WCW United States Heavyweight Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
==Champion history==
#	Wrestler 	Reign	Date	Days held	Location 	Event 	Notes
 	Lex Luger 	1 	 	 	St. Louis, MO 	Starrcade 1990 	Wins the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Stan Hansen in a Texas Bullrope match; recognized as the first WCW United States Heavyweight Champion in January 1991.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Baltimore, MD 	The Great American Bash 1991 	Vacated when Luger wins the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
 	Sting 	1 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 	Live event 	Defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final.
 	Rick Rude 	1 	 	 	Savannah, GA 	Clash of the Champions XVII 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Stripped of title due to injury on 1/11/93, aired 1/16/93.
 	Dustin Rhodes 	1 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 	Saturday Night 	Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a match that was originally made to determine the #1 contender, but upon Rude's vacation of the title, was made to decide the new champion. Aired January 16, 1993.
 	Vacated 	 	 	 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when a title defense against Rick Rude ended in a double pinfall. This aired on May 15, 1993.
 	Dustin Rhodes 	2 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 	Live event 	Defeated Rude in a rematch. WCW withdraws from the NWA in September 1993; the NWA begins to recognize its own US champion, but Rhodes remains the recognized champion in WCW. Aired September 11, 1993.
 	Steve Austin 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Starrcade 1993 	This was a two out of three falls match, which Austin won 2–0.
 	Ricky Steamboat 	1 	 	 	Cedar Rapids, IA 	Clash of the Champions XXVIII	
 	Steve Austin 	2 	 	 	Roanoke, VA 	Fall Brawl 1994 	Austin was awarded the title at due to Steamboat being injured.
 	Jim Duggan 	1 	 	 	Roanoke, VA 	Fall Brawl 1994 	Duggan beat Austin in 35 seconds.
 	Big Van Vader 	1 	 	 	Nashville, TN 	Starrcade 1994 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Stripped by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel.
 	Sting 	2 	 	 	Dayton, OH 	The Great American Bash 1995 	Defeated Meng in a tournament final.
 	Kensuke Sasaki 	1 	 	 	Tokyo, Japan 	Live event 	Won the title at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event.
 	One Man Gang 	1 	 	 	Nashville, TN 	Starrcade 1995 	
 	Konnan 	1 	 	 	Canton, OH 	WCW Main Event 	
 	Ric Flair 	1 	 	 	Daytona Beach, FL 	Bash at the Beach 1996 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated due to a shoulder injury.
 	Eddie Guerrero 	1 	 	 	Nashville, TN 	Starrcade 1996 	Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final.
 	Dean Malenko 	1 	 	 	North Charleston, SC	Uncensored 1997 	
 	Jeff Jarrett 	1 	 	 	Boston, MA 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Steve McMichael 	1 	 	 	Nashville, TN 	Clash of the Champions XXXV 	
 	Curt Hennig 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Diamond Dallas Page	1 	 	 	Washington, D.C. 	Starrcade 1997 	
 	Raven 	1 	 	 	Denver, CO 	Spring Stampede 1998 	This was a "Raven's Rules" match.
 	Bill Goldberg 	1 	 	 	Colorado Springs, CO	Monday Nitro 	This was a "Raven's Rules" match.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Atlanta, GA 	Monday Nitro 	Vacated when Goldberg wins the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
 	Bret Hart 	1 	 	 	Salt Lake City, UT 	Monday Nitro 	Defeated Diamond Dallas Page.
 	Lex Luger 	2 	 	 	Rapid City, SD 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Bret Hart 	2 	 	 	Fargo, ND 	Thunder 	Aired August 13, 1998.
 	Diamond Dallas Page	2 	 	 	Phoenix, AZ 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Bret Hart 	3 	 	 	Chattanooga, TN 	Monday Nitro 	This was a no disqualification match.
 	Roddy Piper 	1 	 	 	Buffalo, NY 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Scott Hall 	1 	 	 	Oakland, CA 	SuperBrawl IX 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	Thunder 	Stripped by WCW President Ric Flair.
 	Scott Steiner 	1 	 	 	Tacoma, WA 	Spring Stampede 1999 	Defeated Booker T in a tournament final.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Atlanta, GA 	Monday Nitro 	Stripped by WCW President Ric Flair.
 	David Flair 	1 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 	Monday Nitro 	David was awarded the title by his father Ric.
 	Chris Benoit 	1 	 	 	Boise, ID 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Sid Vicious 	1 	 	 	Winston-Salem, NC 	Fall Brawl 1999 	
 	Bill Goldberg 	2 	 	 	Las Vegas, NV 	Halloween Havoc 1999 	Won the title by referee stoppage when Vicious suffered excessive bleeding.
 	Bret Hart 	4 	 	 	Phoenix, AZ 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Scott Hall 	2 	 	 	Indianapolis, IN 	Monday Nitro 	This was a four-way ladder match, also involving Sid Vicious and Bill Goldberg.
 	Chris Benoit 	2 	 	 	Washington, D.C. 	Starrcade 1999 	Benoit was awarded the title when Hall suffered a knee injury.
 	Jeff Jarrett 	2 	 	 	Baltimore, MD 	Monday Nitro 	This was a ladder match.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Cincinnati, OH 	Souled Out 2000 	Vacated due to injury.
 	Jeff Jarrett 	3 	 	 	Columbus, OH 	Monday Nitro 	Awarded by WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Denver, CO 	Monday Nitro 	Vacated by Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo along with all other WCW titles.
 	Scott Steiner 	2 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Spring Stampede 2000 	Defeated Sting in a tournament final.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	Daytona Beach, FL 	Bash at the Beach 2000 	Stripped when Steiner used the banned Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome.
 	Lance Storm 	1 	 	 	Auburn Hills, MI 	Monday Nitro 	Defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final. Storm unofficially renames the title the WCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship during his reigns with the title.
 	Terry Funk 	1 	 	 	Amarillo, TX 	Live event 	
 	Lance Storm 	2 	 	 	Lubbock, TX 	Live event 	
 	Gen. Rection 	1 	 	 	Las Vegas, NV 	Halloween Havoc 2000 	Defeated Storm and Jim Duggan in a handicap match.
 	Lance Storm 	3 	 	 	London, England 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Gen. Rection 	2 	 	 	Milwaukee, WI 	Mayhem 2000 	
 	Shane Douglas 	1 	 	 	Indianapolis, IN 	Sin 	This was a first blood chain match.
 	Rick Steiner 	1 	 	 	Tupelo, MS 	Monday Nitro 	
 	Booker T 	1 	 	 	Jacksonville, FL 	Greed 	Also wins WCW World Heavyweight Championship on March 26. WCW is purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
 	Chris Kanyon 	1 	 	 	Pittsburgh, PA 	SmackDown! 	Awarded by Booker T and ECW owner Stephanie McMahon. Aired July 26, 2001.
 	Tajiri 	1 	 	 	San Antonio, TX 	RAW is WAR 	
 	Rhyno 	1 	 	 	Pittsburgh, PA 	Unforgiven 2001 	
 	Kurt Angle 	1 	 	 	Kansas City, MO 	Raw 	
 	Edge 	1 	 	 	Boston, MA 	Raw 	
 	Unified 	0 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Survivor Series 2001 	Edge defeats WWF Intercontinental Champion Test to unify the two titles. Edge becomes Intercontinental Champion while the United States Championship is retired.
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