| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Matt Hardy |
Montel Vontavious Porter |
4/27/08 |
| Montel Vontavious Porter |
Chris Benoit |
5/20/07 |
Won a 2 out of 3 falls match to win the title. |
| Chris Benoit [5] |
Ken Kennedy |
10/10/06 |
| Ken Kennedy |
Finlay |
8/29/06 |
| Defeated Finlay & Bobby Lashley
to win the title. |
| Finlay |
Bobby Lashley |
7/11/06 |
| Bobby Lashley |
John Bradshaw Layfield |
5/23/06 |
| John Bradshaw Layfield |
Chris Benoit |
4/2/06 |
| Chris Benoit [4] |
Booker T. |
2/19/06 |
| Booker T. [4] |
n/a |
1/10/06 |
| During the Best Of 7 Series
Booker T. became injured and was forced to choose a replacement for him.
He selected Randy Orton. Orton defeated Benoit in the Best Of 7 Series
4-3, thus winning the WWE United States Title for Booker T. |
| Booker T. [3] |
Chris Benoit |
10/18/05 |
| Title vacated on 11/22/05
following the controversial ending to a match between Booker T. and Chris
Benoit for the title. Benoit & Booker T. were ordered to face each
other in a Best Of 7 Series to determine a new champion. |
| Chris Benoit [3] |
Orlando Jordan |
8/21/05 |
| Orlando Jordan |
John Cena |
3/1/05 |
| John Cena [3] |
Carlito Caribbean Cool |
11/16/04 |
| Carlito Caribbean Cool |
John Cena |
10/5/04 |
| John Cena [2] |
Booker T. |
10/3/04 |
| Defeated Booker T. in a best of
five series to win the title. |
| Booker T. [2] |
n/a |
7/27/04 |
| Wins an eight man elimination
match by last pinning Rob Van Dam to win the title. |
| John Cena |
The Big Show |
3/14/04 |
| General Manager Kurt Angle stripes John Cena of the title on 7/6/04 for violating the rules. |
| The Big Show |
Eddie Guerrero |
10/19/03 |
| Eddie Guerrero [2] |
n/a |
7/27/03 |
| Stephanie McMahon, the SmackDown General
Manager decided to re-instate the U.S. Title and announced a tournament to
crown the new champion. Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a
tournament final to win the title. |
| Edge |
Kurt Angle |
11/12/01 |
| Unifies with the WWE
Intercontinental Title on 11/18/01 when Edge defeats Test. |
| Kurt Angle |
Rhyno |
10/22/01 |
| Rhyno |
Tajiri |
9/23/01 |
| Tajiri |
Kanyon |
9/10/01 |
| Kanyon |
n/a |
7/24/01 |
| Booker T. awarded the title to
Chris Kanyon. |
| Booker T. |
Rick Steiner |
3/18/01 |
| Rick Steiner |
Shane Douglas |
2/5/01 |
| Shane Douglas |
General Rection |
1/14/01 |
| General Rection [2] |
Lance Storm |
11/26/00 |
| Lance Storm [3] |
General Rection |
11/10/00 |
| General Rection |
Lance Storm |
10/29/00 |
| Lance Storm [2] |
Terry Funk |
9/23/00 |
| Terry Funk [2] |
Lance Storm |
9/22/00 |
| Lance Storm |
n/a |
7/18/00 |
| Lance Storm
defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final. |
| Scott Steiner [2] |
n/a |
4/16/00 |
| Vince Russo
vacated the title on April 10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. Scott Steiner
defeated Sting in a tournament final. Was stripped by the Cat on July 9,
2000 in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
| Jeff Jarrett [3] |
n/a |
1/17/00 |
| Jeff Jarrett was
awarded the title. |
| Jeff Jarrett [2] |
Chris Benoit |
12/20/99 |
| Jeff Jarrett was
stripped of the title due to injury on January 15, 2000. |
| Chris Benoit [2] |
n/a |
12/19/99 |
| The title was
awarded to Chris Benoit when Scott Hall was injured. |
| Scott Hall [2] |
n/a |
11/8/99 |
| Scott Hall
defeated Bret Hart, Bill Goldberg, and Sid Vicious in a Texas Tornado Ladder
Match. |
| Bret Hart [4] |
Bill Goldberg |
10/25/99 |
| Bill Goldberg [2] |
Sid Vicious |
10/24/99 |
| Sid Vicious |
Chris Benoit |
9/12/99 |
| Chris Benoit |
David Flair |
8/9/99 |
| David Flair |
n/a |
7/5/99 |
| The title was
awarded to David Flair by WCW President, Ric Flair. |
| Scott Steiner |
n/a |
4/11/99 |
| Scott Steiner
defeated Booker T in a tournament final to win the title. Scott Steiner was
stripped of the title on July 5, 1999. |
| Scott Hall |
Roddy Pipper |
2/21/99 |
| Roddy Pipper [3] |
Bret Hart |
2/8/99 |
| Bret Hart [3] |
Diamond Dallas Page |
11/30/98 |
| Diamond Dallas Page [2] |
Bret Hart |
10/26/98 |
| Bret Hart [2] |
Lex Luger |
8/13/98 |
| Lex Luger [5] |
Bret Hart |
8/10/98 |
| Bret Hart |
n/a |
7/20/98 |
| Bret Hart
defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the title. |
| Bill Goldberg |
Raven |
4/20/98 |
| Bill Goldberg
vacated the title after winning the WCW World Heavyweight Title on July 6,
1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Raven |
Diamond Dallas Page |
4/19/98 |
| Diamond Dallas Page |
Curt Hennig |
12/28/97 |
| Curt Hennig |
Steve McMichael |
9/15/97 |
| Steve McMichael |
Jeff Jarrett |
8/21/97 |
| Jeff Jarrett |
Dean Malenko |
6/9/97 |
| Dean Malenko |
Eddie Guerrero |
3/16/97 |
| Eddie Guerrero |
n/a |
12/29/96 |
| Eddie Guerrero
defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Ric Flair [6] |
Konnan |
7/7/96 |
| The title was
vacated in November of 1996 when Flair was injured. |
| Konnan |
One Man Gang |
1/29/96 |
| One Man Gang |
n/a |
12/27/95 |
| The title was
awarded to One Man Gang when Sasaki vacated the title after defending it
against One Man Gang. |
| Kensuke Sasaki |
Sting |
11/13/95 |
| Sting [2] |
n/a |
6/18/95 |
| Sting defeated
Meng in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Big Van Vader |
Jim Duggan |
12/27/94 |
| Vader was
stripped of the title on April 23, 1995 by WCW commissioner, Nick Bockwinkle. |
| Jim Duggan |
Steve Austin |
9/18/94 |
| Steve Austin [2] |
n/a |
9/18/94 |
| Steve Austin was
awarded the title when Ricky Steamboat was injured and unable to compete in
the title match. |
| Ricky Steamboat [4] |
Steve Austin |
8/24/94 |
| Steve Austin |
Dustin Rhodes |
12/27/93 |
| Dustin Rhodes [2] |
n/a |
8/30/93 |
| Dustin Rhodes
defeated Rick Rude in a rematch. WCW withdrew from the NWA in September of
1993. |
| Dustin Rhodes |
n/a |
1/11/93 |
| Dustin Rhodes
defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final to win the title. The title
was held-up after a match against Rick Rude in May of 1993. |
| Rick Rude |
Sting |
11/19/91 |
| Rick Rude
vacated the title in December of 1992 because of an injury. |
| Sting |
n/a |
8/25/91 |
| Sting defeated
Steve Austin in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Lex Luger [4] |
Stan Hansen |
12/16/90 |
| With NWA no longer operating as an
organization, the title exclusively referred to as WCW United States
Heavyweight title from 91/01 |
| Stan Hansen |
Lex Luger |
10/27/90 |
| Lex Luger [3] |
Michael Hayes |
5/22/89 |
| Michael Hayes |
Lex Luger |
5/7/89 |
| Lex Luger [2] |
Barry Windham |
2/20/89 |
| Barry Windham |
n/a |
5/13/88 |
| Barry Windham
defeated Nikita Koloff in a 7-man tournament final to win the title. |
| Dusty Rhodes |
Lex Luger |
11/26/87 |
| The title was
vacated on April 15, 188 when Dusty Rhodes was suspended for attacking Jim
Crockett. |
| Lex Luger |
Nikita Koloff |
7/11/87 |
| Nikita Koloff |
n/a |
8/17/86 |
| Nikita Koloff
defeated Magnum TA in a Best-out-of-7 Series. Nikita Koloff defeated Wahoo
McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight title. |
| Magnum T.A. [2] |
Tully Blanchard |
11/28/85 |
| The title was
stripped from Magnum TA on May 29, 1986 for attacking NWA President, Bob
Geigel. |
| Tully Blanchard |
Magnum T.A. |
7/21/85 |
| Magnum T.A. |
Wahoo McDaniel |
3/23/85 |
| Wahoo McDaniel [5] |
n/a |
10/7/84 |
| Wahoo McDaniel
defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Wahoo McDaniel [4] |
Ricky Steamboat |
6/24/84 |
| The title was
vacated in July of 1984 because of Tully Blanchard's interference in the
title change to McDaniel. |
| Ricky Steamboat [3] |
Dick Slater |
4/21/84 |
| Dick Slater |
Greg Valentine |
12/14/83 |
| Greg Valentine [3] |
Roddy Pipper |
4/30/83 |
| Roddy Pipper [2] |
Greg Valentine |
4/16/83 |
| Greg Valentine [2] |
Wahoo McDaniel |
11/4/82 |
| Wahoo McDaniel [3] |
Sgt. Slaughter |
8/22/82 |
| Sgt. Slaughter [2] |
n/a |
6/7/82 |
| The title was
awarded to Sgt. Slaughter when Wahoo McDaniel was injured. |
| Wahoo McDaniel [2] |
Sgt. Slaughter |
5/21/82 |
| Sgt. Slaughter |
n/a |
10/4/81 |
| Sgt. Slaughter
defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Wahoo McDaniel |
Roddy Pipper |
8/8/81 |
| The title was
vacatred in September of 1981 when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah
The Butcher. |
| Roddy Pipper |
Ric Flair |
1/27/81 |
| Ric Flair [5] |
Greg Valentine |
11/24/80 |
| Greg Valentine |
Ric Flair |
7/26/80 |
| Ric Flair [4] |
Jimmy Snuka |
4/19/80 |
| Jimmy Snuka |
n/a |
9/1/79 |
| Jimmy Snuka
defeated Ricky Steamboat in a 12-man tournament final. |
| Ric Flair [3] |
Ricky Steamboat |
4/1/79 |
| The title was
vacated when Ric Flair won the NWA World tag team title on August 12, 1979. |
| Ricky Steamboat [2] |
Ric Flair |
12/18/78 |
| Ric Flair [2] |
Tim Woods |
4/9/78 |
| Tim Woods |
Blackjack Mulligan |
1978-March |
| Blackjack Mulligan [3] |
Ricky Steamboat |
1978-Febuary |
| Ricky Steamboat |
Ric Flair |
11/11/77 |
| Ric Flair |
Bobo Brazil |
7/29/77 |
| Bobo Brazil |
Blackjack Mulligan |
1977 |
| Blackjack Mulligan [2] |
Paul Jones |
11/28/76 |
| Paul Jones [2] |
Blackjack Mulligan |
10/16/76 |
| Blackjack Mulligan |
Paul Jones |
3/13/76 |
| Paul Jones |
Terry Funk |
11/27/75 |
| Terry Funk |
n/a |
11/9/75 |
| Terry Funk
defeated Paul Jones in a 16-man tournament to win the title. |
| Johnny Valentine |
Harley Race |
7/3/75 |
|
The title was vacated when Johnny
Valentine ended his career in a plane crash on October 4, 1975. |
| Harley Race |
n/a |
1975 |
|
Harley Race defeated Johnny Weaver in a
tournament final to win the title. |
