilkes-Barre, PA | SmackDown Live The title became exclusive to Raw following the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
75
days 160 January 29, 2019 Phoenix, AZ | SmackDown Live 35
days 159 January 27, 2019 Phoenix, AZ | WWE Royal Rumble 2019 2
days 158 December 25, 2018 Fresno, CA | SmackDown Live 33
days 157 July 15, 2018 Pittsburgh, PA | WWE Extreme Rules 2018 163
days 156 April 16, 2018 Hartford, CT | Raw The title was transferred back to SmackDown on the second night of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
90
days 155 April 8, 2018 New Orleans, LA | WWE WrestleMania 34 The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the first night of 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
8
days 154 March 11, 2018 Columbus, OH | WWE Fastlane 2018 28
days 153 January 16, 2018 Laredo, TX | SmackDown Live Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
54
days Vacant December 26, 2017 Rosemont, IL | SmackDown Live SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan ruled that Dolph Ziggler vacated the title after he left the belt in the ring on the previous episode of SmackDown.
21
days 152 December 17, 2017 Boston, MA | WWE Clash of Champions 2017 9
days 151 October 8, 2017 Detroit, MI | WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 70
days 150 July 25, 2017 Richmond, VA | SmackDown Live 75
days 149 July 23, 2017 Philadelphia, PA | WWE Battleground 2017 2
days 148 July 7, 2017 New York, NY | WWE Live 16
days 147 May 2, 2017 Fresno, CA | SmackDown Live 66
days 146 April 30, 2017 San Jose, CA | WWE Payback 2017 Since Jericho (a Raw superstar) won, he was transferred to the SmackDown brand.
2
days 145 April 2, 2017 Orlando, FL | WWE WrestleMania 33 The title became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
28
days 144 January 9, 2017 New Orleans, LA | Raw 83
days 143 September 25, 2016 Indianapolis, IN | WWE Clash of Champions 2016 106
days 142 May 22, 2016 Newark, NJ | WWE Extreme Rules 2016 The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to Raw following the 2016 WWE Draft.
126
days 141 January 24, 2016 Orlando, FL | WWE Royal Rumble 2016 119
days 140 January 14, 2016 Lafayette, LA | SmackDown 10
days 139 January 11, 2016 New Orleans, LA | Raw 3
days 138 October 25, 2015 Los Angeles, CA | WWE Hell in a Cell 2015 78
days 137 September 20, 2015 Houston, TX | WWE Night of Champions 2015 35
days 136 August 23, 2015 Brooklyn, NY | WWE SummerSlam 2015 28
days 135 March 29, 2015 Santa Clara, CA | WWE WrestleMania 31 147
days 134 November 3, 2014 Buffalo, NY | Raw Backstage Pass 146
days 133 May 5, 2014 Albany, NY | Raw 182
days 132 May 19, 2013 St. Louis, MO | WWE Extreme Rules 2013 351
days 131 April 15, 2013 Greenville, SC | Raw 34
days 130 August 19, 2012 Los Angeles, CA | WWE SummerSlam 2012 239
days 129 March 5, 2012 Boston, MA | Raw 167
days 128 January 16, 2012 Anaheim, CA | Raw 49
days 127 December 18, 2011 Baltimore, MD | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2011 29
days 126 June 19, 2011 Washington, D.C. | WWE Capitol Punishment On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended, allowing the United States Title to be defended on both Raw and SmackDown.
182
days 125 May 1, 2011 Tampa, FL | WWE Extreme Rules 2011 This was a tables match. The title became exclusive to Raw due to Kingston's status as a Raw wrestler.
49
days 124 March 14, 2011 St. Louis, MO | Raw The title became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2011 WWE Draft.
48
days 123 September 19, 2010 Rosemont, IL | WWE Night of Champions 2010 176
days 122 June 14, 2010 Charlotte, NC | Raw 97
days 121 May 24, 2010 Toledo, OH | Raw Defeated The Mizto win the vacant title.
21
days Vacant May 24, 2010 Toledo, OH | Raw Vacated when Bret Hart became the Raw GM.
0
days 120 May 17, 2010 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Raw 7
days 119 October 5, 2009 Wilkes-Barre, PA | Raw 224
days 118 June 1, 2009 Birmingham, AL | Raw 126
days 117 March 17, 2009 Corpus Christi, TX | SmackDown The title became exclusive to Raw following the 2009 WWE Draft.
76
days 116 July 20, 2008 Uniondale, NY | WWE The Great American Bash 2008 The title returned to SmackDown due to Benjamin's status as a SmackDown wrestler.
240
days 115 April 27, 2008 Baltimore, MD | WWE Backlash 2008 The title became exclusive to ECW following the 2008 WWE Draft.
84
days 114 May 20, 2007 St. Louis, MO | WWE Judgment Day 2007 343
days 113 October 13, 2006 Jacksonville, FL | SmackDown! 219
days 112 September 1, 2006 Reading, PA | SmackDown! 42
days 111 July 14, 2006 Minneapolis, MN | SmackDown! 49
days 110 May 26, 2006 Bakersfield, CA | SmackDown! 49
days 109 April 2, 2006 Rosemont, IL | WWE WrestleMania 22 54
days 108 February 19, 2006 Baltimore, MD | WWE No Way Out 2006 42
days 107 January 13, 2006 Philadelphia, PA | SmackDown! Defeated Chris Benoit in a Best of Seven series for the vacant title, winning the first three matches (Randy Orton substituted for Booker T for the last 4 matches of the series).
37
days Vacant November 25, 2005 Sheffield, England | SmackDown! Vacated when Booker T's title defense against Chris Benoit ended in a double pinfall.
49
days 106 October 21, 2005 Reno, NV | SmackDown! WWE recognizes Booker T's reign as beginning on October 21, 2005 and ending on November 25, 2005, both episodes of which aired on tape delay.
35
days 105 August 21, 2005 Washington, D.C. | WWE SummerSlam 2005 61
days 104 March 3, 2005 Albany, NY | SmackDown! 171
days 103 November 18, 2004 Dayton, OH | SmackDown! 105
days 102 October 7, 2004 Boston, MA | SmackDown! 42
days 101 October 3, 2004 East Rutherford, NJ | WWE No Mercy 2004 4
days 100 July 29, 2004 Cincinnati, OH | SmackDown! Defeated John Cena, René Duprée, Kenzo Suzuki, Rob Van Dam, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas and Luther Reigns in a 8-way elimination match for the vacant title.
66
days Vacant July 8, 2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | SmackDown! John Cena was stripped of the title after attacking SmackDown! GM Kurt Angle.
21
days 99 March 14, 2004 New York, NY | WWE WrestleMania XX 116
days 98 October 19, 2003 Baltimore, MD | WWE No Mercy 2003 147
days 97 July 27, 2003 Denver, CO | WWE Vengeance 2003 The title was a reactivated version of the previous WCW United States Title (unified with the WWF Intercontinental Title in 2001), as an exclusive title of SmackDown. Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the revived title.
84
days Unified November 18, 2001 Greensboro, NC | WWF Survivor Series 2001 Edge unified the title into the WWF Intercontinental Championship, so the United States title was deactivated.
96 November 12, 2001 Boston, MA | Raw Is War 6
days 95 October 22, 2001 Kansas City, MO | Raw Is War 21
days 94 September 23, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA | WWF Unforgiven 2001 29
days 93 September 10, 2001 San Antonio, TX | Raw Is War 13
days 92 July 24, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA | SmackDown! Given the title by Booker T as he was also the WCW Champion. WWE recognizes Kanyon's reign as beginning on July 26, 2001, when the episode aired on tape delay.
48
days 91 March 18, 2001 Jacksonville, FL | WCW Greed 2001 WCW was purchased by WWF on March 23, 2001. The title was then defended on WWF programming, where it was referred to as WCW United States Championship.
128
days 90 February 5, 2001 Tupelo, MS | WCW Nitro 41
days 89 January 14, 2001 Indianapolis, IN | WCW Sin 2001 22
days 88 November 26, 2000 Milwaukee, WI | WCW Mayhem 2000 49
days 87 November 10, 2000 London, England | WCW Nitro 16
days 86 October 29, 2000 Paradise, NV | WCW Halloween Havoc 2000 12
days 85 September 23, 2000 Lubbock, TX | House Show 36
days 84 September 22, 2000 Amarillo, TX | House Show 1
day 83 July 18, 2000 Auburn Hills, MI | WCW Nitro Defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final for the vacant title. Storm unofficially renamed the title the WCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship.
66
days Vacant July 9, 2000 Daytona Beach, FL | WCW Bash at the Beach 2000 Scott Steiner was stripped of the title when he used the banned Steiner Recliner submission hold on Mike Awesome.
9
days 82 April 16, 2000 Chicago, IL | WCW Spring Stampede 2000 Defeated Sting in a tournament final for the vacant title.
84
days Vacant April 10, 2000 Denver, CO | WCW Nitro All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted.
6
days 81 January 17, 2000 Columbus, OH | WCW Nitro Awarded by WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash.
84
days Vacant January 16, 2000 Cincinnati, OH | WCW Souled Out 2000 Vacated due to Jeff Jarrett suffering an injury.
1
day 80 December 20, 1999 Baltimore, MD | WCW Nitro 27
days 79 December 19, 1999 Washington, D.C. | WCW Starrcade 1999 Awarded the title when Scott Hall suffered a knee injury during the match.
1
day 78 November 8, 1999 Indianapolis, IN | WCW Nitro 41
days 77 October 25, 1999 Phoenix, AZ | WCW Nitro 14
days 76 October 24, 1999 Paradise, NV | WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 1
day 75 September 12, 1999 Winston-Salem, NC | WCW Fall Brawl 1999 42
days 74 August 9, 1999 Boise, ID | WCW Nitro 34
days 73 July 5, 1999 Atlanta, GA | WCW Nitro Awarded the title by his father and WCW President Ric Flair.
35
days Vacant July 5, 1999 Atlanta, GA | WCW Nitro Scott Steiner was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair.
0
days 72 April 11, 1999 Tacoma, WA | WCW Spring Stampede 1999 Defeated Booker T in a tournament final for the vacant title.
85
days Vacant March 18, 1999 Lexington, KY | WCW Thunder Scott Hall / Razor Ramon was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair.
24
days 71 February 21, 1999 Oakland, CA | WCW/nWo SuperBrawl IX 25
days 70 February 8, 1999 Buffalo, NY | WCW Nitro 13
days 69 November 30, 1998 Chattanooga, TN | WCW Nitro 70
days 68 October 26, 1998 Phoenix, AZ | WCW Nitro 35
days 67 August 13, 1998 Fargo, ND | WCW Thunder 74
days 66 August 10, 1998 Rapid City, SD | WCW Nitro 3
days 65 July 20, 1998 Salt Lake City, UT | WCW Nitro Defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the vacant title.
21
days Vacant July 6, 1998 Atlanta, GA | WCW Nitro Vacated when Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
14
days 64 April 20, 1998 Colorado Springs, CO | WCW Nitro 77
days 63 April 19, 1998 Denver, CO | WCW/nWo Spring Stampede 1998 1
day 62 December 28, 1997 Washington, D.C. | WCW Starrcade 1997 112
days 61 September 15, 1997 Charlotte, NC | WCW Nitro 104
days 60 August 21, 1997 Nashville, TN | WCW Clash of the Champions XXXV 25
days 59 June 9, 1997 Boston, MA | WCW Nitro 73
days 58 March 16, 1997 North Charleston, SC | WCW Uncensored 1997 85
days 57 December 29, 1996 Nashville, TN | WCW Starrcade 1996 Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final for the vacant title.
77
days Vacant November 25, 1996 Vacated due to Ric Flair suffering a shoulder injury.
34
days 56 July 7, 1996 Daytona Beach, FL | WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 141
days 55 January 29, 1996 Canton, OH | WCW Main Event 160
days 54 December 27, 1995 Nashville, TN | WCW Starrcade 1995 Won in a post-PPV dark match. Although the match was restarted and Kensuke Sasaki subsequently retained the title, it was never acknowledged.
33
days 53 November 13, 1995 Tokyo, Japan | NJPW WCW World In Japan 44
days 52 June 18, 1995 Dayton, OH | WCW The Great American Bash 1995 Defeated Meng in a tournament final for the vacant title.
148
days Vacant March 25, 1995 Atlanta, GA | WCW Saturday Night Vader was stripped of the title by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel for hospitalizing Dave Sullivan one week prior.
85
days 51 December 27, 1994 Nashville, TN | WCW Starrcade 1994 88
days 50 September 18, 1994 Roanoke, VA | WCW Fall Brawl 1994 100
days 49 September 18, 1994 Roanoke, VA | WCW Fall Brawl 1994 Awarded the title due to Ricky Steamboat being injured.
0
days 48 August 24, 1994 Cedar Rapids, IA | WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII 25
days 47 December 27, 1993 Charlotte, NC | WCW Starrcade 1993 240
days 46 September 11, 1993 Atlanta, GA | WCW Saturday Night Defeated Rick Rude in a rematch for the vacant title.
107
days Vacant May 29, 1993 | WCW Saturday Night The WCW Board of Directors announced the title had been held-up, several weeks after Rhodes' controversial title defense against Rick Rude that ended in Rude appearing to win via pinfall, and taking possession of the title belt, despite both wrestlers' shoulders being off the mat. During this vacancy, in September 1, 1993, WCW conclusively left NWA.
105
days 45 January 16, 1993 Atlanta, GA | WCW Saturday Night Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a match that was originally made to determine the No. 1 contender; but, upon Rick Rude's vacating the title, the match was instead made to decide the new champion.
133
days Vacant December 1, 1992 Vacated due to Rick Rude suffering an injury.
46
days 44 November 19, 1991 Savannah, GA | WCW Clash of the Champions XVII 378
days 43 August 25, 1991 Atlanta, GA | House Show Defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final for the vacant title.
86
days Vacant July 14, 1991 Baltimore, MD | WCW The Great American Bash 1991 Vacated when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
42
days 42 December 16, 1990 St. Louis, MO | WCW Starrcade 1990 Luger won the title defeating the previous champion Stan Hansen, and during his reign in 1991 WCW split from the NWA and the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship became the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
210
days 41 October 27, 1989 Chicago, IL | WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 415
days 40 May 22, 1989 Bluefield, WV | House Show 158
days 39 May 7, 1989 Nashville, TN | WCW WrestleWar 1989 15
days 38 February 20, 1989 Chicago, IL | WCW Chi-Town Rumble 1989 76
days 37 May 13, 1988 Houston, TX | House Show Defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final for the vacant title.
283
days Vacant April 9, 1988 Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title and suspended for 120 days for attacking NWA President Jim Crockett.
34
days 36 November 26, 1987 Chicago, IL | House Show 135
days 35 July 11, 1987 Greensboro, NC | House Show 138
days 34 August 17, 1986 Charlotte, NC | House Show Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series for the vacant title, Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into the US title.
328
days Vacant May 29, 1986 Magnum T.A. was stripped of the title for attacking NWA president Bob Geigel.
80
days 33 November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC | House Show 182
days 32 July 21, 1985 Charlotte, NC | House Show 130
days 31 March 23, 1985 Charlotte, NC | House Show 120
days 30 October 7, 1984 Charlotte, NC | House Show Defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final for the vacant title.
167
days Vacant July 1, 1984 Wahoo McDaniel was stripped of the title due to Tully Blanchard interfering in McDaniel's title defense.
98
days 29 June 24, 1984 Greensboro, NC | House Show 7
days 28 April 21, 1984 Greensboro, NC | House Show 64
days 27
Dick Slater 1 December 14, 1983 Shelby, NC | House Show 129
days 26 April 30, 1983 Greensboro, NC | House Show 228
days 25 April 16, 1983 Greensboro, NC | House Show 14
days 24 November 4, 1982 Norfolk, VA | House Show 163
days 23 August 22, 1982 Charlotte, NC | House Show 74
days 22 June 7, 1982 Greenville, SC | House Show Slaughter was awarded the title due to Wahoo McDaniel being injured by Don Muraco and Roddy Piper before the match.
76
days 21 May 21, 1982 Richmond, VA | House Show 17
days 20 October 4, 1981 Charlotte, NC | House Show Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.
229
days Vacant September 8, 1981 The title was vacated when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher.
26
days 19 August 8, 1981 Greensboro, NC | House Show 31
days 18 January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC | House Show The title became the undisputed NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in January 1981 after the NWA San Francisco office, the last other promotion to recognize its own United States Heavyweight Champion, closed.
193
days 17 April 19, 1980 Greensboro, NC | House Show 283
days 16 September 1, 1979 Charlotte, NC | House Show Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.
231
days Vacant August 12, 1979 The title was vacated when Ric Flair won the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days prior.
20
days 15 April 1, 1979 Greensboro, NC | House Show 133
days 14 December 17, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | House Show 105
days 13 April 9, 1978 Charlotte, NC | House Show 252
days 12
Mr. Wrestling 1 March 19, 1978 Greensboro, NC | House Show 21
days 11 January 1, 1978 Greensboro, NC | House Show 77
days 10 October 31, 1977 Charleston, SC | House Show 62
days 9 July 29, 1977 Richmond, VA | House Show 94
days 8 July 7, 1977 Norfolk, VA | House Show 22
days 7 November 28, 1976 Charlotte, NC | House Show 221
days 6
Paul Jones 2 October 16, 1976 Greensboro, NC | House Show 43
days 5 March 13, 1976 Greensboro, NC | House Show 217
days 4
Paul Jones 1 November 27, 1975 Greensboro, NC | House Show 107
days 3 November 9, 1975 Greensboro, NC | House Show Defeated Paul Jones in a tournament final for the vacant title.
18
days Vacant October 4, 1975 The title was vacated when Johnny Valentine suffered a career-ending injury in a plane crash.
36
days 2 July 3, 1975 Greensboro, NC | House Show 93
days 1 January 1, 1975 Tallahassee, FL | House Show Defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final to become the inaugural NWA United States Heavyweight Champion for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling.
183
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