WWE United States championship history

Feb 23, 2021

Wrestler	Date won	Event	Length	Reign No.
Matt Riddle	2/21/21	Elimination Chamber	TBD	1
Bobby Lashley	8/30/20	Payback	175 days	2
Apollo Crews	5/25/20	Monday Night Raw	96 days	1
Andrade	12/26/19	WWE Live @ MSG	151 days	2
Rey Mysterio	11/25/19	Monday Night Raw	31 days	2
AJ Styles	7/14/19	Extreme Rules	134 days	3
*Samoa Joe	6/3/19	Monday Night Raw	20 days	2
*Rey Mysterio	5/19/19	Money In The Bank	15 days	1
Samoa Joe	3/5/19	SmackDown	75 days	1
R-Truth	1/29/19	SmackDown	35 days	2
Shinsuke Nakamura	8/15/18	Royal Rumble	2 days	2
Rusev	12/18/18	SmackDown	32 days	3
Shinsuke Nakamura	8/15/18	Extreme Rules	156 days	1
Jeff Hardy	4/16/18	Monday Night Raw	90 days	1
Jinder Mahal	4/10/18	WrestleMania 34	6 days	1
Randy Orton	3/11/18	Fastlane	28 days	1
Bobby Roode	1/16/18	SmackDown	54 days	1
Vacated	12/26/17	SmackDown	N/A	N/A
Dolph Ziggler	12/17/17	Clash of Champions	9 days	2
Baron Corbin	10/8/17	Hell in a Cell	70 days	1
AJ Styles	AJ Styles
Kevin Owens	7/23/17	Battleground	2 days	3
AJ Styles	7/8/17	WWE Live Event (MSG)	16 days	1
Kevin Owens	5/2/17	SmackDown Live	66 days	2
Chris Jericho	4/30/17	Payback	2 days	2
Kevin Owens	4/2/17	WrestleMania 33	28 days	1
Chris Jericho	1/9/17	Monday Night Raw	83 days	1
Roman Reigns	9/25/16	Clash of Champions	106 days	1
Rusev	5/22/16	Extreme Rules	126 days	2
Kalisto	1/24/16	Royal Rumble	119 days	2
Alberto Del Rio	1/12/16	SmackDown	12 days	2
Kalisto	1/11/16	Monday Night Raw	1 day	1
Alberto Del Rio	10/25/15	Hell in a Cell	78 days	1
John Cena	9/20/15	Night of Champions	35 days	5
Seth Rollins	8/23/15	SummerSlam	28 days	1
John Cena	3/29/15	WrestleMania	147 days	4
Rusev	11/3/14	Monday Night Raw	146 days	1
Sheamus	5/5/14	Monday Night Raw	182 days	2
Dean Ambrose	5/19/13	Extreme Rules	351 days	1
Kofi Kingston	4/15/13	Monday Night Raw	34 days	3
Cesaro	8/19/12	SummerSlam	239 days	1
Santino Marella	3/5/12	Monday Night Raw	167 days	1
Jack Swagger	1/16/12	Monday Night Raw	49 days	1
Zack Ryder	12/18/11	TLC	29 days	1
Dolph Ziggler	6/19/11	Capitol Punishment	182 days	1
Kofi Kingston	5/1/11	Extreme Rules	49 days	2
Sheamus	3/14/11	Monday Night Raw	48 days	1
Daniel Bryan	9/19/10	Night of Champions	176 days	1
The Miz	6/14/10	Monday Night Raw	97 days	2
R-Truth	5/24/10	Monday Night Raw	21 days	1
Bret Hart	5/17/10	Monday Night Raw	7 days	5
The Miz	10/5/09	Monday Night Raw	224 days	1
Kofi Kingston	6/1/09	Monday Night Raw	126 days	1
MVP	3/20/09	SmackDown	73 days	2
Shelton Benjamin	7/20/08	Great American Bash	243 days	1
Matt Hardy	4/27/08	Backlash	84 days	1
MVP	5/20/07	Judgment Day	343 days	1
Chris Benoit	10/13/06	SmackDown	219 days	5
Mr. Kennedy	9/1/06	SmackDown	42 days	1
Finlay	7/14/06	SmackDown	49 days	1
Bobby Lashley	5/26/06	SmackDown	49 days	1
JBL	4/2/06	WrestleMania	54 days	1
Chris Benoit	2/19/06	No Way Out	42 days	4
Booker T	1/13/06	SmackDown	37 days	4
Booker T	10/21/05	SmackDown	35 days	3
Chris Benoit	8/21/05	SummerSlam	61 days	3
Orlando Jordan	3/3/05	SmackDown	171 days	1
John Cena	11/18/04	SmackDown	105 days	3
Carlito	10/7/04	SmackDown	42 days	1
John Cena	10/3/04	No Mercy	4 days	2
Booker T	7/29/04	SmackDown	66 days	2
John Cena	3/14/04	WrestleMania	137 days	1
Big Show	10/19/03	No Mercy	147 days	1
Eddie Guerrero	7/27/03	Vengeance	84 days	2
Edge	11/12/01	Monday Night Raw	6 days	1
Kurt Angle	10/22/01	Monday Night Raw	21 days	1
Rhyno	9/23/01	Unforgiven	29 days	1
Tajiri	9/10/01	Monday Night Raw	13 days	1
Chris Kanyon	7/26/01	SmackDown	46 days	1
Booker T	3/18/01	Greed	128 days	1
Rick Steiner	2/5/01	Nitro	41 days	1
Shane Douglas	1/14/01	Sin	22 days	1
Bill DeMott	11/26/00	Mayhem	49 days	2
Lance Storm	11/13/00	Nitro	13 days	3
Bill DeMott	10/29/00	Halloween Havoc	15 days	1
Lance Storm	9/23/00	House show	36 days	2
Terry Funk	9/22/00	House show	1 day	2
Lance Storm	7/18/00	Nitro	66 days	1
Scott Steiner	4/16/00	Spring Stampede	84 days	2
Jeff Jarrett	1/17/00	Nitro	84 days	3
Jeff Jarrett	12/20/99	Nitro	27 days	2
Chris Benoit	12/19/99	N/A	1 day	2
Scott Hall	11/8/99	Nitro	41 days	2
Bret Hart	10/25/99	Monday Night Raw	14 days	4
Goldberg	10/24/99	Halloween Havoc	1 day	2
Sid Vicious	9/12/99	Fall Brawl	42 days	1
Chris Benoit	8/9/99	Nitro	34 days	1
David Flair	7/5/99	N/A	35 days	1
Scott Steiner	4/11/99	Spring Stampede	85 days	1
Scott Hall	2/21/99	SuperBrawl	25 days	1
Roddy Piper	2/8/99	Nitro	13 days	3
Bret Hart	11/30/98	Nitro	70 days	3
Diamond Dallas Page	10/26/98	Nitro	35 days	2
Bret Hart	8/13/98	Thunder	74 days	2
Lex Luger	8/10/98	Nitro	3 days	5
Bret Hart	7/20/98	Nitro	21 days	1
Bill Goldberg	4/20/98	Nitro	91 days	1
Raven	4/19/98	Spring Stampede	1 day	1
Diamond Dallas Page	12/28/97	Starrcade	112 days	1
Curt Hennig	9/15/97	Nitro	104 days	1
Steve McMichael	8/21/97	Clash of the Champions	25 days	1
Jeff Jarrett	6/9/97	Nitro	73 days	1
Dean Malenko	3/16/97	Uncensored	85 days	1
Eddie Guerrero	12/29/96	Starrcade	77 days	1
Ric Flair	7/7/96	Bash at the Beach	141 days	5
Konnan	1/29/96	Main Event	160 days	1
One Man Gang	12/27/95	Starrcade	33 days	1
Kensuke Sasaki	11/13/95	New Japan Pro Wrestling	44 days	1
Sting	6/18/95	Great American Bash	148 days	2
Vader	12/27/94	Starrcade	88 days	1
Jim Duggan	9/18/94	Fall Brawl	100 days	1
Steve Austin	9/18/94	Fall Brawl	0 days	2
Ricky Steamboat	8/24/94	Clash of the Champions	25 days	4
Steve Austin	12/27/93	Starrcade	240 days	1
Dustin Rhodes	8/30/93	Saturday Night	119 days	2
Dustin Rhodes	1/11/93	Saturday Night	110 days	1
Rick Rude	11/19/91	Clash of the Champions	378 days	1
Sting	8/25/91	House show	86 days	1
Lex Luger	12/16/90	Starrcade	210 days	4
Stan Hansen	10/27/90	Halloween Havoc	50 days	1
Lex Luger	5/22/89	House show	523 days	3
Michael Hayes	5/7/89	Music City Showdown	15 days	1
Lex Luger	2/20/89	Chi-Town Rumble	76 days	2
Barry Windham	5/13/88	House show	283 days	1
Dusty Rhodes	11/26/87	Starrcade	141 days	1
Lex Luger	7/11/87	Steel Cage	138 days	1
Nikita Koloff	8/17/86	House show	328 days	1
Magnum T.A.	11/28/85	Starrcade	154 days	2
Tully Blanchard	7/21/85	House show	130 days	1
Magnum T.A.	3/23/85	House show	120 days	1
Wahoo McDaniel	10/7/84	House show	167 days	5
Wahoo McDaniel	6/24/84	House show	7 days	4
Ricky Steamboat	4/21/84	House show	64 days	3
Dick Slater	12/14/83	House show	129 days	1
Greg Valentine	4/30/83	House show	228 days	2
Roddy Piper	4/16/83	House show	14 days	2
Greg Valentine	11/4/82	House show	163 days	1
Wahoo McDaniel	8/22/82	House show	74 days	3
Sergeant Slaughter	6/7/82	N/A	76 days	2
Wahoo McDaniel	5/21/82	House show	17 days	2
Sergeant Slaughter	10/4/81	House show	229 days	1
Wahoo McDaniel	8/8/81	House show	31 days	1
Roddy Piper	1/27/81	House show	193 days	1
Ric Flair	4/20/80	House show	97 days	4
Jimmy Snuka	9/1/79	House show	232 days	1
Ric Flair	4/1/79	House show	133 days	3
Ricky Steamboat	12/18/78	House show	104 days	2
Ric Flair	4/9/78	House show	252 days	2
Mr. Wrestling	3/19/78	House show	21 days	1
Blackjack Mulligan	1/1/78	House show	77 days	3
Ricky Steamboat	10/21/77	House show	72 days	1
Ric Flair	7/29/77	House show	84 days	1
Bobo Brazil	7/7/77	House show	22 days	1
Blackjack Mulligan	12/15/76	House show	204 days	2
Paul Jones	10/16/76	House show	43 days	2
Blackjack Mulligan	3/13/76	House show	217 days	1
Paul Jones	11/27/75	House show	107 days	1
Terry Funk	11/9/75	House show	18 days	1
Johnny Valentine	7/3/75	House show	60 days	1
Harley Race	1/1/75	House show	183 days	1
* Rey Mysterio relinquished the title back to Samoa Joe