GENERAL INFO Upcoming PPV Coverages: WWE Royal Rumble - January 25 WWE No Way Out - February 15	- WWE United States Championship History - Won By Date Location Notes Harley Race January 1, 1975 Tallahasse, FL 1 Johnny Valentine July 3, 1975 Greensboro, NC 2 Terry Funk November 9, 1975 Greensboro, NC 3 Paul Jones November 27, 1975 Greensboro, NC - Blackjack Mulligan March 13, 1976 Greensboro, NC - Paul Jones October 16, 1976 Greensboro, NC - Blackjack Mulligan December 15, 1976 Greensboro, NC - Bobo Brazil July 7, 1977 Norfolk, VA - Ric Flair July 29, 1977 Norfolk, VA - Ricky Steamboat November 11, 1977 Greensboro, NC - Blackjack Mulligan January 1, 1978 Greensboro, NC - Tim Woods March 19, 1978 Greensboro, NC - Ric Flair April 9, 1978 Charlotte, NC - Ricky Steamboat December 18, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Ric Flair April 1, 1979 Greensboro, NC 4 Superfly Jimmy Snuka September 1, 1979 Charlotte, NC 5 Ric Flair April 19, 1980 Greensboro, NC - Greg Valentine July 26, 1980 Charlotte, NC - Ric Flair November 24, 1980 Greenville, NC - Rowdy Roddy Piper January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC - Wahoo McDaniel August 8, 1981 Greensboro, NC 6 Sgt. Slaughter October 4, 1981 Charlotte, NC 7 Wahoo McDaniel May 21, 1982 Richmond, VA - Sgt. Slaughter June 7, 1982 Greenville, NC 8 Wahoo McDaniel August 22, 1982 Charlotte, NC - Greg Valentine November 4, 1982 Norfolk, VA - Rowdy Roddy Piper April 16, 1983 Greensboro, NC - Greg Valentine April 30, 1983 Greensboro, NC - Dick Slater December 14, 1983 Shelby, NC - Ricky Steamboat April 21, 1984 Greensboro, NC - Wahoo McDaniel June 24, 1984 Greensboro, NC 9 Wahoo McDaniel October 7, 1984 Charlotte, NC 10 Magnum TA March 23, 1985 Charlotte, NC - Tully Blanchard July 21, 1985 Charlotte, NC - Magnum TA November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC 11 Nikita Koloff August 17, 1986 Charlotte, NC 12 Lex Luger July 11, 1987 Greensboro, NC - Dusty Rhodes November 26, 1987 Chicago, IL 13 Barry Windham May 13, 1988 Houston, TX 14 Lex Luger February 20, 1989 Chicago, IL - Michael Hayes May 7, 1989 Nashville, TN - Lex Luger May 22, 1989 Bluefield, WV - Stan Hansen October 27, 1990 Chicago, IL - Lex Luger December 16, 1990 St. Louis, MO 15 Sting August 25, 1991 Atlanta, GA 16 Ravishing Rick Rude November 19, 1991 Savannah, GA 17 Dustin Rhodes January 1, 1993 Atlanta, GA 18 Dustin Rhodes August 30, 1993 Atlanta, GA 19 Stunning Steve Austin December 27, 1993 Charlotte, NC - Ricky Steamboat August 24, 1994 Cedar Rapids, IA - Stunning Steve Austin September 18, 1994 Roanoke, VA 20 Hacksaw Jim Duggan September 18, 1994 Roanoke, VA - Big Van Vader December 27, 1994 Nashville, TN 21 Sting June 18, 1995 Dayton, OH 22 Kensuke Sasaki November 13, 1995 Tokyo, Japan - One Man Gang December 27, 1995 Nashville, TN 23 Konnan January 29, 1996 Canton, OH - Ric Flair July 7, 1996 Daytona Beach, FL 24 Eddie Guerrero December 29, 1996 Nashville, TN 25 Dean Malenko March 16, 1997 Charleston, SC - Jeff Jarrett June 9, 1997 Boston, Mass - Steve McMichael August 21, 1997 Nashville, TN - Curt Hennig September 15, 1997 Charlotte, NC - Diamond Dallas Page December 28, 1997 Washington, DC - Raven April 19, 1998 Denver, CO - Bill Goldberg April 20, 1998 Colorado Springs, CO 26 Bret Hitman Hart July 20, 1998 Salt Lake City, UT 27 Lex Luger August 10, 1998 Rapid City, SD - Bret Hitman Hart August 13, 1998 Fargo, ND - Diamond Dallas Page October 26, 1998 Phoenix, AZ - Bret Hitman Hart November 30, 1998 Chattanooga, TN - Rowdy Roddy Piper February 8, 1999 Buffalo, NY - Scott Hall February 21, 1999 Oakland, CA 28 Scott Steiner April 11, 1999 Tacoma, WA 29 David Flair July 5, 1999 Atlanta, GA 30 Chris Benoit August 9, 1999 Nampa, ID - Sid Vicious September 12, 1999 Winston-Salem, NC - Bill Goldberg October 24, 1999 Las Vegas, NV - Bret Hitman Hart October 25, 1999 Phoenix, AZ 31 Scott Hall November 8, 1999 Indianapolis, IN 32 Chris Benoit December 19, 1999 Washington, DC 33 Jeff Jarrett December 20, 1999 Baltimore, MD 34 Jeff Jarrett January 17, 2000 Columbus, OH 35 Scott Steiner April 16, 2000 Chicago, IL 36 Lance Storm July 18, 2000 Auburn Hills, MI 37 Terry Funk September 22, 2000 Amarillo, TX - Lance Storm September 23, 2000 Lubbock, TX - General Rection October 29, 2000 Las Vegas, NV - Lance Storm November 10, 2000 London, England - General Rection November 26, 2000 Milwaukee, WI - Shane Douglas January 14, 2001 Indianapolis, IN - Rick Steiner February 5, 2001 Tupelo, MS - Booker T March 18, 2001 Jacksonville, FL - Chris Kanyon July 24, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA 38 Tajiri September 10, 2001 San Antonio, TX - Rhyno September 23, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA - Kurt Angle October 22, 2001 Kansas City, MO - Edge November 12, 2001 Boston, Mass - Eddie Guerrero July 27, 2003 Denver, CO 39 The Big Show October 19, 2003 Baltimore, MD - John Cena March 14, 2004 New York City, NY 40 Booker T July 27, 2004 Cincinnati, OH 41 John Cena October 3, 2004 East Rutherford, NJ 42 Carlito Caribbean Cool October 5, 2004 Boston, Mass - John Cena November 16, 2004 Dayton, OH - Orlando Jordan March 1, 2005 Albany, NY - Chris Benoit August 21, 2005 Washington, DC - Booker T October 18, 2005 Reno, NV 43 Booker T January 10, 2006 Philadelphia, PA 44 Chris Benoit February 19, 2006 Baltimore, MD - John Bradshaw Layfield April 2, 2006 Chicago, IL - Bobby Lashley May 26, 2006 Bakersfield, CA - Finlay July 14, 2006 Indianapolis, IN - Mr. Kennedy September 1, 2006 Reading, PA 45 Chris Benoit October 13, 2006 Jacksonville, FL - Montel Vontavious Porter May 20, 2007 St. Louis, MO 46 Matt Hardy April 27, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland 46 Shelton Benjamin July 20, 2008 New York City, New York 46 FOOTNOTES: Harley Race won a tournament final against Johnny Weaver. Title vacated after Johnny Valentine's career came to an end in a plane crash on October 4, 1975 Terry Funk defeated Paul Jones in a tournament final. Title vacated when Ric Flair won the NWA Tag Team Title on August 12, 1979. Superfly Jimmy Snuka defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final. Vacated in September 1981 when Wahoo McDaniel was injured. Sgt. Slaughter defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final. Title awarded to Sgt. Slaughter when Wahoo McDaniel was injured. Vacated in July 1984 because of interference in title change. Wahoo McDaniel defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final. Stripped from Magnum TA on May 29, 1986 for attacking Bob Geigel, the NWA President. Nikita Koloff beat Magnum TA in a Best of Seven Series. United States Title was unified with NWA National Heavyweight Title on September 28, 1986 when Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel. Vacated on April 15, 1988 when Dusty Rhodes was suspended for his attack on Jim Crockett. Barry Windham defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final. Renamed the WCW United States Title in January 1991 when NWA stopped operations. Lex Luger vacated the title on July 14, 1991 when he won the WCW Heavyweight Title. Sting defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final. Vacated in December 1992 when Rick Rude was injured. Dustin Rhodes defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final. Title was held up after a match between Rhodes and Rick Rude in May 1993. Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude in a rematch. Austin was awarded the title when Ricky Steamboat was unable to compete due to injury. Stripped of the title on April 23, 1995 by commissioner Nick Bockwinkle. Sting defeated Meng in a tournament final. Awarded to One Man Gang after Kensuke Sasaki vacated it. Vacated in November 1996 when Flair was injured. Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final. Goldberg vacated the title after winning the WCW Heavyweight Title on July 6, 1998 in Atlanta, GA. Bret Hart defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the title. Scott Hall was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair on March 18, 1999. Scott Steiner defeated Booker T in a tournament final to win the title. Steiner was stripped on July 5, 1999. Awarded to David Flair by WCW President Ric Flair. Vacated on November 1, 1999. Scott Hall defeated Bret Hart, Bill Goldberg and Sid Vicious in a Texas Tornado Ladder Match. Awarded to Chris Benoit when Hall was injured. Stripped of the title due to injury on January 15, 2000. Jeff Jarrett was awarded the title. Vince Russo declared the title vacant on April 10, 2000. Scott Steiner defeated Sting in a tournament final to win the title. Steiner was stripped by WCW Commissioner The Cat on July 9, 2000 in Daytona Beach, FL. Lance Storm defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final. Booker T awarded the title to Chris Kanyon. General Manager Stephanie McMahon reinstated the title on July 12, 2003 on the Smackdown! Brand. Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final. Stripped by General Manager Kurt Angle on July 16, 2004 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Booker T won an eight man elimination match to win the title. The participants were Booker T, John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Charlie Haas, Rene Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, Billy Gunn and Luther Reigns. This was the fifth match in a Best of Five Series. The United States Title was held up after a controversial finish in a match with Booker T and Chris Benoit. Smackdown! General Manager Theodore R. Long announced the title vacant, and that the next United States Champion would be decided after a Best of Seven Series between both Booker T and Chris Benoit. Booker T was injured during the Best of Seven Series, and was forced to chose a replacement to compete on his behalf. Randy Orton replaced Booker T in the final three matches of the series, winning the United States Title for Booker T. The final score in the series was 4-3. Mr. Kennedy won the title after pinning Bobby Lashley with a rollup from behind in a triple-threat match, while Finlay laid on the canvas after taking a powerslam from Lashley. MVP won the US Championship by winning two straight falls in a best 2-out-of-3 falls match with Chris Benoit at Judgment Day 2007. Spoiler: Major Gimmick Match Taking Place At No Way Out PPV Update: Was Christian Cage Backstage At Raw Last Night? Updated List of Royal Rumble Match Participants Matches For Next Week's Raw Plus A Big Announcement **Spoilers** ECW on Sci-Fi Taping Results Report: Another Major Star Backstage at Raw Tonight Report: Christian Cage Rumored to be Backstage at Raw Official Press Release Issued for WWE "Superstars" Report: WWE To Halt The Double Smackdown! 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