WWE United States Championship

:Please note that this page is specifically for the WWE United States Championship currently defended in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is one of two secondary championships defended in the WWE. This page is not for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship which was a championship in the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, or for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship which was a championship in WCW's predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions.
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown brand.
==History==
In July 2003, the title was activated by SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon and was commissioned to be a secondary championship to the SmackDown brand (WWE claims it to be a reactivation of the old NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, but for all intents and purposes, it is a separate championship with its own history). Eddie Guerrero became the first champion through a tournament in the finals at Vengeance 2003 vs Chris Benoit. This was done shortly after the WWE Intercontinental Championship was recommissioned by the Raw brand, making the title its equal counterpart. The title remained on SmackDown until April 13, 2009, when reigning champion Montel Vontavious Porter was drafted from SmackDown over to Raw during the 2009 WWE Draft, moving the title with him. On April 26, 2011, reigning champion Sheamus was drafted to SmackDown during the 2011 WWE Draft, briefly bringing the U.S. Title back to the show. Five days later, Raw's Kofi Kingston defeated Sheamus for the title at Extreme Rules, returning it to Raw. Since August 29, 2011, when all WWE programming became "Supershows" featuring the entire roster, the U.S. Title has been defended on both Raw and SmackDown.
==Reigns==
The inaugural champion was Eddie Guerrero. John Cena has the most reigns at five. Dean Ambrose holds the record for the longest reign with 351 days.
During John Cena's third reign as the United States Champion, he introduced a custom "spinner" belt. On the March 10, 2005 episode of SmackDown, the "spinner" version was "destroyed", with the help of John "Bradshaw" Layfield, after Orlando Jordan defeated Cena the previous week for the title, reverting to WWE's standard U.S. Championship belt.
==Past Design==
WWE_US_Championship.png|WWE United States Championship (2003-2014)
WWE United States Championship 2014.png|WWE United States Championship (2014-2020)
WWE United States Championship 2020.png|WWE United States Championship (2020-)
===Custom Designs===
John-Cena-Spinner-WWE-U_S_-Championship-Belt.jpg|WWE United States "Spinner" Championship (2004 - 2005)
==See also==
*World Wrestling Entertainment
*Champion history - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
*Title matches - Matches in which the title was defended.
*Champion gallery - A gallery of all champions.
*NWA United States Heavyweight Championship - The version promoted in the National Wrestling Alliance from 1975 to 1990
*WCW United States Heavyweight Championship - Defended in WCW from 1991 to 2001
==External links==
* WWE United States Championship at CAGEMATCH.net
*WWE United States Championship at Wrestling-Titles.com
*WWE United States Championship at WWE.com
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Category:World Wrestling Entertainment championships
Category:United States championships
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