NWA United States Heavyweight Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.
===Reigns===
#	Wrestler 	Reign	Date	Days held	Location 	Event 	Notes
 	Harley Race 	1 	 	 	Tallahassee, FL 	N/A 	Race was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final.
 	Johnny Valentine 	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when Valentine suffers a career-ending injury in a plane crash.
 	Terry Funk 	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	Defeated Paul Jones in a tournament final.
 	Paul Jones 	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Blackjack Mulligan	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Paul Jones 	2 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Blackjack Mulligan	1(2)†	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	Title change unrecognized by WWE.
 	Paul Jones 	2(3)†	 	 	Winston-Salem, NC	Live event 	Title change unrecognized by WWE.
 	Blackjack Mulligan	2(3)†	 	 	Raleigh, NC 	Live event 	
 	Bobo Brazil 	1 	 	 	Norfolk, VA 	Live event 	
 	Ric Flair 	1 	 	 	Richmond, VA 	Live event 	
 	Ricky Steamboat 	1 	 	 	Charleston, SC 	Live event 	
 	Blackjack Mulligan	3(4)†	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Mr. Wrestling 	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Ric Flair 	2 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	
 	Ricky Steamboat 	2 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Ric Flair 	3 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when Flair wins the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days prior.
 	Jimmy Snuka 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final.
 	Ric Flair 	4 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Jimmy Snuka 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	House show 	Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final.
 	Ric Flair 	4 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	House show 	
 	Greg Valentine 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	House show 	
 	Ric Flair 	5 	 	 	Greenville, SC 	House show 	
 	Roddy Piper 	1 	 	 	Raleigh, NC 	Live event 	The title becomes the undisputed NWA US Championship in January 1981 after the NWA San Francisco office, the last other promotion to recognize its own US Champion, closes.
 	Wahoo McDaniel 	1 	 	† 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when McDaniel is injured by Abdullah the Butcher.
 	Sgt. Slaughter 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final.
 	Wahoo McDaniel 	2 	 	 	Richmond, VA 	Live event 	
 	Sgt. Slaughter 	2 	 	 	Greenville, SC 	Live event 	Slaughter was awarded the title due to McDaniel being injured by Don Muraco and Roddy Piper.
 	Wahoo McDaniel 	3 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	
 	Greg Valentine 	1(2)†	 	 	Norfolk, VA 	Live event 	
 	Roddy Piper 	2 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Greg Valentine 	2(3)†	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	Valentine won via referee stoppage when Piper suffered a large cut over his left ear.
 	Dick Slater 	1 	 	 	Shelby, NC 	Live event 	
 	Ricky Steamboat 	3 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Wahoo McDaniel 	4 	 	† 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated due to Tully Blanchard interfering in McDaniel's title win.
 	Wahoo McDaniel 	5 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	Defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final.
 	Magnum T.A. 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	
 	Tully Blanchard 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	
 	Magnum T.A. 	2 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Starrcade 1985 	This was an "I Quit" steel cage match.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when Magnum attacked NWA president Bob Geigel.
 	Nikita Koloff 	1 	 	 	Charlotte, NC 	Live event 	Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series, though WWE officially says it was a tournament final. Koloff defeats Wahoo McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into the US title.
 	Lex Luger 	1 	 	 	Greensboro, NC 	Live event 	
 	Dusty Rhodes 	1 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Starrcade (1987) 	This was a steel cage match.
 	Vacated 	 	 	0 	N/A 	N/A 	Vacated when Rhodes attacked promoter Jim Crockett.
 	Barry Windham 	1 	 	 	Houston, TX 	Live event 	Defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final.
 	Lex Luger 	2 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Chi-Town Rumble 	
 	Michael Hayes 	1 	 	 	Nashville, TN 	WrestleWar 1989 	
 	Lex Luger 	3 	 	 	Bluefield, WV 	Live event 	Luger becomes the longest-reigning champion in the title's history, holding it for over 17 months.
 	Stan Hansen 	1 	 	 	Chicago, IL 	Halloween Havoc (1990) 	
 	Lex Luger 	4 	 	 	St. Louis, MO 	Starrcade 1990 	This was a Texas Bullrope match; Luger is 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.
==External links==
*NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com (1975 - 2001)
Category:Champion history